Ultimate SEO v3 (and v2.200) [Support Thread]

I have been using RC4 without problems on my live store linked on my signature below, today I decided to create a new page by modifying page_2, when I was looking for instances of page_2 to be renamed as international-shipping, I noticed a match on the admin backend, related to the usu plugin, so I changed it, renamed it there, the original entry was page_2 so I renamed it international-shipping, however after modifying all the other files I'm still getting 404 errors, will this change(rename page_2), be the cause?

BTW the page_2 link was changed and not rewritten by the module, so instead of getting a link like >>> /international-shipping.html I am getting the original index.php? ... etc

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Originally Posted by icecold

I have been using RC4 without problems on my live store linked on my signature below, today I decided to create a new page by modifying page_2, when I was looking for instances of page_2 to be renamed as international-shipping, I noticed a match on the admin backend, related to the usu plugin, so I changed it, renamed it there, the original entry was page_2 so I renamed it international-shipping, however after modifying all the other files I'm still getting 404 errors, will this change(rename page_2), be the cause?

BTW the page_2 link was changed and not rewritten by the module, so instead of getting a link like >>> /international-shipping.html I am getting the original index.php? ... etc

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Page title
Page Not Found : Outlet Season Scentia :: Fragrances and Perfumes of the World, An Outlet Season Store
Page URL
/scentia/index.php?main_page=international-shipping

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Exactly as it says it can't found non-rewritten URLs also ... just the one I created by modifying page_2

Hi,

I have installed ULTIMATE SEO URLs on my zencart 1.5.4 and it seems to be working fine.
But after installing it about 4 days ago, I have found that google has suddenly started crawling vigorously on my website and I had to lower the crawl rate from my webmaster tools admin as it used all of my server CPU resources within few hours. Resulting this, I am now unable to find my pages in google search, which used to be on top mostly. Now I am unable to find them even on 3 or 4th page of google search. they seem to have vanished from google search completely. Moreover, I checked the webmaster tools and have found 5683 pages with DUPLICATE META DESCRIPTIONS and 5597 pages with DUPLICATE TITLE TAGS.
I want to know if this thing is making the trouble? Will my pages be seen on google sarch again as were showing before installing this mod automatically, or may I have to do something for this?

Kindly reply.
thanks in advance.

hi,
i can not say what google will do....

that said, it's probably likely that this plugin is the cause of your problem. it sounds like you do not have a canonical link in your header. which WILL result in duplicate content and which will penalize you in search results.

if you provide a link to your site, it should be easy to examine. you need a link such as:

<link rel="canonical" href="http://MYSITE.com/MY-PRODUCT-product-anchor-17374" />

in the header section of every page.

its also entirely possible that you are not constructing the meta tags properly and the title tags properly. and again a link to your site can help determine exactly what the problem may be.

best.

Here is my website :http://shopping.muteyaar.org

can you please check and confirm?
thanks in advance.

Need help with Ultimate SEO.

Recently we have upgraded our store from 1.3.x to 1.5.5 and also updated the latest version of Ultimate SEO.

We are facing one issue with URL generation.

Previously our category and products urls were as per below.

xyz.com/category-1-c-22.html
xyz.com/product-name-p-2222.html

and now after this latest updates its coming as per below

xyz.com/category-1-c-22/
xyz.com/category-1-c-22/product-name-p-2222.html

We want to continue with our previous URL structure only.

Can you please help us with the same.

@dhruv37

you need to go admin -> configuration -> ultimate urls -> Format of alternate URLs

and ensure that enable-original is selected.

you also want to ensure that Generate cPath parameters is turned off.

good luck!

@muteyaar

your canonical links look fine.

you might want to look at:

includes/templates/YOUR_TEMPLATE/common/html_header.php

and examine how your template is constructing the <meta name="description" ....> tag. as that is where half of the problem lies.... within that same file you can also see how your title tag is constructed as that is where both of those elements get built.

good luck!

Thanks for your reply.

Our settings in Admin are already as per below only.

I was able to achieve xyz.com/category-1-c-22.html URL structure for category pages by making some changes in includes/classes/usu.php

Product URL is still pending.

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

@dhruv37

you need to go admin -> configuration -> ultimate urls -> Format of alternate URLs

and ensure that enable-original is selected.

you also want to ensure that Generate cPath parameters is turned off.

good luck!

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I am in the process of upgrading my site from zencart 1.5.3 to 1.5.5b.
I have a test location where I am doing the upgrade. I did a backup of the db of my live site, and restored that data to a new db, since I want to keep all my customers, products, orders, etc.
I started with a fresh version of the code for 1.5.5b, ran the upgrade scripts, and then installed the winchester responsive templates.
Now I'm adding in a few addons that I had in my old site.
Everything was going fine until I attempted to install the 2.1.5 version of Ultimate SEO Urls.
I think the problem is that I had an older version installed in my live website (I'm not sure exactly what version. It doesn't display the version number in the admin), and I didn't remove any database stuff from the upgraded version before attempting the installation.
What I did is, installed all the files as per the instructions (uploaded the new files, uploaded the .htaccess, logged into the admin, uploaded the install files, clicked on a link in the admin). It said that it upgraded successfully. (That was my first clue that I had messed up. I was trying to install, not upgrade, but I forgot that the db contained the old version of the module.)
I then accessed the upgraded site, and none of the urls were rewritten with the seo urls.
I looked at the ultimate seo configuration page in the admin, and I didn't see anything that needed to be changed there.
So I thought maybe I needed to go through the uninstall process, and then reinstall.
So I uploaded the uninstall files, and attempted to access the admin part of the site, and now I just get a blank page.
No errors logs are showing up. I even tried following a suggestion I saw in order to see any errors showing up in the browser. I added the file:

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includes/local/configure.php

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with the following contents:

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<?php
define('STRICT_ERROR_REPORTING', true);

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but I don't see any errors, just a blank admin page whenever I try to access any pages in the admin side.

