Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

Hi Conor, how are things, hope you are everything going well for you.

Just notice issue with the mapping. All my links were mapping according to to the prod/category/page name but all of a sudden they are now followed by the zenid?? not good can't understand why this has all of a sudden happened. Haven't installed anything new in the past few days. Hope you can help.

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Originally Posted by jagall

Hi Conor, how are things, hope you are everything going well for you.

Just notice issue with the mapping. All my links were mapping according to to the prod/category/page name but all of a sudden they are now followed by the zenid?? not good can't understand why this has all of a sudden happened. Haven't installed anything new in the past few days. Hope you can help.

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Hi Conor, okay I'll say ignore previous post as it is now back to normal only showing the url mapping and not adding on the zenid, that is very strange. I notice that while it is okay now in firefox it is showing the zenid in IE. I have cleared cookies in both browsers.

Hi Steve,

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Originally Posted by conor

Please do send login details so I can debug the server environment.. may as well have Ceon URI Mapping cope with such broken servers, can only be good to be as compatible as possible!

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If you don't want to send login details to help with this then please instead add

phpinfo(); to the source, just after:

PHP Code:

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function CeonURIMappingHandlerBase()
 {
  global $PHP_SELF, $messageStack; 


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so that it becomes:

PHP Code:

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function CeonURIMappingHandlerBase()
{
global $PHP_SELF, $messageStack;
 
phpinfo(); 


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And send me the output via http://dev.ceon.net/contact-us

I should then be able to work out how to cope with servers like yours without you needing to do anything yourself.

Your support would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

I have a problem. I am currently trying to set up zencart v1.5 in a test folder. I had been using Ultimate SEO mod, but I want to switch to yours. I installed it and it works (I realize I'll have to manually change all the old product links) - HOWEVER! I was reading through this thread and saw you say that setting this up in a subfolder (with the intention of switching it over to the root dir later) is bad and will just store all the wrong links in the database because of the subdirectory - and I see that you recommend to test in a subdomain. which makes sense. SO - i just switched my zencart config files to use a subdomain instead. BUT now I can't access the admin folder, because my subdomain is not SSL - and zencart v1.5 does not allow admin access without a secure connection. How can I set up all my old links in the Ceon product mapping if I can't access the admin in the testing environment as a subdomain and can only do it as a directory? :(

I hope my problem makes sense...

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Originally Posted by gorie

I have a problem. I am currently trying to set up zencart v1.5 in a test folder. I had been using Ultimate SEO mod, but I want to switch to yours. I installed it and it works (I realize I'll have to manually change all the old product links) - HOWEVER! I was reading through this thread and saw you say that setting this up in a subfolder (with the intention of switching it over to the root dir later) is bad and will just store all the wrong links in the database because of the subdirectory - and I see that you recommend to test in a subdomain. which makes sense. SO - i just switched my zencart config files to use a subdomain instead. BUT now I can't access the admin folder, because my subdomain is not SSL - and zencart v1.5 does not allow admin access without a secure connection. How can I set up all my old links in the Ceon product mapping if I can't access the admin in the testing environment as a subdomain and can only do it as a directory? :(

I hope my problem makes sense...

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The part I highlighted is NOT true.. You DO NOT need SSL to access the Zen Cart v1.5 admin.. Suggest heading over to v1.5 support threads and getting your base Zen Cart install all worked out first..

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

The part I highlighted is NOT true.. You DO NOT need SSL to access the Zen Cart v1.5 admin.. Suggest heading over to v1.5 support threads and getting your base Zen Cart install all worked out first..

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omg, ok in that case OOPS! - i thought i remember seeing something about that. my mistake! i'll play around more and figure it out! thanks

OK I got that all sorted out. but now my new problem is that it seems it's not recognizing the .htaccess in my /test/ dir (which i was hoping would be treated as the root for the subdomain) because i am getting 404 errors

before, i was able to put my .htaccess in the root directory and since the /test/ dir was added to the rewrite in .htaccess so it worked fine and did not interfere with my live site while testing.

however. i can't place it in the root anymore because that will throw off stuff for my live site if the .htaccess rewrite is written for a root (to work on the subdomain) instead of with the /test/ added (which wouldn't make sense if i am trying to test this in the subdomain environment)

not sure what to do about this?

correction:
the .htaccess *is* working properly where it's at.
i can create new products and the autogenerated URI works.
but i can't do the manual entry to old products like:
/product-color-p-184.html
doing that i get 404 errors...
it tries taking me to the right url but i get a 404.
(it was working before in the directory but as subdomain it has problems)
so it's only half working.

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Originally Posted by gorie

correction:
the .htaccess *is* working properly where it's at.
i can create new products and the autogenerated URI works.
but i can't do the manual entry to old products like:
/product-color-p-184.html
doing that i get 404 errors...
it tries taking me to the right url but i get a 404.
(it was working before in the directory but as subdomain it has problems)
so it's only half working.

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



Don't use a subdirectory for test sites.

Use a subdomain.

There's your quick answer. :)

If you search the thread you will indeed find I've said this quite a few times here.

It's the only solution I will advocate so just do ahead and move to a subdomain instead of a subdirectory. Subdirectories for test sites are unprofessional.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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If you are using a test sub-directory Conor has always said not to do it that way.

The "External link URL" doesn't work in my ezpages. I have it defined but the site is just displaying my blank ezpage without redirecting.

I'm using 3.6.3. Will upgrading to version 4 fix this?

I'm using this ezpage as a landing page, with Google Analytics parameters defined in the url, so if possible I'd like to keep it that way in order to be able to track visits.

Also, I don't see anything in the docs about upgrading from 3.6.3. Is there anything I should be aware of to avoid screwing up my store or losing all my existing URI mappings?

Hi,

How are you?

It's been a while!

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Originally Posted by fakeDecoy

The "External link URL" doesn't work in my ezpages. I have it defined but the site is just displaying my blank ezpage without redirecting.

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EZ-Page external and internal URIs are not compatible with a site using static URIs. THey are old kludges for Zen Cart's dynamic URI functionality.

You should instead simply use appropriate URIs/redirects.

As for upgrading.. full instructions are included with every version, for every previous version.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thanks for the quick reply! Your mod is generally working fantastically. I wish the zc team would get with the times and make this a core functionality. From my results, and from examining my competitors, it appears that friendly URLs help organic keyword rankings a ton.

Do you mean adding redirects to htaccess?

Finally found the upgrade instructions. Didn't see it before.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by fakeDecoy

Thanks for the quick reply! Your mod is generally working fantastically.

