DragonByte SEO v1.0.0 Beta 6 (Closed Beta) Released!

Fillip H.

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Hey all,

Beta 6 brings a dozen bugfixes for various issues, mostly CMS URL issues, as well as the introduction of the Sitemap feature!

The Sitemap feature is based off the vB4 sitemap builder, with its powerful error handling and session termination features. A scheduled task will generate sitemaps for your content and auto-submit them to Google, Yahoo, Ask.com, Moreover and Bing (formerly known as Live Search). There are currently 13 supported sitemap content types.

We plan to improve the sitemap functionality with spider hit logs and more in future Betas.

I want to thank the beta testers as well for their help getting bugs identified and fixed. The testers who've contributed to this and previous Beta releases are: cruisin, janslu, CoZmicShReddeR, Ozzy47

We expect the Open Beta release within the next few weeks, depending on feedback from our testers.

You can read the Beta 1 announcement with the initial feature list here.

New Features Added

Sitemap
  • Based on the default vB4 sitemap builder
  • Submits to more search engines than vBSEO sitemap builder & vB4 sitemap builder
  • Powerful error handling
  • Works with the "Global Ignore" system
  • Integrates with the "Admin Message" system to display errors if needed
  • Can be re-built manually via the DBSEO CP

Sitemap Settings - General
  • Enable Automatic Sitemap Generation
  • Automatic Sitemap Generation Frequency (Days)
  • Automatic Sitemap Search Engine Submission
  • Sitemap File Path
  • URLs Per Page
  • Email Notifications

Sitemap Settings - Page Settings
  • Excluded Forums
  • Smart Show Thread Update Frequency
  • Smart Priority
  • Custom Priority
  • Include Show Post
  • Show Post Update Frequency
  • Show Post Priority Range
  • Include Member Profiles
  • Member Profile Update Frequency
  • Member Profile Priority Range
  • Include Show Thread
  • Show Thread Update Frequency
  • Show Thread Priority Range
  • Include Forum Display
  • Forum Display Update Frequency
  • Forum Display Priority Range
  • Include Poll Results
  • Poll Results Update Frequency
  • Poll Results Priority Range
  • Include Blog
  • Blog Update Frequency
  • Blog Priority Range
  • Include Blog Tag
  • Blog Tag Update Frequency
  • Blog Tag Priority Range
  • Include Member Profile Album
  • Member Profile Album Update Frequency
  • Member Profile Album Priority Range
  • Include Social Group
  • Social Group Update Frequency
  • Social Group Priority Range
  • Include Social Group Discussion
  • Social Group Discussion Update Frequency
  • Social Group Discussion Priority Range
  • Include Tags
  • Tags Update Frequency
  • Tags Priority Range
  • Include CMS Content
  • CMS Content Update Frequency
  • CMS Content Priority Range
  • Include CMS Section
  • CMS Section Update Frequency
  • CMS Section Priority Range

Canonical URLs
  • Forum Home
  • Forum Display
  • Member List
  • Blog List
  • Blog Home Page
  • Tag List

Google Analytics
  • Compatibility with the new "Universal Analytics" from Google Analytics (Experimental)
  • Should not be enabled unless you're sure you need it
  • Doesn't work with detailed tracking
  • Future-proof as all future profiles will be switched over to this format

Changes To Existing Functionality:
  • The Datastore function will now not apply another underscore if one exists in the Datastore Prefix config setting
  • Cache items now have a TTL of 1 hour
  • Removed caching of some items as even a short TTL results in stale data

Bug Fixes And Issue Fixes:
  • Cache items would not expire properly, causing stale data
  • eAccelerator and APC cache items would not return the fetched data correctly
  • Google Analytics integration couldn't be disabled by simply turning off the relevant setting
  • Changing your style or language on a CMS page hosted outside forum root would produce an invalid redirect
  • CMS Section URLs were not using the proper URL format
  • CMS Section URLs were not being lowercase'd properly
  • CMS Category URLs were not being lowercase'd properly
  • CMS Entry URLs were not being lowercase'd properly
  • CMS URLs would in some cases display incorrectly
  • Tag URLs would incorrectly have blog domains added to them


Known Issues:
  • Some rare URLs are not identical to their vBSEO equivalents
  • Sitemap hit log isn't implemented yet


As always, thank you for your continued support!

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