I tried uploading the uninstall files, accessing the admin, uploading the install files, accessing the admin, but no changes. I still just see a blank page for any admin page, and no error logs.
But since I'm not successfully accessing the admin, presumably nothing is really happening there.

I have seen suggestions of removing all previous versions of database changes, but I don't know exactly what that entails.
It would be great if someone could tell me all possible database stuff that I should look for to remove, that might fix this problem.

I do have the db backup that I made of my original 1.5.3 site. But unfortunately, I didn't back up the db right before attempting to add this module :(
I know, major handslap! I really should have done that.
But it would be so much easier if I could recover from this situation, rather than having to start from the 1.5.3 db backup.

Also, one other piece of information is that I did have some numinix modules installed, and I think that changed the way some of the admin modules worked. I'd be happy to remove that since I'm no longer using it.

Does anyone have any suggestions? I'm pretty handy with phpmyadmin. If someone could please tell me all the db stuff I should look for to delete, then I can go in and do that. Any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance for any help with this.

so, prior to backing things out, i would attempt to find out what is wrong. there is a ton of stuff on a blank page in ZC. most of it means checking debug logs.

if you are NOT getting any debug logs, in general, i would guess that init_set() was included in disable_functions variable in PHP. you need to enable ini_set() in order to see debug logs.

talk to your server admin to see the status of ini_set. if ini_set is ENABLED, ensure that you are lookiung the right directory.

good luck!

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

so, prior to backing things out, i would attempt to find out what is wrong. there is a ton of stuff on a blank page in ZC. most of it means checking debug logs.

if you are NOT getting any debug logs, in general, i would guess that init_set() was included in disable_functions variable in PHP. you need to enable ini_set() in order to see debug logs.

talk to your server admin to see the status of ini_set. if ini_set is ENABLED, ensure that you are lookiung the right directory.

good luck!

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Thanks so much for responding so quickly!
I am getting debug logs in general. I see some showing up from 2 days ago.
But no new debug logs are showing up for the current problem I am having, of seeing a blank page in the admin. So I don't see any way of debugging this current problem. But I do know that things were working fine right before I attempted to install this module. And in fact, I was able to login to the admin after installing the module, although I didn't see the urls getting rewritten. And then, when I ran the uninstall scripts, that's when things stopped working.

I'm guessing that it is a problem with the database being in a weird state, because of having an older version of the module installed.
Any other suggestions either on how to see any errors, or on how to make sure that all old stuff is removed from the db?

Thanks very much!

if you were seeing logs previously on this same server, and now you are not, it suggests to me a problem prior to loading of ZC.

did you make any changes to the .htaccess file? and the problem is only in the admin? did you look at the troubleshooting listed here:

https://www.zen-cart.com/content.php?124-blank-page

the error is almost probably in the apache log (assuming the server uses apache to serve up web pages). so try and get access to that and see if that provides any clues....

there are all kinds of troubleshooting methods available prior to just taking stabs in the dark. personally i do NOT think its a database issue but i have been wrong before...

good luck!

I looked at all the suggestions of how to troubleshoot getting blank pages, and one of the common issues was missing or incomplete files getting uploaded by ftp. I looked through the files, and it turns out that some of them were missing. I think that perhaps the installation process or uninstall process might delete certain one-time files after installing/uninstalling the module. But whatever the case, I reuploaded all the files, and I am now able to access the admin pages!!! Whew, that's a relief!

Now, I'm back to the issue I was having before, where the module doesn't appear to be rewriting the urls.
On the admin configuration page for the module, "Enable alternate urls" is set to true, which should enable the module.
As an example, the shopping cart is one of the pages where alternate urls is enabled.
"Limit alternate urls to the following pages" includes shopping_cart.
When I compare the live site to the test site:
in the live site, the "View Cart" link goes to http://www.[mydomain].com/shopping_cart.html
whereas for the test site, the link to the shopping cart goes to:
http://www.test.[mydomain].com/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart
Any suggestions on what I might have missed in order to activate the module?
I did upload all the files, and I did upload the .htaccess file at the root of the test site.

Thanks in advance for any help!

there are 2 aspects to the is plugin: the creation of URLs, and the intepretation of those URLs into something that ZC recognizes.

if you were to plug in:

http://www.test.[mydomain].com/shopping_cart.html

does that work? if so, you probably have it installed correctly.

the link on the test site is probably created by your template; and its entirely possible that the template is ignoring the SEO URL config's new functions. this is just a guess; but you need to find out where the URL gets created and track backwards from there.

good luck!

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

there are 2 aspects to the is plugin: the creation of URLs, and the intepretation of those URLs into something that ZC recognizes.

if you were to plug in:

http://www.test.[mydomain].com/shopping_cart.html

does that work? if so, you probably have it installed correctly.

the link on the test site is probably created by your template; and its entirely possible that the template is ignoring the SEO URL config's new functions. this is just a guess; but you need to find out where the URL gets created and track backwards from there.

good luck!

