Question How to prevent/delete "index.php" from showing in the url?

[Hengz]

Hi,

i wonder is there a way to prevent/delete "index.php" from showing in the url?

 

[Fillip H.]

You can turn on the Force Forum Directory Index via the settings in the DBSEO CP

 

[Hengz]

You can turn on the Force Forum Directory Index via the settings in the DBSEO CP

Yes, i have done that, but is still showing no idea why. On a side note, my forum is install on main, not on subfolder example "yournname.com/forum"

 

[Fillip H.]

Are you sure you don't have some other .htaccess rule interfering with DBSEO in this case?

Also do be aware that DBSEO won't strip /index.php if you try to visit /index.php, it will only strip it from the links on your actual page.

 

[Hengz]

Are you sure you don't have some other .htaccess rule interfering with DBSEO in this case?

Also do be aware that DBSEO won't strip /index.php if you try to visit /index.php, it will only strip it from the links on your actual page.

i see. that explain why. any idea how to prevent index.php from being indexed in google serp? right now is indexed.

and also how to i solve the "forums,php" from showing when i move my mouse over "forums" menu?

 

[Fillip H.]

DBSEO can only strip what's set as the forum home URL, so either index.php or forum.php

I don't know how you would prevent index.php from being indexed, sorry

 

[Hengz]

Because right now
i can access my forum via

yourname.com,
yourname.com/index.php
and also yourname.com/forum.php

which will be bad for seo..

any idea?
or if rewrite rules will help solve this?

 

[Fillip H.]

If you edit index.php, isn't there an option to force it to redirect to what's set as the default forum URL in the Navigation Manager?

 

[Hengz]

is there any way where people type yourname.com/index.php and yourname.com/forum.php it will be direct to yourname.com - This website is for sale! - yourname Resources and Information. no matter what?

 

[Fillip H.]

That is the purpose of what I put in my previous post

 

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