Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[jsarwar]

Not with the version free from the ZenCart downloads; Conor (Ceon) had built a commercial plugin which he called the URI Mapping Manager which will map old urls to new ones (it works with Simple SEO and UltimateSEO but they must be left installed until the transfer is complete); the Mapping Manager also requires a commercial version of the URI Mapping module itself.

I have installed Ultimate SEO and it is working so should I download and install CEON URI MAPPING? Then when should I remove Ultimate SEO URL or I have to keep it for old products? If I keep both will not both conflict? And transfer will also work for search engines?

I installed CEON on 1.5.1 once and it worked as charm but all was free. Does not it have commercial version to work?

[QUOTE]Would urge you to upgrade to 1.5.3[QUOTE]

I tried 1.5.3 but most of available modules are not compatible yet and did not work. What is really different between both versions like which files/functions etc.?

[mc12345678]

Not with the version free from the ZenCart downloads; Conor (Ceon) had built a commercial plugin which he called the URI Mapping Manager which will map old urls to new ones (it works with Simple SEO and UltimateSEO but they must be left installed until the transfer is complete); the Mapping Manager also requires a commercial version of the URI Mapping module itself.


Would urge you to upgrade to 1.5.3

I believe this to be a little over simplified. It is possible, but not easy without the above described software. There are a lot of database entries that would be needed to keep the old urls and import them into the database of this plugin. As far as installing/uninstalling plugins and merging/splitting them away from each other, would also take some effort. All doable, but not simple without something that assists performing that type of transition all at once or in manageable chunks.

Regarding ZC upgrade, I would suggest upgrading to at least 1.5.1 to combat some of the spiders, and if other needed plugins are confirmed, to upgrade to 1.5.3.

[mc12345678]

[QUOTE=jsarwar;1253202]I have installed Ultimate SEO and it is working so should I download and install CEON URI MAPPING? Then when should I remove Ultimate SEO URL or I have to keep it for old products? If I keep both will not both conflict? And transfer will also work for search engines?

I installed CEON on 1.5.1 once and it worked as charm but all was free. Does not it have commercial version to work?

[QUOTE]Would urge you to upgrade to 1.5.3

I tried 1.5.3 but most of available modules are not compatible yet and did not work. What is really different between both versions like which files/functions etc.?

While I believe the instructions for the paid module may have the full details, but I envision (and I will be quickly corrected if I am wrong) :) that the two uri writers would be installed together, but CEON would be disabled so that there would not be an interaction, but it would allow you to continue working in the one database to "copy" over the uri of the other product to be recognized by CEON. Now realize there are/were some attributes of the other program that may not be easy to reproduce here, for example if it handled misspelling of a uri with ease, that misspelled uri will be needed here as well if it is commonly used. Does that make sense?


The free product here, offers mapping to new products with no problem (okay there is at least one issue that is still being investigated, but it appeaars to happen only occasionally). The program does not offer some public/easy means to import/export other uris or to say, hi I have just moved my store from the html_public/store directory to the public_html directory and I would like to update ll of my urls so that the old ones still track to my products in the current directory. Or hi, I have a store that has thousands of products and I would like to install this plugin and have all products remapped in the next hour or so to be able to use this module without anything else.

Those "features" are not available in the free version, and require something more to implement. So, basically, as Ryk indicated, you would use the paid for product(s) to make all this happen somewhat at the touch of a button, though I'm guessing it's a little more than just one button to press. :)

Oh, forgot to address the ZC version differences, the files affected are identified in the support files of the upgrade package. I don't recall the specific directory path, or tabe to click on, but it is in the documentation for the program.

[Ryk]

I believe this to be a little over simplified.

No it's not - when using Conor's commercial software. I was not in any way attempting to provide guidance for doing it without.

With regard to

though I'm guessing it's a little more than just one button to press. :)

.. the actual generation IS a press of one button for categories, one for products etc once you've made your selections to get there, but it's very simple - assuming the person performing it reads the onscreen instructions.

Unfortunately, I can't really go into any more detail as we're not supposed to discuss commercial plugins on the forums.

