Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

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3 Sep 2009, 01:05 PM
HelpMeSell

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissy

Alan - you simply click on the product to bring up the edit screen, and you can play with the URL down the bottom.

Okay, back to my problem with not being able to add products to the shopping cart.
Someone has pointed out to me that on the site where this module is working, the admin files are in a directory actually called admin.
But on the site where it's not working, my admin files are in a directory called something else.
Is it possible that somewhere in the code that's used to create the shopping cart ZC is looking for a file structure under the admin directory? Which of course wouldn't work because it needs to be changed??
I know I'm pulling at straws, but I figured it was worth asking.
I woudl REALLY like some help here!

Did you upload the modified core files to the renamed admin folder?
Also did you adjust your htaccess accordingly?
3 Sep 2009, 01:15 PM
Lissy

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

The admin folder was renamed about six months ago, so yes, all the necessary files were uploaded there.
And the .htaccess file was adjusted back then as well.
3 Sep 2009, 11:11 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissy

Alan - you simply click on the product to bring up the edit screen, and you can play with the URL down the bottom.

Thanks for helping Alan out, it's nice to have help! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissy

Is it possible that somewhere in the code that's used to create the shopping cart ZC is looking for a file structure under the admin directory?

No, the admin is completely separate from the catalog, the rewrite rule condition for the admin is only there to make sure you can continue to access the admin, it is there to prevent the admin being blocked by the rewrite rule. What the admin directory is called is of no significance.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lissy

I know I'm pulling at straws, but I figured it was worth asking.
I woudl REALLY like some help here!

Honestly if it's not the html_output.php file being incorrect I don't know what's wrong. I'm afraid it would probably have to be debugged manually (i.e. PHP traces temporarily added to the code).

Sorry I don't have better news than that!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
3 Sep 2009, 11:21 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by incircolo

Is it possible to avoid duplicated products with this mod, if they are linked in different categories?

Yes, if you duplicate rather than link the product, you can enter the exact same URI for each product (say "www.site.ext/history-of-ancient-rome.html"), but this means that when a customer browses your site they will be moved to the same category.

I.e. if a customer is in /books/history/ and they click on the product their context on the site will become /books/archaeology/ and if they're in /books/history/ and they click on the product their context on the site will also become /books/archaeology/.

So they'll get to see the product and it won't be duplicated but if the customer went to the product via /books/history/ they'll no longer be in the history subcategory but the archaeology subcategory.

There is no way around this.

By default, the module adds a cPath for any linked product, (which makes it a unique URI in google terms I think) but both the "master" product and the "linked" product can still have the same base URI:

www.site.ext/history-of-ancient-rome.html

http://www.site.ext/history-of-ancie...html?cPath=2_3

Quote:

Originally Posted by incircolo

And... how much this software charge server loading time?

The module is as lightweight as can possibly be given its featureset. It can require as little as one or two SQL queries to perform its job. I've no interest in quantifying that as I believe in making software functional first, easy to maintain second and efficient third. I believe the module meets all 3 goals as well as it can!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
4 Sep 2009, 01:18 AM
bherd

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

you must go in and edit *every* category and product on your site, "updating" each, to have a URI "auto-generated" for the category/product.

Conor

Hi,

What would be the best approach (if one exists) to periodically opening and closing via automation, every product and category as if a user were doing it?? The idea would be to create URL's for anything that had yet to be written. I am thinking that if the URL field is empty, that it would be safe to autogenerate a URL so the automation of "walking the product tree" would not overwrite existing URLs.

I use a front end for the store but currently have to then go in an "touch" every product to generate URLs, even it is just a load and store... the hard part is finding them all.

Could this be done via query or a script? Could whatever gets done when the product is updated be done as a result of a "for each product where URL is empty" command?

