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SEO for SMF Forums

Discussion in 'Forum Management' started by googleminigames.com, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. #1
    For Those SMF Noobs (no offense)

    Go to your FTP and go to the root folder you installed SMF


    Go to your Themes Folder


    Click On Your Current theme folder and Now Look for index.template.php


    Open it ON notepad/wordpad


    And Look for the meta tags

    Change them to anything of your choice it will help you :)

    Note : By default you will have Simplemachines Meta Tags.


    Another Quick Tip. Make your Posts More Search Engine Friendly Go to Admin Panel and Go to Features and Options Check Search Engine Friendly Url's and DONE (only works for sites with APACHE)


    PS. Most of you already knew this but i just wanted to help and if you found this helpful take your time to link to my site. (www.googleminigames.com)


    Thanks.
     
    googleminigames.com, Dec 26, 2007 IP
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    Rage Well-Known Member

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    #2
    i could'nt find index.template.php

    there is only index.php ??

    EDIT:

    Got it... its under Themes/yourTheme/index.template.php

    ;)
     
    Rage, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    #3
    I modified my first post i forgot a part... Im very sorry
     
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    sawz Prominent Member

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    googleminigames.com Banned

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    #5
    hmm those are old especially SMFSEO and it only works on old version of SMF and is and always stayed in Beta and can get you banned from Search Engines because it uses Black Hate SEO ... SEO4SMF is buggy but might work for you :)
     
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    sawz Prominent Member

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    one of them is, surprised its still there.
    SEO4SMF will work with 1.1.4 if you tweak it a little.
    Pretty URLs is another mod thats kinda nice.

    i'm just curious what the point of your original post is?
     
    sawz, Dec 27, 2007 IP
  7. rockinaway

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    There is also a META one out by karlbenson I think.
     
    rockinaway, Dec 27, 2007 IP
  8. googleminigames.com

    googleminigames.com Banned

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    yeah see my site my post are Beatufied now lol
     
    googleminigames.com, Dec 27, 2007 IP
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    Arkserver Banned

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    #9
    seo4smf works pretty awesome, been using it for months.
     
    Arkserver, Dec 28, 2007 IP
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    Arkserver Banned

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    double post. :/
     
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  11. rockinaway

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    It is quite good. There are some problems with it and sometimes setting it up can be quite challenging..
     
    rockinaway, Dec 28, 2007 IP
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    #12
    SEO4SMF Questions on SMF 1.4
    Hey guys..I have two questions:

    1)How specifically do I tweak SEO4SMF to work with SMF 1.4?

    And probably a stupid question: I have integrated Wordpress with SMF on my two sites below. the URL for my forums are...domain.com/forum/ In the SEO4SMF directions it says to modify the .htaccess. OK. Here is my question:

    2) I have 2 htaccess files. one for WP and one for SMF. Which one do I modify?

    Thanks...
    __________________
     
    goatitis, Jan 6, 2008 IP
  13. googleminigames.com

    googleminigames.com Banned

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    get htaccess.txt and erase the old .htaccess and name htaccess.txt > .htaccess


    :)
     
    googleminigames.com, Jan 6, 2008 IP
  14. JMV290

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    #14
    I'm having a bit of trouble with SEO4SMF. Here is a screenshot of part of my board index.

    [​IMG]

    Once I click one of the boards, I get 404'd. What is the problem here?

    [​IMG]


    Yes, localhost is correct. I test everything using MAMP before attempting to run it on a live forum.

    It installed fine even though my forum is running 1.1.4. If this is not the problem, does anyone have any suggestions?
     
    JMV290, Jan 8, 2008 IP
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    #15
    thats normal sadly :( , it just gets a lot of 404 errors using these... :( that's why i have removed them from my site and only used the SEO FRIENDLY option on Admin>Features & Option


    PS. I dont you really recommend you use these anymore :)
     
    googleminigames.com, Jan 8, 2008 IP
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    It works fine for me on v1.1.4. Are you sure your mod_rewrite is working correctly and that the .htaccess file is correct and current?
     
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    Nope, how would I do that?
     
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    i can't access my admin panel anymore!! HELP!!!
     
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    what did you do that your admin panel is gone?
    is your forum still there?
    did you activate your .htaccess file?
     
    sawz, Mar 23, 2008 IP