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Originally Posted by T2DMan

Use the following as replacement in your version 3.0.3

if ($newpost['visible"])
		{
			$postid=$newpost[postid];
			numberofpages();
			set_bbarray_cookie('posted', 1, 1);	 
				if($pagenumber>1){
				 $url = "showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid&page=$pagenumber#post$newpost[postid]";
				} else {
				  $url = "showthread.php?$session[sessionurl]t=$threadid#post$newpost[postid]";
				}	
		 }

it is basically the same as before, but it excludes the new line that the later versions added.
ie excludes the following:

if (($tview = fetch_bbarray_cookie('thread_lastview', $threadinfo['threadid"])) != $threadinfo['lastpost"])

i get this error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected $ in /home/public_html/forums/newreply.php on line 621

[Richieboy67]

How did you get the similiar threads etc in the footer??? Is that listed???

[T2DMan]

To enable similar threads:

admin section

vboptions

thread display options

show similar threads

- then follow the instructions on that section

Why use Similar threads

They are an excellant way of getting 5 extra links into each thread, and they are generally great for the user, since they will show relevant threads for them to next visit.

[Richieboy67]

I did enable it in vb options but it is not working....... almost 3 am here so I am a bit slow...lol



Thanks

[T2DMan]

Once the similar threads have been enabled, then you need to rebuild the similar threads:

Import and maintenance
update counters
rebuild similar threads

[T2DMan]

re talkandmore

I love the look and feel of the site. Awesome skin.

Have a look at your titles - "action phrase, brandname" should be your actual action phrase and brandname or whatever you want to put on the title.

You have added the meta description details, but not taken the existing off the site - see my seo vb thread again.

I do like the look of my hacks when they have been well done as you have generally done on the forum.

Rather hard to see what you can optimize for regarding the website - what is the site trying to achieve??? Hard to know what search phrases it is targetting. Best I can think of is to generally get PR into the site, and hope that individual threads get found for their unique content. But you may be able to find something unique.

Have a good look around for instances where your index page is referred to as index.php? - I see one in the home link on all your pages - need to be deleted.

On the following:

vBulletin-Search Engine Optimize vBulletin-Page 2-top hack

i use style="padding-left:33px;" - delete that style, I use it for when I have polls.

Have a few more links across the bottom of your forum pages - ie to each of the archive pages (or main ones), and to each of the forums. Gets the PR distributed around better. Think in terms of PR less one for each click in and try and get as few clicks in to get to the threads.

www.ureside.com

• Overall look and feel needs work
• Needs my seo vb hacks that you have installed so well into the above forum
• Needs thinking as to what search phrases it is targetting, and working on those phrases.

Submitting to search engines

Generally - submitting to search engines is not really necessary - but getting reciprocal links is very necessary. So build up a list of places where you can get good reciprocal links. Look at the backlinks on competitors, or anyones site. Google will show the ones that are PR4+ and so you can get the best ones that they have and approach them for links.

I paid for my site to be submitted to the search engines several years ago, and I got virtually no clicks from them, and virtually none were listed as backlinks on Google - worthless.

Glad to be of help

[Bangthebook]

OK fixed my original problem. But I am confused about this part of the hack
$vboptions[forumhome].php

There are several instances in the archive/index.php and archive/global.php files where $vboptions[forumhome].php is mentioned. I have my forum set up in the root directory, and I don't want the root page to be referred to as index.php, rather the root directory.

Therefore do a search and replace in both archive/index.php and archive/global.php for:
$vboptions[forumhome].php

replace with "" - ie blank

There should be three instances in index.php, and two in global.php

I replaced everything instance with "" but get errors in the archive now. Does this have to be done only if its in the root directory?

Ryan

[T2DMan]

What are you doing - replacing it with literal "" ie two quotes. Actually, I tried to clarify myself by saying blank, ie nothing, not the literal two quotes.

I have just had another look at the code, and can't see any issue with just deleting every instance of the string.

Is this your issue?

[Bangthebook]

ok, got it now! Thanks for the help

Ryan

[Richieboy67]

Originally Posted by T2DMan

re talkandmore

I love the look and feel of the site. Awesome skin.

Have a look at your titles - "action phrase, brandname" should be your actual action phrase and brandname or whatever you want to put on the title.

You have added the meta description details, but not taken the existing off the site - see my seo vb thread again.

I do like the look of my hacks when they have been well done as you have generally done on the forum.

Rather hard to see what you can optimize for regarding the website - what is the site trying to achieve??? Hard to know what search phrases it is targetting. Best I can think of is to generally get PR into the site, and hope that individual threads get found for their unique content. But you may be able to find something unique.

Have a good look around for instances where your index page is referred to as index.php? - I see one in the home link on all your pages - need to be deleted.

On the following:

vBulletin-Search Engine Optimize vBulletin-Page 2-top hack

i use style="padding-left:33px;" - delete that style, I use it for when I have polls.

Have a few more links across the bottom of your forum pages - ie to each of the archive pages (or main ones), and to each of the forums. Gets the PR distributed around better. Think in terms of PR less one for each click in and try and get as few clicks in to get to the threads.

www.ureside.com

• Overall look and feel needs work
• Needs my seo vb hacks that you have installed so well into the above forum
• Needs thinking as to what search phrases it is targetting, and working on those phrases.

Submitting to search engines

Generally - submitting to search engines is not really necessary - but getting reciprocal links is very necessary. So build up a list of places where you can get good reciprocal links. Look at the backlinks on competitors, or anyones site. Google will show the ones that are PR4+ and so you can get the best ones that they have and approach them for links.

I paid for my site to be submitted to the search engines several years ago, and I got virtually no clicks from them, and virtually none were listed as backlinks on Google - worthless.

Glad to be of help

I appreciate you taking the time to post such an inforativie and helpful post.... Looks like an article with me!! I will donate soon and I hope others here that have used all of this donate also

In response:

Thanks for the kind words. Yes, I have added many, many mods to the site. Additional Navbars etc and I like the way everything blends too. Thanks for the compliments..


[php]Have a good look around for instances where your index page is referred to as index.php? - I see one in the home link on all your pages - need to be deleted.[/php] I will fix this, thanks...

Some other things that I have done on my own to achieve my number 5 rating are as follows... Every person that ever came onto my site and posted a link.. I asked them to link back. I have also spent hours just asking other site owners to link back... I have added my site links to my signature in many of most of the forums I am a member of... there are over 20 of these.. I have gone into google usergroups and listed my site...

I have aslo added tons of content. I have the article system and many, many rss feeds. I believe these rss feeds are a major part of my site getting indexed... I got over 50 hits on my site from somebody searching for Wendis Chili Fries!! That content came from rss feeds.....


I have been trying to install an rss article bot but so far it has not worked. I am hoping this will add more content too....

Some other good tips...

Install Commbull and send HTML newsletters to all of your members.... I do this weekly.... By default, have members subscribed to threads....


Thanks again and I hope everyone here donates!! This has been one of the most helpful threads anywhere!!