VBSEO on the same level as forums directory

[Kihon]

Hello,

I'm going to implement vbseo outside of forums URL.
Instead in web root directory, I'm going to implement in a subfolder under web root (same level as forums directory). Is this possible?

If yes, how can I achieve that?

Here's the details:
vBulletin root is on root/forums
Custom scripts root is on root/scripts


Here's CRR entries:

'^customscript\.php\?cat1=(\d+)&cat2=(\d+)&cat3=(\d+)$' => 'showcat/$1/$2/$3/'
'^customscript\.php\?cat1=(\d+)&cat2=(\d+)$' => 'showcat/$1/$2/'

Here's .htaccess (on forums folder):

# 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\.makeuptalk\.com
#RewriteRule (.*) http://www.makeuptalk/forums/$1 [L,R=301]

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} (admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images)/
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1 [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}index\.php -f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1index.php [L]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !chat
RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule ^$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=index.php [L]
RewriteRule ^(archive/.*)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Here's .htaccess (on web root):

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !forums/
RewriteRule ^(.*.php)$ forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

In customscript.php:
These two are in the same files, it's just used to show 2-levels or 3-levels categories.

$seourl = vbseo_any_url("customscript.php?cat1=$cat1&cat2=$cat2"); //For two levels categories
$seo_title = vbseo_filter_text($catname);
<a href=\"$seourl$seo_title.html\">$catname</a> // This will produce this link: http://www.mydomain.com/scripts/showcat/1/2/category-name.html

$seourl = vbseo_any_url("customscript.php?cat1=$cat1&cat2=$cat2&cat3=$cat3"); //For three levels categories
$seo_title = vbseo_filter_text($catname);
<a href=\"$seourl$seo_title.html\">$catname</a> // This will produce this link: http://www.mydomain.com/scripts/showcat/1/2/3/category-name.html

There are no 404, 500 errors.
The page get redirected but it's not correct.

Accessing directly from this url works correctly:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=scripts/customscript.php&vbseorelpath=../&cat1=1&cat2=2

Thanks

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

In case if you want to rewrite another subfolder "foldername/" (not domain root), .htaccess should be:

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} !vbseourl=
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ../forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../foldername/&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

RewriteRule ^(.*\.php)$ ../forums/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1&vbseorelpath=../foldername/&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[Kihon]

Hi Oleg,

I've tried your .htaccess but got Error 400 when applied to web root .htaccess.

And ot Error 404 when applied to "foldername/".

Where should I put the .htaccess?
And should I remove others .htaccess?

That means for each subfolder we want to use vbseo on, we have to create each RewriteRule for each subfolder?

Is there a global RewriteRule for it? So we don't have to create that many .htaccess

Thanks

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

You should put this .htaccess in "foldername/" (and remove .htacess from the domain root).

[Kihon]

It's not working.

It gets redirected to forums directory.

[Oleg Ignatiuk]

What is an example URL for that?