vBSEO under Windows Server 2003

Are there any solutions for getting the rewrite to work without purchasing a proprietary application?

Thanks for any tips.

The free version of ISAPI Rewrite is all you need, and yes it is required.

@HotHuskers.com

If you get stuck pm me, I just did mine about 3 weeks ago and so know how to do it now as well

@ Hot

You need to have this installed on your server,

Helicon Tech - Download

If your host/your server has more than one site that needs vBSEO installing you will need to buy the full version, if not and it is just for one forum then the above link (which is the demo) will be fine.

You will need to download it or your host will and install it on the server, once installed, you are probably best restarting the server so it is synced with IIS so to speak.

Once it is installed, and you have vBSEO bought and downloaded, send me a PM and I will talk you through it.

I already have vbseo bought, installing is the issue . I will forward the info to my host. Hopefully, he can get it going, but I am not so confident!

Thanks for the help!

Once you have installed the ISAPI Rewrite on the server, you need to add this to the file, httpd.ini which is in C:\Program Files\Helicon\ISAPI_Rewrite

Code:

[ISAPI_Rewrite]

# 3600 = 1 hour
CacheClockRate 3600

RepeatLimit 32

# Block external access to the httpd.ini and httpd.parse.errors files
RewriteRule /httpd(?:\.ini|\.parse\.errors).* / [F,I,O]
# Block external access to the Helper ISAPI Extension
RewriteRule .*\.isrwhlp / [F,I,O]

# When hosting multiple sites on the same server, it is
# recommended to  limit the rewrite rules to the domain(s)
# where vBSEO is installed. Enable (remove '#' at the beginning
# to activate) the following rule and replace 'yourdomain.com'
# with your actual installation domain name.
RewriteCond Host: .*hothuskers.com
RewriteCond URL ^/huskertalk/(?!attachments|iconimages).*
RewriteRule ^(.*\.(?:gif|jpg|png|css|xml|js|htm|ico|txt|zip))$ $1 [I,L]

RewriteCond Host: .*hothuskers.com
RewriteRule ^/huskertalk/((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ /huskertalk/vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]

RewriteCond Host: .*hothuskers.com
RewriteCond URL ^/huskertalk/(?!admincp/|modcp/|clientscript/|cpstyles/|images/|search\.php|chat).*
RewriteRule ^/huskertalk/(.+?)(?:\?(.*))?$ /huskertalk/vbseo.php?vbseourl=$1(?2&$2) [L]

To get that code into the file httpd.ini just copy and paste all of the above into it, replacing the previous text and then save.

I have edited for your settings