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I hope it's more than "generally" ;)

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Originally Posted by fakeDecoy

I wish the zc team would get with the times and make this a core functionality.

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Choice is good too.. but obviously you won't find me disagreeing which one is best. :)

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Originally Posted by fakeDecoy

From my results, and from examining my competitors, it appears that friendly URLs help organic keyword rankings a ton.

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The main thing by far is content, there's no point having any URI at all without good content.

However, on two sites with the exact same content, static URIs have been proven to raise rankings. Which of course makes sense as keywords in URIs are useful information.

The primary reason for this module still remains easy to read, remember and type URIs but the SEO benefits are a nice bonus.

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Originally Posted by fakeDecoy

Do you mean adding redirects to htaccess?

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It depends what you want to do exacly. You can add Rewrite Rules to the .htaccess file.

You can also have Ceon URI Mapping redirect to an "Alternate URI".. that requires modifying the database record manually, using software such as PHPMyAdmin.

Just enter the URI you want to direct to in the "alternate_uri" field for the EZ-Page and a redirection code, like 301.

Hope that helps!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello,

I've installed the Ceon URI Mapping mod and it appears to function as intended except:

my zencart installation is sitting in a directory named catalog:

www.example.co.uk/catalog/

I would have expected I could map the "catalog" out to leave:

www.example.co.uk/
and
www.example.co.uk/cat1/subcat1
etc

But I only seem to be able to get it working with "catalog" still there - the auto-generated mapping for a category inserts "/catalog/cat1"

Am I expecting too much or have I made a gross error??

Many thanks in advance,

Jonathan

Hi,

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Originally Posted by AtomicWorkshop

But I only seem to be able to get it working with "catalog" still there - the auto-generated mapping for a category inserts "/catalog/cat1"

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The auto-generation with the standard edition does indeed always include the value for DIR_WS_CATALOG.

If you don't want to have /catalog at the start you will have to manually enter URIs.

On the product pages you can click "preview" then copy the part of the auto-generated URI you want, go back, paste it in and then untick auto-generate, then click "preview" and "update".

For all other URIs you'll either have to auto-generate them and then go back and edit them or enter the URI you want in the first place.

Alternatively, you could move the store from "/catalog" to /.. an easy change in the configure.php files (although this will break any current links to the site of course).

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by conor

If you don't want to have /catalog at the start you will have to manually enter URIs.

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Thanks for extremely quick response!

I don't have a problem manually entering the URI's, but when I do that i.e.change
/catalog/cat1
to
/cat1
I get a...
Not Found

The requested URL /collection was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

so I think I'm missing something else...additionally, my home page still displays as www.example.co.uk/catalog

Thanks in advance!


Jonathan

Hi,

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Originally Posted by AtomicWorkshop

The requested URL /collection was not found on this server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

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You really shouldn't use /catalog in my opinion, but if you want to persevere with that, then you need to make sure the rewrite rule isn't applying only for /catalog as it will by standard, giving you the 404s you are seeing (adjust the rule to not "only rewrite the /catalog dir").

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Originally Posted by AtomicWorkshop

additionally, my home page still displays as www.example.co.uk/catalog

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It always will. That, you can't change with the way you have set things up. You are choosing to have it as /catalog.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

OK Im lost here, I got it all working fine except it wants the address to have a capital in the Cart ... example...

the way its supposed to be

http://c51creations.com/cart/test

the only way it works :cry:

http://c51creations.com/Cart/Test

now I did change the make all capital so the Test could be test not the issue... the issue is the Cart that one is cart

I cant seem to find anywhere that anyone else has this issue and Ive gone over everything I can think of, please help

Hi,

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Originally Posted by harddrive

I cant seem to find anywhere that anyone else has this issue and Ive gone over everything I can think of, please help

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That's because I don't think anyone has ever had the problem before!

Send me admin and FTP details for your site and I'll take a look when I get a chance, to see what you've done wrong. You at the very least have messed up your configure.php file.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

This is the nginx directive to make the rewrite work. This example works if your store is installed in your webroot. "mysite.com"

Code:

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location / {
    try_files $uri /$uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}

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If you need "mysite.com/store":

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location /store {
    try_files $uri /$uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}

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It does not appear that this is dependent on relative position in your vhost file like nginx restrictions.

Code:

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/etc/nginx/sites-available/mysite.vhost

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Hi,

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Originally Posted by Neon Phoenix

This is the nginx directive to make the rewrite work. This example works if your store is installed in your webroot. "mysite.com"

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Thanks very much indeed for that information.

I've only ever used nginx once a long time ago I think and can't remember much about it.

You're the first to mention it in reference to Ceon URI Mapping.

4.0.8 (and the followup, 4.2.0, which is probably being skipped to for release instead) has increased support for IIS servers, in terms of providing information in the Installation Check on where to place the rewrite rule on M$ IIS servers.

I could expand this informational support to nginx but would need more information.

Could you please get in touch privately.. I'd just need a bit of info like the value of the $_SERVER['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] variable and maybe a wee bit more info about where exactly you put the rule you mention above?

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Originally Posted by Neon Phoenix

It does not appear that this is dependent on relative position in your vhost file like nginx restrictions.

Code:

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/etc/nginx/sites-available/mysite.vhost

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Unfortunately this isn't quite clear to me, I'll have to look up to see what "nginx restrictions" are..

..again if you have a sec to explain that sort of thing then I can add the information into the next release for any other nginx user.

Up to you of course, but I feel it would always be nicer to have the info in the software directly rather than people having to search a forum thread.

Thanks again for your help either way!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello Conor! Linda here.

I'm just trying out this mapping module (since I've heard all the good reports about it!) on a fresh install of zencart 1.5.

On the installation documentation, in step no.9, it says

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[OPTIONAL but RECOMMENDED] Configure the Google Sitemap (XML) Module

If the store uses the Google Sitemap module, it needs to be configured to work better with static URIs.

Otherwise, the store's rankings may be penalised because of links in the sitemap redirecting to other links.

Go to Configuration > Sitemap XML in the Zen Cart Admin.

Make sure that “Generate language_id for default language” is set to “false” .
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When I read that, I went on to install Andrew's SitemapXML module as I needed it anyway. I cannot for the life of me find "Generate language_id"
I can see "Generate links only for default language" (default is false) and "Using parameter language in links" (default is true).

Have I missed something? I definitely don't want Google to penalise us!

Many thanks,
Linda

Hi Linda,

How are you?

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Originally Posted by nipinuk

When I read that, I went on to install Andrew's SitemapXML module as I needed it anyway. I cannot for the life of me find "Generate language_id"
I can see "Generate links only for default language" (default is false) and "Using parameter language in links" (default is true).

