Interested in purchasing vbSEO, but...

I have a bit of an unusal site configuration, and I'm hoping that vbSEO will work with my site set up like this. On my webhost my primary domain is setup as kv-guild.net however the site that I want to purchase vbSEO for (www.talkvirginia.net) is setup as a subdomain. I have an htaccess file set up so that any attempt to access talkvirginia.net as a subdomain will be igored and redirected to www.talkvirginia.net. The only problem is that I've attempted to alter my htaccess file for other seo purposes and it has broken the current configuration. This makes me feel that vbSEO may not work unless talkvirginia.net is setup on a webhost as a primary domain. Anyone have different thoughts on this? Has anyone heard of this before?

Thanks in advance!
Jim

Hello Jim,

it looks ok, there should be no issues with vBSEO in this setup.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Hello Jim,

it looks ok, there should be no issues with vBSEO in this setup.

What is it that "looks ok"? I understand there "should" be no issues.. but I'd like to be as close to 100% sure as possible.

Here is a sample of my current htaccess:

Code:

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^talkvirginia.kv-guild.net$ [OR] 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.talkvirginia.kv-guild.net$ 
RewriteRule .* http: //talkvirginia.net/forum/ [r]
ErrorDocument 400 /forum/httperror.php?e=400
ErrorDocument 401 /forum/httperror.php?e=401
ErrorDocument 403 /forum/httperror.php?e=403
ErrorDocument 404 /forum/httperror.php?e=404
ErrorDocument 405 /forum/httperror.php?e=405
ErrorDocument 406 /forum/httperror.php?e=406
ErrorDocument 407 /forum/httperror.php?e=407
ErrorDocument 408 /forum/httperror.php?e=408
ErrorDocument 409 /forum/httperror.php?e=409
ErrorDocument 410 /forum/httperror.php?e=410
ErrorDocument 411 /forum/httperror.php?e=411
ErrorDocument 412 /forum/httperror.php?e=412
ErrorDocument 413 /forum/httperror.php?e=413
ErrorDocument 414 /forum/httperror.php?e=414
ErrorDocument 415 /forum/httperror.php?e=415
ErrorDocument 416 /forum/httperror.php?e=416
ErrorDocument 417 /forum/httperror.php?e=417
ErrorDocument 500 /forum/httperror.php?e=500
ErrorDocument 501 /forum/httperror.php?e=501
ErrorDocument 502 /forum/httperror.php?e=502
ErrorDocument 503 /forum/httperror.php?e=503
ErrorDocument 504 /forum/httperror.php?e=504
ErrorDocument 505 /forum/httperror.php?e=505

EDIT: Something strange was happening with line 4 in my sample and the addressin there was being rewritten in the post, so I inserted a space after the "http:" to prevent that from happening.

To be closer to 100% you can confirm that mod_rewrite is working on your server following the instructions posted in [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

To be closer to 100% you can confirm that mod_rewrite is working on your server following the instructions posted in [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

When I go to that link, I get a message telling me I don't have access to that page.

Anyway, I've looked to see if mod_rewrite is installed and it is showing up on the php_info information page.

When I go to that link, I get a message telling me I don't have access to that page.

That page should be visible to all users, even to guests. Please try to refresh the page with Ctrl-F5.

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

That page should be visible to all users, even to guests. Please try to refresh the page with Ctrl-F5.

I tried the ctrl-F5 suggestion.. still no access. I even cleared temp files, deleted cookies, purged the prefetch folder in windows, threw salt over my left shoulder and said three hail marys. Ok.. maybe I didn't do the last couple steps.. but it sounded good. hehe

Just in case, here is the same thread in google cache [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site - vBulletin SEO Forums

Originally Posted by Oleg Ignatiuk

Just in case, here is the same thread in google cache [How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site - vBulletin SEO Forums

Ok.. got to it that time.

Now where in my htaccess file would this test go. If I change my htaccess file in my talkvirginia subdomain folder then I won't be able to get to my site using the talkvirginia.net address.

I'm pretty sure the mod_rewrite is working, otherwise I wouldn't be able to do what I'm currently doing. I got the instructions from my web host's knowledge base.

Yes, if you have redirect for talkvirginia working already, then mod_rewrite is confirmed.

Do you have any more questions for us Jim?

Also: Please try another browser (IE or Firefox) to see if you can access this page:
[How to] Check if mod_rewrite is working for my site

It should definitely be accessible to you.