vBulletin MobileSuite not accepting vBSEO .htaccess rule set

I recently purchased a license to vBMobile Suite and tried unsuccessfully to complete the online design process, returning this error message:

"Your site does not appear to be properly installed. Please check your site installation. If you are sure your installation is correct, please create a support ticket. Failed when testing CMS"

The vB support team looked at the issue and concluded that the following rule set in .htaccess, which appears to be associated with vBSEO, creates the issue:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|api\.p hp)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

Whilst this block seems fundamental to the functioning of my site something needs to change to make the Mobile Suite work. The vB Support Team advised me to contact you.

Is this a known issue at vBSEO? Any suggestions on how to tackle this problem?

I'd like to hear from you soon - I've put the launch of my Mobile App on hold until such time.

Cheers -

Mondi

Hello ,

Please verify that this works when vBSEO is disabled.

The api.php in that rule set is an exception, meaning if it is hitting the api, it WON'T be parsed by vbseo.

Brian,

Sincere apologies for the hassles but I am totally stuck now, not knowing how to tackle that issue. This now applies to both vbMobile and vbFacebook Apps.

I've thorroughly exhausted my knowledge and understanding of how to alter, change and modify rewrite rules and my .htaccess.

What do I need to change in my .htaccess to solve that problem?

Just to make sure I am giving you complete information, the content of my entire .htaccess is:

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# 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]

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteBase /

#RewriteCond ${SERVER_PORT} !^443$
#RewriteRule ^gblcg-facebook(.*) https://gblcg-com.firstfind.nl/gblcg-facebook$1 [R,L]

RewriteRule ^packages/shop - [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^wiki.php$ showwiki.php [L,QSA]
RewriteRule ^showwiki.php?title=(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteRule ^wiki/Participant-Guides:(.*)$ wiki/$1 [L,R=301]

RewriteRule ^(http://gblcg-com/wiki/templates|wiki)$ $1/ [L,QSA,R=301]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(?:http://gblcg-com/wiki/templates|wiki)/(.*)?$ showwiki_proxy.php [L,QSA]

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

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(admincp/|modcp/|cron|vbseo_sitemap|api\.php)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !showwiki_proxy.php
RewriteRule ^((archive/)?(.*\.php(/.*)?))$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !/(admincp|modcp|clientscript|cpstyles|images|api\.p hp)/
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ vbseo.php [L,QSA]

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Much of this was worked on by someone else previously. I am not sure what I am looking at here...

Many, many thanks in advance -

Raymond

PS: 'https://gblcg-com.firstfind.nl/gblcg-facebook' refers to the location where my vbFacebook App is uploaded to.

You already have api.php in the exclusion lists in that code.

Thanks Brian for your response -

Before throwing the towel into the ring for being completely incompetent in this regard, could you please give me some indication as to whether this code may be causing the issue.

If so, what can/must I change here to solve the issue?

Honestly mate, this is causing me grief no-end. Is this the correct place to ask for advise or is it better to return to vBulletin Support? I am at a total loss..

Thanks again Brian,

Raymond

https://gblcg-com.firstfind.nl/gblcg-facebook
needs to point to
https://gblcg.com/gblcg-facebook

This needs to be done on firstfind.nl's DNS system to point it there via an A record or a CNAME.

Grateful Brian! Thanks for the hassle mate...