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Thanks again for your help!
It turns out that I missed the step of incorporating the modified files.
I was following the directions in the install document, and somehow, I didn't see that step.
I think it's too late, and I need to get to bed. I will continue in the morning (actually, later today).
I definitely need those modifications! There is an addition to zen_href_link that deals with converting the urls.
Anyway, thanks for your help, and I will continue tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by earth-friendly

Now, I'm back to the issue I was having before, where the module doesn't appear to be rewriting the urls.
in the live site, the "View Cart" link goes to http://www.[mydomain].com/shopping_cart.html

whereas for the test site, the link to the shopping cart goes to:
http://www.test.[mydomain].com/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart

Any suggestions on what I might have missed in order to activate the module?

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That would mean you have this file:
public_html/test/.htaccess

In that file, perhaps somewhere around line #56, you should see:
#RewriteBase /shop/

Was that line changed to read:
RewriteBase /test/

Reason being is you must declare where the URL rewrite starts from and the above line does that for you.

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Originally Posted by Website Rob

That would mean you have this file:
public_html/test/.htaccess

In that file, perhaps somewhere around line #56, you should see:
#RewriteBase /shop/

Was that line changed to read:
RewriteBase /test/

Reason being is you must declare where the URL rewrite starts from and the above line does that for you.

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Thanks very much for your response! My .htaccess file was fine. It turns out that somehow I missed the step of incorporating the modified files. I must have been really tired at that point, and I didn't see it in the instructions. :( But anyway, I have merged in the modified files, and the SEO works perfectly now! Thanks everyone for your help!

I did search and maybe missed it, but found a possible bug. We're using 2.215 on Zen Cart 1.5.5a. We have the Terms and Conditions required for checkout. When left unchecked, the messageStackError does not display. Trouble shooting resulted in this plugin being the cause. I removed the page from the 'Limit alternate URLS to the following pages' setting and it's all good now.

Hi Zenners,
Installed Ultimate URLs 2.15 on 1.5.5b and all is working fine expect during a search at google
saw a link: www.example.com/mobile/ and 404 msg when pressed.
I do not have a "mobile" page expect Zen Cart core/template files.
So why does Ultimate URL made me this rewritten and how can I fix it ?

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Originally Posted by gunni

I do not have a "mobile" page expect Zen Cart core/template files.
So why does Ultimate URL made me this rewritten and how can I fix it ?

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It doesn't.
You must have given that /mobile/ URL to Google via a sitemap or a link from another site, or something else.

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Originally Posted by DrByte

It doesn't.
You must have given that /mobile/ URL to Google via a sitemap or a link from another site, or something else.

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Thanks Dr. Byte but I searched in my Google Search Console the pages it received from SitemapXML V2.1
and nothing appeared to be with mobile.
I also found out that Google search result found www.mysite.com/m/
which also redirects to a non exiting page.
Very strange...
The pages I submitted to some indexes were all with the root address www.mysite.com and nothing with
/m/ or /mobile/
I use responsive classic template and these directories /m/ or /mobile/ are not exist on the server.

A clue that I found is that the results of /m/ or /mobile/ in google are with description of old meta tags
but on the other hand, google received the sitemaps cron after the change of the old description.

If you'll make a search in google you could see it. Try search greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/m or greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/moblie

Thanks

It is not unique to Ultimate Seo. In my webmaster tools the same links show up, and I do not have Ultimate installed. I have searched my files and database for any reference, but found nothing useful.

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Originally Posted by gunni

Thanks Dr. Byte but I searched in my Google Search Console the pages it received from SitemapXML V2.1
and nothing appeared to be with mobile.
I also found out that Google search result found www.mysite.com/m/
which also redirects to a non exiting page.
Very strange...
The pages I submitted to some indexes were all with the root address www.mysite.com and nothing with
/m/ or /mobile/
I use responsive classic template and these directories /m/ or /mobile/ are not exist on the server.

A clue that I found is that the results of /m/ or /mobile/ in google are with description of old meta tags
but on the other hand, google received the sitemaps cron after the change of the old description.

If you'll make a search in google you could see it. Try search greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/m or greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/moblie

Thanks

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Thanks Design75,
Do you use responsive classic template / ZC 1.5.5b ?
Trying to understand what is related

No, this site is still on 1.5.4, and using a picaflor-azul template. I was thinking the cause may be with the mobiledetect class, which is in common with the "responsive classic template", but so far have no evidence for this.

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Originally Posted by gunni

Thanks Design75,
Do you use responsive classic template / ZC 1.5.5b ?
Trying to understand what is related

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I have another site with 1.5.4 with Sheffield Blue 2 but there
there is no /m/ or /mobile/ results on google search...

Dr. Byte?
Any idea what could cause this strange situation?
If no idea, maybe I should block /m/ and /mobile/ in the robots.txt / google search console ?

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Originally Posted by gunni

Any idea what could cause this strange situation?

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link to this site?

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Originally Posted by gunni

maybe I should block /m/ and /mobile/ in the robots.txt / google search console ?

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of course

greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il

Search in google: greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/m or greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/mobile
and you could see this "page" indexed in Google but never was made by me.

Hello everyone,
Excuse me for my bad english!

I have a problem with Cyrillic characters in URL
Ultimate SEO works in Latin, but when there is a symbol of the Cyrillic: URL address is -c-111/-p-111.html
All symbols disappear.

All I found written on the subject for encoding - in this case everything is utf-8,
Zen Cart is 1.5.5d, PHP Version 5.2.17

Greetings!

Hi,

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Originally Posted by gunni

greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il

Search in google: greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/m or greenpillow(dot)co(dot)il/mobile
and you could see this "page" indexed in Google but never was made by me.

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I scanned the site with Netpeak Spider and Screaming Frog SEO Spider. No internal links to /m and /mobile is not found.
This either means that somewhere there is an external link or that old internal links that were once on the site.
Disallow this uri in robots.txt and eventually they fall out of the search.
Another way - to do a 301 redirect to the home page.

