phpBB Search Engine Optimization - Sessions, static ( SEO )

Hello,
Thanks for your great hack! Very Happy

I applied this hack and it works great, only one thing: when I use site:domain.com to check Google cached pages, I have used all the lines in the robots.txt, but I still can see lots of pages like:
123ntopic.html
123ptopic.html
post-123.html
posting.php?mode=reply&t=123

Although they are not cached, just a "similar pages" link under the URL, is there anything wrong here? Thanks!

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hurricane_sh wrote:

Although they are not cached, just a "similar pages" link under the URL, is there anything wrong here? Thanks!

If they are not cached that probably means they were not spidered, but because the pages that link to it were spidered they were added.

The pages were not spidered so you shouldn't worry.

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Craven de Kere wrote:

If they are not cached that probably means they were not spidered, but because the pages that link to it were spidered they were added.

Thanks for your prompt reply. You are absolutely right, just confirmed it with a static url: faq.php, it's clearly stated in robots file, I can see the URL in the cache with "inurl:forums/faq.php site:domain.com", but it's not cached. That proves that robots file works as expected.

Cheers! Very Happy

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Craven,
do dynamic meta keywords enhance SERP?

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Depends on how they are implemented.

Keywords won't make as much of a difference as meta description will.

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I have made a little mod that parses $page_title to META keyword, would it be a better idea to parse to description?

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Won't make much of a difference, especially if the tag is the same as the title tag.

But it is unlikely to make a negative difference.

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Craven de Kere wrote:

The lastest version of phpbb is not incompatible with this mod.

Craven Do you envisage that this means that to have the new phpBB forum when it comes out would mean starting again as the current urls cannot be matched up.

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LocanT wrote:

Craven de Kere wrote:
The lastest version of phpbb is not incompatible with this mod.

Craven Do you envisage that this means that to have the new phpBB forum when it comes out would mean starting again as the current urls cannot be matched up.

I don't know how the urls show up with phpbb2.2 but if it's changed then a minor change to htaccess to cope with that.
Like:

Code:

RewriteRule ^about([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [L,NC]

RewriteRule ^about([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [L,NC]

That's what you have now.
Would be:

Code:



RewriteRule ^about([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /NEW_PHPBB_URL[L,NC]

RewriteRule ^about([0-9]*).* /NEW_PHPBB_URL [L,NC]

That way, the hits you'll get from serps will go to the new urls.
But i think Craven will keep the current rewrite so there will only be a FIND and REPLACE for the htaccess, nothing to worry about Smile

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hi there craven, is it possible to do this mod before you install it, like a have a pre-modded version on your machine, then if you came to installing many boards than you could have this version always ready to install multiple times.

Also, if you had many board run on your webspace coming from one domain, would there be any problems with google spidering them????

also in regards to this:

MOD Title: phpBB static URLs mod_rewrite 1.0.0
## MOD Author: Craven de Kere (N/A) http://www.Able2Know.com
## MOD Description: This mod should be added AFTER the Able2Know.com SEO mod
## This mod makes static URLs (only for guests) for phpBB, for example topic-22234.html

Does this mean it needs to be added once you have submiited your url to search engines and it is been spidered on can you do it before.

Much appreciate for this mod, it sounds superb and i think i may just be ready to utilises my site to it's full potential!!

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Hi, I intsalled the latest phpbb version ( 2.0.11), then I applied your MOD.
Everything looks great,
BUT

when I login I enter my user name and password then I am redirected to "http://" and I get "The page cannot be displayed" error, when I click back button I see I am already logged in, when I logout I get the same URL just "http://" and the same error "The page cannot be displayed"

When I try to access the admin area (domain.com/forum/admin/) I am getting the same errors.

Please help!

