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New install of vBSEO 3-0-0_rc8d (zend) on VBulletin 3.6.5. The site is running on Win2k3 IIS and using ISAPI_Rewrite (Lite).

If VBSEO is enabled, I have the following symptoms:

• *Thread* level links result in 404, but forum links are fine. Thread level links work if clicking the last post link where it links to /showthread.php?p=1738#post1738.
• The forum folder icon in the top left goes missing. Without VBSEO it points to http://www.mysite.com/Forums/images/..._finallink.gif, with VBSEO enabled in points to http://www.mysite.com/Forums/iconimages/new-members.gif

When getting 404 navigating to a thread, the address shows http://www.mysite.com/dirpath1/dirpa...ight=concealed where the dirpaths are the actual physical path on the server minus the drive letter - i.e. d:\dirpath1\dirpath2\dirpath3.

The VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT is set to:
define('VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT', '/forums');

With it set to blank, clicking on a forum page results in a 404 and shows http://www.mysite.com/Forums/new-members/ in the address bar.

My ISAPI_Rewite configuration has httpd.ini in central location using ISAPI_Rewrite Lite. ISAPI_Rewrite is listed in the ISAPI filters of only the target website (it was removed from the IIS global config). httpd.ini:

[ISAPI_Rewrite]
# Defend your computer from some worm attacks
RewriteRule .*(?:global.asa|default\.ida|root\.exe|\.\.).* . [F,I,O]
#
# VBSEO
#
#RewriteCond URL ^/forums/(?!attachments|iconimages).*
RewriteRule ^(.*\.(?:gif|swf.*|jpg|png|css|xml|js|htm|txt|zip) )$ $1 [I,L]
#RewriteCond Host: CalCCW
RewriteRule ^/forums/((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /forums/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
#RewriteCond Host: CalCCW
RewriteCond URL ^/forums/(?!admincp/|modcp/|clientscript/|cpstyles/|images/|search\.php).*
RewriteRule ^/forums/(.+?)(?:\?(.*))?$ /forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1(?2&$2) [L]





I've spent a great deal of time searching through the forums and this seems like a common issue, but it seems that most posts end up moving to support and then no solution is posted. Sounds like a good FAQ.

Any ideas? I have FTP access set up, but it's not showing this username as a valid paid vbSEO customer, so I can't open a ticket.

Hello,

you should not modify VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT setting in config file unless you have some issues, please set it to empty string and check if that works.

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It was the problems that prompted the change to VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT - so no, it doesn't work if I set it back. I tried it back and forth numerous times.

...and from below:

So, blank VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT results in 404s to the forum page, thread page, and folder graphic, VBSEO_CUSTOM_DOCROOT set to '/forums' results in 404s only to the thread pages and folder graphic.

That field should contain the full physical path, not a web relative path.

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Setting that to the actual (Windows) physical path:
results in 404 error when browing to individual forum pages with the address bar showing http://www.mysite.com/Forums/new-members/

It should point to the domain root:

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