NIM Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 Dear all,as I wanted to improve our rank in the search engines, along with giving us better experience with browsing the forums and searching what we need, I've decided to implement SEO for IPB, or in long Search Engine Optimization!More can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_optimizationThe installation itself was a 3 step process.1. I've uploaded all of the files from "upload" folder to my server preserving the folder structure.2. I've installed CommunitySEO module as I was instructed to (Sucesfully installed)After that I've browsed a bit in admin cp and was checking the SEO options and possibilities, not touching anything yet..3. I've edited all of the required IPB files locally and then uploaded them to the server. (This is where the problems started).I got server timeouts through FTP or HTTP access and the site was down. WinCert.net is located on a semi-dedicated server with 8x Intel Xeon CPU E5430 @ 2.66 GHz with 4 Gigs of RAM. Our host said that some SEO script knocked down the whole RAM usage (4GB) and server was knocked-out! Each time the server started and someone visited the OFFLINE forum page, we were in trouble.As I suspected, the problem was in one or more edited files. As soon as I uploaded original (backuped) files back to the server, everything resumed to normal.Now the server is running smoothly as before, but without SEO (still need to upload edited files from IPB).As we're trying to figure out what's the cause of this issue, they may be a small downtimes in the near future, although we'll probably test it on some other server.Until we successfully install the SEO module on WinCert.net, I ask you to be patient.WinCert.net Administration Team. Quote
Kelsenellenelvian Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 But, but we HATES the downtimes !!!WE MISSES THE MASTER!! hahahahah good luck. Quote
ipd56 Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 well i run a site so it just keep on trying you get it right . and they is always backup so not down for long and wellcome back Quote
NIM Posted April 11, 2008 Author Posted April 11, 2008 well i run a site so it just keep on trying you get it right . and they is always backup so not down for long and wellcome back I have at least dozen of backups, just in case Quote
Sull Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 Hi,Well at least the downtime was not for very long right. :welcome: Quote
NIM Posted April 11, 2008 Author Posted April 11, 2008 Hi,Well at least the downtime was not for very long right. :welcome:It would be shorter if John was around, but I couldn't contact him, that's why it took so long to fix it. Next time we'll do this together, so no worries Quote
Mr.Thunderbird Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 Whoa, I haven't been here for a while, and when I tried to access the site yesterday, I was like "WHAT?!" I knew you guys weren't gone, and thank you all for that! You're still here.. Invincible! :) Quote
MrNxDmX Posted April 11, 2008 Posted April 11, 2008 We'll always be patient my master The downtime wasnt much, and i'm happy to be here again Smeels like home Cheers Quote
NIM Posted April 12, 2008 Author Posted April 12, 2008 We'll always be patient my master The downtime wasnt much, and i'm happy to be here again Smeels like home CheersThx mate,btw, please inform Turkish members about this in the Turkish part of the forum Quote
tain Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 IPB has terrible SEO problems. The use of SEO is the direct and indirect cause of many IPB issues. Quote
NIM Posted April 13, 2008 Author Posted April 13, 2008 IPB has terrible SEO problems. The use of SEO is the direct and indirect cause of many IPB issues.Before I bought this module I asked xper about it since he's using it, and he said that it's working without any issues. :angry: Quote
Tarun Posted April 13, 2008 Posted April 13, 2008 People have had a lot of problems on MSFN caused by the CommunitySEO module. It's more trouble than it's worth... Quote
tain Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 Before I bought this module I asked xper about it since he's using it, and he said that it's working without any issues. :angry:Didn't mean to stir up trouble Quote
NIM Posted April 14, 2008 Author Posted April 14, 2008 What problems, mention few of them?People have had a lot of problems on MSFN caused by the CommunitySEO module. It's more trouble than it's worth... Quote
Tarun Posted April 14, 2008 Posted April 14, 2008 A few that I recall that were common were things like going to the last read post and several common functions relating to that. I'd have to check the MSFN forum area for other issues though. Quote
Mr.Thunderbird Posted May 3, 2008 Posted May 3, 2008 Hey! What's up with the "ABOUT ME" page? Something new N1K? Quote
NIM Posted May 3, 2008 Author Posted May 3, 2008 Yeah, it's the new feature that came with the update of our board software. You can read more here. Hey! What's up with the "ABOUT ME" page? Something new N1K? Quote
MGadAllah Posted May 4, 2008 Posted May 4, 2008 Hello N1K ... it has been a while since last time been here. Regarding the topic you are talking about here I'd like to state that I am running a website but I wa taking too much care for what forum software to be used, which themes, which MODs, which settings, ....etc and so and according to my little or small poor experience in this area I can tell that it does not matter which forum software, which mods, which seo, ...etc and it is all about contents, believe me I've goggled a lot regarding this seo issue and found that it is really not that important but it is all about CONTENTS and again CONTENTS, and also I have and must tell you that my friend that you are really did an outstanding job for WinCert (I like the place a lot, and please keep up the good work). So u may ask why I am posting such a topic ... Just to tell that seo is not a matter at all and again it is all about contnets, because contents are the key to let people come back over and over again, also I think (not my opinion only, but according to experienced members from inivion modding like mohamed the programer because he is a good friend of mine) using the default forum software will always be the best choice cause this way you will not worry about any thing goes wrong or any upgrading issue.Sorry for poor English but I hope you got the point.Best Regards Quote
NIM Posted May 4, 2008 Author Posted May 4, 2008 Thanks for your post mate, I'm waiting a refund for SEO software..BTW, nice to see you back, give us some tutorials Quote
NIM Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008 Tarun just told me that IPB SEO will be integrated in the next big release of IPB software. By big release, I mean version 3.0 Quote
ricktendo Posted May 8, 2008 Posted May 8, 2008 Tarun just told me that IPB SEO will be integrated in the next big release of IPB software. By big release, I mean version 3.0 Hope it runs smoothly for us Quote
NIM Posted May 8, 2008 Author Posted May 8, 2008 It may crash server again LOLHope it runs smoothly for us Quote
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