SEO for SMF FORUMS

Jack Bastide · 06-07-2009, 07:50 AM

Hey Guys,

I am setting up a New Forum using SMF (Simple Machines Forums)

My URLS look like this

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/index.php?topic=6.0

Will something like this be Indexed by Google?

There is a Setting in SMF that will Supposedly convert

This

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/index.php?topic=1.0

To This:

http://www.mydomain.com/forums/topic,1.0.html

I tried it and it doesn't work

Anybody have experience with this?

Jack

Mickm · 06-07-2009, 08:16 AM

Make sure your .htaccess is writable.

Jack Bastide · 06-07-2009, 11:36 AM

aghh this is driving me nuts

I tried making .htaccess writable but no luck

Jack

Adrian Cooper · 06-07-2009, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack Bastide

aghh this is driving me nuts

I tried making .htaccess writable but no luck

Jack

I have switched from SMF but if I remember you might need to rename .htaccess from something like "htaccess.txt"

Otherwise you need to use your FTP client to change the permissions.

06-07-2009, 07:50 AM	#1
Jack Bastide Handsome ... but Humble : War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: , , USA. Posts: 1,206 Thanks: 65 Thanked 153 Times in 69 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	SEO for SMF FORUMS Hey Guys, I am setting up a New Forum using SMF (Simple Machines Forums) My URLS look like this http://www.mydomain.com/forums/index.php?topic=6.0 Will something like this be Indexed by Google? There is a Setting in SMF that will Supposedly convert This http://www.mydomain.com/forums/index.php?topic=1.0 To This: http://www.mydomain.com/forums/topic,1.0.html I tried it and it doesn't work Anybody have experience with this? Jack
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