Is the URL structure customisable?

[Enigma]

/threads/is-the-url-structure-customisable.51

Can this URL structure be easily changed in the Admin CP?

 

[JulianD]

Just like I said in another thread, the URL structure should support other forum structures or at least work something out to redirect from the old URL to the new migrated URLs. That will ease the migration process and admins will feel a lot more comfortable without fear of loosing SEO and traffic and money.

 

[Floris]

I have not experienced it first hand, but I was informed unofficially that it has (at the moment) a few options, and a prefix. The prefix being the ".51". I hope to get some more info about the back-end so I can perhaps make a demo video to demonstrate it live to users.

 

[Enigma]

Yeah, I can't wait to get my hands on the code and look for myself. I guess I'll have to wait awhile though...

 

[Freddie]

Since it would only make sense that it would be, therefore it must be.

 

[Enigma]

Since it would only make sense that it would be, therefore it must be.

You have great words of wisdom.

 

[JacquiiDesigns]

Might want to consider a conversion script of some sort with compatibility with vB w/ vBSEO install - it should be a smooth conversion right? Something to consider - but wow - I'm impressed.

There's a post on TAZ ==> Where have the VB 4 haters decided to make a switch to? --- My guess is that when people get wind of XenForo... Quite an interesting potential for XenForo stock holders right LOL

Jacquii.

 

[Mike]

The URL structure is not customizable at this time. Getting things like forum titles in there is tricky, at least to ensure the data is always available to the link builder. Not to mention the obvious possibility of conflicts, given that all the URLs are in the <prefix>/<action> or <prefix>/<content>/<action>.

It's a little hard to explain, but it would be possible to build a URL scheme on top of what's there, though that hasn't been tried yet.

I do have a 301 redirector for vB3's showthread/forumdisplay/member.php links, as I needed that to convert my board, but that's sort of a different issue. Having "support" for imported content URLs is a nightmare, particularly if they conflict with our URLs.

 

[JacquiiDesigns]

301 redirector would be sufficient enough I suppose. All new urls would be reindexed anyway right.
Perhaps there might be incentive for a new xenSEO application

 

[Floris]

vBSEO posted on their site they're sticking to vBulletin basically. Not pursuing other BBS players on the market.

 

[Cezz]

vBSEO posted on their site they're sticking to vBulletin basically. Not pursuing other BBS players on the market.

The post my Juan at http://www.vbseo.com/f2/will-vbseo-consider-product-xenforo-44487/ clearly states it is a possibility just not something they are looking into for the immediate future.

 

[Jenny]

vBSEO posted on their site they're sticking to vBulletin basically. Not pursuing other BBS players on the market.

Good, this allows someone else to make some monies

 

[JacquiiDesigns]

Interesting post by Juan hmmm - certainly wish I could code a possible xenSEO script. Money money money!

 

[Erik]

The prefix being the ".51".

You're always going to need some sort of prefix or suffix (in this case a suffix) to distinguish between threads with duplicate titles.

It's a bummer that the URL structure can't be customized, although it sounds like it might be possible.

 

[Kier]

I should clarify that while the URL scheme is not customizable at present, that is not to say that it never will be.

All our URLs are built dynamically (links to this thread would look like <a href="{xen:link threads, $thread}">) so there's nothing to stop us extending our link builder and router systems to support various different schemes in the future.

 

[JacquiiDesigns]

I should clarify that while the URL scheme is not customizable at present, that is not to say that it never will be.

That would certainly be an awesome and welcome addition to the featureset. Any forum software in 2010 should have the option of customizing urls for SEO right out-of-box.