phpBB SEO Advanced mod RewriteWith this mod, phpBB URL will transformed this way :index.php?c=xx => cat-title-cxx.html
viewforum.php?t=xx => forum-title-fxx.html
viewforum.php?t=xx&start=xx => forum-title-fxx-yy.html
viewtopic.php?t=xx => topic-title-txx.html
viewtopic.php?t=xx&start=xx => topic-title-txx-yy.html
viewtopic.php?p=xx => postxx.html
profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=xx => memberxx.html
It will not output any pagination duplicates.
URL rewriting is performed without using ob_start() nor adding any SQL.
The process is optimized, titles are formatted once, even if the url is called many times.
Short URL feature : Anything in topic title between "[" and "]" won't be injected in URL.
Example :
This topic title : "[SOMETHING] The Topic Title" will correspond to this URL : "the-topic-title-vtxx.html"
Bad Title handling : Example :
This topic title : """"??Véry bâd tïtle handling"[hehe]!!!" will correspond to this URL : "very-bad-title-handling-vtxx.html"
This mod is and will be compatible to all phpBB SEO modules, specific install instructions may apply.
Char-sets :This version supports all the char-sets supported by htmlentities().
For all these char-set, the mod rewrite will only inject the possible ASCII Chars, after removing all accents, available in the titles.
For example : "نرم افزار - Software" will be formated prior to injection in the following way : "software".
Please read the phpBB SEO Advanced mod Rewrite V 0.2.4 for more details.
Migrating :If you are migration, eg if your forum is already indexed using different URLs, you'll have to use another robots.txt and install the zero duplicate.
The migrating procedure will allow you to migrate and keep your previously indexed pages. Older links will be HTTP 301 redirected to the new ones. It is rather simple, but the solution depends on cases.
Let's meet in the advanced mod rewrite forum.
Please read carefully
The phpBB SEO Mod Rewrites, you will save time and will not risk to jeopardise your web-site's PageRanking.
0.0.x => 0.2.x Update : Make sure all the patches you're using are up to date.
0.2.2 => 0.2.4 Update : No changes for patches.
You will have to use the 0.2.2 and above version of the
[Advanced] Zero Duplicate V 0.2.2 and
[Toolkit] mx Sitemaps Module V 0.2.2.