phpBB Search Engine Optimization - Sessions, static ( SEO )

khisanthax wrote:

I made as many changes to my site as possible according to your mod. Problem is it's modded. so some lines are already commented out and so I commented out myself but they still appear. I asked the author of the mod, such as category hierarchy

My site is also heavily modded and i'm using the category hierarchy too (that's the subcategories, right?).
I didn't have any problems with that.
Did you edit index.php correctly?

Grtz

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you sure you didn't have problems? this is what's missing for me:

2,3,4,6,8,9,12,17 - I have no user post count so it doesn't matter.

I'm a guess right now and I see those things. When I was editing index.php I realized that the code had already been commented out so already I realized when I was using seo that there were going to be problems because of the cat hierarchy removed then it's got to be some place else and when I asked ptirhiik he said that the stuff he changed and moved are in functions_categories_hierarchy.php.

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functions_categories_hierarchy.php?

I don't have that file.
I downloaded ptirhiik's category hierarchy and found that it's a totally different version then the one i use.

I'm using mine since feb 2003 so it's probably time to update (if it's by ptirhiik, can't even remember who's mod it is).

@Craven
One of my moderators came with a minor problem concerning invalid sessions.
When he enters the moderator controlpanel from viewforum.php and wants to go to the 2nd page there's an invalid session.
I checked it and he's right.
This is strange since i don't get any invalid sessions when i go to the ACP.

There are sid's on the first page but not on the second page.
When i copy the sid from the first page and paste it after the address on the 2nd, it works.

Any idea?

Grtzz

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That's odd. I've not heard of that happening and the mod should not alter the SIDs for the modcp.

Do you have any modcp related mods installed?

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Uh oh, i do but how does that alter the sessions?
Aren't the sessions only created in sessions.php?

Grtz

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There was 1 mod that required editing the modcp but i deleted that one a couple of moths ago.
It was the log action mod.

I also uploaded the original modcp but still the invalid session.
Maybe something else in sessions.php is causing it?
I'll check that too.

Grtz

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Well, I wonder if the user you describe is using cookies or not. It's odd that it would work for you but not for that user and I bet there is something on the user end that can fix it.

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I'm getting the same error, i meant the admin panel, no problems with that.
It's just the moderator control panel.
We checked the cookie part but that isn't working.
Grtz

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Are you using 2.0.6?

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Nope, 2.0.4

I did wanted to upgrade to 2.0.6 but can't apply the patch since i don't know how to do that on a windows machine.
The testserver is running on a windows OS and i don't want to mess up the live site if things go wrong.

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If you do it right the worst case scenario is that you will have to re-apply your mods.

The SEO mod is designated for 2.0.6 because since 2.0.4 there has been some changes that force the SID for critical functions (like the MODCP).

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The moderators have to wait then, i'll update the site manually when i've got time Sad

Btw, i don't know if i may post this here but i did a simple edit to Smartors album mod to make it more search engine friendly.
In the search engine results it kept showing photoalbum as a title even if it was a picture or a category.

By editing 2 files it now shows the category title and picture title.
Note: i also installed the supercharged album pack.

Code:





########OPEN##########

album_cat.php

########FIND###########



	$page_title = $lang['Album'];



########REPLACE WITH#####



$page_title = $thiscat['cat_title'];



########OPEN###########

showpage.php

########FIND###########



	$page_title = $lang['Album'];



########REPLACE WITH#####



	$page_title = $thispic['pic_title'];



######SAVE AND UPLOAD FILES####

Simple but effective Very Happy

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Craven, do you have any suggestions or how I can go about correcting my problems?

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I'm not sure what the problems are, but would be happy to try to help.

What parts of the mod were you unable to use?

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2,3,4,6,8,9,12,17 - I have no user post count so it doesn't matter

I have implemented these changes as best as possible, but in the file where some of the actual php work takes place I can't seem to reproduce the same effect that your mod is making.

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Is that list of numbers the parts of the mod you have problems with? If so I will need specific code changes, as some of the mod versions I released are ordered differently.

If you PM me your site URL I can also have a look, because I am not sure what the problem is based on your description.