P.S. You have problems on the site - unnecessary 301 redirect, not disallowed uri in the robots.txt, etc. I recommend to download Free Screaming Frog SEO Spider and independently verify the site. Or contact the experts.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

I have a problem with Cyrillic characters in URL
Ultimate SEO works in Latin, but when there is a symbol of the Cyrillic: URL address is -c-111/-p-111.html
All symbols disappear.

All I found written on the subject for encoding - in this case everything is utf-8,
Zen Cart is 1.5.5d, PHP Version 5.2.17

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Try to set "Remove problematic characters" to "punctuation".

I tried everything :(

I removed u after

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$pattern = '/[^\p{L}\p{N}\s]/      ';

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in /includes/classes/usu.php and already url is not empty. (in both cases - non-alphanumerical and punctuation )

Now the url is /vit-%F0%F0%F0%B9-%F0%F1%F1... ... -p-111.html

Now if there is a way that %F0%F0%F0%B9-%F0%F1%F1 to look right!?

Thanks!

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

I removed u after

HTML Code:

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$pattern = '/[^\p{L}\p{N}\s]/      ';

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in /includes/classes/usu.php and already url is not empty. (in both cases - non-alphanumerical and punctuation )

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It is not right. You can not do it.
You can see link on the test site - http://test.zen-cart.su/%D1%82%D0%B5...%80-p-180.html
No any changes on usu.php, only set "Remove problematic characters" to "punctuation" - http://test.zen-cart.su/admin-demo/c...05&action=edit (Login: demo, Password: demo2016).

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

Now if there is a way that %F0%F0%F0%B9-%F0%F1%F1 to look right!?

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What does "look right"? And this is "not right"?

Yes, I know it's wrong, but maybe will show where is the problem.
Before that I changed from admin "non-alphanumerical " and "punctuation" many times but there was no result.
In right I mean that ...n-cart.su/%D1%82%D0%B5... browsers display as ...en-cart.su/тестовая...

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

Yes, I know it's wrong, but maybe will show where is the problem.

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Whats problem?

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

In right I mean that ...n-cart.su/%D1%82%D0%B5... browsers display as ...en-cart.su/тестовая...

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You're wrong. That's right. What do you want - is not right. RTFM

Before I delete "u" all Cyrillic characters disappear - this I mean that the deletion of "u" can show where the problem to disappear symbols.

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

Before I delete "u" all Cyrillic characters disappear - this I mean that the deletion of "u" can show where the problem to disappear symbols.

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After setting "punctuation" you should reset URL Cache.

Yes, i do it

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Originally Posted by Ang_l

Yes, i do it

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Miracles do not happen. Once again - it is not necessary to add bugs in code, it was enough to set configuration and then reset the cache.

in line 53 on includes/classes/usu.php i changed

PHP Code:

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            self::$unicodeEnabled = (@preg_match('/\pL/u', 'a')) ? true : false; 


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with

PHP Code:

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            self::$unicodeEnabled = (@preg_match('/\p{L}/u', 'a')) ? true : false; 


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and now everything is OK

I am good in php as in English :smile:
Can I leave so this change? - everything works fine!! (in both cases also: "non-alphanumerical " and "punctuation")

I like this very much. I know that if you use this and already have products, you have to go through each product and resave each product to make the url come alive.

I have two sites. One has this feature, the other does not. The one that does not is my main store with over 3,000 products. How can I use easy populate to download all my products to the newer site so it will automatically add the url for new products being brought in?

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Originally Posted by a_berezin

Hi,

I scanned the site with Netpeak Spider and Screaming Frog SEO Spider. No internal links to /m and /mobile is not found.
This either means that somewhere there is an external link or that old internal links that were once on the site.
Disallow this uri in robots.txt and eventually they fall out of the search.
Another way - to do a 301 redirect to the home page.

P.S. You have problems on the site - unnecessary 301 redirect, not disallowed uri in the robots.txt, etc. I recommend to download Free Screaming Frog SEO Spider and independently verify the site. Or contact the experts.

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Thanks Berezin,
The m / mobile urls in google are still mysterious to me. In Google search console it shows that the link to them is from my
main url and I never add a link to m / mobile directories or created such directories.

Regarding the 301 redirects, checked them on Screaming Frog as you suggested and all the 301s seem to be made automatically by Ultimate SEO so please let me understand why do you say they are unnecessary.

Hi,

Is there any way to remove the product and category ID numbers from the SEOed URLs?

For example, the following URL from my test site:

"http://www.futuregarageservices.co.uk/test/decelerometers-vosa-dvsa-approved-decelerometers-c-1903_1919_1920/bowmonk-brakecheck-decelerometer-p-16968.html"

…would look so much cleaner as:

"http://www.futuregarageservices.co.uk/test/decelerometers-vosa-dvsa-approved-decelerometers/bowmonk-brakecheck-decelerometer.html"

Apologies if this question has been asked elsewhere - I can’t find a thread which discusses the matter.

@Podgeminster, those product- and category-id values are how the plugin's .htaccess file links the URL to the associated product and/or category in your store's database.

Short answer: No.

No worries - thanks for the response.

Hi there,

I was a little baffled with one of the category pages for my client redirecting strangely. It turns out that the product name has an M in it followed by a number, which I believe is being picked up as the manufacturer's number (we don't use manufacturers).

Is there a way to ignore or escape the M character? I'm not sure if it is the plugin, or the core functionality - I tried removing reference to manufacturer from the plugin file, but it was still converting to 'manufacturer'.

