Fixed New theme/site bug reports

[ZeroHour]

TBH its not too bad about the new file name as its not used in anything (as in forum.osnn.net/index.php?thread=blah) so its a survivable change but the rule will work perfectly for all the results in:
http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aforum.osnn.net&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=&oe=
as they use showthread.php for things like that.
Use that rule I gave you but above you could try:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.osnn\.net
RewriteRule ^index.php [URL]http://www.osnn.net/forums.php[/URL] [R=301,L]

It may work but I have not tested. It cant be far away from working. The big thing is the first rule I gave you though.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Is that a replacement for the rule you gave me or an addition?

 

[ZeroHour]

Its to go above the lines earlier. It will be checked first that way and redirect the forums.osnn.net index->forums.php (I edited my prior post) but if you dont use it you wont suffer much but you should def use the first htaccess rule I gave you for general redirects anyway.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Ok. I'll give it a go.

Just finished the intial version of
http://www.osnn.net/?pageid=chatroom

It is just a port but uses all the new code gubbins and what not, will add a link into the header for it shortly.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Hmm, that one didn't seem to work:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.osnn\.net
RewriteRule ^index.php [URL]http://www.osnn.net/forums.php[/URL] [R=301,L]
 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.osnn\.net
RewriteRule (.*) [URL]http://www.osnn.net/$1[/URL] [R=301,L]

 

[ZeroHour]

Ooh another minor thing, I would probably add alt= tags to all your header images at the top and have the "home" button shown on every page (currently does not show on home) so that way google *might* add the new pimp sublinks when someone searchs for osnn (like it does now but they are pretty bad ones rather then forums)
There is not guarentee google will add them but it does help. Searching for "edugeek" gives 2 correct ones and 1 false one but if you have less then 3 then you get none so I have not removed the false one yet.

 

[ZeroHour]

I wouldnt tbh worry about fixing the index.php problem, it shouldnt beat your SEO down much if at all since its only one link. Try removing the index.php part and see if just ^ works (since users dont actually hit that path fully)

 

[ZeroHour]

Sorry for the SEO tips bazar but I would also disable/redirect the /archive/ path or at least block it using robots.txt. Its effectively duplicate content of your whole site. I have read far far far too much on seo I think...

Watch your google webmaster tools v closely for errors it gets from now on until it all settles down a little.

 

[Electronic Punk]

Yeah, I'm not worried about that atm. Would just be nice to have forum.osnn.net serve to forums.php

 

[ray_gillespie]

I just noticed the 'Customize this page' link at the top right of the homepage. I just moved the advert column to the bottom of the page so I will no longer see it. Is this supposed to be allowed?

 

[Electronic Punk]

It is an idea I am playing with. Unregistered users cannot customise the homepage.

 

[ZeroHour]

Right try this:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.osnn\.net [S=2]
RewriteRule / [URL="http://www.osnn.net/forums.php"][COLOR=#bd5900]http://www.osnn.net/forums.php[/COLOR][/URL] [R=301,L]
RewriteRule (.*) [URL="http://www.osnn.net/$1"][COLOR=#bd5900]http://www.osnn.net/$1[/COLOR][/URL] [R=301,L]

 

[Electronic Punk]

That will do both bits?

 

[ZeroHour]

Should do hopefully The "[S=2]" basically says if the condition is not met skip the next 2 lines.
Feel free to add me to MSN if you want the_zerohour(YOU KNOW THE AT THINGY)hotmail.com

 

[Electronic Punk]

Created a server error.

 

[ZeroHour]

God I hate htaccess lol, it always gives useless errors.
Try:

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.osnn\.net [S=2]
RewriteRule ^(.+/)index\.php [URL="http://www.osnn.net/forums.php"][COLOR=#bd5900]http://www.osnn.net/forums.php[/COLOR][/URL] [R=301,L]
RewriteRule (.*) [URL="http://www.osnn.net/$1"][COLOR=#bd5900]http://www.osnn.net/$1[/COLOR][/URL] [R=301,L]

 

[ZeroHour]

Wait, do you have to entries in your servers httpd.conf file?
Aka one answering with settings for www.osnn.net and another section for forums.osnn.net?
If so just set the default page to be redirect.php on forums.osnn.net and then just put:

<?
Header("Location: http://www.osnn.net/forums.php");
exit;
?>

There is another line you can add to set the 301 header tag too but dont have it here to hand.

 

[Electronic Punk]

I'll leave it for X when he gets back, I am not focusing on this stuff today.

 

[Jewelzz]

Yea, focus on my stuff

 

[Electronic Punk]

That was a really long email and I haven't finished reading it yet ;p