Thanks and kind regards,
B Herd
4 Sep 2009, 01:22 AM
alan145

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hello Conor,
when does uri_mappings_manager come out?
6 Sep 2009, 03:29 AM
jeskremer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I am installing this mod for a customer on 1.3.8a, but am having issues with the .htaccess file. The directory is located in /zencart and the admin directory is /admin. I receive a 500 server error when this is turned on. Here is what I currently have in the .htaccess file:

[SCR]RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any files ending with .[xxxx], except for scripts/HTML files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(php|xml|html|htm|aspx)$ [NC]
# Only rewrite pages inside the zencart directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/zencart/.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite payment pages/callback handlers
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/ipn_main_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/iridium_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/localities_remote_loader.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/nochex_apc_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/protx_direct_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/realex_remote_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs/file types (php|html|htm etc.) using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) zencart/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
[/SCR]
6 Sep 2009, 03:29 AM
jeskremer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Sorry, here is what is in the file:

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any files ending with .[xxxx], except for scripts/HTML files
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(php|xml|html|htm|aspx)$ [NC]
# Only rewrite pages inside the zencart directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/zencart/.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite payment pages/callback handlers
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/ipn_main_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/iridium_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/localities_remote_loader.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/nochex_apc_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/protx_direct_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/zencart/realex_remote_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs/file types (php|html|htm etc.) using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) zencart/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
6 Sep 2009, 04:43 AM
jeskremer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Here is what my host said about the .htaccess file:

You are seeing this error because your .htaccess rules are causing too many internal redirects. Here is what I found in the Apache error logs:

[Sat Sep 05 20:24:45 2009] [error] [client 64.81.143.26] Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.
[Sat Sep 05 20:24:45 2009] [error] [client 64.81.143.26] Request exceeded the limit of 10 internal redirects due to probable configuration error. Use 'LimitInternalRecursion' to increase the limit if necessary. Use 'LogLevel debug' to get a backtrace.

You should have a look at the rules you added, and trim them down so as not to cause this internal loop.
6 Sep 2009, 06:46 AM
Lissy

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Thanks to my techie ex-husband :clap:, the problem of products not being added to the cart has been solved. Basically, it was the .htaccess file.
On the working site, the path is workingsite.com/zencart/files
On the bad site, which is set up as an addon domain resolving to a folder called zencart, the path is badsite.com/files

In the .htaccess file, however, the bad site was set up as badsite.com/zencart/files or variations thereof. And that's why it wasn't working.

Just thought I'd post this in here because a couple of other people have mentioned having this same problem, so at least this is another idea to check out in the hope of finding a resolution.
6 Sep 2009, 06:50 AM
jeskremer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I don't quite understand what you mean. When I turn on the .htaccess file all I get on the entire site (except admin) is a 500 error.
6 Sep 2009, 06:57 AM
Lissy

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Sorry, but my information about the .htaccess file had nothing to do with your error. :no:
It was a followup to a problem I'd posted earlier in the thread about products not being added to the shopping cart when they had an updated URL using this module.
6 Sep 2009, 03:32 PM
bigsy85

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I have many existing eZpages (prior to using Ceon mod) that need a URI generating for. There's nearly 500 so going into each one to have it automatically generated isn't an effective option.

Is there a way to simulate this, perhaps with SQL?

Great mod by the way!
Any help will be appreciated
7 Sep 2009, 09:46 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Jesse,

The rewrite rule you have posted is from an old version of the module. Please download and install the latest version.

The rule you probably want is:

RewriteEngine On

# ONLY rewrite URIs beginning with /zencart/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/zencart/.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zencart/admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zencart/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

All the best...

Conor
ceon
8 Sep 2009, 01:47 AM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Dear Ceon,

Thanks for your plugin! I am a green hand. My .htaccess conten is:

Code:

RewriteEngine On # Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx]) RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$ [OR] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(html)$ [NC] # Don't rewrite admin directory RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/admin.* [NC] # Don't rewrite editors directory RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC] # Don't rewrite cPanel directories RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC] RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC] # Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php) RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

and my zen cart study site:
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com

I have some problems with the following urls:

Code:

more pages http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses?&sort=20a&page=2 http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/index2.html how to add .html http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0084-plastic-glasses contact us http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/reviews?&page=2 add this to my cart http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart&page=2&products_id=5 product details http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses?page=2 read the review http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/review?&reviews_id=2 write a review http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/add-a-review?page=2 More Information http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=page_2

help please!
Many thanks.
8 Sep 2009, 07:44 AM
ronny

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Dear Conor,

Thanks for your plugin

i want to rewrite url
www.domain.com/index.php?main_page=login
to
www.domain.com/login

but i can't find where to this?

can somebody help me???
8 Sep 2009, 08:32 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Most of the URIs you posted are working fine. The extra things like &reviews_id are necessary otherwise Zen Cart doesn't know what review to show.