[DivaVocals]

I have installed Ultimate SEO and it is working so should I download and install CEON URI MAPPING? Then when should I remove Ultimate SEO URL or I have to keep it for old products? If I keep both will not both conflict? And transfer will also work for search engines?

I installed CEON on 1.5.1 once and it worked as charm but all was free. Does not it have commercial version to work?

Would urge you to upgrade to 1.5.3

I tried 1.5.3 but most of available modules are not compatible yet and did not work. What is really different between both versions like which files/functions etc.?

I guess my question is if Ultimate SEO works for you WHY you want to make this change..

and

before you launch into answering my question, I would suggest that a discussion of WHICH URL re-writer to use and any ensuing discussion should take place in a NEW thread as the discussion/comparison is WAAAAAAAY off topic for this SUPPORT thread and is only tangentially related to this module's support..

If you want to discuss the commercial version of this module, contact the current owners and fire away all the questions you desire since discussion of commercial modules is NOT allowed on this forum..

[jsarwar]

I guess my question is if Ultimate SEO works for you WHY you want to make this change..

and

before you launch into answering my question, I would suggest that a discussion of WHICH URL re-writer to use and any ensuing discussion should take place in a NEW thread as the discussion/comparison is WAAAAAAAY off topic for this SUPPORT thread and is only tangentially related to this module's support..

If you want to discuss the commercial version of this module, contact the current owners and fire away all the questions you desire since discussion of commercial modules is NOT allowed on this forum..

I have installed CEON on many websites and I think its better than Ultiamte SEO. I was not trying to compare or discuss commercial versions. I posted to know if transition from Ultimate SEO URLs to CEON is possible and folks informed me yes it is via commercial version and I did not know about commercial version before.

[godt]

1.51. I have a URL for a product

/men/loafer-nero

which is showing up on 'who's online' as


/men/loafer-nero?number of uploads=0&


If I click the link that is also what displays in the url bar.


What might be the source of this, and how would I stop it?

[DivaVocals]

1.51. I have a URL for a product

/men/loafer-nero

which is showing up on 'who's online' as


/men/loafer-nero?number of uploads=0&


If I click the link that is also what displays in the url bar.


What might be the source of this, and how would I stop it?

Whatever the source of this is, it is:
A. Not likely caused by THIS module
B. Not causing any harm..

[lhungil]

... /men/loafer-nero?number of uploads=0 ... What might be the source of this, and how would I stop it?

The "number_of_uploads" query parameter is used for handling uploaded files (products with attributes of type "file"). The "data" is a core part of Zen Cart 1.3 - 1.5 and used by the shopping cart and product pages.

Removing this data will break handling of user uploaded files, thus CEON URI Mapping leaves it alone.

[mc12345678]

Genius.. Who me??? nah! I just play one on TV!

Goodness if you could work out a way to help EZ Populate users who are using this add-on too that would be OUTSTANDING!!! One of the "achilles heels" of this add-on on is that EZ Populate users have to manually edit products/categories ADDED or MODIFIED via EZ Populate in order to get the URI Mapping table populated/updated..

Now if on TOP OF THAT, you could come up with a way to use EZ Populate to update the Ceon URI Mapping table, you could expand it to do more than just add the default pages. In theory you COULD come up with a means to allow shopowners to use EZ Populate for the initial population of the product, category, and EZ Pages URIs when one first installs this add-on on an existing store. This would be miles easier than having to manually update every product/category/EZ Page on the site..

Fyi, step one: complete. Option is available to update/create product URIs using the settings of this module (ie, capitalize the first word, or use a hyphen, etc.) while exporting the products of the database with options such as, export to file only (or update the database/store) using the following options: create URIs only for products that don't have one currently (new store, new user of this module, or after upload of new products until the reverse process is created), update only products that have existing URIs (good for when a site changes directories or just want to reset the clock), and update all URIs (store directory change, start over, populate blanks and previously written), and all of this in whatever language(s) are present. Tested on ZC 1.5.1 and 1.5.3. This works as if editing each product individually and selecting the autogenerate URI option in the process of saving the product except in bulk.

Next is categories, EZ-pages then importing.