vBSEO .htaccess file

I'm trying to get my htaccess files sorted when I noticed the one in the folder vbseo-includes says 'deny from all'
Is this correct?

Yes. These are there to stop DIRECT loading of said files. They can still be 'included' via other scripts.

Thanks for that Brian.

Can you have a look at this one and tell me if it's OK, should I remove the # for the rewritebase and fill in my forum URL instead of yourdomain?




# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.yourdomain\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://yourdomain/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.KR [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.cn [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Sogou [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Soso [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|photop ost)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

rewritebase, no. if its working now, you don't need that directive enabled.

the other one, yes, you should enable as per
[How to] Setup www.yourdomain.com or yourdomain.com (www vs. non-www) - With .htaccess 301 redirects - vBulletin SEO Forums

So should it look like this?


# Comment the following line (add '#' at the beginning)
# to disable mod_rewrite functions.
# Please note: you still need to disable the hack in
# the vBSEO control panel to stop url rewrites.
RewriteEngine On

# Some servers require the Rewritebase directive to be
# enabled (remove '#' at the beginning to activate)
# Please note: when enabled, you must include the path
# to your root vB folder (i.e. RewriteBase /forums/)
#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.canon-fodder-forums\.com
RewriteRule (.*) http://www.canon-fodder-forums.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.ru [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.KR [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} \.cn [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Sogou [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Soso [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F]


RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap)
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|photop ost)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

yup, you may also want to tack on an end of line character on the host, $, ie

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.canon-fodder-forums\.com$

Brian I made the changes but post icons, smilies and the favicon all disappeared and were replaced by text.

Do I need to remove a part or add something to make it work?

Make sure your vboptions -> site url matches the www's or non-www's that you used.