As for adding .html.. why would you want to? Time Berners-Lee recommends you don't!

If you do, then you must manually add .html to the end of each of your URIs, it isn't added when you auto-generate a URI.

Glad you like the module!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
8 Sep 2009, 08:34 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronny

but i can't find where to this?

Please read the instructions!

The first part of the configuration section entitled "Specifying the current URI Mapping for any other Zen Cart page" is what you want.. obviously "main_page" for you should be "index".

Glad you like the software!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
8 Sep 2009, 12:08 PM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Dear Conor,

Would you please tell more details on how to do please?

One more thing, after I install the MOD of EZ-Pages Meta Tag Fields, your MOD does now work for EZ-Pages.

When I reinstall your MOD, then the MOD of EZ-Pages Meta Tag Fields does not work again.
8 Sep 2009, 12:34 PM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

Dear Conor,

Would you please tell more details on how to do please?

One more thing, after I install the MOD of EZ-Pages Meta Tag Fields, your MOD does now work for EZ-Pages.

When I reinstall your MOD, then the MOD of EZ-Pages Meta Tag Fields does not work again.

I just compared the two MOD files, and I found admin/ezpages.php makes the problem.
8 Sep 2009, 03:51 PM
ronny

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

Please read the instructions!

The first part of the configuration section entitled "Specifying the current URI Mapping for any other Zen Cart page" is what you want.. obviously "main_page" for you should be "index".

Glad you like the software!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

thx, Conor
i got it
8 Sep 2009, 04:33 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

I just compared the two MOD files, and I found admin/ezpages.php makes the problem.

Yes, when you are using two modules which have modified the same core file you need to manually merge the changes.

You can find out more about what to do in the FAQs for the URI Mapping module, I've made this as easy as possible for you to do. Try starting with the EZ-Page Meta mod (whatever that is! ;) ) 's modified ezpages.php file and merging the URI Mapping changes into it. I know for a fact that the changes are very clearly marked in the URI Mapping version but they may not be marked well in that other mod, I don't know.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
8 Sep 2009, 05:45 PM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

dear Conor,

http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses?&sort=20a&page=2
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/reviews?&page=2
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=shopping_cart&page=2&products_id=5
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses?page=2
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/review?&reviews_id=2
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-or-acetate-glasses/fa0047-plastic-glasses/add-a-review?page=2
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/index.php?main_page=page_2

how to let ceon mapping working please. tks.
8 Sep 2009, 06:12 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

how to let ceon mapping working please. tks.

I replied to you before. Please don't double post again.

All the best...

Conor
8 Sep 2009, 06:30 PM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Sorry, I really do not know how to resove the dynamic urls.

One more thing, when one product to two categories, how to mapping to 1 url only?
For example,

http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/fb0131-bendable-glasses?cPath=3
http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/fb0131-bendable-glasses

I put product fb0131 under 2 different categoris, then the product has 2 urls, how to let http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/fb0131-bendable-glasses?cPath=3 also map to http://shop.cheapglasses123.com/fb0131-bendable-glasses
many thank.
8 Sep 2009, 08:02 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

Sorry, I really do not know how to resove the dynamic urls.

I'm afraid that I don't see the point in talking through the documentation.. please read it to get the answers you require, it took me weeks to write the documentation!

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

One more thing, when one product to two categories, how to mapping to 1 url only?

You can't. Zen Cart requires that each "linked product" has a different cPath.. the only way to have that happen is to append the cPath to the linked product's URI.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
9 Sep 2009, 12:40 AM
yisou

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

H

You can't. Zen Cart requires that each "linked product" has a different cPath.. the only way to have that happen is to append the cPath to the linked product's URI.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Dear Conor,
I have used ultimate_seo_urls for www.cheapglasses123.com , and it can meet my demands, for example, the product "FA0425 Plastic Glasses", its main category is Pastic Glasses, but you can find that the product has been put under 4 categories:

http://www.cheapglasses123.com/plastic-glasses

http://www.cheapglasses123.com/glass...ween-usd-30-59
http://www.cheapglasses123.com/women-glasses
http://www.cheapglasses123.com/full-rim-glasses

the product "FA0425 Plastic Glasses" under each category has the same url: http://www.cheapglasses123.com/fa0425-plastic-glasses

Have a try please.
9 Sep 2009, 08:14 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by yisou

I have used ultimate_seo_urls for www.cheapglasses123.com , and it can meet my demands

You should go back to using it if that's the way you want things to work.