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I see that there has been a new release of the Sitemap module and in its notes it says "Replace Configuration parameter 'Generate language for default language' by 'Using parameter language in links'".

So I'm guessing the name of the option has changed.

It's late here so I'm not going to try installing the new version now but I'm pretty sure that I'll have to update the Ceon URI Mapping documentation to compensate for the changes in this new version of the Sitemap module.

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Originally Posted by nipinuk

Have I missed something? I definitely don't want Google to penalise us!

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I'll post back here, probably tomorrow, but I'd imagine you'd be fine. It sounds like the name of the option has changed but little else.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hello,

I've recently installed Ceon URI mapping, and I'm really liking it. However, when using the search function on my site, there is a small problem. The search shows up results correctly as it should if the keyword is relevant or "found". The problem is when a keyword that cannot be found is typed into the search box. In that case, the page turns up with a "310 too many redirects error".

Usually when a term can not be found, the advanced search page comes up.

I'm certain it cannot be the htaccess file. I've recently installed and uninstalled Simple SEO (and removed all its files to my knowledge) as well as installed Sitemap XML.

I cannot find the problem that causes the redirect. Could Ceon be the module affecting it?

I'd appreciate any input, any at all!

Many Thanks!
StillANewZenner

Hi Connor
Hope you can help or guide me.
We are moving our websites to a single vps server.
The issue we have is we are running the ceon uri mapping but it is interfereing with the secondary websites in the subdirectories.
Is there a way to stop the original .htaccess file interfering with the sub directory for the other websites where I need to create a new .htaccess file for that websites ceon URI mapping.
Otherwise I need to move the original website to a sub directory which I was originally told not to do but it has caused me more problems than it is worth.
www.safeworkgear.com.au is the original website
the second one is www.heightech.com.au
hope this makes sense.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by jenchord

I cannot find the problem that causes the redirect. Could Ceon be the module affecting it?

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Ceon URI Mapping isn't used on the search results pages unless you manually add a mapping for the search results main_page type so it's not the cause..

Hopefully if you post a new thread someone can help you.

I'm sure a manual debug would have the problem identified... use the HTTP_Headers extension for Firefox to see what URIs are being redirected between and if all else fails, add some code to actually record to a file, so you can trace what's happening.

Good luck in getting it sorted!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by stecrox

The issue we have is we are running the ceon uri mapping but it is interfereing with the secondary websites in the subdirectories.

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If you have several sites sharing a parent directory and you place a rewrite rule in a .htaccess file in that parent directory then you need to make sure it applies only for the directory the site the rule is intended for.

You can put rewrite conditions in to do that.

Or you can simply put the rewrite rules in the sites' own directories instead of the shared parent directory.

There is information about adding rewrite rule condition exclusions in the Ceon URI Mapping documentation - did you read that yet?

This isn't an issue with Ceon URI Mapping so if you have any further trouble you'll have to read up on rewrite rules on the net or maybe start a new thread here.

Hope all that info gets you sorted though!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,

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Originally Posted by nipinuk

When I read that, I went on to install Andrew's SitemapXML module as I needed it anyway. I cannot for the life of me find "Generate language_id"
I can see "Generate links only for default language" (default is false) and "Using parameter language in links" (default is true).

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I've checked this out now and updated the installation instructions for the next release of Ceon URI Mapping.

Here is the relevant part from the updated instructions:

• Go to Configuration > Sitemap XML in the Zen Cart Admin.
• Newer versions of the module have the option “Using parameter language in links”. If this option exists, make sure to set it to “false”.
• Older versions of the module have the option “Generate language_id for default language”. If this option exists, make sure to set it to “false”.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hey Conor,


Just wanted to let you know when I tried to unsubscribe from your email list subscription from your website I got this both times:

http://dev.ceon.net/unsubscribe/1743/51fa0d67c0



Might wanna fix that.... :shocking:

404 - Page Not Found!
Sorry but the page you have tried to access does not exist!

Hi,

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Originally Posted by Banshee032

Just wanted to let you know when I tried to unsubscribe from your email list subscription from your website I got this both times:

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Why are you posting here? This isn't the place for issues with the Ceon website! :)

There is no unsubscription page on the Ceon site... because we never actually implemented any newsletter software so there's never been anything to actually unsubscribe from, lol. We've never sent a newsletter (which is silly, I admit).

If you could please get in contact in a more normal way (i.e. directly through the Ceon website) then I can remove you from the list.. that may indeed one day, if I ever get these latest Zen Cart releases out and get on to actual work, like finishing building the newsletter system, get used! ;)

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



Ceon URI Mapping isn't used on the search results pages unless you manually add a mapping for the search results main_page type so it's not the cause..

Hopefully if you post a new thread someone can help you.

I'm sure a manual debug would have the problem identified... use the HTTP_Headers extension for Firefox to see what URIs are being redirected between and if all else fails, add some code to actually record to a file, so you can trace what's happening.

Good luck in getting it sorted!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Thanks very much for your input!

I won't be sure what I'm doing but I'll give the debug a shot.
I'm just happy to know Ceon isn't the problem.

Hi,

Just installed this module on 1.5.0 and everything seems to work fine. The installation/configuration check is extremely helpful.
Just wondering though, we have already added quite a lot of categories and products, do we have to go through and update each one for the mappings to be created or will it be created automatically?

Thank you for this awesome module!!!

Best Regards

Questions above answered, my fault for not reading the FAQs section.

Hi,

It gives me great pleasure to finally release the latest update for Ceon URI Mapping.

4.0.8 was submitted to the downloads area yesterday and is available for download now directly from Ceon.


From the Revision History:

[ADDED] The Installation Check now analyses the server's environment variables, to try and determine the type of server being used, so that the instructions for adding the example rewrite rule are relevant to the server on which the software is being used. Servers currently supported for analysis are Apache, IIS with URL Rewrite and IIS with ISAPI_Rewrite.

[UPDATED] The setting for automatically generating and adding URIs for Tell-A-Friend pages is now set to off on new installations of Ceon URI Mapping as this functionality has been removed from Zen Cart 1.5.x. It is still fine to be used on both Zen Cart 1.3.x and Zen Cart 1.5.x but will have no useful benefit on 1.5.x, just taking up space in the database unnecessarily.

[UPDATED] Check for valid value of PHP_SELF environment variable updated to cope with stores using the ‘.php’ extension in URIs.

[BUGFIX] Example Rewrite Rule generator in Installation Check updated to cope with directories that have strange characters, such as spaces, in their names. The invalid rewrite conditions previously generated would cause a server error, taking down the site altogether.