The category name is "Leica M 240" and the URL should be: http://www.jkcameras.co.uk/leica-m-240-c-18 but it redirects to: http://www.jkcameras.co.uk/-m-240

Strangely, the product pages are fine (because they use the 'Leica Bodies' parent category?):
http://www.jkcameras.co.uk/leica-bod...240-black-p-96
http://www.jkcameras.co.uk/leica-bod...240-black-p-98

Is there a simple fix to this? Other than the obvious solution of removing the space between M and 240 (unfortunately this isn't an option).

Many thanks

you can comment out the redirect line for manufacturers in the .htaccess code, by adding a # in front of the line.

Code:

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RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9_]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

#to:

#RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9_]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

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or you could delete the line altogether or change the order of the lines.

the product pages are find because the product line is above the manufacturers line in the htaccess file.

good luck.

Fanstastic, that did the trick! Many thanks for your help

I uninstalled Ultimate SEO, but somewhere in the url ?CPath=15_22& example. It is not at all the products, just some.
How do I remove?

Hello,

My site is https://footballheaven.com.au

how do I remove the numbers added after the category, product, manufacturers, all other pages

example https://footballheaven.com.au/homewa...edding-c-8_88/

I don't want the -c-8 and -c8_88 displayed I followed carlwhat reply in this page to place a # infront of the rewrite line but that didn't work

Any help would be appreciated

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Originally Posted by selphy007

Hello,

My site is https://footballheaven.com.au

how do I remove the numbers added after the category, product, manufacturers, all other pages

example https://footballheaven.com.au/homewa...edding-c-8_88/

I don't want the -c-8 and -c8_88 displayed I followed carlwhat reply in this page to place a # infront of the rewrite line but that didn't work

Any help would be appreciated

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my # was for the manufacturers.... different...

you need to understand how these URLs work; what you are asking for is impossible with this plugin. the -c- is what is known as the anchor. the 8 is your category (homeware) and the 88 is the sub-category of bedding. they do the navigation to the proper page. for example, if i went here:

https://footballheaven.com.au/this_is_total_crap-c-8_88

i would get to the same place. try it!

now if i went here:

https://footballheaven.com.au/this_is_total_crap-c-7

i get to the skins under the phone accessories category.

so you can not do what you asking with this url rewriter. i know there are others that use permalinks and perhaps can get more of what you want, but i am unfamiliar with them and i do not know if there are any plugins similar to those for use with ZC.

best.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

so you can not do what you asking with this url rewriter. i know there are others that use permalinks and perhaps can get more of what you want, but i am unfamiliar with them and i do not know if there are any plugins similar to those for use with ZC.

best.

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There is 1 that offers permalinks and works quite well with ZC, there is 1 that offers uris I believe without "the number" but it comes with a host of problems out-of-the-box including either frequently generated logs files or similar for the host to deal with.

If not mistaken, the instructions for this plugin identify the types of uris that are generated and is something to consider before installing a uri rewriter, before modifying an htaccess file, and before switching from one method of presenting a uri and any other.

Does anyone have this working on v1.5.5e?

Thanks,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by allmart

Does anyone have this working on v1.5.5e?

Thanks,

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Yes (and more text to meet the minimum requirement).

Thanks for the reply. Other than what is indicated in the included documentation, are there any additional file modifications needed for 1.5.5e?

Nope. Did the installation and all was good.

v1.5.1 treeoflifejewellery.com

Problem: all pages other than the index do not load but return 404 errors.

History:
plugin has been working fine since loaded a couple of years ago -
yesterday in cPanel at host I activated a 301 redirect domain >>> https://www.domain. (there was an existing redirect domain >>>> www.domain which I deleted first
From that point the site would not load at all, not even the index page - Firefox stated the way the site was configured it would not complete - Chrome said too many redirections
host indicated a .htaccess problem
this file was same .htaccess file unaltered from the plugin files when loaded
in deleting all content of the .htaccess file it changed nothing, same result, nothing loaded
reinstated content of .htaccess file to original state - nothing changed
deleted redirection in cPanel which resulted in current condition with SEO URL's turned on in admin/configuration - all pages other than the index do not load but return 404 errors

Current status: turned off SEO URLs in admin/configuration and site works fine obviously with standard cPath urls.

Baffling thing is that everything this exactly the way it was prior to making the cPanel redirection above, everything, nothing else altered (other than now having the plugin switched off so that site works)

I even migrated the cPanel overnight to a new host in case it was a host server issue which it turned out not to be, apparently (unless the fault was also migrated which I doubt). I can only assume that caused this hiccupp is that deleting the existing redirect?

If access to cPanel is required to resolve this please let me know.

cheers, Mike

Quote:

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Originally Posted by shags38

v1.5.1 treeoflifejewellery.com

this file was same .htaccess file unaltered from the plugin files when loaded

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i do not believe this to be the case.

cpanel is a frontend to various aspects of your hosting solution. adding a redirect in cpanel adds code to your htacess file.

in addition, there can multiple htaccess files; 1 within each of your directory structure.

thanks Carl - so what do you suggest as a solution?

i suggest you find someone more versed in the black arts of apache directives and get them to fix it.... i myself merely dabble and am hardly an expert...

i further suggest you put all of your websites under version control. that way it is far easier to go back to when things worked. it requires some effort to learn git, but the advantages going forward are great. i use bitbucket as a repository for all my source code. makes changes to working websites far less stressful.

good luck.

thanks Carl

has anyone tested this plugin with php7.0?

does not seem to work as on line 532, getting an error of:

PHP: Only variables can be passed by reference

or:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference

hmmm....