URI Mapping will not be changed to accommodate you as your situation is different from everyone else's.

If the cPath isn't added to a linked product's URI then the "context" on the site is lost.. the customer will not be in the same category they viewed the "linked" product in.

Your site doesn't use the context, you have no breadcrumbs or category previous/next buttons, which is why this doesn't affect you with Ultimate SEO URLs... if you did use the context on the site then you'd have exactly the same problem with Ultimate SEO as you do with Ceon URI Mappings.

I'm sorry that URI Mappings is not for you.

All the best...

Conor
10 Sep 2009, 02:18 PM
kfarrell

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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Conor,

First I want to thank you again for the outside work you did on my son's site. I would have never figured out all those errors on my own!

I have one question that maybe can be answered here in the forums. I'm looking at my Google account, and I have a bunch of crawl errors (13). I have maps most or all of these pages, but they are not going there if you click these links.

For example, if you click http://www.chickensonline.com/includ...ippinginfo.php (which Google did) you get a 404 error, but I mapped the shipping page (I thought), and it goes to http://www.chickensonline.com/shipping.

Should I map these pages with errors too or just add them to my robots.txt file? I've attached a file that shows all the Google errors.

Thanks for any help!
Karen

P.S. On a side note, if there are any chicken enthusiasts out there that would like to help get our new chicken forum off the ground (we need posts about chickens to get it started), it's at http://forum.chickensonline.com. Not to be off topic...
10 Sep 2009, 02:27 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Karen,

Quote:

Originally Posted by kfarrell

First I want to thank you again for the outside work you did on my son's site. I would have never figured out all those errors on my own!

No problem! Glad the site's working now! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kfarrell

For example, if you click http://www.chickensonline.com/includ...ippinginfo.php (which Google did) you get a 404 error, but I mapped the shipping page (I thought), and it goes to http://www.chickensonline.com/shipping.

Should I map these pages with errors too

You've mapped the shipping page from /shipping to the dynamic Zen Cart URI (e.g. main_page=shippinginfo) but the link you have above is some sort of old static page. If you want to link it to your actual shipping page you have to manually map it.

You can add it as a "historical" URI by adding a record to the URI Mappings table, with

/includes/languages/english/shippinginfo.php

as the "uri"

current_uri should be 0

main_page should be shippinginfo

That should redirect anyone visiting the above URI to the new URI for the shippinginfo page.. i.e. /shipping

You'll need to make sure your URI rule allows the use of .php:

change

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$

to:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(php)$ [NC]

All the best...

Conor
ceon
13 Sep 2009, 05:40 PM
87599875

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Dear Ceon:
Thanks for your so nice module, but it is very slow when use to a website which more than 10000 products. it will be more than 50,000 records in uri fileds.
My server is high quality, xeon dual core, 4g memery.
it takes more than 4 secs even one visitor online on category page though i cut many unused function.

in database no index and module no cache function. Would you please offer a better idear for the huge site?

Then i think it is very perfect.

Best regards!
14 Sep 2009, 01:53 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by 87599875

Thanks for your so nice module, but it is very slow when use to a website which more than 10000 products.

I think you must be posting on the wrong thread. The URI mapping module can use as little as one SQL query per page load and at most 2 queries per page load. It then uses one query per link generation. That can't possibly be heavy. The module is, quite simply, lightweight.

If you are having slow-downs it's nothing to do with this module. You must have set up your server wrong.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
14 Sep 2009, 07:36 PM
matt-h

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Ceon
I'm a Zen Cart newbie so hopefully this isn't too stupid a question....
I've installed your module and followed teh instructions but when I try to access the module for the first time through my admin pages I get this error:

The requested URL /my-admin-folder/FILENAME_CEON_URI_MAPPING_CONFIG.php was not found on this server.

