And welcome

Well it looks like you installed the phpBB SEO mixed mod rewrite php code changes with the phpBB SEO advanced (this mod's thread) .htaccess rewriterules.

So if you which to go for the mixed one, you'll have to change two lines in your .htaccess, should be something like :

Open :

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.htaccess

Find :

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# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^.+-vt([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^.+-vt([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]

Replace with :

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# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^topic([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]

If you'd prefer to go for the advanced one (topic title injection in url), then you should redo the php code changes part over the one you have already done (they are done at the same place in the files).

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Thanks dcz for fast reply,

I am using advanced one but i am not able to understand for which php code you are talking about, can you please tell me which part or file i have to do redo for this...

Well, the fact your forum is outputting links link /topicxx.html tells us you installed the mixed mod rewrite.

As the advanced one is only adding more changes, you can safely do as if you installed it from scratch over the already modded for mixed one files.
You'll only find half the job done and will have to fully overwrite the append_sid function in includes/sessions/.

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Hi, I have 2 questions:

1)I've created one subfolder called "support" and I've created .htaccess file like that:

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Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
#########################################################
# PHPBB SEO REWRITE RULES            #
#########################################################
# AUTHOR : dcz http://www.phpbb-seo.com/
# STARTED : 01/2006
#####################################################
# FORUMS PAGES
########################
# FORUM PROTECTION RULE
RewriteRule ^support/.+/([^/]+\.html)$ /index.php [R=301,L]
# CATEGORIES
RewriteRule ^support/.+-vc([0-9]+)\.html$ /index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED FORUM
RewriteRule ^support/.+-vf([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^support/.+-vf([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewforum.php?f=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^support/.+-vt([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^support/.+-vt([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]
# POST
RewriteRule ^support/post([0-9]+)\.html$ /viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
#PROFILES
RewriteRule ^support/member([0-9]+)\.html$ /profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################

and robots.txt

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User-agent: *
Disallow: /support/viewtopic.php
Disallow: /support/viewforum.php
Disallow: /support/index.php?
Disallow: /support/posting.php
Disallow: /support/groupcp.php
Disallow: /support/search.php
Disallow: /support/login.php
Disallow: /support/post
Disallow: /support/member
Disallow: /support/profile.php
Disallow: /support/memberlist.php
Disallow: /support/faq.php

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But not work.
Maybe because is a subdomain like http://support.domain.com ?
Because I've used that on my other forum on root and all works perfectly.

2)I've 2 folders called /support/ (where there is a forum) and one called /friends/ (where there is a forum again).
Can I use SEO mod for any 2 forums?
like http://support.domain.com and http://friends.domain.com with the same .htaccess file?

thx

And welcome

I think you're just confusing about domains and sub domains.

A sub domain is a genuine domain, and actually, www.example.com is a sub domain of example.com, the real main domain.

So if, for example you install a web site in your domain's root, let's call the folder www/, and then install phpBB in www/support/, while at the same time you create a sub domain called support.example.com linked to www/support/, then it's www/support/ to be the support.example.com's root.
All is like if phpBB was installed in this sub domain's root.

So you don't need no path in .htaccess, and it should be located in the domain's root, eg, the sub domain's one : www/support/.

And you don't want to let any possible access through www.example.com/support/, but only from support.example.com for the forum.

This can be done easy with few redirections. Please start a new thread in the apache mod rewrite forum if you need help on this.

In the forum folder all that would be required in the .htaccess to prevent any access from the main domain (as they would all be duplicates), you can just install the www prefix redirection in it.

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thx a lot

I have my website installed on IIS, who I can use this MOD? any link to download this/or any other rewrite mod for IIS

hi

DCZ are developing mod rewrite for IIS
you can find more information at this topic

admin can give you more information

I am very new to phpbb, i have seen that post but i am unable to understand where from to download an mod for IIS

Download the mod from this thread and use the httpd.ini from the other one where I replied to you as well

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I am about to try this mod on my test forum and I have three queries:

1) I have an anti-hotlinking script in my .htaccess on the server at root level:

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#--ANTI-HOTLINK--
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(http://|https://)(www.)?(gladtalk.co.uk).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

#++ANTI-HOTLINK++

Should I add the seo-mod .htaccess script before or after the above? And should I leave out the RewriteEngine on rule if it has already been included once, as above?


2) I want to use this on my test forum ONLY (which is in a folder called /test/) until I am sure it is working properly. I understand I must put the .htaccess at root level, so how can I test it without screwing up my live forum?


3) Is it compatible with Simple Subforums?

So
1)

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#--ANTI-HOTLINK--
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(http://|https://)(www.)?(gladtalk.co.uk).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

#++ANTI-HOTLINK++

# Here the www prefix redirection ...

# Here goes the phpBB SEO rewriterules ...

I just added the RewriteBase / which will make the following work faster.
The www prefix redirection is important, you'll find it in this post.
Just add the advanced rewriterules after you hotlinking and the www prefix redirection.

2) Well, it should not mess up with anything since we include the path in the rewriterules. They will only be used within the test/ folder.

So you just need to use the second .htaccess in the mod, the one for when phpBB is not installed in the root and change the phpBB/ paths to test/.
So just put those after the other rewriterules that may be already there, and it will be ok.

3) It is compatible with simple sub forum, the patch can be found here.

dcz wrote:So
1)

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#--ANTI-HOTLINK--
RewriteEngine on
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^(http://|https://)(www.)?(gladtalk.co.uk).*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(jpe?g|gif|bmp|png)$ - [F]

#++ANTI-HOTLINK++

# Here the www prefix redirection ...

# Here goes the phpBB SEO rewriterules ...

I just added the RewriteBase / which will make the following work faster.
The www prefix redirection is important, you'll find it in this post.
Just add the advanced rewriterules after you hotlinking and the www prefix redirection.

2) Well, it should not mess up with anything since we include the path in the rewriterules. They will only be used within the test/ folder.

So you just need to use the second .htaccess in the mod, the one for when phpBB is not installed in the root and change the phpBB/ paths to test/.
So just put those after the other rewriterules that may be already there, and it will be ok.

3) It is compatible with simple sub forum, the patch can be found here.

OK, one other thing. Think I read somewhere that there is an incompatibility with Today/Yesterday mod too? What is the fix for that?

http://www.phpbb-seo.com/boards/phpbb-s ... -vt87.html

dcz wrote:http://www.phpbb-seo.com/boards/phpbb-seo-mods/discussions-vt87.html

Thanks.

I have a database error message:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING, expecting ')' in /home/paul/domains/gladtalk.co.uk/public_html/test/includes/functions.php on line 291

Is this because I haven't included the today/yesterday patch yet (am working on it now) or because of some other error in my functions.php page?