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[SEO URL] Topic Anywhere


We've all been once teased by Topic Anywhere because it makes it simple to output last active topic listings and RSS Feeds.

But this mod is still quite limited.

First, links to output last active topic listing are build up using JavaScript, and thus won't be seen by Search engine Bots, they'll only see :

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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src= "http://www.example.com/topics_anywhere.php?mode=show&f=a&n=10&sfn=y&fnl=y&r=y&sr=y&b=non&lpb=0&lpd=0&lpi=y"> </script>

Second, if the RSS Feeds are all right to be spidered, their URLs are not very bot friendly :

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http://www.example.com/topics_anywhere.php?mode=show&out=rss2.0&f=a&n=10&sfn=y&r=y&sr=y&b=non&lpb=0&lpd=0

And last but not least, it's a lot easier for you to paste few JavaScript lines of code in a page than for the server to constantly output last active topic listing.

Advise : do not use the "Jump to last post" option, this would output posts links, and it's the topic ones we want to optimize.

As well, not outputting the last message image link will save some resources while preventing another post link output

Those limitation being stated, it's till an handy mod, so here :

Download :

Topic Anywhere - phpBB SEO Advanced Mod Rewrite
Topic Anywhere - phpBB SEO Mixed Mod Rewrite
Topic Anywhere - phpBB SEO Simple Mod Rewrite

Installation is very easy, updating even more, you'll just have to upload / overwrite files.

The corresponding phpBB SEO mod Rewrite is required.

Package contains French and English language pack.

French-Speacking Support

dcz wrote:Well, you need to fully install one of the phpBB SEO mod rewrite before those links will work.
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I do have it installed, unless I am just not understanding your question.

I have created a guest account so you can see the index.

Username: Guest
Password: 123456


My pages are still getting index with the login mod. I had taken it off but my registration dropped to 0. When I put it back on, it jumped my registeration triple.

Ok, so it seems you did not install the mod completely .htaccess wise (as postxx.html is not working yet) and that there is something strange as your topic and post urls are not rewritten yet.

So I guess we'd first need to end up installing this one using it's support thread

Then, you'll need to turn mod rewrite on in mx Sitemaps, but one thing at a time

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excuse me

what about advance rewrite mod UTF-8 version

adding format_url() to topic any where advance is enough

amir abbas wrote:excuse me

what about advance rewrite mod UTF-8 version

adding format_url() to topic any where advance is enough

Yes, just as per the mx sitemaps module, just add the format_url function to the $seo_ ... vars.

i searched
i found three line

first one

$seo_topic = $seo_forum = array();

when i add format_url to this one it cause probem

and i two other line

$seo_topic[$i] = format_url($data[$i]['topic_title']);
$seo_forum[$i] = format_url($data[$i]['forum_name']);

as you can see both of them have format_url in default form
it works without probem and persian word filtered but if a topic doesn't have english word the shape of link are like this

-http://localhost/testpersia/empty-vt8.html

we must have word topic or forum instead of empty
this problem is similar to google site map problem that you fixed that

lol I should read my coding's more cautiously some times

So the problem you have is linked to the UTF-8 dev version. I am thinking those should be filtered in append_sid instead in order not to have to mod every mod the way we did with mx Google sitemaps.

Let's go back to the utf-8 thread to solve this, as I am thinking we won't need to change anything with this mod after the patch I am thinking of.

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dcz wrote:Ok, so it seems you did not install the mod completely .htaccess wise (as postxx.html is not working yet) and that there is something strange as your topic and post urls are not rewritten yet.

So I guess we'd first need to end up installing this one using it's support thread

Then, you'll need to turn mod rewrite on in mx Sitemaps, but one thing at a time

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I am using a different SEO URL code that came with my phpBB installation. I am using phpbb2 plus. Not the regular phpBB. Now while the code from the simple mod rewrite install without a problem. I am getting 404 when I click on any catagory.

here is my .htaccess

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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
########################
# CATEGORIES
RewriteRule ^forum/cat([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum/forum([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum/forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewforum.php?f=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^forum/topic([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^forum/topic([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]
# POST
RewriteRule ^forum/post([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
#PROFILES
RewriteRule ^forum/member([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################


