Unofficial modifications :: Search Engine Optimization mods

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As there aren't here many mods in English I created just one topic for Crack's two SEO (Search Engine Optimization) ones. Should there appear any more mods having an English translation, I will create a separate sub-forum for them.

Google Sitemaps
Current version: 1.1
Download: http://www.przemo.org/php...tion=file&id=39

Generates XML files for Google Sitemaps service avaible at https://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/

Spider Friendly
Current version: 1.3.7
Download: http://www.przemo.org/php...ion=file&id=101
Package with premodified files (for Przemo 1.12.5): http://www.przemo.org/php...oad.php?id=4402
.patch file for automated forum files modification (for Przemo 1.12.5): http://www.przemo.org/php...oad.php?id=5249

This modification improves forum indexing by search engines. Some of its functions:
[*]rewrites addresses to more "spider friendly", eg. viewtopic.php?t=6 (assuming that this topic's forum ID is 3) to 6.htm, topics3/6.htm, topic-title-vt6.htm or topics3/topic-title-vt6.htm
[*]removes double linking of posts: rewrites viewtopic.php?p=xxx to viewtopic.php?t=yyy (xxx - post's ID, yyy - topic's ID) [option]
[*]creates virtual subdirectories for forums [option]
[*]puts topics' titles and forums' names in URLs [option]
[*]eliminates some unnecessary links that can discourage bots from scanning forum (eg. "Who is Online", links to newest posts and topics' authors profiles)
[*]creates META tags (Keywords and Description) for each topic
[*]hides links unnecessary for bots (posting, email, private message, printview)
[*]adds sitemap for search engines - list of newest posts in all topics or list of all topics
[*]can change some forum options for bots by modifying $board_config variable
[*]prevents bot from following links placed in users' posts and signatures (after installing contrib/links_nofollow.txt)
[*]can log bots' visits to site and creates simple statistics[/list:u]
This modification does not increase your Page Rank, it only makes it easier for bots to scan your forum.

Please do not remove links appearing in forum's footer when it is visited by bots.

I have tested this modification on phpBB modified by Przemo 1.12.0 and phpBB 2.0.19. If you know a little on PHP and phpBB's structure you should not have problems with installing it on other versions.

Mod installation:
[*]manual - using instructions included in mod archive
[*]EasyMOD - mod installer for phpBB, mod archive contains an update for phpBB modified by Przemo recovering EasyMOD's links in ACP - http://area51.phpbb.com/p...d=&f=17&t=21309
[*]patch - only phpBB modified by Przemo - uses patch.exe - http://www.mame.net/zips/diff_patch.zip
[*]package - only phpBB modified by Przemo - package with premodified files
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Originally posted by Crack