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

has anyone tested this plugin with php7.0?

does not seem to work as on line 532, getting an error of:

PHP: Only variables can be passed by reference

or:

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Cannot pass parameter 1 by reference

hmmm....

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I have a site using USU. I it set to PHP 5.6 but I just changed it to 7.0 and it still working. Only limited testing but category and product url's are working.

jim,
thanks for responding. must have been a little late bleary looking at this problem.

in any event, what are your settings? if you look at the code:

Code:

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        if(USU_FORMAT == 'parent' && USU_CATEGORY_DIR == 'off') {
          $pName = $this->get_category_name($cID !== null ? $cID : (int)$result->fields['master_id'], 'original') . '-' . $pName;
        }

---

you will not hit this problem unless USU_FORMAT is set to parent and USU_CATEGORY_DIR is set to off.

i was able to get around this problem by modifying the code to:

Code:

---

        if(USU_FORMAT == 'parent' && USU_CATEGORY_DIR == 'off') {
            $tempMID = ($cID !== null ? $cID : $result->fields['master_id']);
            $pName = $this->get_category_name($tempMID, 'original') . '-' . $pName;
        }

---

curious if anyone else has experienced this?

thanks.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

jim,
thanks for responding. must have been a little late bleary looking at this problem.

in any event, what are your settings? if you look at the code:

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The settings for this site are:
Attachment 17056

these 2 need to be set like this and then i'm guessing it would fail:

Format of alternate URLs parent
Display categories as directories off

best.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

these 2 need to be set like this and then i'm guessing it would fail:

Format of alternate URLs parent
Display categories as directories off

best.

---

I tried those and it broke my site, thanks a lot!! Ha, just kidding.

It did result in a 500 error, so confirms your suspicions.

Hi,

I have a problem, when I turn on the Utimate Seo Urls, after that i have Number of Queries on the web site higher than 1600. In admin are all caching turned on. Where is the problem? Can someone help me? Thank you in advance.Attachment 17067

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

jim,
thanks for responding. must have been a little late bleary looking at this problem.

in any event, what are your settings? if you look at the code:

Code:

---

    if(USU_FORMAT == 'parent' && USU_CATEGORY_DIR == 'off') {
      $pName = $this->get_category_name($cID !== null ? $cID : (int)$result->fields['master_id'], 'original') . '-' . $pName;
    }

---

you will not hit this problem unless USU_FORMAT is set to parent and USU_CATEGORY_DIR is set to off.

i was able to get around this problem by modifying the code to:

Code:

---

    if(USU_FORMAT == 'parent' && USU_CATEGORY_DIR == 'off') {
        $tempMID = ($cID !== null ? $cID : $result->fields['master_id']);
        $pName = $this->get_category_name($tempMID, 'original') . '-' . $pName;
    }

---

curious if anyone else has experienced this?

thanks.

---

@carlwhat, you can probably accomplish the same thing in the original line, by simply adding an extra set of parentheses around:

($cID !== null ? $cID : $result->fields['master_id'])

(ie: before the ", 'original'" part)

Your approach isn't wrong though.

I had issues with this plugin - see previous page (116) - still unresolved so today I uninstalled the plugin using the uninstall files supplied with plugin.

Subsequently I lost the ability to login, i.e. admin/login.php resolves to a totally blank page.

So having a backup I uploaded the admin folder from the backup and the backed up database - still nothing - the database contains no references to USU in configuration_group or configuration tables.

Any ideas please

Quote:

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Originally Posted by shags38

I had issues with this plugin - see previous page (116) - still unresolved so today I uninstalled the plugin using the uninstall files supplied with plugin.

Subsequently I lost the ability to login, i.e. admin/login.php resolves to a totally blank page.

So having a backup I uploaded the admin folder from the backup and the backed up database - still nothing - the database contains no references to USU in configuration_group or configuration tables.

Any ideas please

---

Solved the problem with not being able to log in - thanks to DrByte and Website Rob

SOLVED >> Problem installing this plugin - previously installed and had issues - deleted/uninstalled and problems trying to re-install.

Thought this may be useful to others if they encounter the same problem.

Doing a fresh install and following the procedure in docs file when I uploaded 'install' files manually, last step of installation procedure, my admin crashed (cannot access it) - via trial and error I found by deleting 2 files in admin/includes/auto_loaders that my admin access returned.

deleted these 2 files;
files >> admin/includes/auto_loaders/config.usu_onetime .... and .... admin/includes/auto_loaders/config.usu

BINGO!! ..... and surprisingly (to me at least) USU works absolutely fine without those 2 files

cheers, Mike

I have what may be a slight issue with this p-224USU_END appearing at the end of all product urls - appears with Generate cPath parameters set to auto or off in configuration - is this to be expected or can it be removed, if so how? please.
https://www.treeoflifejewellery.com/...l-p-224USU_END
image of configuration page
Attachment 17069

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DarkMen

Hi,

I have a problem, when I turn on the Utimate Seo Urls, after that i have Number of Queries on the web site higher than 1600. In admin are all caching turned on. Where is the problem? Can someone help me? Thank you in advance.Attachment 17067

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Can anyone advise me what to do?

I just installed an SSL Certificate. I want to know if its possible to use this mod for SSL?

I am using the https:// website but when I use the Ultimate URL mod. When I click on a Category or add a product I get a "Page Not Found". Before I use or installed the SSL Certificate it worked fine. How can it get it work correctly?

I forgot my shops web address to see what I am talking about.

https://www.morrisgiftshop.biz

Quote:

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Originally Posted by wmorris

I am using the https:// website but when I use the Ultimate URL mod. When I click on a Category or add a product I get a "Page Not Found". Before I use or installed the SSL Certificate it worked fine. How can I get it work correctly?