[BUGFIX] Config Utility and Installation Check updated so their HTML output is fully valid.

[UPDATED] Installation instructions updated with information about integration with latest version of Sitemap XML (formerly “Google Sitemaps”) module.


As with all 4.x versions, ugrading takes just a few minutes so is recommended.

As can be seen though, most changes only affect those installing the software for the first time, making it even easier (and more reliable in the case of the first bugfix!).

Enjoy!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Let me start off by thanking you for a great mod! Everything installed perfectly and the installation check was a success. I've read through all of the FAQ and this thread very well. Yet, I did not find anything that addressed my particular issue.

When I create a new EZ-page for use as an internal header/footer link to and existing page such as "shippinginfo" or "contact_us", it does not show a canonical URL. I've tried letting the mod automatically create the URL and also inputting it manually.

Did I miss something? :blink:

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Originally Posted by tharrison

Let me start off by thanking you for a great mod! Everything installed perfectly and the installation check was a success. I've read through all of the FAQ and this thread very well. Yet, I did not find anything that addressed my particular issue.

When I create a new EZ-page for use as an internal header/footer link to and existing page such as "shippinginfo" or "contact_us", it does not show a canonical URL. I've tried letting the mod automatically create the URL and also inputting it manually.

Did I miss something? :blink:

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You will have to manually add them to your database. Read the DOCS for more information on how to do this.

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Originally Posted by tharrison

Let me start off by thanking you for a great mod! Everything installed perfectly and the installation check was a success. I've read through all of the FAQ and this thread very well. Yet, I did not find anything that addressed my particular issue.

When I create a new EZ-page for use as an internal header/footer link to and existing page such as "shippinginfo" or "contact_us", it does not show a canonical URL. I've tried letting the mod automatically create the URL and also inputting it manually.

Did I miss something? :blink:

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I remember having some difficulty with this when I was setting up.

Do what countrycharm said and then add the 'Internal Link URL:' in your ez-page to point to the database created url & leave the 'URI mapping' blank.

I'm pretty sure that's what worked for me

Thank you countrycharm & simon1066. It took a little trickery, but all is working now...and the documentation was right now! I found what I had missed :smartalec:

I have store running on v1.5.0. I also have a "test" store that I use for testing new applications etc. The files for the test store reside in a subfolder of the live store. It also uses a totally seperate MySQL database. When I installed URI mapping, it wants to map all of the products in the live store to the test store (i.e. all of the static URI's begin with /test/, rather than mapping from the root directory.

I have now deleted the test store for the site, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get URI Mapping to reconfigure to use the live store locations.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

I have now deleted the test store for the site, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get URI Mapping to reconfigure to use the live store locations.

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As is mentioned quite a few times in this thread, you can't build a site with static URIs in a subfolder then move those URIs to a root folder.

If you have URIs with /test/ in front that you want to change to / you can export your database table to SQL and do a search and replace in the SQL text file the use it to replace the database table.

If you are saying that on your live store auto-generation is sticking "/test/" at the start still then you've simply messed up your configure.php file and need to adjust it.

Hope that helps.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

You should have created a subdomain for your test store.. You can configure this subdomain to point to the subfolder of the live store you created.. This way when you move things over, the mappings won't include your subfolder names in the file/URL paths..

Create: yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
Point subdomain to: yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite_path/testsite_path

Hope this makes sense

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I am not sure if I understand that, but I have actually just deleted it. If I need it again, I can recreate it. I was mostly using it while moving to 1.5.

That said, how do I fix what I currently have. If I just reinstall all of the in the zip, and delete the 4 or 5 static uri created, will that fix my problem? Do I need to remove the 3 fields that CEON added to my database? Or do I need to restore the backup I took just before installing?

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

I have store running on v1.5.0. I also have a "test" store that I use for testing new applications etc. The files for the test store reside in a subfolder of the live store. It also uses a totally seperate MySQL database. When I installed URI mapping, it wants to map all of the products in the live store to the test store (i.e. all of the static URI's begin with /test/, rather than mapping from the root directory.

I have now deleted the test store for the site, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get URI Mapping to reconfigure to use the live store locations.

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You should have created a subdomain for your test store.. You can configure this subdomain to point to the subfolder of the live store you created.. This way when you move things over, the mappings won't include your subfolder names in the file/URL paths..

If your store is: http://yourdomain.com
and you create a folder called testsite_folder

Here's what you do:
Create subdomain: yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
Point subdomain to: yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite/testsite_folder

Into your test site folder you will copy your store files.

The URL for your test site will then be: http://yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com

This is the RIGHT way to set up a test site when Zen Cart is installed in the ROOT.

BUT...

There are other sites that the live store REALLY is a Zen Cart store in a subfolder.. This is okay, but if you set up a test store for this site, you ALSO need to create a subdomain so that the file paths/URLS can easily be transferred over.

Let's say your main site is: http://yourdomain.com
Your store is: http://yourdomain.com/shop
and you create a folder called testsite_folder

Here's what you do:
Create subdomain: yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
Point subdomain to: yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite/testsite_folder

Into your test site folder you will copy the MAIN site, as well as the store. This way you will have a testsite for the ENTIRE store.

OR simply copy over the just "shop" folder if you don't need to create a testsite for the main site.

The URL for your test store will be http://yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com/shop

Hope this makes sense..

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

I am not sure if I understand that

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You should talk to your host's support to have them walk you through the process of creating subdomains then..

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



As is mentioned quite a few times in this thread, you can't build a site with static URIs in a subfolder then move those URIs to a root folder.

If you have URIs with /test/ in front that you want to change to / you can export your database table to SQL and do a search and replace in the SQL text file the use it to replace the database table.

If you are saying that on your live store auto-generation is sticking "/test/" at the start still then you've simply messed up your configure.php file and need to adjust it.

Hope that helps.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Perfect. I didn't realize that I had a reference to the test site in my admin config file. I fixed it and it works perfect. Thanks for your help

Hi,

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

Perfect. I didn't realize that I had a reference to the test site in my admin config file. I fixed it and it works perfect. Thanks for your help

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I wasn't sure but I'd an inkling you'd made that mistake.. glad I was able to help.

Enjoy the new URIs.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

One last question.

I have read all of the FAQs etc, and realize that I have to go into each product in edit mode to create the uri. The problem is that I have about 10,000 products. Is there any way to do this in a more time effecient than opening 10,000 products and resaving them??

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

One last question.

I have read all of the FAQs etc, and realize that I have to go into each product in edit mode to create the uri. The problem is that I have about 10,000 products. Is there any way to do this in a more time effecient than opening 10,000 products and resaving them??