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these are the line to search for that were commented out:

Code:

$last_post .= '<a href="' . append_sid("viewtopic.$phpEx?"  . POST_POST_URL . '=' . $forum_data[$j]['forum_last_post_id']) . '#' . $forum_data[$j]['forum_last_post_id'] . '"><img src="' . $images['icon_latest_reply'] . '" border="0" alt="' . $lang['View_latest_post'] . '" title="' . $lang['View_latest_post'] . '" /></a>';



'<a href="' . append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=viewprofile&" . POST_USERS_URL . '='  . $forum_data[$j]['user_id']) . '">' . $forum_data[$j]['username'] . '</a> ';



//

	// Obtain list of moderators of each forum

	// First users, then groups ... broken into two queries

	//



// 

   // Find which forums are visible for this user 

   // 



// 'MODERATORS' => $moderator_list, 



// 'L_MODERATOR' => $l_moderators,



if ( count($forum_moderators[$forum_id]) > 0 ) 

{ 

   $l_moderators = ( count($forum_moderators[$forum_id]) == 1 ) ? $lang['Moderator'] : $lang['Moderators']; 

   $moderator_list = implode(', ', $forum_moderators[$forum_id]); 

} 

else 

{ 

   $l_moderators = ' '; 

   $moderator_list = ' '; 

} 



$last_post_author = ( $topic_rowset[$i]['id2'] == ANONYMOUS ) ? ( ($topic_rowset[$i]['post_username2'] != '' ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username2'] . ' ' : $lang['Guest'] . ' ' ) : '<a href="' . append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=viewprofile&" . POST_USERS_URL . '='  . $topic_rowset[$i]['id2']) . '">' . $topic_rowset[$i]['user2'] . '</a>'; 



$last_post_url = '<a href="' . append_sid("viewtopic.$phpEx?"  . POST_POST_URL . '=' . $topic_rowset[$i]['topic_last_post_id']) . '#' . $topic_rowset[$i]['topic_last_post_id'] . '"><img src="' . $images['icon_latest_reply'] . '" alt="' . $lang['View_latest_post'] . '" title="' . $lang['View_latest_post'] . '" border="0" /></a>';



$last_post_time = create_date($board_config['default_dateformat'], $topic_rowset[$i]['post_time'], $board_config['board_timezone']); 



$topic_author = ( $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? '<a href="' . append_sid("profile.$phpEx?mode=viewprofile&" . POST_USERS_URL . '=' . $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id']) . '">' : ''; 

      $topic_author .= ( $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['username'] : ( ( $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] != '' ) ? $topic_rowset[$i]['post_username'] : $lang['Guest'] ); 



      $topic_author .= ( $topic_rowset[$i]['user_id'] != ANONYMOUS ) ? '</a>' : ''; 



{postrow.POSTER_POSTS}

since these lines are missing, I believe them to be in two other files . . . I'll pm you my url

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Hmm, you do realize that this might be futile?

The mod you are using does more to destroy SEO than my mod can do to help it.

It's burying the content deeper and that can REALLY hurt your SEO.

You would be better off either removing the mod or using another solution to index the threads (I'll release one one day).

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HI - I just downloaded the SEO phpbb hack from phpbbhacks.com. I followed the instructions carefully, but I am a novice at this sort of thing. I noticed two things that may have mean I did something wrong with the installation:

1) Guests can still make posts. I noticed in the notes that one of things that the SEO hack does is prevents guests from posting. I know I followed each step carefully.

2) In the view topic page, the posters' name which shows on the left hand side is no longer linkable to their profile page. BUt, in the view forum page, the poster's name is linkable. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

I'd like to tell you my site so you can seee what I am talking about, I read that I am not suppose to put links..hopefully my description of the problems is good enough. I apprecicate your help!

Natasha

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nnowakow wrote:

1) Guests can still make posts. I noticed in the notes that one of things that the SEO hack does is prevents guests from posting. I know I followed each step carefully.

Guests can post if they allow cookies. The warning in the mod is aimed at letting people who enable guest posting to know that this mod can hamper that.

Quote:

2) In the view topic page, the posters' name which shows on the left hand side is no longer linkable to their profile page. BUt, in the view forum page, the poster's name is linkable. Shouldn't it be the other way around?

Default phpBB does not link name to profile on the viewtopic page. So if yours was linked in the past it must be a mod.

But you are correct in that the viewforum names should not be linked.

Quote:

I'd like to tell you my site so you can seee what I am talking about, I read that I am not suppose to put links..hopefully my description of the problems is good enough. I apprecicate your help!

Natasha

Please send it to me in a PM.

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