Great Tool to Animate CSS Gradients
This will generate the needed code and give you a preview in a few short steps.
http://www.gradient-animator.com
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This will generate the needed code and give you a preview in a few short steps.
http://www.gradient-animator.com
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At one time it was thought they gave an SEO boost. Current thinking says not so much anymore and many users remove breadcrumbs, in favor of the cleaner look. The comment field isn’t necessary but is always a helpful tool to find modification at a later time.
Find navbar_link and make the following change;
<!– Breadcrumbs –><vb:if condition=”THIS_SCRIPT != ‘index'”>
<vb:if condition=”$show[‘breadcrumb’]”>
<li class=”navbit”><a href=”{vb:raw nav_url}”>{vb:raw nav_title}</a></li>
<vb:else />
<li class=”navbit lastnavbit”><span>{vb:raw nav_title}</span></li>
</vb:if>
<!– Breadcrumbs –></vb:if>
Next find and make the following change in the Navbar Template
<!– Breadcrumbs –><vb:if condition=”THIS_SCRIPT != ‘index'”>
<div id=”breadcrumb” class=”breadcrumb”>
<ul class=”floatcontainer”>
<li class=”navbithome”><a href=”index.php{vb:raw session.sessionurl_q}” accesskey=”1″><img src=”{vb:stylevar imgdir_misc}/navbit-home.png” alt=”{vb:rawphrase home}” /></a></li>
{vb:raw navbits.breadcrumb}
{vb:raw navbits.lastelement}
</ul>
<hr />
</div>
<!– Breadcrumbs –></vb:if>
That’s it. What you’ve done is wrap and if conditional for the index around the breadcrumb call.
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vBSEO is gone and is not coming back. Coding errors leading to vulnerabilities killed the product and new versions of vBulletin can render it useless. Unfortunately, your links are indexed under its modified URL’s and just removing it will damage your sites search ranking. We’ve tried to compile a guide to remove it and the steps to that will keep Google happy while the site is re-indexed.
First to remove vBSEO;
1) Go to the vbseocp, turn vbseo off.
2) Go to admincp >Plugins & Products
3) Uninstall vBSEO, you’ll have two choices.
4) If you may want to reinstall vBSEO on the same domain, choose Keep vBSEO data in Database
5) If vBSEO is going for good, choose Cleanup vBSEO Data.
6) Delete all files listed below and for now, rename the .htaccess file. We’ve listed the files needing deletion below;
Delete the following vBSEO files
Important: Delete only the listing below with file extension. If you see something like “admincp”, that is a folder listing and is where you’ll find the files below it.
admincp
admin_vbseo.php
clientscript
vbseo_ajax.js
images
vbseo
anchor.png
delicious.gif
digg.gif
facebook.gif
furl.gif
goto_linkbacks.gif
linkback.gif
linkback_about.gif
linkback_url.gif
mister-wong
pingback.gif
post_linkback.gif
reddit.gif
refback.gif
spurl.gif
technorati.gif
trackback.gif
includes
cron
vbseo_serviceupdate.php
xml
bitfield_vbseo.xml
cpnav_vbseo.xml
vbseo_urls_001.xml
vbseo_urls_002.xml
vbseo_urls_003.xml
vbseo_urls_004.xml
vbseo_urls_005.xml
vbseo_urls_006.xml
vbseocp_deutsch (du).xml
vbseocp_deutsch (sie).xml
vbseocp_dutch.xml
vbseocp_english.xml
vbseocp_russian.xml
vbseocp_turkce.xml
functions_vbseo.php
functions_vbseo_cache.php
functions_vbseo_createurl.php
functions_vbseo_crr.php
functions_vbseo_db.php
functions_vbseo_hook.php
functions_vbseo_linkback.php
functions_vbseo_misc.php
functions_vbseo_pre.php
functions_vbseo_seo.php
functions_vbseo_startup.php
functions_vbseo_url.php
functions_vbseo_vb.php
md5_sums_crawlability_vbseo.php
modcp
vbseo_moderate.php
vbseo.php
vbseocp.php
vbseocpform.php
.htaccess
To redirect indexed content to your vBULLETIN URL’s, after removing vBSEO please reeview the following rewrite rules and pick the ones that fit your current url structure. To do this first create a new
If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadid-threadname.html use the following .htaccess
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/([0-9]+)-[^/]+\.html http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]
If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadname-threadid.html use the following .htaccess
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)\.html http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]
If you have your thread rewrite rules set as forum-name/threadname-threadid/ use the following .htaccess
Code:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule [^/]+/[^/]+-([0-9]+)/ http://www.domain.com/forums/showthread.php?t=$1 [L,R=301]
Sitemap rewrite
RewriteRule ^((urllist|sitemap).*\.(xml|txt)(\.gz)?)$ vbseo_sitemap/vbseo_getsitemap.php?sitemap=$1 [L]
PLEASE NOTE: These setting are all general recomendation and specific coding or change in your site could invalidate. DO NOT Assume they will work and thourlghy test all changes before implimention.
