VB Only Feature

[Werewolf]

I was wondering after i seen a few vb based forums, they can have their urls like http://forums.x10hosting.com/site-management/ instead of http://forums.example.com/index.php?forum=...

I was wondering if this was a vb only feature or i can modify .htaccess so that other forum software could do the same too

 

[prasad]

SMF has it that way by default... correct me if I'm wrong. You can also enable Search-engine friendly URL's (only for Apache) using the control panel.

 

[Werewolf]

SMF has it that way by default... correct me if I'm wrong. You can also enable Search-engine friendly URL's (only for Apache) using the control panel.

Yeah i know about that but in VB u can virtually split each subforum into its own directories, so is that a vb only thing?

 

[prasad]

Yeah i know about that but in VB u can virtually split each subforum into its own directories, so is that a vb only thing?

Well I havent seen it in any other forum software... So no.. not to my knowledge.

 

[The_Magistrate]

You can edit your own .htaccess file to create any URL scheme you like. As for creating a set of Rewrite Rules for your forum, you'd have to check the documentation for their URL scheme.

Here's a simple tutorial on Rewrites: http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanagement/urlrewriting.html

Here'e the Apache documentation on Rewrites (more complete/confusing): http://httpd.apache.org/docs/1.3/mod/mod_rewrite.html

 

[CascadesAdmin]

yeah they are called search engine friendly URLs or Static URLs, I dont know if it is a vb only feature.

 

[cashguy]

No, all major CMS's and bulleting boards worth their name support static url's. It is just that different applications have different names for that feature.

You must make sure, though, that your web host supports the apache feature
"mod_rewrite". Just so you know, x10hosting supports that feature!

 

[mr kennedy]

Well only vBSEO does that and x10 has that, vBSEO is paid guys but people at vBulletin team are now working on version 3.7 and i hope they'll include that feature because I do use vB myself too

 

[Slothie]

No, friendly URL's are available as a vBulletin mod for free. vBSEO just has extras.

 

[Thewinator]

These features can, like the magistrate pointed out, be used with any web aplications that use apache.
The thing is, some cms/boards support it themselves with the other's your just going to have to make the modifications to the .htaccess file yourself.
But im sure it can be found for any common cms using a thing called a search engine.

 

[InsanityOnline]

Many forums have features like that, as far as I am aware. MyBB might, or maybe I am just having a memory lapse.

 

[mr kennedy]

No, friendly URL's are available as a vBulletin mod for free. vBSEO just has extras.

yeah? mind telling all of us the name of it?

 

[Slothie]

the name of what? I've got my phpBB with friendly URLs, trying to make a clone of the vB one.

 

[mr kennedy]

the name of what? I've got my phpBB with friendly URLs, trying to make a clone of the vB one.

ok... I tried to have an .htaccess (with mod_rewite) on the server's side but in needs to have code modifications on the vB's side

 

[Penguin129]

Here's one way to do it, I use it on one of my websites:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]

Basically, if the file the browser is requesting is not a directory or a file, then take the whole requested location and give it to index.php in a GET variable. Of course to fit this into a forum you'll need a bit more work to achieve it. Hope this helps.

 

[Slothie]

Sure it does, mod_rewrite just gives you the ability to have friendly URLs. It doesn't automagically convert your existing links to friendly format.

 

[mr kennedy]

Sure it does, mod_rewrite just gives you the ability to have friendly URLs. It doesn't automagically convert your existing links to friendly format.

lol ok... but i'm not an expert on .htaccess