Photopost SEO

T2DMan · #1 19th Jan 06, 03:41 PM

vBulletin Photopost SEO

SEO Photopost version 5.5 (ajax version) - In the course of my SEO'ing of vBulletin, I get to SEO the associated packages.

Make sure that you have the spider friendly url's option on:
Settings - Edit options - Global options
option: Use Spider-friendly URLs?

Issues:

all the titles are around the wrong way corrected
and the meta descriptions are all the same - same as the default vBulletin meta description. corrected
There is no firstwords section corrected
The h1 is set as the main forum - corrected
with the spider friendly url's, there are a number of duplicate url's - not fixed

photopost/admin-inc.php

find:

Code:

<title>{$Globals['galleryname']} - {$titlereplace} - Powered by PhotopostPost

replace with:

Code:

<title>{$titlereplace} - {$Globals['galleryname']}

find

Code:

<!-- end no cache headers -->\n

Add the following after it:

Code:

<meta name=description content='See {$titlereplace} on our {$Globals['galleryname']} picture gallery - {$titlereplace}' />

You can add some more descriptive text as you would like. Just make sure that you have the {titlereplace} twice in the meta description.

/photopost/pp-inc.php

replace:

Code:

$theader = str_replace( "<head>","<head><title>{$Globals['galleryname']} - {$titlereplace} - Powered by PhotoPost</title>", $theader );

with:

Code:

$theader = str_replace( "<head>","<head><title>{$titlereplace} - {$Globals['galleryname']}</title>", $theader );

replace:

Code:

$theader = str_replace( "{ppheader}", "$nocachetag $headtags $javapopup $headslide", $theader);
		print "$theader";

with:

Code:

$headx="
<meta name=\"description\" content=\"See {$titlereplace} on our {$Globals['galleryname']} gallery. {$titlereplace} - sitename.\" />
$nocachetag
$headtags
$javapopup
$headslide
$ajaxcode";
		$theader = str_replace( "{ppheader}",$headx, $theader);

Now with the title being around the other way, we have the issue of the "Main index" being hte first words of the main pp index page. So edit the $Globals for your language:
ie /languages/eglish.php
from

Code:

$Globals['pp_lang']['tablehead'] = "Main Index";

to

Code:

$Globals['pp_lang']['tablehead'] = "Your main keyphrase";

Check your pp admin, and delete any meta description from the administration / edit headtags.

Add in the following plugin:

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>

<plugins>
	<plugin active="1" product="vbulletin">
		<title>Photopost SEO</title>
		<hookname>parse_templates</hookname>
	 <phpcode><![CDATA[
if(THIS_SCRIPT=='showphoto' or THIS_SCRIPT=='showgallery' or THIS_SCRIPT=='showmembers' or THIS_SCRIPT=='slideshow' or THIS_SCRIPT=='ppindex' or 
THIS_SCRIPT=='uploadphoto') $photopost=true;

if(THIS_SCRIPT=='showproduct' or THIS_SCRIPT=='showcat' or THIS_SCRIPT=='cpindex') $classifieds=true;]]></phpcode>
	</plugin>
</plugins>

and update the headinclude template to be the following:

Code:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='member' or $photopost"><else />

T2DMan · #2 19th Jan 06, 10:44 PM

the /index.php is not needed

index.php

replace

Code:

	$childnav = "<span class=\"{$Style['small']}\"><a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}</a> $childnav</span>";

with

Code:

	$childnav = "<span class=\"{$Style['small']}\"><a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}</a> $childnav</span>";

misc.php
find

Code:

	$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']} » {$Globals['pp_lang']['persalbums']}";

replace with

Code:

	$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']} » {$Globals['pp_lang']['persalbums']}";

pp-inc.php

find

Code:

		$menu .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}";

replace with

Code:

		$menu .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}";

register.php

find

Code:

		<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['retfront']} {$Globals['galleryname']}");

replace with

Code:

		<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['retfront']} {$Globals['galleryname']}");

showgallery.php
find:

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

replace with

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

showmembers.php
find:

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

replace with

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

pp_inc.php - pagination duplicate when page one

showphoto.php
find \

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

replace with

Code:

$childnav = "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['home']}

pagination duplicate when page one
pp_inc.php

from

Code:

$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php/cat/$cat/page/$p" );

to
//t2dman seo tweak

Code:

 					   if($p==1) {
						$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php/cat/$cat" );
						} else {
						$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php/cat/$cat/page/$p" );
						}

from

Code:

$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php/cat/$cat/page/1"

to

Code:

$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php/cat/$cat/"

from

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php/page/1$extrainfo\">1</a> ... ";

to

Code:

