phpbb2 to phpbb3 conversion of SEO rewrite

noworyz · PR0 Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

I currently use the phpbb2 version of your SEO mixed mod rewrite and am upgrading to phpbb3 very soon and was wondering if there is anything I should note before doing so in relation to the mod rewrite script? Will all the urls still work? Thanks

dcz

It's the right time to wonder about this Wink

So, you can pretty much keep your urls as they are now, but chances are great that the virtual folder mode would be a bit better in mixed mode.
example.com/forum-url/topicxx.html vs example.com/topicxx.html

This would change all your urls, but it's not really an issue with the zero duplicate mod. All you'd need to do is to keep the old rewriterules up and running (the phpBB2 ones) at the bottom of your new phpBB3 .htaccess, the zero dupe will do the rest Wink

So, it's time to play with the phpBB3 mod to define your urls as you want them Wink

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noworyz · PR0 Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

I tried implementing the phpbb3 seo but had issues with it not finding the urls. my forum is in domain.com/forum

Do I use the .htaccessin the root and change the rules created by the mod so that it knows the forum is in a sub directory?

dcz

Page not found errors are usually related to the .htaccess implementation.

So in your case, do you mean that the generated .htaccess (the default one you get directly on the .htaccess generator page) does not mention the forum/ path ?

Because it should, the default .htaccess is meant to be used in the domain's root (domain.com/) with no rewriterules in the eventual phpBB sub dir's .htaccess.
If it's not the case, it could mean that your phpBB config is not matching your phpBB install for script path.

Please post it here and I'll tell you more.

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noworyz · PR0 Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

Ok, for some reason the script path wasn't set correctly. Can you tell me what settings I should do so that the urls are the same as the mixed mod rewrite of phpbb2. I get kinda confused about the virtual directories etc. Thanks in advance.

dcz

To keep the same urls, you'll need to set the static parts (topic, forum, post, .html, -t,-f etc ...) the same as with phpBB2 (eg do nothing is you had not changed them).
Then, since there was no virtual folder trick in phpBB2, do not use it, and do not activate forum id removing. You can though cache your forum urls for a faster output, but you'll need to keep them as is if you really want the same urls as with phpBB2.

Now, my advice would go for taking this occasion to end up with better urls. The virtual folder trick is very efficient with the mixed mod rewrite and as said :

noworyz · PR0 Joined: 08 Jan 2007 Posts: 87

ok, for some reason I get really confused about virtual folder. If my forum is in domain.com/forum

is the url going to be domain.com/forum/topic.html or domain.com./topic.html

I want it to have the name of the forum directory in the url so which setting would I do.

I have no idea why I can't understand this stuff Smile

dcz

virtual root is in your case (phpBB installed in a sub dir) available as well.

Virtual root will change your urls this way :
from example.com/forum/topicxx.html to example.com/topicxx.html

Virtual folder (always available) will do the following :
from example.com/forum/topicxx.html to example.com/forum/forum-url/topicxx.html

Using both will do the following :
from example.com/forum/topicxx.html to example.com/forum-url/topicxx.html

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