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applelover

Joined: 28 Apr 2008
Posts: 1

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject: SEO not working for me

Hi I'm trying to implement this SEO mod for the first time.

My phpbb forum is installed in a directory "FORUM" on the root directory, so I added the htaccess info to my existing one in root :

Code:

# You could need to un-comment the following line
# Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

#########################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES #
#########################################################
# AUTHOR : dcz http://www.phpbb-seo.com/
# STARTED : 01/2006
#####################################################
# FORUMS PAGES
########################
# FORUM INDEX (un-comment if used)
# RewriteRule ^index\.html$ /index.php [QSA,L,NC]
# FORUM PROTECTION RULE
# RewriteRule ^[a-z0-9_-]+/([^/]+\.html)$ /index.php [R=301,L,NC]
# CATEGORIES
RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.html$ /index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L,NC]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L,NC]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# POST
RewriteRule ^post([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
#PROFILES
RewriteRule ^member([0-9]+)\.html$ /profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L,NC]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################

the next step :

Code:

copy phpbb_seo/*.* to phpbb_seo/*.*

Seems confusing, but I installed it into my FORUM directory if that is what it means.

Adding these were no problem :

Code:

// www.phpBB-SEO.com SEO TOOLKIT BEGIN
include($phpbb_root_path . 'phpbb_seo/phpbb_seo_class.'.$phpEx);
$phpbb_seo = new phpbb_seo();
// www.phpBB-SEO.com SEO TOOLKIT END
.
.
.

// www.phpBB-SEO.com SEO TOOLKIT BEGIN
global $phpbb_seo;
$url = $phpbb_seo->url_rewrite($url, $non_html_amp);
// www.phpBB-SEO.com SEO TOOLKIT END

etc

My site seems to run ok except when I click on any link which gives me an error :

Code:

Not Found

The requested URL /forum/cat1.html was not found on this server.

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache/2.0.63 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.0.63 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.5 Server at englishnewbie.srhost.info Port 80

What is the problem? Thanks in advance.

PS. Sorry, I posted in the wrong forum, this should be in the normal phpBB 2.0 forum not phpbb3.

dcz
Administrateur - Site Admin

Joined: 28 Apr 2006
Posts: 13354

Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 9:23 am Post subject: Re: SEO not working for me

If you want to uses this .htaccess in the FORUM/ directory, you need to replace :

Code:

RewriteBase /

with :

Code:

RewriteBase /FORUM/

And then, eventually get rid of the right slash in the rewriterules :

Code:

RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.html$ /index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]

becomes :

Code:

RewriteRule ^cat([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]

As his the .htaccess was meant for when phpBB is installed in the domain's root.

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