(I have replaced the actuual name of my admin folder with with 'my-admin-folder' above and in the htaccess example below)

My Zen cart installation is in the root and I have created a .htaccess file with the following lines as per your configuration instructions:

## Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my-admin-folder.* [NC]

But I'm not getting anywhere.

I'm guessing that I've mucked something up - any ideas what I should look at?

Thanks
Matt
14 Sep 2009, 07:42 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Matt,

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt-h

I've installed your module and followed teh instructions but when I try to access the module for the first time through my admin pages I get this error:

You've missed uploading at least one of the files. You should reupload them. If you still have problems then it's probably your FTP software.. in which case I'd suggest downloading and using the free FireFTP extension for Firefox.

The file you are definitely missing is

admin/includes/extra_datafiles/ceon_uri_mapping_filenames.php

You may be missing others.

Hope you like the software!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
14 Sep 2009, 07:52 PM
matt-h

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi

I've just checked and ceon_uri_mapping_filenames.php in definitely in my /httpdocs/my-admin-folder/includes/extra_datafiles

I'm using cuteFTP and don't normally have problems with that.

Do I need to take into account that my files are all in the httpdocs folder?

Thanks
14 Sep 2009, 08:26 PM
matt-h

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi
Sorry to be a pita.

I've re-uploaded everything and double checked all the files are where they should be.

Now I have a different issue, in as much as my admin pages are blank :)

I have updated my htaccess file to this:

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/my-admin-folder.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Any ideas?

thank you
Matt
14 Sep 2009, 11:05 PM
87599875

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

I think you must be posting on the wrong thread. The URI mapping module can use as little as one SQL query per page load and at most 2 queries per page load. It then uses one query per link generation. That can't possibly be heavy. The module is, quite simply, lightweight.

If you are having slow-downs it's nothing to do with this module. You must have set up your server wrong.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

I don't think so. I use zen cart more than 1 years, and know a few codes and server information. and i like ceon uri very much. check carefully, and test many times. i can make sure the heavy query issue. would you please check it in example which 10000+ products in your pc? Thanks very much.
15 Sep 2009, 11:46 PM
applynx

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Conor,

Thanks so much for the Ceon URI Mapping module -- I far prefer the control your approach gives me to an automated URL generator.

I do have one question about translated pages -- I have set up several mappings to spanish (e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/spanish/my-product.html), but if I go straight to the mapped URL, the page is in english (my zen cart default language). Is this the correct behavior for the module? If so, shouldn't the behavior be that the URL over-rides the default language -- otherwise, search engines will see the same content for both www.mydomain.com/product.html and www.mydomain.com/spanish/product.html.

Thanks in advance, and thanks again for a great contribution!
Scott
16 Sep 2009, 08:27 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by applynx

Thanks so much for the Ceon URI Mapping module -- I far prefer the control your approach gives me to an automated URL generator.

I'm glad you like it! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by applynx

If so, shouldn't the behavior be that the URL over-rides the default language -- otherwise, search engines will see the same content for both

You're right.. that would definitely be logical and is the way I'd expect it to work. I would therefore consider the current behaviour a bug - thanks for bringing it to my attention.

I'll update the module to automatically reset the current session's language ID to that matched by the URI mapping (if it matches one language only).

If the URI mapping is the same for several languages, then I'll make it that it uses the current session's language, if that is one of the languages the URI mapping matches, or falls back to the default language for the site.

I think that sounds like the correct behaviour?

All the best...

Conor
ceon
16 Sep 2009, 07:45 PM
kiko

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi there,

I installed the Ceon URI module and it is working, but I only have one problem.

When I have the module on, images are broken in my product page, but also the language flags in the sidebox. When I turn the module off the images are shown good.

Could this be something to do with the rewriting in .htaccess file?

This is my .htaccess file:

RewriteEngine On

# ONLY rewrite URIs beginning with /shop/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/shop/.* [NC]

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$

# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shop/mypanel.* [NC]

# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/shop/editors.* [NC]

# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]

# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) /shop/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

I couldn't find the answer in the posts, so I hope someone knows a solution for this.
16 Sep 2009, 09:33 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

I don't know what you've done wrong to stop the images showing. The rewrite rule you've listed wouldn't block images unless your images didn't end in .gif/.jpg etc.