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i tried installing this board, pre-modified and this is what i got Sad

before i even got to the installation page:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '*' in /home/sites/weareyou.co.uk/public_html/bands/test/phpBB2/index.php on line 404

it's because of this:

/*
$last_post .= '<a href="' . append_sid("viewtopic.$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>';
*/
*/

the above is definatley modified with this mod,

take it what i was trying to do will not work then Sad

gutted

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propagandhi wrote:

hi there craven, is it possible to do this mod before you install it, like a have a pre-modded version on your machine, then if you came to installing many boards than you could have this version always ready to install multiple times.

Yes.

Quote:

Also, if you had many board run on your webspace coming from one domain, would there be any problems with google spidering them????

The depth to which Google spiders is determined by their algorithims. Unless your site is popular with the algo (main factor would be backlinks) it will probably not be fully spidered.

Quote:

MOD Title: phpBB static URLs mod_rewrite 1.0.0
## MOD Author: Craven de Kere (N/A) http://www.Able2Know.com
## MOD Description: This mod should be added AFTER the Able2Know.com SEO mod
## This mod makes static URLs (only for guests) for phpBB, for example topic-22234.html

Does this mean it needs to be added once you have submiited your url to search engines and it is been spidered on can you do it before.

It means that you should first apply the main SEO mod and then apply the "static url" mod.

FunFun wrote:

Hi, I intsalled the latest phpbb version ( 2.0.11), then I applied your MOD.
Everything looks great,
BUT

when I login I enter my user name and password then I am redirected to "http://" and I get "The page cannot be displayed" error, when I click back button I see I am already logged in, when I logout I get the same URL just "http://" and the same error "The page cannot be displayed"

When I try to access the admin area (domain.com/forum/admin/) I am getting the same errors.

Please help!

Check your phpbb configuration, paying special attention to domain name and path settings.

propagandhi wrote:

i tried installing this board, pre-modified and this is what i got before i even got to the installation page:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected '*' in /home/sites/weareyou.co.uk/public_html/bands/test/phpBB2/index.php on line 404

it's because of this:

/*
$last_post .= '<a href="' . append_sid("viewtopic.$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>';
*/
*/

the above is definatley modified with this mod,

take it what i was trying to do will not work then gutted

You did not follow the instructions correctly, and in the snippet you posted there is incorrect syntax with the double closing comments.

*/
*/

should be

*/

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Craven de Kere wrote:

FunFun wrote:
Hi, I intsalled the latest phpbb version ( 2.0.11), then I applied your MOD.
Everything looks great,
BUT

when I login I enter my user name and password then I am redirected to "http://" and I get "The page cannot be displayed" error, when I click back button I see I am already logged in, when I logout I get the same URL just "http://" and the same error "The page cannot be displayed"

When I try to access the admin area (domain.com/forum/admin/) I am getting the same errors.

Please help!

Check your phpbb configuration, paying special attention to domain name and path settings.

How can I check this settings ?? I can't log in admin area

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If you think it has any relation to your application of this mod, then undo your changes and see.

But I don't think it is. And if you can't get into your admin panel you'll need to query the database through other means (SSH, phpmyadmin...).

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Does anyone know how to get this mod to work in junction with category hierarchy 2.1.0?

i'm asking this because CH 2.1.0 are based on classes now. Sad

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I had the mod installed a few months ago and jsut recently upgraded my forums to 2.0.11.

I get the following at the bottom of my page when logged out:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: replace_for_mod_rewrite() in /home/sword/public_html/forums/includes/page_tail.php on line 53

And it doesn't look like my urls are correct.. can someone take a look.. I'm not sure if I'm aloud to post a link here? If not, please iM for link.

Edit (Moderator): Link removed.

Thanks,

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It looks like you broke the mod when upgrading.

You should make sure the mod is intact step by step.

Pay special attention to the mod_rewrite changes for page_header.php

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Do you mind contacting me... I'll hire ya again... Smile

Thanks,
Mike

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Craven,
if I create a template switch that takes a look at HTTP_USER_AGENT and then serves a "plain-text" like tpl-file (with no images, out-going links etc) to - say - Google and Slurp, will it be considered cloaking..?

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