"The page isn't redirecting properly" after fresh install

I'm getting "The page isn't redirecting properly" with firefox if I go to homepage at site.com after fresh vb publishing suite 4.18 and vbseo 3.6 install. vbseo is licensed for forums.site.com and that subdomain is pointing to the same directory as site.com where vb and vbseo are installed. SEO friendly urls are disabled (standard) in vb options. The error disappeared when going to advanced mode in CMS URL's options and setting CMS home to custom, but leaving it blank, however the error is still there when trying to submit a new article for the CMS for example.

Make sure your htaccess file is in the proper location.
You may also need to adjust the HomePage options panel to match your set up.

I tried with .htaccess in the root folder and without it. I tried uncommenting as well as commenting out the lines

RewriteBase /

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

I also tried

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

Changing CMS Home to content.php helps, but I don't really want to use "php" in friendly urls, that is the whole point in setting up vbseo.

It seems as if vb tries to redirect to site.com/content.php and vbseo to site.com and they go on indefinitely.

Alright let me put it in another way. How to configure vbulletin and vbseo after fresh install to get this setup:

CMS home -> site.com/
Forum home -> forums.site.com/
Blogs home -> blogs.site.com/

In the past I would create index.php which would then require appropriate php file based on the host (subdomain) vB4 and routing subdomains - vBulletin SEO Forums

I guess the better solution now would be to use vbulletin stub directories such as blog/ and forums/ and point subdomains there.

You need to follow vBSEO 3.5 Release Candidate 1 is here!

Can you please elaborate on what makes the newer version so different from the older one which makes it impossble to get it to work properly. Shouldn't 3.6.0 be superior to 3.5.0 RC1?

I am sorry but i don't understand your question. 3.6.0 requires no specific configuration at all.

By following his advice I'm back to square one, I get infinite redirect loop in front page when I use anything but blank in CMS Home field of vbseocp. When I leave it blank however, the other urls for the CMS give me 404.

Custom CMS domain in vbseo: http://domain.com/
CMS component url in vb: http://domain.com

.htaccess:

Code:

RewriteEngine On 

RewriteBase / 
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com 
RewriteRule (.*) http://domain.com$1 [L,R=301] 
 
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap_).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L] 
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php) 
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA] 
 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/ 
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

You cannot use component urls with vbseo.
vB4 'component urls' should not be used - vBulletin SEO Forums

I have changed all component urls to blank now. This has had no effect though, probably because I haven't even got the point where I could move vb parts out of the normal paths. I would just like to get the standard install working as it should and move on from there. I still get infinite redirect loop when I set CMS Home to /content in CMS url's and if I leave it blank (custom) I get broken links at the cms part.

Hello,

What are the values you have set for these settings?:

In your Admin CP:
CMS Component URL (should be left blank)
Point CMS default to index.php (should be set to 'No')
Site Tab URL (should be set to 'content.php')
Standard URL Routing Variable (it is set to 'r' by default)
Script Name for Forum Home Page (should be set to 'forum', with no php extension)

In your vBSEO CP:
Define Custom CMS Domain? (should be either left blank or set to 'http://site.com/' with trailing slash)
CMS Home (should be set to either 'http://site.com/' or '/')

In your index.php file:
VB_RELATIVE_PATH (should be commented out)
Default script (should be set to content.php)

Please let us know.

I have made a video, starting with the apache configuration, installing vbulletin and vbseo and then demonstrating the problem.

http://letspoker.com/troubleshooting.wmv

Hello,

Everything looks Ok within the video. Only two things:

1. Does the issue get resolved if you disable MultiViews?.
2. "CMS Home" setting can't be set to 'custom' and left blank at the same time.

Thanks Andrés,

The infinite redirect loop is gone now when I removed MultiViews from the apache virtualhost configuration, however I get "404 Not found" when I go to http://forums.letspoker.com/ with the browser and vbseo tries to redirect to http://forums.letspoker.com/content/

Note that I'm using the exact same configuration and installation where the video left off with the exception of removing MultiViews

Please open a ticket with login details. It will be much faster to troubleshoot.