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Buy his URI Mapping Manager Software:

http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri...?doc=zc-um-umm

Autogenerates for existing products.

A real time saver and worth every penny.

Just recreated links for over 20k products in several hours of unattended running.

Pretty sure you don't want to run this on a shared host, as it pegged CPU & Disk for quite some time. Store was completely accessible during the generation, but some hosts would probably shut you down if you jacked the resources like that. Perhaps a category at a time would be saner.
The recently released 1.20 upgrade went flawlessly too.

Thanks Conor!

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Originally Posted by Limitless

Buy his URI Mapping Manager Software:

http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri...?doc=zc-um-umm

Autogenerates for existing products.

A real time saver and worth every penny.

Just recreated links for over 20k products in several hours of unattended running.

Pretty sure you don't want to run this on a shared host, as it pegged CPU & Disk for quite some time. Store was completely accessible during the generation, but some hosts would probably shut you down if you jacked the resources like that. Perhaps a category at a time would be saner.
The recently released 1.20 upgrade went flawlessly too.

Thanks Conor!

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Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great product for the right type of store.

Unfortunately, I am a small store in terms of revenues, and have a very static product list, so paying $90 for a one-time usage is a little beyond my means.

I think I will just manually change the categories, and let the specific products keep the old uris

So I've just been and updated a product so that it's got the neat look URL this mod gives, then I copied the URL and pasted into into a facebook status under the link option and there are no thumbnails and there are Â's before the price and a random £1 at the end!

How do I stop this

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great product for the right type of store.

Unfortunately, I am a small store in terms of revenues, and have a very static product list, so paying $90 for a one-time usage is a little beyond my means.

I think I will just manually change the categories, and let the specific products keep the old uris

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Understood. For me it works out to ~$0.004 per item to modify.

Well worth it vs time investment.

I've come across another issue that I'm not quit sure if the URI Mapping is causing:

Zencart Version: 1.5.0
Ceon URI Mapping Files Version: 4.0.8

Installed the cart w/o demo products.
Added a new theme.
Installed/Configured Ceon URI Mapping.
Added some header/footer links and new pages via EZ Pages.

All pages and links work and are showing the correct url string based on the mapping configuration. However, when I add a category either through the admin interface or with phpMyadmin I get and error on the site when clicking on the category link and in the admin area next to the category listed. Also, the "add category"/"add product" buttons are gone from the category admin.

[WARNING: An error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.] Refreshing the page nor clearing the cache does any.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Hi,

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Originally Posted by tharrison

[WARNING: An error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.] Refreshing the page nor clearing the cache does any.

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That's not an error that's related to Ceon URI Mapping, not sure what it is, sorry.

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Originally Posted by tharrison

Any thoughts/suggestions?

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The category page error sounds like you might have messed up a merge when installing the software.

All I can suggest is to try reinstalling the module from scratch and then if things are still not working, comparing your site's files to a fresh version of Zen Cart.. then you'll most likely find a mistake that needs fixing.

Hope that is of some use!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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All I can suggest is to try reinstalling the module from scratch and then if things are still not working, comparing your site's files to a fresh version of Zen Cart.. then you'll most likely find a mistake that needs fixing.

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I reinstalled the cart and the mod only. Configured the mod and manually added 1 test category. It worked fine.

I take it this mod will not automatically map the URL if I were to import the categories and products via phpMyadmin? Or will it? That's my next step after your reply :yes:

Ceon was operating last night just fine. This morning a customer emailed me to tell me that my site was down. The home page showed fine, but it you hit any link, I goes a "Page not Found" error. Every link did that. I disabled CEON, and everything is fine.

Does anyone know what is happening. I will just keep CEON disabled until I can determine the cause.

Hi,

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Originally Posted by SPembleton

Does anyone know what is happening. I will just keep CEON disabled until I can determine the cause.

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Nothing in computers can happen at random, so either you made a change or your hosts did.

Sounds like your .htaccess file no longer has a Ceon URI Mapping rewrite rule in it. Or that you've deleted some of the module's files.

If the rewrite rule is still there then reinstalling the software from scratch might help fix whatever you/someone else has changed.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by tharrison

I take it this mod will not automatically map the URL if I were to import the categories and products via phpMyadmin? Or will it? That's my next step after your reply :yes:

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...importing categories and products will not automatically map the urls :( 50 categories=no problem | 8000+ products? No way!! I'll have to rely on the old meta-tag ways, great content and back links. Oh well.

Good thing is nothing broke when I imported the categories. :clap:

Is there a way to auto-generate product URLs with the manufacturer name instead of the category it's in? Would love to see this in a future version if not.

Thanks for such a great mod, I moved on over from Simple SEO URLs, best decision I've ever made :clap:

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tharrison

...importing categories and products will not automatically map the urls :( 50 categories=no problem | 8000+ products? No way!! I'll have to rely on the old meta-tag ways, great content and back links. Oh well.

Good thing is nothing broke when I imported the categories. :clap:

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I spoke too soon!! Now the "new page" button on the EZ Pages admin screen is missing. I imported the ezpages info into the table and all the pages show up on the site, yet I cannot get to any of them via the admin screen. FYI...the button was missing before the import of the pages info. I hear great things about this mod, but I'm seeing many bugs in this version :no:

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tharrison

Now the "new page" button on the EZ Pages admin screen is missing. I imported the ezpages info into the table and all the pages show up on the site, yet I cannot get to any of them via the admin screen.

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Quite simply, you've messed up merging the file.

Fix the admin/ezpages.php file and things will work as expected!

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Originally Posted by tharrison

but I'm seeing many bugs in this version :no:

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lol no, you're not seeing any bugs, you have simply made a mistake.. there's only one bug in 4.0.8 and it's that the JavaScript selection of the rewrite rule was mistakenly broken between 4.0.7 and 4.0.8 (oops, sorry about that, fixed in next version!).

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,

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Originally Posted by VicAvendano

Is there a way to auto-generate product URLs with the manufacturer name instead of the category it's in? Would love to see this in a future version if not.

Thanks for such a great mod, I moved on over from Simple SEO URLs, best decision I've ever made :clap:

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I'm glad you like the software, thanks for the nice comments, makes all the work on it feel that bit more worthwhile!

As for your query, that's already possible but I'm afraid I'm not allowed to talk about it here.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tharrison

...importing categories and products will not automatically map the urls :( 50 categories=no problem | 8000+ products? No way!! I'll have to rely on the old meta-tag ways, great content and back links. Oh well.

