vBSEO Optimization Tips

**Brandon Sheley** · 04-16-2007, 05:48 AM

Here are several options that may help to add extra efficiency for your vBSEO installation:

Move rewrite rules from .htaccess to httpd.conf

For users with dedicated servers, the vBSEO rewrite rules applied in the .htaccess files can be moved directly into the httpd.conf file for more efficient performance.

[forum_id] in URL formats

If your CRU format includes only [forum_title], 1 additional database query will be executed. To eliminate this query, simply be sure to include [forum_id] in the CRU format.

Related vbseocp.php options:

General Options-> Define Forum Path Title Bits
Forum URLs -> Forum URL Format
Forum URLs -> Forum Index Page URL Format
Announcement URLs -> Individual Announcement URL Format
Announcement URLs -> Multiple Announcements URL Format
Thread URLs -> Multiple Page Thread URL Format
Thread URLs -> 'Last Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Thread URLs -> 'Newest Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Thread URLs -> 'Go To Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Thread URLs -> Multiple page 'Go To Post in Thread' Redirect URL Format
Thread URLs -> 'Previous Thread' Redirect URL Format
Thread URLs -> 'Next Thread' Redirect URL Format
Printthread URLs -> 'Printthread' URL Format
Printthread URLs -> Multiple Page 'Printthread' URL Format
Poll URLs -> Poll URL Format
Nav Bullet (Tree Icon) Image URLs -> Forum Nav Bullet Image URLs
Nav Bullet (Tree Icon) Image URLs -> Thread Nav Bullet Image URLs
Attachment URLs -> Attachment URLs Format

[user_id] in Member Profile/Avatar URL formats OR Disable them

Include [user_id] in your Member Profile and Avatar URL formats.

Related vbseocp.php options:

Member's Profile URLs -> Member Profile URL Format
Custom Avatar Image URLs -> Custom Avatar URL Format

Optionally, rewriting member profile pages and avatars can be disabled.

Disable "Replace 'Previous/Next Thread' redirect links?" feature.

This option replaces the 'Next Thread' and 'Previous Thread' links with direct, content relevant links. Disabling it will save two database queries per thread page.

Related vbseocp.php options:

Direct Links -> Replace 'Previous/Next Thread' redirect links?

Disable rewriting for attachments/tree icon images

Optionally, rewriting attachment and tree icon image URLs can be disabled.

Related vbseocp.php options:

Nav Bullet (Tree Icon) Image URLs -> Rewrite Nav Bullet Image URLs?
Attachment URLs -> Rewrite Attachment URLs?

Disable "Add Thread Titles" features

These features are available in vBulletion version 3.5x or greater. Optionally, you may disable them.

Related vbseocp.php options:

Add Thread Titles -> Add Thread Titles to Showthread Links Anchor Text?
Add Thread Titles -> Add Thread Titles to Showpost Links Anchor Text?

Disable features with outgoing network connections.

Various features have outgoing network connections. To reduce or eliminate these requests, you can disable the following vbseocp.php features:

Outgoing LinkBacks -> Update Services
Outgoing LinkBacks -> Enable Outgoing Pingbacks
Outgoing LinkBacks -> Enable Outgoing Trackbacks
Add Titles to External Links -> Add Page Titles to External Links Anchor Text?

IonCube vs. Zend

You may consider trying both the Zend and IonCube versions of vBSEO to determine if there is a performance variation. In some limited test cases, the server environment showed improved performance while of one over the other.

I'll try to add to this as I get time

thank

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04-16-2007, 12:26 PM

Awesome guide!!

Thanks for listen to my request Brandon good work.

**Brandon Sheley** · 04-16-2007, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Humbe

Awesome guide!!

Thanks for listen to my request Brandon good work.

I thought you might like that

I'll add to it as I get time
cheers
-Bs

ps. don't forget the thanks button

04-16-2007, 02:36 PM

Sure!!

All tips are appreciated :-P

Thanked

**RedMatrix** · 04-16-2007, 10:31 PM

Why are we obsessed with saving queries?

04-16-2007, 11:19 PM

The site will load faster and also you can save bandwidth

**Brandon Sheley** · 04-17-2007, 05:10 PM

My understanding is that the fewer times you can call from the database, the lower your server load will be and should make the pages load faster.

04-18-2007, 10:17 PM

Hey Brandon, I think this topic deserves a sticky

**Brandon Sheley** · 04-19-2007, 05:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Humbe

Hey Brandon, I think this topic deserves a sticky

it is isn't it ?

**eric** · 04-19-2007, 08:05 AM

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**RaceJunkie** · 07-17-2007, 06:15 AM

General Options-> Define Forum Path Title Bits

So I select [forum_title] here?

Forum URLs -> Forum URL Format

Which one do i select here?
[forum_path]/
[forum_title]/
forum[forum_id]/
[forum_title].html
Custom:

Forum URLs -> Forum Index Page URL Format

Which one do i select here?
[forum_path]/index[forum_page].html
[forum_title]/index[forum_page].html
forum[forum_id]/index[forum_page].html
[forum_title]-[forum_page].html
Custom:

I am sorry but I find these hard to understand for a complete vBSEO newbie.. I MO they would be better in a step by step method.. It took me 20mins just to notice the +/- thing to expand to find these settings alone..

