Forum: ASP  Oct 18th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,387 Re: 301 redirect URLs in asp?
Do you mean simply upload a .htaccess file to the site root, with something like:
That works on a windows platform?? |
| Forum: ASP Oct 18th, 2006 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,387 301 redirect URLs in asp?
I have a client site written in asp, and I need to 301 redirect some referer URLs to the homepage URL.
I know how to do this on a linux server, but am somewhat lost on Windows.
Any suggestions as... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization May 4th, 2006 |
| Replies: 17 Views: 2,916 Re: To get higher pr instantly
Too many people focus on PageRank - what you should really be focusing on is sales and conversions.
I've seen for myself traffic go down when PR went up, and traffic go up when PR went down.
Go... |
| Forum: ASP May 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,598 Re: 404 and redirect in ASP?
On a *nix system, you simply add a couple of simple lines of code in a file at the site root named ".htaccess".
So:
Error document 404 /
can tell the server to redirect a user to the website... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization May 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,559 Re: Is SEO a part of your business plan?
Long time no see, too. :)
And I figured that's what you were getting at - SEO for SEO's sake - but I have to admit that not only are the search engines getting better at access meaning in a page... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization May 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,559 Re: Is SEO a part of your business plan?
Have to disagree with you there, sorry. :)
SEO was born from accessibility issues precisely because search engines did not reward websites for being good to users - they rewarded sites for being as... |
| Forum: ASP May 3rd, 2006 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,598  404 and redirect in ASP?
Hi there -
I need to redirect a site built in .php to a site built in .asp
Trouble is, that's simply going to create lots of 404's which aren't going to help anyone.
I'd like to be able to... |
| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration Aug 10th, 2005 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 5,171 |
| Forum: PHP Nov 7th, 2004 |
| Replies: 131 Views: 36,011 Re: [Revised] vBulletin Mod_rewrite Tutorial
Dani, just one small issue with external.php - when calling up syndicated content for individual vB3 sub-forums, you use something like:
external.php?forumids=38
to call up a feed of that... |
| Forum: PHP Nov 6th, 2004 |
| Replies: 131 Views: 36,011 |
| Forum: PHP Nov 5th, 2004 |
| Replies: 131 Views: 36,011 Re: [Revised] vBulletin Mod_rewrite Tutorial
If it's not a silly question, how would the the file "external.php" need to be modded, so that RSS feed of the forums would show the HTML threads, rather than the dynamic php URLs? |
| Forum: PHP Oct 10th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
Thanks Dani - just applied everything on a new site and everything working fine. :)
However, something you may like to look at is that with user profiles, the record of posts in "find all posts by... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Sep 3rd, 2004 |
| Replies: 20 Views: 5,757 Re: Google backlink update begins 7/16
There was actually another backlink update a few days ago, but the general report is that the backlinks are all screwy. Personally I'm not bothered - I'm personally about to uninstall the Google... |
| Forum: Web Hosting Deals Sep 3rd, 2004 |
| Replies: 52 Views: 15,807 Re: Recommended Web Hosts
For UK hosting I've had very good experiences with:
www.sonnethosting.co.uk
www.clook.net
www.amard.com
for shared/reseller hosting on UK servers.
Of all the US companies I ever hosted... |
| Forum: Linux Servers and Apache Sep 3rd, 2004 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 9,538 PHP as Apache module vs CGI
I'm finally looking to move a project onto my very first dedicated server.
However, I'm looking to use mod_rewrite a few times, not least with csgal's excellent mod_rewrite for vBulletin.
My... |
| Forum: PHP Aug 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
Thanks for the tips - it's always just the daft little things that floor me. Apologies if I made you look too hard. :) |
| Forum: Growing an Online Community Aug 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 109 Views: 56,103 Re: PhpBB vs VBulletin
vBulletin's are simply more powerful - I was pretty shocked when I saw how little is actually present in the admin panel of phpbb.
There's nothing inherently wrong with phpbb - but you simply get... |
| Forum: PHP Aug 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
Ah-ha-ha! Success!
The key was the .htaccess file in the forum root folder! (As opposed to site root folder, if forum not at the root.)
