Pretty URLs

[FounderSim]

Did you checked your error log?

again yes. there is none =0

[vbgamer45]

See if disabling action url rewrites helps

[syrinx75]

Hello,

I've installed Pretty URLs   1.0RC4 on my SMF forum 1.1.13. It's working well.

Now I would lile to hide silently (rewrite) the real subfolders of the forum, to not show the real URL in the bar.

Like that:
https://www.domaine.info/forum/SMF1113/topicABCD/ [nofollow] ==> https://www.domaine.info/topicABCD/ [nofollow]

How can I do please? Thanks.

[Arantor]

Why not just move the forum from /forum/SMF1113/ to / and be done with it?

[syrinx75]

Why not just move the forum from /forum/SMF1113/ to / and be done with it?

I want to show to the user another tree than the reality.

[syrinx75]

Why not just move the forum from /forum/SMF1113/ to / and be done with it?

I want to show to the user another tree than the reality.

@vbgamer45:
Is a way to include in Pretty URLs a rewrite to hide the subfolders? Like that:

https://www.domaine.info/forum/SMF1113/topicABCD/ [nofollow] ==> https://www.domaine.info/topicABCD/ [nofollow]

[vbgamer45]

No way to do built in.

[syrinx75]

No way to do built in.

Sorry, I'm not a specialist. Could you explain why it's not possible? Due to httpS?
I mean to rewrite to hide the folders.

[syrinx75]

Why not just move the forum from /forum/SMF1113/ to / and be done with it?

I want to show to the user another tree than the reality.

@vbgamer45:
Is a way to include in Pretty URLs a rewrite to hide the folders? Like that:

https://www.domaine.info/forum/SMF1113/topicABCD/ [nofollow] ==> https://www.domaine.info/topicABCD/ [nofollow]

[Arantor]

There is no support in Pretty URLs to hide folders like that, because it's *just not designed for that purpose*. In fact trying to mask folders like that could give you no end of problems, while moving it won't.

[Rohan_]

what will happen if someone posts a new topic with the same title as the old one ? what will be the url then ?

[vbgamer45]

I believe it adds the message id after it.

[Rohan_]

you are not sure ?

[TDNY]

I too need a robots.txt since I'm using pretty url's. Don't know why there aren't any good ones, we all use the same SMF with the same directories and folders.
Do any of you look at your url's indexed on google search results? I have a ton of duplicate material, I have been spending hours working on the robots.txt file testing url combos that will block Google from indexing. The two I'm really having a heck of a time with are these which were original posts that were moved and then deleted, can't find a way to stop google from indexing "moved" topics:
I need to block these as well, note they all have the "/moved- something/" suffix
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-buttonboy/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-eastharlemghost/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-olepossum/

Here is a new one, Google is now indexing the original posts as well as the individual replies, they look like this:
1.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3593/
2.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3561/
3.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3567/

What is the Disallow: * code for the 2 exmples above?

[tabletsdroid]

For all you cats having problems with a redirection error after posting new topics replies etc

step 1
uninstall pretty urls
uninstall simple portal

step 2
go to admin > features and options
uncheck search engine friendly urls

step 3
install pretty urls
install simple portal

the redirect error should be gone now...

[TDNY]

Can we get a complete, working robots.txt that will handle the way the URL's get re-written via pretty URL's?

I need to block these, note they all have the "/moved- something/" suffix
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-buttonboy/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-eastharlemghost/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-olepossum/

Here is another one, Google is indexing the original posts as well as the individual replies, they look like this and all have the /msg"post#"/ suffix.
1.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3593/
2.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3561/
3.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3567/

What is the Disallow: * code for the 2 examples above?

[TDNY]

I'm using the Default Core vers. 1.1.13 and this is the third time I'm asking for support.

Can we get a complete, working robots.txt that will handle the way the URL's get re-written via pretty URL's?

I need to block these, note they all have the "/moved- something/" suffix
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-buttonboy/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-eastharlemghost/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-olepossum/

Here is another one, Google is indexing the original posts as well as the individual replies, they look like this and all have the /msg"post#"/ suffix.
1.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3593/
2.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3561/
3.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3567/

What is the Disallow: * code for the 2 examples above?

[vbgamer45]

I don't know much about robots.txt so don't want to take a chance and block traffic that is important.

[Dannii]

I'm using the Default Core vers. 1.1.13 and this is the third time I'm asking for support.

Can we get a complete, working robots.txt that will handle the way the URL's get re-written via pretty URL's?

I need to block these, note they all have the "/moved- something/" suffix
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-buttonboy/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-eastharlemghost/
http://treasuredigging.com/off-topic/moved-happy-birthday-olepossum/

Here is another one, Google is indexing the original posts as well as the individual replies, they look like this and all have the /msg"post#"/ suffix.
1.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3593/
2.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3561/
3.http://treasuredigging.com/todays-digging/1-little-2-little-3-you-know-the-rest/msg3567/

What is the Disallow: * code for the 2 examples above?

This mod has nothing to do with robots.txt so don't be surprised if you don't get help here.

Anyways, they should all be taken care of by the canonical URL, so you shouldn't need to deal with these.

If you absolutely insist, I'll give you a hint: Go to the top of the page and type robots.txt into the search box. Make sure that "this topic" is selected, and then press your enter key. From my memory not all search engines support wildcards but try it if you want (but then there's no requirement that they support robots.txt at all!)

[Rohan_]

Hello,

Please Help me in this case.

Currently if there is a topic which have brackets for example : Topic Title (abc)

then url comes with brackets in it..

www.domain.com/board/topic-title-(abc)

I don't want these brackets in url's as they are not good for search engines i want the urls like this..

www.domain.com/board/topic-title-abc

is it possible to have those brackets removed from the urls automatically ?