Switching from VBSeo to DBSeo / questions

[Sushimaster]

Hi,

I strongly need a replacement for the outdated VBSeo plugn for vBulletin 4.2.5 and DBSeo seems to be a good choice.
I'm missing a detailed (!) how-to-replace manual to check if everything will be overtaken when switching.

The most important part is, of course, the url rewrites to have something like
/forum/forumNUMBER/threadtitle-threadid.html

And of course I want to switch to php7.x

Could you provide some help here?

 

[Fillip H.]

This is the guide that comes with the Pro version (where the importer is, it is not available in the free version):

1. Upload the contents of the upload folder to your forum root
2. Open the .htaccess file in a FXP editor, comment out the vBSEO entries and add the DBSEO entries as per the readme.txt file, but not saving the file just yet
3. Disable vBSEO from the vBulletin Products & Plugins
4. Disable vBSEO Sitemap Generator from vBulletin Products & Plugins
5. Import the DBSEO product
6. Enter the DBSEO Control Panel via the ACP side menu link, click vBSEO Import and wait for it to complete
7. Save the .htaccess file edit from the FXP editor
8. Confirm that Forum Home, Forum Display and Show Thread pages load as intended
9. Chmod the ./store_sitemap folder to 077
10. Enter the DBSEO Control Panel via the ACP side menu link, click Sitemap Settings and enable sitemap generation
11. Click the Build Sitemap link and wait for it to complete

Fillip