I have a phpbb2.0.11. I've removed the session ids, hoping to get the bots to spider it, but it's been slow thus far.

Im looking into a mod that would convert posts to html pages. Good idea or overkill?

There may be a mod rewrite way to do it, but thats not my region.

But for the most part, search engines go through phpbb just fine, along with most forums. My phpbb forum has session id's on it and its working pretty good with google. Same goes for this forum we're on right now. :)

mod_rewrite is the way to do it, I have it on my site, and shorty I have plans to compltely expand the mod_rewrite function :D

^ yeah i got a mod rewrite on my forums too. Google loves my pages :)

there is a mod on phpbbhacks that i used, it includes removing session id's for guests

hi there,

it's simple to remove the session from php links user below

ini_set('session.use_trans_sid', false);

put in phpbb you need session to login and other pages,

so go to phpbb site and select the mod section these is a mod to remove session !

Regards
Webshome

Thanks for the feedback. I have the session id's removed for guests, which should help get my forum spidered.

Maybe it takes a while for forum posts to show up in search results. How long did it take for you guys?