The only possible additional issue is that the forum... |
| Forum: PHP Aug 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
Thanks for the suggestions - much appreciated.
I just repeated everything again, reverting all templates, then re-editing them carefully, trying not to make typos - but nothing has changed.
Is... |
| Forum: PHP Aug 27th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
I've just tried to have a proper go of this on my religion forums - I did try very hard to follow the instructions as entirely and *only* described in the original post - - - but I have a problem I'm... |
| Forum: PHP Aug 17th, 2004 |
| Replies: 238 Views: 69,272 Re: vBulletin mod_rewrite
I've been testing this on a new install, but for some reason I have the simple issue of "forumdisplay" is showing as the normal dynamic link, rather than the HTML form. It's probably a small mistake,... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 15th, 2004 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 3,098 Re: Pr?
Google toolbar has a "block/allow popups" feature. So you can toggle between them as required, or whatever as whenever. :) |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 15th, 2004 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 3,151 Re: Google Backlink Update
Heh, PR is not so big an issue as visitor numbers and adsense clickthrus. :)
Anyway, as a thanks for setting up the mod_rewrite tutorial for vB3 I'll send some links your way. Anchot-text rich... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 4,550 |
| Forum: Website Reviews Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 2,703 Re: Developing Software Community
Accusations of spamming aside, you have 65 boards on your forum, but only 5 members and 9 posts to spread across them.
Overall, the board structuring is some of the most gratuitous I have ever... |
| Forum: Web Hosting Deals Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 52 Views: 15,807 Re: Recommended Web Hosts
Heh heh heh - I've heard plenty of complaints about 1&1 holding onto client domain names - not one I'd touch with a ten-foot pole. :)
As for lunarpages - their idea of spurning vBulletins is very... |
| Forum: Web Hosting Deals Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 16,797 |
| Forum: Growing an Online Community Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 6,817 Re: Invision power board forum?
vbulletin 3 is search engine spiderable out of the box - Invision Power Boards are supposed to be, but from what I've seen spiders will only ever index a fraction of the 1.2 and prior releases.... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 4,531 Re: Using keywords in forum titles
Sounds great - give me a heads up when you put it online, and then tell me what your preferred keywords are and I'll add daniweb to my list for link-building. :)
I'll also see about writing up a... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 4,343 Re: Multiple links to the same page
I don't believe I've ever seen the weighting of links publicly tested on this - but I've always taken it as given that if you have 10 links on Page A, and 5 links are to Page B, then PAge B would... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 3,385 Re: July PR update?
LOL! My bad, yes - it's Standford that own the PageRank alog, and Google lease the rights to use it from them. Standsted, of course, is an airport here in England. :)
I thought something didn't... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 3,646 Re: Google prohibits selling of PR
Nice to be here. :)
I don't think that Google ever really comprehended how to deal with it's success - but I suspect that downplaying PR in the rankings isn't just a way to negate Standford... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 10 Views: 3,646 Re: Google prohibits selling of PR
Google position on selling PR is pretty remarkable - considering that Google have effectively told the webmastering world that their websites have been assigned an arbitrary and very public value -... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 14 Views: 3,385 Re: July PR update?
PR has certainly been a marketing score for Google, but as mentioned after the Florida update, Google may well be tryig to wean themselves off it for ranking purposes - Stansted Uni actually holds... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 4,343 Re: Multiple links to the same page
In short, if you are using different anchor text in the link, then it is actually a good idea, if you are targeting that anchor text as part of your keywords.
PR itself - wet raspberry to that. If... |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,431 |
| Forum: Search Engine Optimization Aug 2nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 16 Views: 4,531 Re: Using keywords in forum titles
Use of keyworded titles is definitely a good idea - but be very careful not to contrive the titles too much, as you need the human users to be able to navigate fine.
Ultimately, a lot of traffic... |
| Forum: Site Layout and Usability Mar 22nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 4,679 Re: graphic webdesign
templatemonster is pretty good for a range of pretty templates - but you really need to know how to rip into the code. It's generally not very good and requiers some improvement. But if pretty is all... |
| Forum: HTML and CSS Mar 22nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 5,639 |
| Forum: HTML and CSS Mar 22nd, 2004 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 5,043 |