I have had my VbSeo for about 3 months now and have yet have it run more than 3 days before driving my server loads through the roof, on my VPS..

What is CRU?

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-17-2007, 09:58 AM

CRU is content relevent URL's.

If you want to use the same settings that I use, go to te +\- and select #6

If your server loads are that high, I suggest you open a support ticket at vbseo.com and ask the team to take a look.

cheers

**RaceJunkie** · 07-17-2007, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

CRU is content relevent URL's.

If you want to use the same settings that I use, go to te +\- and select #6

If your server loads are that high, I suggest you open a support ticket at vbseo.com and ask the team to take a look.

cheers

Yea I opened a ticket with them.. They even set a few things for me but still no luck.. ran good for 2 days and now back to normal.. I can't access my site because the loads are too high 15.51, 14.07, 8.85

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-17-2007, 11:22 AM

Whats your sites url ? Is it a big board ? and how is your hosting ?

**RaceJunkie** · 07-17-2007, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

Whats your sites url ? Is it a big board ? and how is your hosting ?

Local Race Chat.com

Hosting is great.

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**Brandon Sheley** · 07-17-2007, 12:41 PM

I don't see why vbseo would bring that site down ??

How many users do you have on at once on average ?

Our site isn't big by any means, but my server load is rarely over .05

**RaceJunkie** · 07-17-2007, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

I don't see why vbseo would bring that site down ??

How many users do you have on at once on average ?

Our site isn't big by any means, but my server load is rarely over .05

I usually have anywhere from 60 to 120 depending on the time of day, sometimes on the weekend it can get around 200..

I know that it's vBSEO because without it running my site runs great, no downtime or slow loading pages.. But when I enable vBSEO all hell breaks loose.. Really!!

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-17-2007, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RaceJunkie

I usually have anywhere from 60 to 120 depending on the time of day, sometimes on the weekend it can get around 200..

I know that it's vBSEO because without it running my site runs great, no downtime or slow loading pages.. But when I enable vBSEO all hell breaks loose.. Really!!

I'm not doubting that vbseo is causing your high server loads, but I still don't see why it would. I've seen much larger boards run vbseo and not miss a beat

**RaceJunkie** · 07-17-2007, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

If you want to use the same settings that I use, go to te +\- and select #6

What do you mean by #6 I don't see a #6..?

Announcement URLs -> Multiple Announcements URL Format
Are you saying that I should put [forum_id] in the Custom box? Is that all I put there?

**RaceJunkie** · 07-19-2007, 09:14 AM

I'm not feeling any love here..LOL

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-19-2007, 09:39 AM

I'm talking about the preset rewrite rules that vbseo has setup.. There should be a few sites, and vBulletinSetup is one of them.

**RaceJunkie** · 07-19-2007, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon

I'm talking about the preset rewrite rules that vbseo has setup.. There should be a few sites, and vBulletinSetup is one of them.

ic now damn I'm sloooow huh?

**Brandon Sheley** · 07-19-2007, 11:03 AM

it's all good

We're all here for the same reason, to better our sites

**Hemanth** · 02-08-2008, 03:38 AM

Hi Brandon,

I have a few forums ( all vBSEO) in a dedi box. Is it possible for me to remove all those htaccess files and add a single entry in the httpd.conf ?

**acers** · 02-08-2008, 07:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hemanth

Hi Brandon,

I have a few forums ( all vBSEO) in a dedi box. Is it possible for me to remove all those htaccess files and add a single entry in the httpd.conf ?

<set up directory directives inside the httpd.conf file and add the htaccess directives per directory path there.
Actually it will be faster than .htaccess. Just make sure you don't forget to update the conf after script updates. And yes, restart apache after conf update.

**Brandon Sheley** · 02-08-2008, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by acers

Actually it will be faster than .htaccess.

oh ya ?
maybe I should be doing this on vbsetup, and for sure on the crowdgather network since ATM we have 8 forums all running vbseo.

**bdude** · 02-08-2008, 06:52 PM

I believe directory directives in httpd.conf are quicker then .htaccess as it's all loaded in on startup (but don't take my word for it)

It's also possible to split up into seperate files and then include them all into httpd.conf

**acers** · 02-08-2008, 07:57 PM

Well its obvious.
httpd.conf is compiled once at server restart unlike the .htaccess which evaluated at each request to the page.

**lombardo** · 02-09-2008, 01:27 PM

Unfortunatly i couldn't install vBSEO because i done have a mod_rewrite installed on my server and my host is still to set it up,he which might not happen for months yet because he says its a lot of work.

Is there possibly a way round that?

**Brandon Sheley** · 02-09-2008, 01:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lombardo

Unfortunatly i couldn't install vBSEO because i done have a mod_rewrite installed on my server and my host is still to set it up,he which might not happen for months yet because he says its a lot of work.

Is there possibly a way round that?

"they" aren't adding mod_rewrite because it's a "lot of work" ?
I would be dropping that host asap, hope your site doesn't go down and you need a backup, that may turn out to be "a lot of work" for the host as well.