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SEO for SMF FORUMS

by Jack Bastide
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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
#forums #seo #smf
  • Profile picture of the author Mickm
    Make sure your .htaccess is writable.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jack Bastide
      aghh this is driving me nuts

      I tried making .htaccess writable but no luck

      Jack
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      • Profile picture of the author Adrian Cooper
        Originally Posted by Jack Bastide View Post

        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.
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