SEO Friendly Links for PHPbb?

Is there a way to get SEO friendly links like vBulletin but for PHPbb?

I would like it www.mysitesname.com/the-thread-name.html or something similar just like what Vbseo does but for PhPbb.

Does anyone know of something free like this and if not anything cheap?

 

http://www.google.com/search?q=seo+...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum103/800.htm
http://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?t=76843

 

I have used a hack called Able to know to make all the SEO changes in my phpBB. It rewrote the urls and also made some more changes to make it more seo friendly

 

Do you have a URL to it?

 

Here ya go, a 158 page thread with everything you ever wanted to know... Plus the free download.

http://www.able2know.com/forums/about15132.html

 

Ok thanks man exactly what I need rep added.

 

If you upgrade to phpbb3, I think there's an option for 2 types of links for pages - standard or short.

 

I can highly recommend able2know I have used it in the past and it works a treat for both the friendly urls and the page titles.

Thanks

Pete

 

thanks guys..i was also looking for this info..

if in case am not able to get it to work, can someone help me online?

by the way will hostgator or other host have htaccess files?