Can someone check out if newb did it right?

Agloco · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

Hi,

First off thanks for your effort on this. I mentioned on another board that I setup a phpbb message board and asked if their was anything I could do to help out with SEO. So they pointed me here.

I installed the Mixed Mod rewrite on http://www.aglocochat.com and I just wanted to see if I did it right because I had some rewrite rules posted before the Mixed mod to send all requests to a sub folder.

I'm also not quite sure if it is working. I know the topics have the topic name in the URL, but all posts just say the topic #. Is this how it is supposed to work?

Also any advice would be great too.

Thanks for any help.

varteju · Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 25

Yeah it looks right! Good job!
You should install CyberAlien's session mod though to get rid of the SIDs!

Also, the advanced seo is the mod in which the topic title appears in the urls.

Agloco · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

I thought I did install the guest sessions mod. Hmm I will have to check that again.

Understand about the advanced. Do you think I should install that one? Would that be better for SEO?

varteju · Joined: 25 Nov 2006 Posts: 25

Today i installed the advanced one as well Smile

It should be better...having keywords in your url should be quite helpful for SEO. I personally recommend it but you should probably get a second opinion since i myself, am just a noob Embarassed

dcz

It depends.

As said here,
the mod is really helpful if your topic titles are not too bad.
This depends on the forum's general subject (general chat, support, focused discussions ...), the members, the titling policy and the moderating efforts.
Even harder to tell with this many content.

It's a bit easier to deal with the mixed mod rewrite.

Then looking at your forum, I see this : -http://www.aglocochat.com/ and -http://www.aglocochat.com/aglocochat/ and it's not a good thing to do. Your entire forum is duplicated.

Choose one or the other and do not let access to both.

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Agloco · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

Hi,

Been busy so I haven't been able to get to this. Thanks for the help. I added the Cyber Alien mod agian. I don't know what happened the first time. Maybe I started from a default install when doing the mixed mod?

Anyway dcz I'm not sure how to stop http://www.aglocochat.com/aglocochat

This is what I have in my htaccess:

dcz

I am not sure to get it right.

The mixed mod rewrite is installed on your forum, and the .htaccess is so far only matching urls in the aglocochat/ folder.

What I don't get with your .htaccess is :

Agloco · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

I have the phpbb forum in subfolder "aglocochat" from the root of my htdocs on my host.

I have more than one domian on my host. So I want all www.aglocochat.com requests to actually point to the "aglocochat" subfolder. This works I believe.

Then dcz you had a post saying you can get to the phpbb forum through www.aglocochat.com and www.aglocochat.com/aglocochat. I tested this and this is also true.

You said I should only allow from one, not both. I would like the phpbb to be only accessiable from www.aglocochat.com.

Does this make sense?

dcz

yes it does Wink

So, the best method to do so is to directly mod the VHOST, and to set the folder to the one you like, even if it's in another domain's sub-folder.

But it seems you're doing so because, you shared hosting does not let you do it.

Correct ?

If so, something like :

Agloco · Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 8

Thanks I will have to check on the VHOST, but I don't think I'm able to change that. If not I will add your rule.

Thanks again.

PS. I deiced to saty with the mixed mod becuase of your other post saying people could be putting all kinds of wierd titles. (Probably why I went with the mixed mod in the first place)

dcz

Yes, topic title injection does not mean much if the majority of your topic titles are not interesting.

It could be problematic SEO wise and a pain to moderate depending on the type of content. Of course, it's better with good titles, but the static URL for topic will as well give real good results.

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