htaccess / admincp woes

I had a problem or rather issue in vb admincp to do with the vbseo entries in my htaccess file.

What happened was I could not "dismiss" the service notes that show when you login to admincp. VB told me to remove all the vbseo stuff out of my htaccess file and then try - sure enough, it worked.

I have put back all the vbseo entries into my htaccess file but I wonder if there is a fix / alternative?

The first entry BTW is what VB support reckons was causing the problem.

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.php
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !vbseo_sitemap
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ http://www.mydomain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]

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

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

please tell me you changed the mydomain.tld part right?

of course!

Only thing different from mine is the top 3 lines on yours. Mine looks like:

Code:

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

Also is RewriteEngine On before all of this in the .htaccess file?

but I have that as well, it is not related to vbseo, it is a canonical problem fix that makes calls for yourdomain.com resolve to www.yourdomain.com. I have a whole bank of them, including for IP address and /index.php to / to stop my competitors from getting me duplicate content penalties.

You don't need a whole bank of redirects, since the sample rule included in vBSEO's .htaccess redirects anything that is NOT your primary domain that you have listed.

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

The ! means NOT. So, that will redirect anything that is NOT www.yourdomain.com to www.yourdomain.com

Excuse me, this is nothing to do with my problem and with respect please do not try and undo good webmastering.

If I have a redirect from my IP to my domain, I do not think it is yours or anyone elses to shoot down.

I would like a response to my problem please, not problems that do not exist

VB support after having looked at my htaccess file said this;

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.php
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !vbseo_sitemap
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ http://www.mydomain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]

was likely the cause of my problem

Originally Posted by Travelforum

Excuse me, this is nothing to do with my problem and with respect please do not try and undo good webmastering.

If I have a redirect from my IP to my domain, I do not think it is yours or anyone elses to shoot down.

I would like a response to my problem please, not problems that do not exist

I'm just telling you the more efficient way to do the same thing you're already doing. One redirect, versus one for an IP, and one for your domain, and one for another domain, etc. Please re-read what I posted.

thanks, but I did not post here to get a more efficient way of doing what I am doing already, no problem, regarding search engine canonical issues

what I posted here for was a problem with vb admin and vbseo entries in my htaccess file, as identified by vb support

with respect, please re-read my post

The entry you specified that is causing a problem doesn't seem to be part of the default vBSEO .htaccess file:

Code:

# 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://www.yourdomain.com/forums/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|chat|cron)
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !\.(jpg|gif)$
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1 [L,QSA]

OK, thanks, so I wonder where it came from, as I never added it.

So I can remove this no problem to vbseo you are saying;

RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^.*\/index\.php
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} !vbseo_sitemap
RewriteRule ^(.*)index\.php$ http://www.mydomain.tld/$1 [R=301,L]

Well, I can't say that you can remove it with no problem, since I'm not sure why it was there. But, it should not be required for vBSEO.

I can't even get to admincp after the 3.1.0 upgrade

Please check this troubleshooting entry:

16) I have a problem accessing vB admincp: 404 error is displayed or page is redirected to forums homepage.

If you have restricted access to your admincp folder using .htaccess (Auth directives), please check
your apache configuration: having "ErrorDocument 401 401.shtml" directive in httpd.conf requires that
"401.shtml" file exists. You should create one if it doesn't to solve the problem.