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    Best vb4 / vbseo directory structure?

    What's the best directory structure to adopt whilie setting up vb 4 with the publishing suite, where I want the more "normal" setup of having my homepage in the root and my forum /forum ?

    Would it be easier to have it all in the root and re-write to forum.php to /forum or /forum/content.php to / ? All with vbSEO obviously.

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    Hi,

    You are best placing everything in root and then rewriting upwards to the directories you want. This can be as you suggest use CRR's to write forum.php => /forum etc.

    Personally I have everything set up as

    CMS => /
    Blog => blog/
    Forum Home => forum/
    Forums => forum/f[forum_id]/
    Threads => forum/f[forum_id]/[thread_title]-[thread_id]/
    Members => members/

    But there is no "Best" structure you need to form it to your users/site and get what you think is best


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    Just my small personal view, try to use a structure which is self explanatory as well makes URL shortest as possible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceri May View Post
    Hi,

    You are best placing everything in root and then rewriting upwards to the directories you want. This can be as you suggest use CRR's to write forum.php => /forum etc.

    Personally I have everything set up as

    CMS => /
    Blog => blog/
    Forum Home => forum/
    Forums => forum/f[forum_id]/
    Threads => forum/f[forum_id]/[thread_title]-[thread_id]/
    Members => members/

    But there is no "Best" structure you need to form it to your users/site and get what you think is best


    Ceri
    Hi,

    I have a problem with this same setup and vb4 + vbseo 3.5:
    Changing Domains: Directing Old Site to the New Site with htaccess

    Was working with vb3 and stop with vb4.
    This is a test board with a clean install!

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    Which parent isn't working?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceri May View Post
    Hi,

    You are best placing everything in root and then rewriting upwards to the directories you want. This can be as you suggest use CRR's to write forum.php => /forum etc.

    Personally I have everything set up as

    CMS => /
    Blog => blog/
    Forum Home => forum/
    Forums => forum/f[forum_id]/
    Threads => forum/f[forum_id]/[thread_title]-[thread_id]/
    Members => members/

    But there is no "Best" structure you need to form it to your users/site and get what you think is best


    Ceri
    How did you setup all of those? I tried setting the CMS but it got stuck in a redirect loop.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dunhamzzz View Post
    How did you setup all of those? I tried setting the CMS but it got stuck in a redirect loop.
    I actually did set this up manually, but I forgot to backup and wiped my system for a fresh install. I will try and find some time later today.
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    When you need to set your cms as root , please set it http://www.domain.com instead of using only /
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam View Post
    When you need to set your cms as root , please set it http://www.domain.com instead of using only /
    I have done this, it owrked for the homepage but I did the same for the content (soit it appears in domain.com/section/id) and it doesn't work.

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    Please try using troubleshooting forums for vBSEO problems.

    Make sure you are using vBSEO 3.5.0 RC1 PL1 . If you are using this version please supply us your CMS rewrite rule details and an example url which produces the error.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ceri May View Post
    Hi,

    You are best placing everything in root and then rewriting upwards to the directories you want. This can be as you suggest use CRR's to write forum.php => /forum etc.

    Personally I have everything set up as

    CMS => /
    Blog => blog/
    Forum Home => forum/
    Forums => forum/f[forum_id]/
    Threads => forum/f[forum_id]/[thread_title]-[thread_id]/
    Members => members/

    But there is no "Best" structure you need to form it to your users/site and get what you think is best


    Ceri
    Sorry to be a pain, but as I'm new to vBSEO, I would like to utilise it to the best of its capability. Saying that, I just saw how you have your install set up and I was wondering if I could be a complete n00b and ask for a detailed tutorial on what I need to do to set my forums up the same way you have yours?

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    Hello ,

    Documentation will be ready after vBSEO 3.5.0 Gold
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