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Reports are that due to the SoakSoak exploit, Google has blacklisted over 11,000 infected WordPress domains, and it projected that over 100,000 sites have been affected by the malware from SoakSoak.ru.
Entering through vulnerability in the WordPress plugin, the RevSlider, SoakSoak modifies a file and loads Javascript malware. RevSlider is often used in WordPress themes, so many site owners don’t know they’re using the plugin, let alone to update it, making for a plugin that’s not easily updated.
Infected sites typically redirect visitors to a webpage that tries to download malware to their local computers. Google’s quick blocking of infected sites will hopefully prevent SoakSoak from spreading any further much beyond its current point.
To check if your WordPress site is infected by SoakSoak, contact URLJet.com or check this list of resources there is a list of resources in here WordPress SoakSoak Support that can help you.
If all is ok, this is a refresher on the importance of keeping WordPress and its plugins up-to-date. Keeping plugins current is every bit as important as keeping WordPress updated.
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Media Gallery 1.0.1 adds the following improvements to the Gallery:
Important bug fixes include:
To upgrade your URLJet hosted site contact urljet.com
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vBulletin 5.1.4 Released. You can upgrade tof vBulletin 5 Connect, 5.1.4. In this version themes is expanded are expanded to help customize your forum and Site Builder reworked. Importantly, over 140 issues and enhancements have been resolved or addressed.. Available in Spanish, German and French languages .vBulletin 5 Connect sites should upgrade to this vBulletin 5.1.4 at your first opportunity. More detail can be found here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/forum/vbulletin-announcements/vbulletin-announcements_aa/4205364-vbulletin-connect-5-1-4-is-now-available
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Here at URLJet, we host forums of all sizes, from startups to long established forums with data base’s over 100GB and we’re often asked how to optimize vBulletin to lower server load and render pages faster. The following how-to includes steps to enhance the user experience in forums of all sizes. We started with admincp basics and move to steps than should be taken as your forum grows.
A robots.txt files will save bandwidth and cut requests. Include any file or folder in it that you don’t want indexed in search. Keep in mind this file can viewed, meaning that if listed pranksters can get the folders and files you may not want them to see. Below is an example
User-agent: *
Disallow: /admincp/
Disallow: /images/
Disallow: /modcp/
Disallow: /attachment.php
Disallow: /search.php
Disallow: /newreply.php
Disallow: /newthread.php
Disallow: /editpost.php
Disallow: /profile.php
Disallow: /register.php
Disallow: /login.php
Disallow: /subscription.php
Disallow: /private.php
Disallow: /report.php
Disallow: /sendmessage.php
Disallow: /memberlist.php
Disallow: /misc.php
Disallow: /moderator.php
Disallow: /postings.php
Disallow: /sendtofriend.php
Disallow: /threadrate.php
Disallow: /usercp.php
Disallow: /showgroups.php
Cutting HTML can help render pages faster and reduce server load.
By Default vBulletin stores Attachments / Images / Avatars all in the databasee. Move them to the file system to reduce load and speed rendering
Again by default vBulletin renders the CSS in head part of HTML, this increases the size of each page. Storing CSS in files does 2 things; it reduces the code from each page and it enables the CSS files to be cached..
vBulletin provides compression for HTML output but I prefer to get it done through Apache via mod_deflate. Disable Zipped output in vBulletin. vBulletin Options -> Cookies and HTTP Header Options -> GZIP HTML Output And add the following lines to your httpd.conf file in Apache.
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
# file-types indicated will not be compressed
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|rar|zip|pdf)$ no-gzip dont-vary
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
Header append Vary User-Agent
</IfModule>
</IfModule>
Restart Apache web server. Additionally you should also use Apache to cache static content. Refer article by coderzone on How to Decrease Web Page Loading Time especially caching of static content.
