Mod Name / Version: Spider Modification 1.1
Description: Trick search engines spiders into reading your forums by telling them pages are plain HTML.
Right now it will only work on home, forums, threads
Working Under: UBB.Threads 6.3
Mod Status: Beta
Any pre-requisites: Running Apache, your host must have mod_rewrite enabled
Author(s): Charles
Date: 08/24/03
Credits: Files Altered: ubbthreads.tmpl,postlist.tmpl
New Files: Database Altered: no
Info/Instructions: This is basicly the same I posted in UBBdev chitchat forum. I am just fooling around and am sure cleverer people will tell me how to achieve this better <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
the actual threads were added even though I am not satisfied with the name.
you can download it; removed, as Josh improved spidering
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You can now link to ubbthreads.html instead of PHP, the spider will not know he is accessing dynamic content.
Disclaimer: Please backup every file that you intend to modify.
If the modification modifies the database, it's a good idea to backup your database before doing so.
Note: If you modify your UBB.Threads code, you may be giving up your right for "official" support from Infopop.If you need official support, you'll need to restore unmodified files.