I haven't used PunBB in a long time (haven't had a need to install a forum anywhere), so this was a re-learning experience. It's nothing fancy, just a little forum for a small DDO guild. I still need to finish an illustration for the header, but I haven't decided what I'm going to do there yet.
2 2005-01-09 17:37
Re: So PunBB is now on my website (10 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 show off)
Ohh, OK, so it's not the "id" variable, it's the actual value of that variable (when it's a query string) that causes problems. Sorry for the confusion. 
I have either been reading poorly written articles or interpreting well written ones poorly.
3 2005-01-09 17:06
Re: So PunBB is now on my website (10 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 show off)
Yep, "pid" is fine, "id" however, won't get crawled. So no, you don't really need mod_rewrite get rid of all query strings in order to have SE friendly URL's (that's a myth), you just need to use a variable name other than "id." I think mod_rewrite is more advantageous when it comes to creating URL's that people can remember and understand, rather than ones that search engines can crawl, since it's really kind of rare that there will be one they can't.
I don't t hink it's necessary for a forum, really, but I suppose that if you had a large one that used "?id=whatever" all over the place, then it might make a difference in your PR (by giving you more indedexable pages) if you rewrite all of the URL's.
Sorry, was in a rush yesterday and didn't fully think about what I was writing.
4 2005-01-09 06:35
Re: So PunBB is now on my website (10 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 show off)
Aha, now I know what you mean. I really can't see the advantage of such a thing though. Then again, I never really understood what good the mod_rewrite thing did either.
Search engines won't spider pages with an "id" variable set in the query string (it ignores them because it assumes a session ID which apparently causes problems).
5 2005-01-08 21:26
Re: First install of punbb (5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 show off)
Thanks. The rest of the site is all custom-built. I plan to one day release it as a CMS, but right now, I haven't even gotten around to finishign the backend. I'm still doing most things from phpMyAdmin. I need to get that finished and add some support for different themes, then I'll toss it out there for download. I'd hoped to have it done by now, but I've been super-busy.
6 2005-01-08 21:16
Topic: First install of punbb (5 replies, posted in PunBB 1.2 show off)
I just stumbled across PunBB today while looking for a slimmer alternative to phpBB and all I have to say is "wow" this little t hing is great. I love the simplicity of the forum and it fits very well with the minimalistic style of my website. In fact, I almost feel as if this isn't really much of a "show off" beacuse I didn't have to do amny modifications ot the style at all to get the look I wanted. I'm really liking PunBB so far.