Thinking of making the switch to vbseo

ok guys.

Im seriously thinking of buying vbseo for my forums.

Im in the process of upgrading to the latest Vb and I want to know if it will be possible to transfer from this current htaccess code Im running, to the vbseo nice descriptive URLS....

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /forum/
RewriteRule ^index\.html /index\.php [L]
RewriteRule ^getdaily.html$ search.php?do=getdaily [L]
RewriteRule ^getdaily([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=getdaily&f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^unanswered.html$ search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit=0&don tcache=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^unanswered([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=process&replyless=1&replylimit=0&don tcache=1&forumchoice=$1&childforums=1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([a-z]+)-(.*)-([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&sort=$3&order=$4&pp= $5&daysprune=$6 [L]
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)-(.*)-([a-z]+)-([a-z]+).html$ forumdisplay.php?f=$1&daysprune=$2&order=$3&sort=$ 4 [L]
RewriteRule ^announcement([0-9]+).html$ announcement.php?f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^announcement([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ announcement.php?f=$1&announcementid=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^getnew.html$ search.php?do=getnew [L]
RewriteRule ^getnew([0-9]+).html$ search.php?do=getnew&f=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^printthread([0-9]+).html$ printthread.php?t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^sendthread([0-9]+).html$ sendmessage.php?do=sendtofriend&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^referthread([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&referrerid=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^lastpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^newpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^nextnewesttothread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&goto=nextnewest [L]
RewriteRule ^nextoldesttothread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?t=$1&goto=nextoldest [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showpost.php?p=$1&postcount=$2 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1&page=$2&pp=$3 [L]
RewriteRule ^thread([0-9]+)-([a-z]+).html$ showthread.php?mode=$2&t=$1 [L]
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)-([a-z]+).html$ showthread.php?p=$1&mode=$2 [L]

while also redirecting my old URLs to the new ones?

Basically, my forum is top of google for some very competitive terms, but the URLS are not really that descriptive. Just numbers like /forum3.html

and so on.

The rewrite rules are modified slightly from an htaccess that was on some forums a couple of years ago...and its worked relatively well.

Except I cant merge threads at present....

Any suggestions? I NEED to do this upgrade but want to know if VBSEO will make it easier or harder!

Hello Andy ,

vBSEO package has its own .htaccess.Basically you need to replace your .htaccess with the one that comes with vBSEO.

Regarding redirecting old indexed urls you can create a support ticket and ask assistance on preparing a redirect rule for all content to new format.

Originally Posted by Mert Gökçeimam

Hello Andy ,

vBSEO package has its own .htaccess.Basically you need to replace your .htaccess with the one that comes with vBSEO.

Regarding redirecting old indexed urls you can create a support ticket and ask assistance on preparing a redirect rule for all content to new format.

Thanks Mert

Is there a list of VBSEO functions somewhere?
or any screenshots of the product?

thanks

Originally Posted by anderow

Thanks Mert

Is there a list of VBSEO functions somewhere?
or any screenshots of the product?

thanks

You can try out the demo here :

https://www.vbseo.com/demo/

Originally Posted by Shadab

You can try out the demo here :

https://www.vbseo.com/demo/

Thanks for that