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SEO URL Rewriting for GARS

August 19, 2007

I discussed the steps to setup the URL rewriting for VBulletin. For those forums using GARS, here are the steps. Edit geek/gars/mods/display/top.php Search: PLAIN TEXT CODE: $bits .= "<tr><td align=\"$stylevar[left]\"><span class=\"smallfont\"><a href=\"showthread.php?t=$value[threadid]\" title=\"$value[title]\">$value[title]</a></span></td></tr>"; Replaced with PLAIN TEXT CODE: $thread['url'] = strtolower(str_replace(" ", "-", $value[title])); $thread['url'] = strtolower(str_replace("'", "", $value[title])); $thread['url'] = ereg_replace("[/?!.$%£()~*@#]+", "", $thread['url']); $bits [...]

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VBulletin SEO URL Rewriting

August 19, 2007

Place the code below in the .htaccess. PLAIN TEXT CODE: RewriteRule ^t([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ showthread.php?t=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^lastpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=lastpost&amp;t=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^newpostinthread([0-9]+).html$ showthread.php?goto=newpost&amp;t=$1 [L] RewriteRule ^f([0-9]+)-(.*).html$ forumdisplay.php?forumid=$1 [L] Edit the functions_forumlist.phpSearch for: PLAIN TEXT CODE: $forum['statusicon'] = fetch_forum_lightbulb($forumid, $lastpostinfo, $forum); and below that add PLAIN TEXT CODE: $forum['url'] = strtolower(str_replace(" ", "-",str_replace("/", "-", $forum['title']))); $forum['url'] = strtolower(str_replace("'", [...]

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VBulletin URL Rewriting

August 18, 2007

This discussed how to make the VBulletin URL to a human readable format. Link

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NoSpam! – an alternative to CAPTCHA images

August 18, 2007

This simple hack is meant as a replacement for the default CAPTCHA system in vBulletin. There are two main reasons one might want to do this: firstly, new technology is constantly being developed to crack CAPTCHA images and make spam accounts anyway, and secondly, the more secure the CAPTCHA, the more difficult it is for [...]

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VBulletin Specific Category Icon

August 18, 2007

Find "forumhome_forumbit_level1_nopost" template: Code: <td class="tcat"><img src="/path/to/your/image_$forum[forumid].gif" /></td> Then, when you're naming the images you'd like to display, add a suffix to each one with the Forum ID that you'd like it displayed for. Ex: image.gif for Forum ID 2 becomes - image_2.gif Edit: If you don't want to display an image for all your [...]

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Commonly Asked VBulletin Questions

August 11, 2007

As you hop around vB Forums, help compile listings of the most commonly asked questions (and answers) related to these 14 topic groupings. Goal is to provide a Browse by Topic method of locating frequently requested information, as a companion to Search Mode. An FAQ will be produced from these results. Thanks for your help! [...]

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e-steki Karma v2

August 11, 2007

e-steki Karma is a powerful system to let users rate each other with a rating from -5 to +5. Each user's karma is a number, which is the average of all votes they have received. Refer to the Features section for more information. Link

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VBulletin Module:Mark Threads As ‘Solved’

August 11, 2007

This module provides ability to mark the thread as Solved. Link

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Module CMPS: AJAX Tabbed Content

August 11, 2007

 This is adds Tab to VB Advanced CMPS. Link

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Welcome to Development Standards.Net

August 9, 2007

I'm Mark Anthony Marucot. I'm 5 years in IT industry. I started this blog to document all my projects, interests and ideas.  My major online project is IT Experts Central (http://www.itexpertscentral.com). This site focused on providing free tutorials and invite IT experts worldwide to collaborate and help each other. The pagerank of the site is [...]

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