Good thing is nothing broke when I imported the categories. :clap:

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The well written readme that comes with this add-on is VERY clear that in order to create URIs for an existing store you will have to edit each category or product manually.

Can you import the URI's into the databse using phpMyAdmin?? Yes you can, but to facilitate this you will need to create a data file with all 8000 products and add the URI's to this data file, then import this data file via phpMyAdmin.

or

as several of us have spoken of FREQUENTLY you can purchase the Ceon URI Mapping Manager from Ceon's website. This was just recently mentioned a few days ago on this support thread (http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=449) which is why I always say it's a good idea to read through the support thread.. there's ALWAYS good information posted, and most questions are already answered..

The Mappings Manager will do many things including auto generating URIs for existing stores.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tharrison

I spoke too soon!! Now the "new page" button on the EZ Pages admin screen is missing. I imported the ezpages info into the table and all the pages show up on the site, yet I cannot get to any of them via the admin screen. FYI...the button was missing before the import of the pages info. I hear great things about this mod, but I'm seeing many bugs in this version :no:

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Not buggy at all.. Conor makes oneof the few mods that I can say is TRULY bug/trouble-free.. Like Conor said, it really sounds like you've made some mistakes with your install.. Roll back to the state BEFORE installing Ceon URI and simply start over making sure you take care to carefully MERGE the core file overwrites to include any modifications you may have already made to these files..

Quote:

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Originally Posted by VicAvendano

Is there a way to auto-generate product URLs with the manufacturer name instead of the category it's in? Would love to see this in a future version if not.

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Same answer to you..
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Quote:

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

as several of us have spoken of FREQUENTLY you can purchase the Ceon URI Mapping Manager from Ceon's website. This was just recently mentioned a few days ago on this support thread (http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=449) which is why I always say it's a good idea to read through the support thread.. there's ALWAYS good information posted, and most questions are already answered..

The Mappings Manager will do many things including auto generating URIs for existing stores.

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Quote:

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Originally Posted by VicAvendano

Thanks for such a great mod, I moved on over from Simple SEO URLs, best decision I've ever made :clap:

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**Nods in agreement**:yes:

I have just installed this addition v.4.0.8 to Zen 1.5 and everything seems just perfect - except I get a 404 page when I try to access the product page.

When I run the config check I get this:

Congratulations! All the checks passed!

No problems were found with the settings in the store's configuration files.......

The path to the .htaccess file can't be constructed as there appears to be a problem with the paths in the store's configure.php file. The catalog folder, //, is not the end part of the path to the store: /homedir/dir/public_html/mysite/.

The values for DIR_WS_CATALOG and DIR_FS_CATALOG should be checked and fixed.


I have tried various values in DIR_WS_CATALOG such as /

I also tried adding a slash to the front of /index.php in the rewrite rule.


Excuse this very basic question but I have added your sample rewrite rule to the bottom of includes/.htaccess - is that the right place for it?

Hi,

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Originally Posted by weisdaclick

Excuse this very basic question but I have added your sample rewrite rule to the bottom of includes/.htaccess - is that the right place for it?

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No excuses needed! You were just getting a bit ahead of yourself.. you need to fix the problems with the configure.php first.. once fixed the software will have been able to tell you to put the rewrite rule in the folder beneath includes folder.. the rewrite rule doesn't go in the .htaccess file in the includes folder.

Send me some (temporary if needs be but with full write permissions) FTP and admin details and I'll fix the configure.php file and put the rule in the .htaccess file it is supposed to go in.

On a fresh Zen Cart installation you normally have to create a new .htaccess file, the rule doesn't go inside any of Zen Cart's existing .htaccess files.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No excuses needed! You were just getting a bit ahead of yourself.. you need to fix the problems with the configure.php first.. once fixed the software will have been able to tell you to put the rewrite rule in the folder beneath includes folder.. the rewrite rule doesn't go in the .htaccess file in the includes folder.

Send me some (temporary if needs be but with full write permissions) FTP and admin details and I'll fix the configure.php file and put the rule in the .htaccess file it is supposed to go in.

On a fresh Zen Cart installation you normally have to create a new .htaccess file, the rule doesn't go inside any of Zen Cart's existing .htaccess files.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Thanks for the quick response, I can't give you a login as this is not my site, I am just doing some work on it for someone.

Can I send you a copy of the configure.php file?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,
Sounds like your .htaccess file no longer has a Ceon URI Mapping rewrite rule in it. Or that you've deleted some of the module's files.

If the rewrite rule is still there then reinstalling the software from scratch might help fix whatever you/someone else has changed.

Hope that helps!

All the best...
Conor
ceon

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Thank you very much.

It was the .htaccess file. For some unknown reason, the .htaccess file ended up in my admin folder. I think I know who made that error!

I appreciate the quick support.

I am currently using Simple seo URL rewrite mod and having PCI compliant issues when using it. Does anyone have any issues with passing PCI compliance with this MOD?

Also is there anyone that has switched to this mod from SEO URL and managed to map products and data easily to prevent loss of Search engine traffic?

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by weisdaclick

Thanks for the quick response, I can't give you a login as this is not my site, I am just doing some work on it for someone.

Can I send you a copy of the configure.php file?

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No, I won't provide support for free via a backwards and forwards approach, sorry. I offered to help in this way because it would save me time. Life is short!

Good luck in getting this sorted.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jpietrowiak

I am currently using Simple seo URL rewrite mod and having PCI compliant issues when using it. Does anyone have any issues with passing PCI compliance with this MOD?

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We've had no reports of anyone failing PCI scans when their sites have Ceon URI Mapping installed and we're aware of hundreds having passed scans.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by jpietrowiak

Also is there anyone that has switched to this mod from SEO URL and managed to map products and data easily to prevent loss of Search engine traffic?

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The software has been fully tested and used to port the URIs from sites previously using Ultimate SEO, Simple SEO and Magic SEO, with the product and category URIs all redirecting just fine, as they are created as historical URIs, which then route to the "current" URIs used by Ceon URI Mapping.

In Ceon URI Mapping any current URI can have an unlimited number of previous historical" URIs pointing to it, it's one of the software's greatest strengths (if I do say so myself ;) ).

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No, I won't provide support for free via a backwards and forwards approach, sorry. I offered to help in this way because it would save me time. Life is short!

Good luck in getting this sorted.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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You seem to have taken offence to my response. I am not sure why this should be the case, I don't control this site, I'm just doing some config on it.

I appreciate your assistance I have now received the login details if you would still like to help - let me know how/where I can send them to you.

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by weisdaclick

You seem to have taken offence to my response. I am not sure why this should be the case, I don't control this site, I'm just doing some config on it.

