I have modified the Googlifier mod for PHPNuke with PHPBB2 port found at
www.orientalgate.org to work with standalone PHPBB2. This mod allows you to
turn dynamic forum urls into static ones and therefore get better indexed and ranked by Google & co., as well as picked by search engines, that don't like dynamic URLs (e.g. AllTheWeb).
The effect is like this:
> viewtopic.php?t=157 => ftopic28.html
(affects all topics, posts, forum folders and pagination; member profiles, search, lorgin and usergroups URL stay unchanged; the main page remains index.php)
Requirements: you need mod_rewrite enabled as well as ability to use .htaccess or modify apache config files.
Implementation:
Step 1. In
/includes/page_header.php before
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//
// Generate logged in/logged out status
//
add this code (make sure there are no space breaks at line ends after you paste):
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ob_start();
function replace_for_mod_rewrite(&$s)
{
$urlin =
array(
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)&topicdays=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)&mark=topics'",
"'(?<!/)viewforum.php\?f=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&view=previous'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&view=next'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&postdays=([0-9]*)&postorder=([a-zA-Z]*)&start=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)&postdays=([0-9]*)&postorder=([a-zA-Z]*)&highlight=([a-zA-Z0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)&start=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?t=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php&p=([0-9]*)'",
"'(?<!/)viewtopic.php\?p=([0-9]*)'",
);
$urlout = array(
"viewforum\\1-\\2-\\3.html",
"forum\\1.html",
"forum\\1.html",
"ptopic\\1.html",
"ntopic\\1.html",
"ftopic\\1-\\2-\\3-\\4.html",
"ftopic\\1.html",
"ftopic\\1-\\2.html",
"ftopic\\1.html",
"sutra\\1.html",
"sutra\\1.html",
);
$s = preg_replace($urlin, $urlout, $s);
return $s;
}
Step 2. In
/includes/page_tail.php after
add this:
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$contents = ob_get_contents();
ob_end_clean();
echo replace_for_mod_rewrite($contents);
global $dbg_starttime;
in the
same file after
add this:
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echo replace_for_mod_rewrite($contents);
global $dbg_starttime;
Step 3. In
your .htaccess file (if you don't have one create it; should be located in you forum root directory) paste these lines:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^forums.* index.php
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]*).* viewforum.php?f=$1&mark=topic
RewriteRule ^viewforum([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* viewforum.php?f=$1&topicdays=$2&start=$3
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]*).* viewforum.php?f=$1
RewriteRule ^ptopic([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=previous
RewriteRule ^ntopic([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=next
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([a-zA-Z]*)-([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?t=$1&postdays=$2&postorder=$3&start=$4
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?t=$1
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*).html viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2&postdays=$3&postorder=$4&highlight=$5
RewriteRule ^sutra([0-9]*).* viewtopic.php?p=$1
Note: sometimes this .htaccess code won't work properly if the forum is on a subdomain (was the case with me), you may need to try this variation:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^forums.* /index.php
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1&mark=topic
RewriteRule ^viewforum([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1&topicdays=$2&start=$3
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]*).* /viewforum.php?f=$1
RewriteRule ^ptopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=previous
RewriteRule ^ntopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&view=next
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*)-([a-zA-Z]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&postdays=$2&postorder=$3&start=$4
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*)-([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?t=$1
RewriteRule ^ftopic([0-9]*).html /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2&postdays=$3&postorder=$4&highlight=$5
RewriteRule ^sutra([0-9]*).* /viewtopic.php?p=$1
Step 4. Very important! In
your robots.txt file (goes at the *site* root) add these lines:
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Disallow: /your-forum-folder/sutra*.html$
Disallow: /your-forum-folder/ptopic*.html$
Disallow: /your-forum-folder/ntopic*.html$
Disallow: /your-forum-folder/ftopic*asc*.html$
(This is required to avoid feeding duplicate content to Google)
Step 5. Apply Google Mod #1 described at
this page.
Congrats! Now you now have traffic-generating mogul.