Careful...
SEO mods are tempting, but they can
greatly increase server load.
High Server Load with vBSEO. (FYI: This is only one thread, you can easily find others which show huge problems with server loads)
I would love to think MyBB will perform much better.
Yeah they do. MyBB uses quite a bit, but it's very little compared to it's competition:p
Also, SEO is Search Engine Optimization - or the process of taking URLs and making them easier to read by google and other search engines. It's also the process of making pages(not the URLs) easier to read by adding tags that will increase your site's rank - or get it listed in some instances.
(2009-01-04, 09:03 PM)TomL Wrote: [ -> ]Yeah they do. MyBB uses quite a bit, but it's very little compared to it's competition:p...
That is good to know, thanks.
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Danger: Advanced SEO & .htaccess question
Q) If I start a MyBB forum using SEO friendly URL's, and later need to reduce server load, then how hard is it to write a new .htaccess which 'reverses' the old mod allowing "links to (the older) friendly links" to re-direct to normal links?
Alt Translation:
Will it be really challenging write to write a .htaccess which 'reverses' what this one does?
(for example from 1.2.x)
# //seo_mod_start
RewriteEngine On
# Uncomment the following and add your forum path if rewrites arent working properly
#RewriteBase /mybb/
RewriteRule ^index.html$ index.php [L,NE]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-([0-9]+).html(.*)$ showthread.php?tid=$2$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?tid=$2&page=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-f-([0-9]+).html(.*)$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$2$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-f-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html(.*)$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$2&page=$3 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-f-([0-9]+)-([a-z]+)(-|-[a-z]+)-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+).html(.*)$ forumdisplay.php?fid=$2&sortby=$3&order=$4&datecut=$5&page=$6$7 [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-a-([0-9]+).html$ announcements.php?aid=$2 [L]
# //seo_mod_end
Do you mean showing the normal links again? Like showthread.php?tID=X, calendar.php, etc.? If so, all you do is go into your Admin CP > Configuration > Server Settings(or something similar) and there's an option to "Enable SEO urls" and click the drop-down menu and select "Disable", and you'll have the normal links. No need to change the .htaccess file
^^^
Thanks for helping, but no.
^^^
I mean a link (on another website) pointing to
http://example.com/bb/friendly-old-SEO-t...html#pid31
Needs to still work if (when) you stop using an SEO mod.
The new .htaccess would need to turn this
http://example.com/bb/friendly-old-SEO-thread-t-24.html#pid31
into normal links.
I'm not asking for the full code, but does anyone know if it will be really difficult to do the 'reverse' .htaccess?
Thanks
I just told you. To make it normal links again, just disable SEO.
OK I'll test it.
You're saying an outside link to
http://example.com/bb/friendly-old-SEO-thread-t-24.html#pid31
will still work after disabling the SEO mod?
I don't see how that could possibly work, but I'll try.
That makes no sense. You're saying you're trying to disable SEO url's, but you still want the URLs to be SEO'd? Please describe this more!
1) Someone makes a link to your thread while the SEO mod is enabled.
2) You disable the SEO mod.
3) All new links will be fine.
4)
Older outside links pointing to
http://example.com/bb/thread-1.html
will not work any more.
EDIT: I had removed the .htacces file, when disabling the friendly links.
MyBB handles this fine, but I need to test the SEO mod
If you don't want the urls, just disable the option in your ACP and delete the htaccess file. That simple. Remember, the urls are just fake coverups, they aren't anything special.