 $posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/$extrainfo\">1</a> ... ";

from

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php?page=1$extrainfo\">1</a> ... ";

to

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/?$extrainfo\">1</a> ... ";

from

Code:

$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php?cat=$cat&amp;page=1" );

to

Code:

$conurl = construct_ppurl( "{$Globals['maindir']}/$whoami.php?cat=$cat" );

from

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php/page/1$extrainfo\">{$pagenames[1]}</a> ... ";

to

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/$extrainfo\">{$pagenames[1]}</a> ... ";

from

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/index.php?page=1$extrainfo\">{$pagenames[1]}</a> ... ";

to

Code:

$posternav .= "<a href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/?$extrainfo\">{$pagenames[1]}</a> ... ";

T2DMan · #3 26th Sep 06, 06:15 PM

Add the following to your navbar template:

replace:

Code:

<strong>$vboptions[bbtitle]</strong></div>

with

Code:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='ppindex'"><h1 class="h1navbar">Photos</h1>
<div class="navbar2">intr paragraph for the main photo index page</div>
<else />
<if condition="!$photopost"><h1 class="h1navbar">$vboptions[bbtitle]</h1></div></if>
		</if></if>
<if condition="$photopost">
{navbar}
 
 <else />

add a closing of </if> at the end of all your navbar intro paragraphs.

You need to have added in the plugin noted - that picks for the photopost pages.

after the following code on pp-inc.php

Code:

$theader = str_replace( "{tablewidth}", $Globals['tablewidth'], $theader);

add

Code:

		$firstwords="<a href=\"/photopost/\">Pictures</a></div><img class=\"inlineimg\" src=\"./images/misc/navbits_finallink.gif\" border=\"0\" /><h1 class=\"h1navbar\">{$titlereplace}</h1><div class=\"navbar2\">Check out the <b>{$titlereplace}</b> pictures on our '{$Globals['galleryname']}' gallery. domain.com is a world leading website on all things xxx. <i>{$titlereplace}</i> pictures on domain.com.</div>";
		$theader = str_replace( "{navbar}", $firstwords, $theader);

T2DMan · #4 26th Sep 06, 11:57 PM

header include template

add at the start of the template:

Code:

<if condition="THIS_SCRIPT=='ppindex">
	<meta name="description" content="156 characters with the search phrase mentioned twice with a sales pitch for the site." />

and then add an </if> at the end of the statements.

If you have vbulletin header integration for your photopost and reviewpost, then you need to correct the paths for a number of items.

header include template

add the forum pathname appropriate to your forum - ie, I added /forums/ for one client:

Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_global.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script>
<if condition="$show['popups']"><script type="text/javascript" src="/forums/clientscript/vbulletin_menu.js?v=$vboptions[simpleversion]"></script></if>

<if condition="$vboptions['externalrss']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] RSS Feed" href="/forums/external.php?type=RSS2" />
<if condition="$show['foruminfo'] OR $show['threadinfo']">
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="$vboptions[bbtitle] - $foruminfo[title_clean] - RSS Feed" href="/forums/external.php?type=RSS2&amp;forumids=$foruminfo[forumid]" />

footer template

Delete the $cronimage, and replace with the following:

Code:

<if condition="!$photopost and !$classifieds">$cronimage</if>

T2DMan · #5 27th Sep 06, 02:27 AM

The best way of doing seo photopost, is to give cookies for each variation of view. The url's can then be the single url, but the view can be of "recent" photos etc based on the cookie set for the last categorisation. If the link was to the proper url, and then an "onclick" to the variation, that would be another idea. The onclick could set the cookie, then redirect to the proper url.

However, adding rel=nofollows is one quick fix for the situation.

add rel=nofollows as follows:

slideshow.php

Code:

$slidecode = "<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"$slidestop\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['stop']}</a>";

add for the following - copy the code and paste over your code
templates/vb3enhanced/membhead.tmpl

Code:

<span class="{$Style['medium']}"><a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['a']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['a']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['b']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['b']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['c']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['c']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['d']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['d']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['e']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['e']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['f']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['f']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['g']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['g']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['h']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['h']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['i']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['i']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['j']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['j']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['k']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['k']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['l']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['l']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['m']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['m']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['n']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['n']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['o']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['o']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['p']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['p']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['q']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['q']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['r']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['r']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['s']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['s']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['t']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['t']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['u']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['u']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['v']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['v']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['w']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['w']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['x']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['x']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['y']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['y']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['z']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['z']}</a><br />
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['0']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['0']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['1']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['1']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['2']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['2']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['3']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['3']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['4']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['4']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['5']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['5']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['6']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['6']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['7']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['7']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['8']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['8']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?sl={$Globals['pp_lang']['9']}&amp;cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">{$Globals['pp_lang']['9']}</a>
					<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showmembers.php?cat=$cat&amp;limit=$limit">All</a></span>