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No, I didn't at all, sorry, didn't mean to give that impression.

Reading it back myself I can see why you would get that impression.. sorry, it wasn't meant that way.


I was just intending to make it clear that the reason I frequently offer to log into people's servers here - for these sorts of issues - is that actually discussing the problem via forum posts (or even e-mail) normally takes a lot longer than me simply going in, seeing the problem(s) in either/both of the configure files and/or the .htaccess files, fixing whatever needs fixed... and then both of us can move on to doing better things with our day.

Obviously I'd rather not have to do that at all - hence the week's work that went into writing the installation check part of the module - but overall it saves everyone time when I do so.


[The above isn't aimed directly at you, this has now become a general posting/explanation.. hopefully others in future will read it too ;) ]

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Originally Posted by weisdaclick

I appreciate your assistance I have now received the login details if you would still like to help - let me know how/where I can send them to you.

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Just get in contact via this link, it's the same as the original reply from me, Ceon's standard contact form.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No, I didn't at all, sorry, didn't mean to give that impression.

Reading it back myself I can see why you would get that impression.. sorry, it wasn't meant that way.


I was just intending to make it clear that the reason I frequently offer to log into people's servers here - for these sorts of issues - is that actually discussing the problem via forum posts (or even e-mail) normally takes a lot longer than me simply going in, seeing the problem(s) in either/both of the configure files and/or the .htaccess files, fixing whatever needs fixed... and then both of us can move on to doing better things with our day.

Obviously I'd rather not have to do that at all - hence the week's work that went into writing the installation check part of the module - but overall it saves everyone time when I do so.


[The above isn't aimed directly at you, this has now become a general posting/explanation.. hopefully others in future will read it too ;) ]



Just get in contact via this link, it's the same as the original reply from me, Ceon's standard contact form.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Ok thanks - no offence meant either way :hug:

I just sent you a message, let me know how you get on.

Thanks again.

hey conor - we remapped our beta website from www.bigd.net/apogee to www.apogeerockets.com/apogee-beta in order to be able to use SSL.

it was an easy conversion, just changed the config files, used an sql statement to update the URI mappings to read "/apogee-beta/" instead of "/apogee/" and then update our httpd.conf (used instead of .htaccess) file to reflect the same change. except now all of our mappings redirect back to the homepage instead of where they're supposed to go. i am still on 4.0.6 and you said that 4.0.7 fixes the 'going-to-home-page' instead of a 404. but i don't want 404s at all, no matter if they're going to home or a 404 page.

any idea as to why the (seemingly easy) domain change didn't work? i'm maybe guessing that it has to do with our httpd.conf update not being right....

Hi,

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Originally Posted by apogeerockets

i am still on 4.0.6

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Upgrade lazy. :)

It takes two minutes :)

Quote:

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Originally Posted by apogeerockets

any idea as to why the (seemingly easy) domain change didn't work? i'm maybe guessing that it has to do with our httpd.conf update not being right....

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You sound like you've done everything right.. you must have made a typo somewhere or missed out changing the value in one place.

Check the configure and http.conf files again.. don't forget the slash at the front of /apogee-beta/index.php (or /index.php).. that's needed within virtualhost directives.

Hope that helps!

Have a good evening!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Check the configure and http.conf files again.. don't forget the slash at the front of /apogee-beta/index.php (or /index.php).. that's needed within virtualhost directives.
ceon

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Heh, yup. I swear I changed it to add that slash, too. Maybe I changed the wrong file... i've got a couple versions of the .conf floating around. anyway, thanks much.

Quote:

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,



No, I didn't at all, sorry, didn't mean to give that impression.

Reading it back myself I can see why you would get that impression.. sorry, it wasn't meant that way.


I was just intending to make it clear that the reason I frequently offer to log into people's servers here - for these sorts of issues - is that actually discussing the problem via forum posts (or even e-mail) normally takes a lot longer than me simply going in, seeing the problem(s) in either/both of the configure files and/or the .htaccess files, fixing whatever needs fixed... and then both of us can move on to doing better things with our day.

Obviously I'd rather not have to do that at all - hence the week's work that went into writing the installation check part of the module - but overall it saves everyone time when I do so.


[The above isn't aimed directly at you, this has now become a general posting/explanation.. hopefully others in future will read it too ;) ]



Just get in contact via this link, it's the same as the original reply from me, Ceon's standard contact form.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Conor, thanks for logging in and sorting out the issue.

I changed one of the //'s to / in one of the configure.php files but not the other. As it didn't work I changed it back to //

It works great now, thanks so much!

:clap::clap::clap:

Hi Conor

I'm just upgrading to 1.5. Have been using the simple SEO url mod for some years and it now seems defunct. Before I leap in and install your mod and remove all the old SSU files I was wondering if it will still be possible for it to create 301 redirects from the old url's given SSU is unlikely to work on 1.5?

Adrian

Quote:

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Originally Posted by askaquestion

Hi Conor

I'm just upgrading to 1.5. Have been using the simple SEO url mod for some years and it now seems defunct. Before I leap in and install your mod and remove all the old SSU files I was wondering if it will still be possible for it to create 301 redirects from the old url's given SSU is unlikely to work on 1.5?

Adrian

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Interesting what you find when looking through the support thread (see quoted post below).. The well written readme for this add-on answers a LOT of your questions as well.. I t doesn't hurt anything to download it and have a read..

Quote:

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Originally Posted by DivaVocals

The well written readme that comes with this add-on is VERY clear that in order to create URIs for an existing store you will have to edit each category or product manually.

Can you import the URI's into the database using phpMyAdmin?? Yes you can, but to facilitate this you will need to create a data file with all 8000 products and add the URI's to this data file, then import this data file via phpMyAdmin.

or

as several of us have spoken of FREQUENTLY you can purchase the Ceon URI Mapping Manager from Ceon's website. This was just recently mentioned a few days ago on this support thread (http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=449) which is why I always say it's a good idea to read through the support thread.. there's ALWAYS good information posted, and most questions are already answered..

The Mappings Manager will do many things including auto generating URIs for existing stores.

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Hi Conor,

I have a client using zencart v1.3.7, I just want to know if your CEON URI v4 will work on that store?

Thank you very much!

Hi,

Quote:

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Originally Posted by milkyway

I have a client using zencart v1.3.7, I just want to know if your CEON URI v4 will work on that store?

Thank you very much!

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It will work with it but sample modified files are no longer provided in the distribution for Zen Cart 1.3.7.. you'd have to merge the changes from the 1.3.8a files (which will probably also be withdrawn from future distributions).

