1. Advertising
    y u no do it?

    Advertising (learn more)

    Advertise virtually anything here, with CPM banner ads, CPM email ads and CPC contextual links. You can target relevant areas of the site and show ads based on geographical location of the user if you wish.

    Starts at just $1 per CPM or $0.10 per CPC.

Somebody mod-rewrite my phpbb forum

Discussion in 'Services' started by 2003m2003, Jun 4, 2005.

  1. #1
    I want to get this phpbb forum search engine friendly, please make your offer. :)
     
    2003m2003, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  2. mobilebadboy

    mobilebadboy Peon

    Messages:
    4
    Likes Received:
    0
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #2
    The SEs crawl phpBB just fine. With SIDs included no doubt.

    Never understood all the myths about phpBB. :confused:
     
    mobilebadboy, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  3. just-4-teens

    just-4-teens Peon

    Messages:
    3,967
    Likes Received:
    168
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #3
    abletoknow.com - i beleive you can pick up the mod_rewrite mod there.
     
    just-4-teens, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  4. westhaven

    westhaven Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    3,936
    Likes Received:
    452
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    195
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 4
    #4
    pls contact user IMRAN he will do it in just five mins, i already got it done from him
     
    westhaven, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  5. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #5
    Well those that usually complain show a goggle seach string to back it up usually and the index is never what it can be IMO.

    We just converted a phpbb that was in good shape, run well, and has traffic to vB. The indexed pages increases over 10 fold.

    So there is room for improvement.

    Good luck with your mod, those that know, use it from what I've seen.
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  6. 2003m2003

    2003m2003 Well-Known Member

    Messages:
    863
    Likes Received:
    17
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    138
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #6
    Well, he PMed me, let see.... negotiating.. :)
     
    2003m2003, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  7. YoungCoder

    YoungCoder Peon

    Messages:
    83
    Likes Received:
    2
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #7
    I will do it for $100 :p
     
    YoungCoder, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  8. ozband

    ozband Active Member

    Messages:
    408
    Likes Received:
    9
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    78
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #8
    never go phpbb... or phpnuke.... Google absolutely despises both...

    Without mod rewrite, google hatesthe urls.

    WithMod rewrite, google hates the page generation time....

    its a lose lose situation...
     
    ozband, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  9. Imran

    Imran Notable Member

    Messages:
    2,340
    Likes Received:
    190
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    230
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #9
    I can Re-Write a part of PhpBB Code so that it allows a better pagination and also mod_rewrite!, not problem works fine for my site!
    25000 Pages of mine are indexed by google! alone! well it was more than 90k once but since google had a problem, I'm loosing number of pages being indexed but I guess I'm not alone in this boat!
     
    Imran, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  10. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #10
    That's probably a fair offer. :)

    However, consider this. vBulletin would cost you $85.00 to have for a year at a time and $160.00 to own it with a nominal $30 to reup support later.

    If you are going to throw any money at this at all, now is the time to go to the next level.

    Good luck.
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  11. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

    Messages:
    19,776
    Likes Received:
    1,199
    Best Answers:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    470
    Articles:
    7
    As Seller:
    100% - 17
    As Buyer:
    100% - 1
    #11
    Sorry to hijack the thread.

    Noppid you seem very in the know with forum administration. Do you have any experience with converting phpbb forums to VB. Is it a complex task for a non-techie?
     
    dcristo, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  12. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #12
    Well I've done a few PHPbb to vB3 conversions.

    The instructions can be intimidating. However, with a backup of your original forum secured, you can play with the conversion process all you want till you get it right.
    • Backup the original forum.
    • Install vB.
    • Close the original forum.
    • Run inpex from the vB ACP.
    • Do forum and group permissions.
    • Update counters when done.

    And you should have a duplicate of your old forum on vB.(that's off my head)

    You can do the job with one DB and table prefixes, however, two DBs would be the preferred method.

    The impex import product by vbulletin for phpbb is well done. It pulls everything you need.

    Things that can go wrong are mostly timing issues with various server configurations. I have had to redo things in some cases to get the server happy with the processing time and such. But that is to be expected and patience will get ya there if that is an issue on your server.

    Then copy your default style and go to town making the forum look the way that fits your sites theme.

    Always leave a copy of the original vB templates intact and unedited available in your ACP.
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  13. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

    Messages:
    19,776
    Likes Received:
    1,199
    Best Answers:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    470
    Articles:
    7
    As Seller:
    100% - 17
    As Buyer:
    100% - 1
    #13
    So basically pass on the task to a techie...

    Cheers :)
     
    dcristo, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  14. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #14
    Well, no I wan't saying that. That's the basics of it.

    If you can create a DB and know it's name and password, upload files, edit a file or two, and follow the install steps that walk you through, a non techy could do it. I'm serious. It looks huge, but if you break it down, you can see that it's not that hard and made up of tasks you know how to do I bet.

    The vB support forum can help too.
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  15. ServerUnion

    ServerUnion Peon

    Messages:
    3,611
    Likes Received:
    296
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    0
    As Seller:
    100% - 3
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #15
    mod_rewrite on any forum is a good idea. Have seen great results with limited to no overhead.
     
    ServerUnion, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  16. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #16
    Could you point out an example?

    While I'm sure html extensions help in general. I can't see where a forum with the mod is doing better the a properly SEO'd forum using php URLs.

    It does not seem to benefit a forum for the effort necessary to install and manage at upgrades.


    EDIT: opps, I'm talking vB. I forgot this topic is phpbb which needs more help.
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  17. joeychgo

    joeychgo Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,368
    Likes Received:
    321
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    255
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #17
    Its not that complex. It sounds hard, but if your converting phpbb to vbulletin its actually pretty easy.


    I would like to see some specifics on this. I hear people claim this, but never see any proof.
     
    joeychgo, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  18. noppid

    noppid gunnin' for the quota

    Messages:
    4,246
    Likes Received:
    232
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    135
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #18

    Where'd you come from? can you smell these posts? :D
     
    noppid, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  19. dcristo

    dcristo Illustrious Member

    Messages:
    19,776
    Likes Received:
    1,199
    Best Answers:
    7
    Trophy Points:
    470
    Articles:
    7
    As Seller:
    100% - 17
    As Buyer:
    100% - 1
    #19
    Joey you'll probably tell me to get f****d (lets not bump that thread again lol) but can you point me to a good thread on your VB site with regards to this?
     
    dcristo, Jun 4, 2005 IP
  20. joeychgo

    joeychgo Notable Member

    Messages:
    3,368
    Likes Received:
    321
    Best Answers:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    255
    As Seller:
    100% - 0
    As Buyer:
    100% - 0
    #20

    Well - Here is one: PHPBB to vBulletin

    I recently did this for the first time myself. I found it to be pretty easy.
     
    joeychgo, Jun 4, 2005 IP
    SERPalert likes this.