RewriteRule ^sitemaps([0-9]+)\.html$ /sitemaps.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^sitemaps\.html$ /sitemaps.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum-m\ap\.html$ /sitemaps.php?fim [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum-m\ap-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /sitemaps.php?fmp=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum-m\ap-([0-9]+)\.html$ /sitemaps.php?fmp=$1 [QSA,L]

# rewrite for blog mod

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule blog/(.*)$ /forum/weblog.php?u=$1
RewriteRule blog/(.*)/$ /forum/weblog.php?u=$1


First you don't need to start twice the rewrite engine. As well, the mx sitemaps rules need the full path for this .htaccess located on level above in the root folder. And there should not be any rewriterules in the forum/ folder any more.

So your .htaccess should look like :

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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
########################
# CATEGORIES
RewriteRule ^forum/cat([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/index.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum/forum([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewforum.php?f=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# FORUM
RewriteRule ^forum/forum([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewforum.php?f=$1 [QSA,L]
# PAGINATED TOPIC
RewriteRule ^forum/topic([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?t=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
# TOPIC
RewriteRule ^forum/topic([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?t=$1 [QSA,L]
# POST
RewriteRule ^forum/post([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/viewtopic.php?p=$1 [QSA,L]
#PROFILES
RewriteRule ^forum/member([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&u=$1 [QSA,L]
# END PHPBB PAGES
#####################################################


RewriteRule ^forum/sitemaps([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/sitemaps.php?c=$1 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/sitemaps\.html$ /forum/sitemaps.php [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/forum-m\ap\.html$ /forum/sitemaps.php?fim [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/forum-m\ap-([0-9]+)-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/sitemaps.php?fmp=$1&start=$2 [QSA,L]
RewriteRule ^forum/forum-m\ap-([0-9]+)\.html$ /forum/sitemaps.php?fmp=$1 [QSA,L]

# rewrite for blog mod
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)$ /forum/weblog.php?u=$1
RewriteRule ^blog/(.*)/$ /forum/weblog.php?u=$1


Then, on your index, the link to forums is broken as it leads to -http://www.texascampingforum.com/forum/forums.html

All of this need to be taken care of, but please let's do it in the support thread

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This is great. downloaded it last week... thank you.

Can anyone help me out with this mod.

Basically I have SEO on my forum and want to use this mod to putput the urls such as:

topicid.html#postid

I downloaded the mod and saw it working on other peoples forums but upon installing it on mine my links look like:

forumurl.com/topic513710.html
forumurl.com/post513710.html#513710

I want it to link to topics only but in the topic url's it puts the post number/id instead of the topic ID so everytime I click on the topic it gives a topic does not exist.

Is there something wrong with my setup or the mod?

Thanks for your help.

And welcome

Actually, I checked both simple and mixed mod rewrite version again and did not find anything wrong in it.

I guess a link and more clues about which version are you using would help out here to help you out

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It must be some setting on my forum as just installed a test phpbb installtion on my server and installed the SEO mod again and this mod and it worked 100% fine so must be something with my other forum.

THanks for your reply

I have simple mod rewrite latest version and have install the corrosponding add-on with danish language file. I get the following when I run topics_anywhere.php

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /customers/mysite.dk/mysite.dk/httpd.www/language/lang_danish/lang_topics_anywhere.php on line 99

EDIT: english languagefile works...

Is it possible to paste Adsense code in topics_anywhere.php so that the output javascript shows Adsense?

Anybody got hints how do I implement the code?

I have tried to place include('includes/adsense.php'); different places in topics_anywhere.php with no luck.

adsense.php beeing <center> Adsense code </center>

Also I have Adsense code as java

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google_ad_client = "pub-7104991257238878";
google_alternate_color = "FFFFFF";
google_ad_width = 728;
google_ad_height = 90;
google_ad_format = "728x90_as";
google_ad_type = "text_image";
google_ad_channel ="4778566908";
google_color_border = "EFEFEF";
google_color_bg = "EFEFEF";
google_color_link = "006598";
google_color_text = "000000";
google_color_url = "006598";

document.write('<script src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/JavaScript"><\/script>');

if that helps

EDIIT: Found an alternative solutions. http://www.mydomain.dk/10seneste.php