/vb3enhanced/searchbox.tmpl

Code:

&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showgallery.php?limit=last7&amp;cat=$cat">{$Globals['pp_lang']['last7']}</a>
&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showgallery.php?limit=last14&amp;cat=$cat">{$Globals['pp_lang']['last14']}</a>
&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" href="{$Globals['maindir']}/showgallery.php?limit=all&amp;cat=$cat">{$Globals['pp_lang']['allimages']}</a>

/forums/vb3.php
add in the rel=nofollow

Code:

$regtext = " &middot; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"{$Globals['vbulletin']}/register.php?action=signup\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['register']}</a>";

pp-inc.php

Code:

$menu .= " &middot; <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"{$Globals['maindir']}/search.php\">{$Globals['pp_lang']['search']}</a>";

There are so many more. Just hard to know what is worth it. The recent photos are great for Google being able to find them quickly, but are not their long term url.

T2DMan · #6 2nd Oct 06, 03:18 PM

If you use the inc_features.php file, adn want the images to have alt tags of the titles of the images...

find the following - 3 of:

Code:

$query = "SELECT p.id,p.user

change to:

Code:

$query = "SELECT p.title,p.id,p.user

find the following:

Code:

while (list($pid,$puser

change to:

Code:

while (list($title,$pid,$puser

find the following:

Code:

$mthumb = "<img src=\"{$url_path}/images/overlay-roundp.gif\" height=\"105\" width=\"81\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />";

change to

Code:

$mthumb = "<img src=\"{$url_path}/images/overlay-roundp.gif\" height=\"105\" width=\"81\" border=\"0\" alt=\"$title\" />";

find the following:

Code:

$mthumb = "<img src=\"{$url_path}/images/overlay-round.gif\" height=\"81\" width=\"105\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" />";

change to:

Code:

$mthumb = "<img src=\"{$url_path}/images/overlay-round.gif\" height=\"81\" width=\"105\" border=\"0\" alt=\"$title\" />";

T2DMan · #7 2nd Oct 06, 03:32 PM

Go through all the code on the file

search for

Code:

$imgdisp = "<img src

on each instance replace the alt tag with the following:

Code:

alt=\"$title\"

T2DMan · #8 2nd Oct 06, 05:42 PM

pp-inc.php file

find -

Code:

function get_imagethumb( $bigimage, $thecat, $theuser, $approved, $nocache=0, $avatar=0, $thumbw=0, $thumbh=0)

replace with:

Code:

function get_imagethumb( $bigimage, $thecat, $theuser, $approved, $nocache=0, $avatar=0, $thumbw=0, $thumbh=0,$title="" )

find

Code:

		$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" src=\"{$Globals['idir']}/ipending.gif\" alt=\"\" />";

replace with

Code:

		$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" src=\"{$Globals['idir']}/ipending.gif\" alt=\"$title\" />";

find

Code:

		$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" $imgsize src=\"$fileurl$rand\" alt=\"\" />";

replace with

Code:

		$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" $imgsize src=\"$fileurl$rand\" alt=\"$title\" />";

find

Code:

			$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" $imgsize src=\"$fileurl2$rand\" alt=\"\" />";

replace with

Code:

			$imgtag = "<img border=\"0\" $imgsize src=\"$fileurl2$rand\" alt=\"$title\" />";

find:

Code:

$pimgtag[$count] = get_imagethumb( $features['bigimage'], $features['cat'], $features['userid'], 1);

replace with

Code:

$pimgtag[$count] = get_imagethumb( $features['bigimage'], $features['cat'], $features['userid'], 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, $features['title']);

friendly · #9 4th Nov 06, 10:01 PM

Hi T2DMan!

I'm ambitiously attempting to follow your photopost tutorial.

I can't find photopost/admin-inc.php, however, I found the title string in adm-inc.php and replaced it, but no update has occured on the site.

Please help!

Cheers...

friendly · #10 4th Nov 06, 10:37 PM

Progress... I'm up to this point:

$theader = str_replace( "<head>","<head><title>{$titlereplace} - {$Globals['galleryname']}</title>", $theader );

I've added that to pp-inc.php

Now, I get:

Quote:

File being edited: /path/to/php/headtags.htm

Warning: This file does not exist or is not writable; when you submit this form we will attempt to create this file.
If we are unable to do so (check your path and permissions), then we will notify you of the error.

I can't edit that file.

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