Really struggling with this, please help!

Nobby · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 5

Hmmm

I have just converted from phpbb2 to phpbb3, i have downloaded and installed your premodded version for SEO (great idea). I have previously used the all encompassing mod by Craven de Kere. My urls were static and all sorts of other pagerank drains were removed. (i loved this mod even though with my rather limited understanding it took hours to install!)

This is my old forum acid-lounge.com/forum with these mods in place.

So, i now have your modded version of phpbb3 installed here acid-lounge.com/phpBB

All i wanted to do was achieve a simialar level of SEO mod to what i previously had.

The list of options on your modded version requires a degree in astro physics or simialar, i dont understand any of it, or indeed what i need to achieve the similar settings of my old forum.

I eventually part guessed part hoped some of the options and went for it, the forum created a htaccess file and i uploaded a robots.txt as described.

My forum doesnt work though, lol

all the pages go 404 and although i am sure the answer is here on this forum already, i simply do not understand the solutions provided. What i need is someone who can not only understand the issues and what i need, but provide help in simpleton terms.

Any takers?

kind regards

Nobby

ps. sorry for the long post

SeO

Nobby · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 5

Well, thanks for the reply, i barely understood a word of it! lol

The "old" forum has been offline for a long time, so its indexed pages (the few that are) are of no interested to me, i just want to get the new install set up right and then that can index from scratch.

Does that change anything?

dcz

Yes, it means that you only need to deal with the premod options and don't bother about redirecting the old urls.

Give the premod a try on a test server, you'll see, it's not this difficult, at least it's a lot fewer settings than phpBB3 itself Wink

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Nobby · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 5

Well i have played about with it, it still doesnt work i just get 404's, its very annoying. I have followed the instructions, but as always with such things the instuctions seem to be written by experts for other experts. I think i will have no choice but to stick with my old phpbb2, shame, but i have already spent hours and hours messing with the settings with no success at all.

thanks anyway.

dcz

well, with the .htaccess generator, it's not really hard to have a correct .htaccess, all you need to do is put it in the right place (mentioned in acp), and eventually play a bit with slashes, which, since you already installed the able2know mod should not be a problem, you just need to use the same slashes as per the able2know's .htaccess.

Note that the .htaccess generator will only generate the code, you need to put it in a .htaccess file in the proper dir.

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Nobby · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 5

SeO

Nobby · Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 5

thanks for your help. Shame changing templates isnt easier, looks like i will have to stick with what i have for now!