Forumotion Mod : URL Rewriting for your forums!

[Shadow]

Dear users,

To improve the SEO of your forums and simplify their use, please note that changes will take place for the URLs of internal pages of your forums. This transition is transparent, the old URLs will redirect to new URLs.
The result will be URLs indexed more easily in the search engines.

Examples:

Forum index:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum

Forum portal:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/portal.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/portal

A topic:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum-f71/title-t15.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/t15-title

Nevertheless, and in the unlikely event of problems arise, our team is listening to you on the support forum.

This update will be made within the next hours.

Best,
Forumotion Team

[bbici]

Great Keep going Forumotion the best

[lifelike]

Wonderful. That's the best news!

The most helpful thing you can do is make our forums available to search engines. I'm glad to see we're up to their standards now.

I really hope this drives traffic to our keywords.

Cheers!

[blade99]

nice!

[Shadow]

Thanks for your support!
For templates users, here would be some modifications to be made :

phpbb2 & punbb

¤ Description : Deletion of "/" for links /statistics, /donate et /contact

• In overall_footer,
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  

  replace :

  by :

---

¤ Description : Addition of canonical URLs on /login et topics pages

• Dans overall_header,
  
  

  before :

  
  

  add :

[Shadow]

phpbb2 & punbb

¤ Description : replaces the URL written in hard in the templates

• In album_showpage_body.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  
• In profile_view_body.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  
• In search_body.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  
• In posting_body.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  ---

  
  
• In album_upload_body.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  
  

---

punbb

¤ Description : replacement of links in the FAQ that are written in hard

• In posting_body_wysiwyg.tpl
  
  

  replace :

  by :

  
  

[Saxaca]

A lot of work for us templaters, eh?
Nice update, the SEO's worth the work!

[Guest]

i already changed them all in 2 mins

[Saxaca]

I've changed them too now
Not does it help with SEO, but it also looks better!
Keep up the good work, Typlo & CO!

[Doctor Inferno]

Nooooooooooo.... Months/years of my SEO effort are now all gone.

By the way Typlo. You guys need to update the Robots.txt, they are still using the old urls.

[bluehnvn]

I have changed, but still see the old url

[BeBot]

EDIT : To assure the best performances for your forums, we have decided to postpone this update, it will be published online in the next following days.

Stay tuned!

Forumotion Team

I have changed, but still see the old url

If you read the while post you would know its not fully online.

[bluehnvn]

EDIT : To assure the best performances for your forums, we have decided to postpone this update, it will be published online in the next following days.

Stay tuned!

Forumotion Team

I have changed, but still see the old url

If you read the while post you would know its not fully online.

thank you! waiting..

[Master Marc]

Nooooooooooo.... Months/years of my SEO effort are now all gone.

Hopefully, they'll set up 301 redirects,

[Guest]

So let me get this straight ..

For example, to visit the FAQ, instead of /faq.htm it will be /faq ?

[Guest]

For example, to visit the FAQ, instead of /faq.htm it will be /faq ?

Yes

[Guest]

Nooooooooooo.... Months/years of my SEO effort are now all gone.

By the way Typlo. You guys need to update the Robots.txt, they are still using the old urls.

After seeing the new URLs, it looks like the changes were for better server performance, not for SEO. This, plus IMGFAST, makes me wonder whether...aw, never mind. We'll all find out soon enough...

I'm glad I use Invision and phpBB3 exclusively. I feel sorry for those who bought the line that the best boards were phpBB2 and PunBB because they have templates, because those people have a LOT of work ahead of them -- this is only the beginning!

I will say, though...nice touch with the quote! Adding a date was a good idea. Adding a link to the quoted post would have been a better idea, though.

[Gäst]

And what about the gallery?

[xsdenied]

Given the fact that I didn't even notice this change it was that smooth.

*insert hug for the admins here*

[bluehnvn]

ok, thanks for update, beautifullllllllllllllll

[Guest]

So.. it is done completly ? Because the links to the users profile are kinda wierd.. a few day they were like /u123-Username (wich were acceptable).. now there just /u123-

[battle_axe]

THANKS!!!! forumotion is the best!

[Shadow]

phpbb2 & punbb

¤ Description : Customize the links of the last topics on the homepage

• in index_box.tpl,
  
  

  replace :

  by (same as the new index version) :

  or by (same as the old index version) :

[adminplpl]

Typlo i have one idea please make it

Please make from this:
{catrow.forumrow.USER_LAST_POST}

This:
{catrow.forumrow.USER_LAST_POST_TIME}
{catrow.forumrow.USER_LAST_POST_AUTHOR} {catrow.forumrow.USER_LAST_POST_IMG}

[sloan]

is that why I can only see my sections when I delete cookies? but after I sign in it goes to just the main header again?

[sloan]

insert...something....what's going on you guys are causing loss of activity.
everything was fine.

[Fireflies]

Great

[hoangsg]

Dear users,

To improve the SEO of your forums and simplify their use, please note that changes will take place for the URLs of internal pages of your forums. This transition is transparent, the old URLs will redirect to new URLs.
The result will be URLs indexed more easily in the search engines.

Examples:

Forum index:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum

Forum portal:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/portal.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/portal

A topic:
http://myforum.forumotion.com/forum-f71/title-t15.htm >> http://myforum.forumotion.com/t15-title

Nevertheless, and in the unlikely event of problems arise, our team is listening to you on the support forum.

This update will be made within the next hours.

Best,
Forumotion Team

My Forum is not display true in IE7 from Dec. 23, 2010 while still showing well on Firefox. I think that this problem is related to this change.
Help me!

My Forum address : http://12a1ntt.yourforum4u.com/

[hoangsg]

My Forum is showing well now. thanks

[sloan]

roger that,

hope she stays stable...we got enough amateurs to deal with at EA.


thanks.