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by wmorris

I forgot my shops web address to see what I am talking about.

https://www.morrisgiftshop.biz

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Here is my .htaccess.bAK file:

Code:

---

###############################################################################
# Add custom headers and options
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# Examples: Adding IE compatibility / edge flags, language and encoding flags,
# php or suphp directives, configure other Apache modules such as page_speed,
# and enable or disable Apache httpd options.
#
# Do NOT configure anything directly relating to physical or virtual resources
# in this section. These should be addressed later on in this file.
###############################################################################
#Options -Indexes

###############################################################################
# Enable mod_rewrite processing using the rules in this .htaccess file
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# <IfModule> should be avoided at all costs. If mod_rewrite is not available
# it is almost always better to return HTTP 500 status. This way we see there
# is an issue as soon as the .htaccess file is uploaded.
#
# For mod_rewrite to work, the Apache server option to allow symbolic links to
# be followed must be enabled. Most providers supporting mod_rewrite will
# already have it enabled for you, but if your rewrite rules are not working
# you can un-comment the first directive below to manually enable the option.
#
# Don't forget, mod_rewrite directives are processed in order until a matching
# RewriteRule with the [L] flag is encountered. So the more specific a rule is
# the closer it should appear to the top of this file.
###############################################################################
#Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

###############################################################################
# Tell mod_rewrite where this file is relative to the server document_root
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# This directive should only be enabled if this .htaccess file is not placed
# in the document_root (usually public_html, www, or web) of the (sub)domain.
#
# An easy way to determine the location relative to the server document_root is
# to look at the URL used to access a file in this folder. For example if you
# access a "page" in the same folder as this file by typing in the URL
# "www.mydomain.com/myfolder/index.html" then "myfolder" will be the location
# of this file relative to the server document_root.
#
# Another quick and easy way to determine the correct setting for this is to
# look at the defined value for DIR_WS_CATALOG and DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG in
# Zen Cart's configure.php files. All three values should match.
#
# Don't forget the leading and trailing /. This directive requires both!
###############################################################################
#RewriteBase /shop/


###############################################################################
# Redirect if request was for index.php (no query)
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# This is only required if the site generates references to index.php with no
# parameters. This rule will force a 301 redirect to the site root when a
# request is made for "/index.php" with no query terms (?key=value).
###############################################################################
#RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^$
#RewriteRule ^index\.php$ / [R=301,L]


###############################################################################
# Add any custom 301 redirects
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# In general these should be few and far between. If you use a RewriteRule
# be sure to add the L flag to let Apache mod_rewrite know to stop processing
# and skip any RewriteRules defined later in the .htaccess file.
###############################################################################


###############################################################################
# Redirect if request was for index.php (with or without query)
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# This is a performance optimization. If the request is for index.php simply
# pass the request on and do not process any other mod_rewrite directives in
# this file.
#
# Basically this avoids the overhead of checking if index.php is a real file
# or directory (used in subsequent mod_rewrite rules) before sending the
# request to index.php.
###############################################################################
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]


###############################################################################
# Start Ultimate (SEO) URLs
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# You should not make any changes in this section unless you really understand
# how it will impact your web site. Mistakes can break things.
###############################################################################

# Handles the new URL formats
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-([0-9_]+)/(.*)-p-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$4&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-([0-9_]+)/(.*)-pi-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=$4&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-([0-9_]+)/(.*)-pr-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$4&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-([0-9_]+)/(.*)-pri-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$4&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# Original (unchanged) URL formats
RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-ezp-([0-9]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=page&id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-([0-9_]+)(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=index&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# Rewrite all other requests (if the file / directory does not exist)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

###############################################################################
# Add any other directives relating to the handling of physical files
###############################################################################
# Notes:
#
# If processing makes it this far, the request was for a real file or folder.
# Example: Adding further processing related to browser caching or security.
###############################################################################

---

Also my .htaccess

Code:

---

# Always use https for secure connections
# Replace 'www.example.com' with your domain name
# (as it appears on your SSL certificate)
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.morrisgiftshop.biz/$1 [R=301,L]

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The .htaccess file on your server should be named .htaccess, not .htaccess.bAK

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jeking

The .htaccess file on your server should be named .htaccess, not .htaccess.bAK

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Should I copy the bAK file and combine it with the original file and delete the bAK file?

Nevermind, I combined the bAK file to original file and I got it to work. Thanks anyway.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by wmorris

Nevermind, I combined the bAK file to original file and I got it to work. Thanks anyway.

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Now, understand that the htaccess file is itself a sort of program. When you combined the two, which set of rules went first?

Please remember that the forums are not about just helping you but also allowing others to work through similar problems. Understanding the solution and why the problem occurred can help a lot. :)

Hoping someone can help me.

I installed Utimate URL and the installation went fine and i could see the ultimate URL option under my config page. But the URLs were not changing. Then i pinpointed it to the includes/html_output.php file and changed the HTML href link wrapper function to

Code:

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  function zen_href_link($page = '', $parameters = '', $connection = 'NONSSL', $add_session_id = true, $search_engine_safe = true, $static = false, $use_dir_ws_catalog = true) {
    global $request_type, $session_started, $http_domain, $https_domain, $zco_notifier;
    // START alternative URLs patch
    global $altURLs;
    // END alternative URLs patch   
    $link = null;
    $zco_notifier->notify('NOTIFY_SEFU_INTERCEPT', array(), $link, $page, $parameters, $connection, $add_session_id, $static, $use_dir_ws_catalog);
        // START alternative URLs patch
    if(isset($altURLs)) {
      $link = $altURLs->href_link($page, $parameters, $connection, $add_session_id, $static, $use_dir_ws_catalog);
      if($link !== null) return $link;
    }
    // END alternative URLs patch

---

The URLs work now but the problem now is when adding a product to cart. Adding a product to cart gives me a 403 Forbidden error.