However, 1.3.7 and 1.3.8 are both rubbish versions now, you should upgrade straight away!

I lost 4 days of my life last year rebuilding a server after a hack caused by having one of our clients using a fully patched 1.3.8 version of the store (server's locked down now but it wasn't an experience I'd recommend!).

1.3.7 and 1.3.8 are totally open to hacking and should not be used by anyone!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thank you for the info Conor, you are right v1.3.7 and v1.3.8 is outdated already. I also have many clients getting hacked in the past, but this always their decision when it comes to upgrade :D

Hello,

I would kindly ask for some help...
I just installed CEON Uri Mapping 4.0.0 (Zen Cart version 1.3.9h) and after running the installation check I followed the instructions given by the software in order to correct the listed errors. Now I cannot access my Zen Cart Admin.

Please give me a clue with my debug report, because it seems what i'm doing is not what it has to be done:
"[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Warning: require(includes/functions/sessions.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28
[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Warning: require(includes/functions/sessions.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28
[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Fatal error: require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions/sessions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28".

Thank you!

Hi guys I have managed to configure the categories and products to use the static Urls but I cannot find a way to make the privacy notice or specials pages use the static urls.

Using ceon 4.0.8 and Zencart v1.50

for example

http://www.awst-online.co.uk/index.p..._page=specials

Any help would be great thank you.

This is covered in the very well written readme that comes with this mod.. (and asked about FREQUENTLY in this support thread -- a quick search will turn up those posts as well)

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Originally Posted by UrKoS

Hi guys I have managed to configure the categories and products to use the static Urls but I cannot find a way to make the privacy notice or specials pages use the static urls.

Using ceon 4.0.8 and Zencart v1.50

for example

http://www.awst-online.co.uk/index.p..._page=specials

Any help would be great thank you.

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Have found them but some of them are not working. Have got privacy working but not shippinginfo or contact_us??

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Originally Posted by UrKoS

Have found them but some of them are not working. Have got privacy working but not shippinginfo or contact_us??

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Well you will need to provide more DETAILS than you have..

But since without details I have to GUESS, off the top of my head you should take a look at the privacy page URI info you entered in the URI table and compare that to the info you entered for the pages you say are not working..

Better yet.. if you provided some DETAILS on what you did we could help you figure out what you did wrong..:smile:

Sorry didnt have time earlier due to lunatic 3 year old lol.

One of the pages which dont work is the shipping info page

Uri /shippinginfo
Language id 1
current uri 1
main page shipping-info
the others are null.

cracked it I had the Uris the wrong way around.......:censored::censored::censored::censored:

Hi,

You have uploaded the files for the store includes folder to the admin includes folder! Oops!

using list of files in installation docs as guide, delete all files uploaded in wrong places then do entire installation from start to finish all over again and things will be fine.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by ioanaluca_4928

Hello,

I would kindly ask for some help...
I just installed CEON Uri Mapping 4.0.0 (Zen Cart version 1.3.9h) and after running the installation check I followed the instructions given by the software in order to correct the listed errors. Now I cannot access my Zen Cart Admin.

Please give me a clue with my debug report, because it seems what i'm doing is not what it has to be done:
"[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Warning: require(includes/functions/sessions.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28
[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Warning: require(includes/functions/sessions.php) [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28
[08-Mar-2012 14:45:46] PHP Fatal error: require() [<a href='function.require'>function.require</a>]: Failed opening required 'includes/functions/sessions.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/magazinb/public_html/admin/includes/init_includes/overrides/init_sessions.php on line 28".

Thank you!

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Thank you very much! :smile:

I have a main category A and within it several sub-categories, say A1, A2,A3 an so on.

I have some other main categories, say B, C, D. The only products in these categories are Copies of products that exist in A1, A2, A3, and so on.

I'd like to Move main Categories B, C, D into of A so they become sub categories.

So I end up with Category A, and subcategories A1, A2,A3, B, C, D and so on.

I tried this on my test site and it works ok but I don't have Ceon mod on the test site due to htaccess issues with Windows7 that are beyond me.

My categories show on the main page and what I'd like to accomplish is to prune down the clutter so that my entire page shows on one screen. (I could also accomplish this with Featured Categories mod if this idea doesn't fly.)

My question: if I make the changes above, will I have to manually rename my url's for the categories, and/or for the product pages? (The former representling a little work, but the latter representing a lot of work!)

ZC 1.3.9h; Ceon URLs 4.07 (oops- I see there's a 4.08)

Hello Connor,

I had been using your mod for years with very good results. Thanks for you efforts!

I added a new ezpage yesterday. But somehow the mod refuses to make it static.

Instead it uses the standard /index.php?main_page=page&id=15

All my other ezpages display as static url's.

Can you please look:

Not working ezpage:

http://www.vapori.ro/index.php?main_page=page&id=15

A working one:

http://www.vapori.ro/Ce_este_si_####...ra_electronica

Thank's In advance,
Janos

The system truncated my last link. However all the links on the righ menu are ezpages. It should be easy to spot.

Hi,

How are you?

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Originally Posted by soxophoneplayer

I'd like to Move main Categories B, C, D into of A so they become sub categories.

if I make the changes above, will I have to manually rename my url's for the categories, and/or for the product pages? (The former representling a little work, but the latter representing a lot of work!)

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Yes, you will have to re-generate the URIs, the current ones will then become historical URIs, so they will redirect to the new ones, which is very handy. You can just turn on some music and get clicking, it does take time but you only have to do it once more by the sounds of things. I can't talk about alternative ways here.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Janos,

Glad you like the software.

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Originally Posted by romancoins

I added a new ezpage yesterday. But somehow the mod refuses to make it static.

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Maybe you have updated your site and have overwritten the EZ-Pages modifications, forgetting to add the Ceon URI Mapping code back in?

Check admin/ezpages.php has the Ceon URI Mapping code. It will never fail to generate a URI.

That'll be you sorted! Enjoy (more) new URIs! ;)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

You were, of course, absolutely right!

I recopied ezpages.php from the install package. And voila.


A big Thank you!

Have a great evening!

Janos

Hi Janos,

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A big Thank you!

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No problem, glad it was nice and easy to sort out.

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Originally Posted by romancoins

Have a great evening!

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You too. :)

All the best..

Conor
ceon

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Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

How are you?

Yes, you will have to re-generate the URIs...
ceon

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I'm well Conor and thanks for the quick reply. I suspected that would be the case, but wanted to make sure before I fiddled about for fear of short circuiting the whole kit and caboodle ;o)

Kind regards,
Doug