You can use this option to greatly reduce server load when a search query is used on your server. Admin CP > vBulletin Options > Search Type. This change is a server intense process as it needs to alter the vBulletin post and thread table. If you don’t have many searches, this isn’t a needed change
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OK, vBulletin is installed, how you make it look like your site and not vBulletins. Head for the Administration Control Panel (ACP) and Style Manager. Style Manager is where you can modify and change everything about vBulletin, from the logo and header image to font color to the pixels width separating different elements, or to change the overall background image.
Intimidating at first glance, it’s really pretty simple to use. To illustrate, the following few step will totally change the look of vBulletin.
Best Practice: Create a New Style
DO NOT modify the default style; instead create a new style in Style Manager. This will allow you to always be able to return to the default style, should you need to test functions later on and users can continue to use the old style while you develop the new one.
First, let’s change the vBulletin logo to something more relevant. You’ll need to upload the new logo to the images folder. The default location of the logo image is public_html/images/misc/
Best Practice: Add a folder for your new style.
Add a new folder in your forums image directory to store the graphics for your new style. Trust me, files will be much easier to find if you need to make changes later.
With the new logo uploaded, login to the ACP and navigate to Style Manager. Click the dropdown list next to the style you’re editing and select “StyleVars”.
In the variable list on the left, scroll to StyleVars “titleimage” under the header “ImagePaths”. In the title image box on the right, enter the path for the logo and save. vBulletin uses relative paths so as long as you uploaded the new image to the images/misc/ folder, just replace the vB logo with yours. The header will automatically resize to fit. This is a good time to visit your forum to check your work. TIP: To quickly find the variable you’re looking for; use the search function in the upper left hand menu. Enter the name of the StyleVar you’re looking for and vBulletin finds it for you.
So, your new logo is in place, but it doesn’t go with the background and you want to change the background to match the header. Repeat the steps used to change the vBulletin logo, but instead of choosing the “titleimage” StyleVars, pick the “header_background” under the “Header” section.
The URLJet logo is a mix of blue and red and adding a white background makes it pop. In the background color box change the Hex color to white (#FFFFFF). This link will take you to a handy hex color picker. http://www.color-hex.com. If your background is more complex, you can also build one with the appropriate dimensions, upload it to your new style folder, then call out its location in this window.
Say you want something other than the vBulletin green here. Like the header background, vBulletin uses a repeating gradient image here as well.
We made a black gradient. After uploading it to the style folder, head back to the Style Var Editor, look for the NavBar section and select “nav_tab_background” and save.
Time to practice….Check back and well have more tips on a vartrity of sujects from vBulletin to XenForo and WordPress
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Seems Google has rolled out some new updates with specific importance to forums owners and managers. We’re getting feedback the newest update focuses on inbound links and DMCA compliance. Other recent changes; Google wants access to *js and possiably css. Any robots blocking for *js should be removed. As always, check you disabvow list too.
Starting 10/17/2014
Penguin Update – Ongoing
Expected to impact Impacts under 1% of English queries. However it may impact other languages in different degerees.
Reported to help sites recover from earlier Penguin updates that changed link profiles.
Sites most at risk are ones with poor link profiles.
Starting 10/1/2014
Google adds depth to the in the news box. Google confirmind their In The Nes box has expanded to cover more than traditional news sites. Blog Post, videos, Reddit and other content form non-news sites may appear.
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Please be aware of the upcoming changes that affect how websites using SHA-1 SSL’s Certs are
displayed in the Chrome browser.
SHA-1 is no longer considered to be sufficiently secure and will be completely phased out in
the next few years. To encourage prompt adoption of more secure algorithms, Starting with
Google Chrome 39, Google start to degrade websites using SHA-1 certificates. The changes start
November 2014.
Initially, the warnings is limited to a “Secure, but minor errors” icon, in the form of a lock
with a yellow triangle. Later versions will display a red crossed-out lock.
SSL Users can prevent a downgraded user experience by following these steps:
– Check which algorithm your SSL Certificate uses.
https://sslcheck.globalsign.com/en_US
Is one checker that works
– If the website uses a SHA-1 SSL Cert expiring after 12/31/2015,
the certificate will need to be reissued to SHA-256.
To prevent a degraded user experience its important to take prompt action. Please do not
hesitate to contact us at: urljet.com
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