I researched online and some suggested to modify the htaccess file in the admin folder and add a line at the end

Code:

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e.g. SecFilterInheritance Off
or this: SecFilterScanPOST Off

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. But if i do that, it gives me a 500 error and I cannot access the admin page of my website.

Does anybody have a similar problem and a fix to it? Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

#1, look at the posting tips. specifically what version of ZC are you using, PHP version, plugins etc.

#2, changing anything on the admin when you are having a problem adding to your cart is most probably not the solution.

#3, what is the URL for your site?

#4, prior to implementing the ultimate URL, were you able to add things to the cart and then check out?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

#1, look at the posting tips. specifically what version of ZC are you using, PHP version, plugins etc.

#2, changing anything on the admin when you are having a problem adding to your cart is most probably not the solution.

#3, what is the URL for your site?

#4, prior to implementing the ultimate URL, were you able to add things to the cart and then check out?

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Thanks for your help,

#1 i am using zencart v1.5.5d. PHP Version 5.4.45, Database: MySQL 5.5.51-38.2. Only other plugins i have is ckeditor, COWOA.

#2 that is what i figured but i am out of ideas so just trying whatever solutions there are out there.

#3 my url is pro2a-tactical.com

#4. Yes my site was fully functioning before i installed the Ultimate URL. It is even working now as long as i turn off the feature in config. But if i turn it on, i will not be able to add to cart.

can you turn it on right now so that i can see what is happening?

in addition, you should talk to your host about moving your php version to php5.6. see:

https://www.zen-cart.com/content.php...o-run-zen-cart

you might be able to do it on your cpanel configuration.

in addition, you could turn off rewriting for the shopping cart. go to:

admin -> configuration -> ultimate seo

and on that page look for the:

Enter pages to allow rewrite

and explicitly allow certain pages, and not including the shopping cart, ie for that value add:

index, product_info, document_general_info, document_product_info, product_free_shipping_info, products_new, products_all, featured_products, specials, conditions, privacy, reviews, shippinginfo, faqs_all, site_map, gv_faq, discount_coupon, page, page_2, page_3, page_4

it "may" resolve your problem. but tough to tell unless i see the actual problem happening.

good luck!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by carlwhat

in addition, you could turn off rewriting for the shopping cart. go to:

admin -> configuration -> ultimate seo

and on that page look for the:

Enter pages to allow rewrite

and explicitly allow certain pages, and not including the shopping cart, ie for that value add:

index, product_info, document_general_info, document_product_info, product_free_shipping_info, products_new, products_all, featured_products, specials, conditions, privacy, reviews, shippinginfo, faqs_all, site_map, gv_faq, discount_coupon, page, page_2, page_3, page_4

it "may" resolve your problem. but tough to tell unless i see the actual problem happening.

good luck!

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ok i turned it on so you can see the problem. I will try your suggestion thanks for your help

the problem is NOT with the shopping cart page. it is with the product info page and specifically with how the form is getting created. when you have ultimate urls turned on, the form creates an action on post of something like this:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-upper...on=add_product

which fails. and goes to the 403 page....

the buy now button works as demonstrated by this page:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-uppers-9mm-c-1_10/

and you go to the shopping cart.

it will require a little more digging to see why that 403 is happening. but its specifically with the posting of the form. and U Urls is somehow not properly parsing the data, and specifically the product_number. so that if the form had this action, it would work:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-upper...on=add_product

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by carlwhat

the problem is NOT with the shopping cart page. it is with the product info page and specifically with how the form is getting created. when you have ultimate urls turned on, the form creates an action on post of something like this:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-upper...on=add_product

which fails. and goes to the 403 page....

the buy now button works as demonstrated by this page:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-uppers-9mm-c-1_10/

and you go to the shopping cart.

it will require a little more digging to see why that 403 is happening. but its specifically with the posting of the form. and U Urls is somehow not properly parsing the data, and specifically the product_number. so that if the form had this action, it would work:

http://pro2a-tactical.com/ar15-upper...on=add_product

---

you are absolutely correct. But i wouldnt even know how to begin to tackle the problem. I am now trying your suggestion to just limit the pages it rewrites.

hi, this release works with zc 1.5.5e? please thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by giuly

hi, this release works with zc 1.5.5e? please thanks

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I use Ultimate Urls 2.15 with zc 1.5.5e :wink:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by gunni

I use Ultimate Urls 2.15 with zc 1.5.5e :wink:

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I'm pretty sure you meant to say: Ultimate URLs 2.215 -- yes?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by Website Rob

I'm pretty sure you meant to say: Ultimate URLs 2.215 -- yes?

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Well, the installation file says Ultimate URLs 2.15

Quote:

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Originally Posted by gunni

I use Ultimate Urls 2.15 with zc 1.5.5e :wink:

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thank you very much

I installed it, I see the module on the admin (I did manual installation), but I don't see url modified. I also try to enable reset url cache, but it doesn't work.
Any idea? Have I to wait time?
Thanks

Quote:

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Originally Posted by giuly

I installed it, I see the module on the admin (I did manual installation), but I don't see url modified. I also try to enable reset url cache, but it doesn't work.
Any idea? Have I to wait time?
Thanks

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What is your web address?

now it works!!! :smile:
thanks

can this mod be used with ZC 1.5.5?

Thank you,
John