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Pretty Urls / How to AVOID SEO Hit when Implementing PrettyURLs
« on: September 12, 2019, 08:44:28 pm »
i thought i'd post this here, too, just as it was posted at SMF support... I think it may take some of the trepidation out of purchasing this fine product for forum users that are worried about initial hit to SEO when implementing PrettyURL's.

here it is:

here is a little bit of a public service announcement.. regarding PrettyURL's and SEO for forums installing PrettyURLS that have been established for some time, and sites that are concerned with ranking or visibility....

I've been running PrettyURL's for a while... most pages have bounced back in the rankings after making the change.  Some haven't, though, and those pages using the old patter url ( ?board= ) still rank higher than the 'new' ones.

well, i'm an idiot for not doing this sooner.  I don't know if i'm an idiot alone, or if there are a bunch of us- but i'm sharing this to help everyone who's made the change and are perhaps still waiting, as i was, for there forum to 'recover' in the ranks...

this is SO simple.

go to your google console.  inspect url... type in the OLD url ( ?board= )... inspect it- your htaccess will see the the incoming request and shove it through the prettyURL rewrites hiding out in your htaccess, and send google to the same page that is using PrettyURLs.. confirm it is indexed, searchable/can be crawled... and... hit the "webpage has changed" button and request a new index...

that freakin' simple... meta descriptions, OG tags, and my particular implementation of H1's, 2's, and 3's- that i've been waiting forever for google to get around to- were changed to reflect the new pages (using the old links) almost instantly.

the only thing that may cause an issue is canonical...

make certain and have "index.php?board=" 'allowed' in your robots.txt.  whaplappahpoo- you'll be good in minutes using the same links you were ranking with prior to implementing prettyURLS... i was amazed at how fast it took hold.  and hopefully, since perhaps you're reading this, is there a way you can implement, in a future release, websites being approached using the 'old' url structure to either 302 to the new one and/or a code to strip 'canonical' out of the 'old' structure?

Thanks for your work, Sir.. it's worked out well for me.

good luck!

VB- I know you likely know this^, but.... perhaps you can add it to your readme or something for new users?  methinks it may remove a lot of the trepidation out of using your product.

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Will installing Pretty URL's break links? or, are users still able to reach threads/posts by using the SMF calls even with Pretty URL's installed? 

How much does the function slow a site?


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Support / sql syntax error populating the error log at the rapid rate
« on: October 02, 2017, 09:01:19 pm »
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Database Error: You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near '' at line 4Apply Filter: Only show the errors from this file File: /xxxxxx/Sources/adseller2.php
Line: 2543

thoughts on this? 

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Support / placing ads in an include
« on: October 02, 2017, 05:23:00 pm »
lacking the inherit intelligence to search, I thought to ask in an original thread. 

I own a pro copy of ad seller, copyright removed.  I also run a heavily trafficked site with a substantially customized theme. 

down the right side i run ad's, and to my own store.  I use a free standing php file and use and 'include' to render it, called from index.template...

my question is fairly simple-

can i post script in the include file to manage the ads?  if so, will the call to SSI in the index.template negate the requirement to call it again?

explained differently- i want to use the ad seller pro script outside of the index.template file, and on a file that uses php include within the index.template to call it... will it work?

I'm heavily trafficked and i have neither a non-production site to work with, nor the luxury of breaking the site this time of year even for a few moments. 

thanks in advance! 

for a better idea, the site is cfb51.com 

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Presales for Products / use on a sandbox pre-production?
« on: March 18, 2017, 11:46:35 am »
Sir's of SMF hack's,  8)

I'm very interested in this package, but I have a concern.  I run 2.0.13 in a highly customized form (you can see it at http://www.cfb51.com) which has a sandbox pre-production site @ 12finalflares.com.  I test everything thoroughly in the sandbox before moving it over to the production site.

If i purchase this suite, can i test it on the non-production (still live hosted) site and then move it?

I am concerned because the ad management package downloaded from smfmods broke the system even on manual install.  I'm sure it can be recovered, and most likely because i pasted the manual code prior to or post \', \;, or \}.... I just need to be certain that this thing works first, and so i don't have to clear my schedule and send in coffee to get it back up afterward. 

~break~

on anojher note- the site I operate is college football centric. each parent board (conference) has 8+ children boards  (teams).  I want to target both.  in example, I'd like to place an add on a parent (conference) such as tickets to games, where each individual team board (child board) I'd like to list things specific to that school such as caps and tshirts/jerseys... is this possible using the platform as it is delivered?  (my understanding is that it is, and by inserting the board's # in the appropriate place, just looking for confirmation)....

thanks!

standing by plastic in paw......

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