Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs => .htaccess

[kamrul]

There is no .htaccess to support the "Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs", so I have one written below, the first 3 are just a little beta bug proofing.

I can not guarantee this is perfect, but it's working so far, if I find any bugs, I'll squish em and edit in an updated version

Download: http://www.phpatlas.com/vBulletin/htaccess

# Author: Matty Asia
# Version 1.6
# Downloaded from: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?325798

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymLinks

### THIS IS A LITTLE EXTRA SECURITY AND CAN BE REMOVED

RewriteRule ^includes/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^vb/(.*) index.php
RewriteRule ^packages/(.*) index.php

### THIS IS THE ACTUAL REWRITE

RewriteRule ^threads/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) showthread.php?t=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^members/([0-9]+) member.php?u=$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^forums/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) forumdisplay.php?f=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^blogs/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) blog.php?u=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^entries/([0-9]+)(?:/?$|(?:-[^/]+))(?:/?$|(?:/page([0-9]+)?)) entry.php?b=$1&page=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^list/([^/]*/)([0-9]+) list.php*****$1$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^content/(.*) content.php*****$1&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^widget/config/([0-9]+) widget.php*****config/$1&%{QUERY_STRING}

To use this you must have Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs enabled.

To do this...
You need to go to Admin Control Panel then Settings > Options
Server Settings and Optimization Options
Then select Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs in the Friendly URLs section.

UPDATES:
1.6 Added ... Widget bit
1.5 Added ... Options +FollowSymLinks
1.4 Fixed content editing for CMS sections without SEO friendly names

If you get Error 500, check the .htaccess file for any \n hidden anywhere as seems to have appeared for a number of users copying from here, see the quote just below. Make sure what you copy is identical to what you see above.

Four options for Friendly URLs

Standard URL:

http://www.example.com/showthread.php?t=42&page=3

Basic Friendly URL:

http://www.example.com/showthread.php?42-Honda-Motorbikes/page3

Advanced Friendly URL:

http://www.example.com/showthread.php/42-Honda-Motorbikes/page3

Rewritten Friendly URL:

http://www.example.com/threads/42-Honda-Motorbikes/page3

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kamrul Reviewed by kamrul on 25th Dec 2009. Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs => .htaccess There is no .htaccess to support the "Mod Rewrite Friendly URLs", so I have one written below, the first 3 are just a little beta bug proofing. I can not guarantee this is perfect, but it's working so far, if I find any bugs, I'll squish em and edit in an updated version Download: http://www.phpatlas.com/vBulletin/htaccess # Author: Matty Asia # Version 1.6 # Downloaded from: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?325798 Rating: 5

[litewarez]

Another line you should add is the below line for security

Options -Indexes

this disables the file lists if theres not a blnk index.html file

[Storm]

I like this thing
Will really help in setting sites up faster, instead of installing whole SEO I use this

[kamrul]

And it will help your SEO.

[litewarez]

Whats with the stars

RewriteRule ^list/([^/]*/)([0-9]+) list.php*****$1$2&%{QUERY_STRING}