However, the last line of the rule appears wrong. I think it should be:

RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

All the best...

Conor
17 Sep 2009, 11:42 AM
kiko

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Conor,

Thank you for your correction.

It is solved now!

It was because of worldpay. Because worldpay had the <href base> tag disabled. Therefore urls had to be made for the stylesheets etc. into absolute urls to make the callback pages working with Worldpay.

Worldpay has just enabled the <href base> tag again and i put back the old file.

Now it is working perfectly, both :smile:
17 Sep 2009, 11:50 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiko

It was because of worldpay. Because worldpay had the <href base> tag disabled.

Ahh, when you said you had "disabled" the module I didn't think you meant you'd removed the htaccess file (the module has an actual Enable/Disable configuration option).

I would have caught on about the base_href thing otherwise.. I should think of it sooner in future! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiko

Now it is working perfectly, both

Glad it's working and you like the software! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon
17 Sep 2009, 06:16 PM
mgimmerman

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,
I installed this module successfully and am now able to update the URI Mappings for my products. Thanks!

I cannot find the same text fields for Ezpages. I go to tools/ezpages and do not see the text fields for entering URI Mapping.

I would appreciate any help,

Thanks.
17 Sep 2009, 06:24 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by mgimmerman

I cannot find the same text fields for Ezpages. I go to tools/ezpages and do not see the text fields for entering URI Mapping.

You must have missed uploading the ezpages.php file to the admin.

All the best...

Conor
17 Sep 2009, 10:21 PM
conor

New Version 3.2.4 Released!

Hi,

A new version of the module has been released with two bug fixes. Upgrading is easy as no changes have been made to core files so it is recommended that everyone upgrades. However, the changes made will affect very few people so upgrading isn't essential.

From the revision history:

[BUGFIX] When a URI was being mapped to a page for a different language from the default/current session's language, the module wasn't changing the language for the session to the language being mapped to.

[BUGFIX] Certain Zen Cart links to the product info page(s) don't use the category cPath variable like all the other links to these pages. Module updated to set this variable if it isn't set and therefore prevent these links breaking.

The first fix applies only for sites that use multiple languages and the second for sites which display a category image on the product info page (which is to say, not many sites!).

The new version can be downloaded from our site now:

http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri_mapping/downloads

It will also be available from the downloads area shortly.

Enjoy!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
18 Sep 2009, 08:10 AM
stealthify

Re: New Version 3.2.4 Released!

Hi Conor,
Just started another Zen Cart project earlier this week, and made it a point to install this beautiful project of yours first.

Not sure if people say this enough, but thank you for your ongoing work with Ceon URI Mapping. I've been using this on my primary site for about (5 months?) so far, and it has never let me down once. I feel as though no Zen Cart installation is complete without this now.

Looking forward to the URI Mappings Manager, keep up the great work!
19 Sep 2009, 01:17 AM
NateL

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

What do I do about pre-existing pages that exist with Zen Cart?

For example, Featured Items and New Items.

By default, my URI looks like this:
cart/index.php?main_page=products_new

I'd like it to be more like cart/new_products

Thanks :smile:
19 Sep 2009, 05:13 AM
NateL

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I figured it out... I guess for anyone that's not sure, here's a more practical example for you:

Using phpMyAdmin (as suggested, in Step 9 of the configuration section in the userguide) - Navigate to ceon_uri_mappings

For URI, put in what you want the URL bar to say. For instance, I have ZenCart installed in a subfolder, called cart:

example.com/cart

So, lets say I want to do "All Products", which is a default page within Zen Cart

My URI would be /cart/all-products

language_id is 1 (for me)
current_uri is 1

Main Page:
If you go out to your page and you click on "All Products", you want the very end of what's on that.

For example:
example.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=products_all

in "main_page", you would enter products_all

query_string_parameters, associated_db_id, alternate_uri, redirection_type_code all stay default, and date added is todays date....
19 Sep 2009, 08:57 AM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Wow talk about timely.. Nate your instructions came at a PERFECT time.. I mean no offense to the mod author, but these directions were a lot more straightforward and clear for me..:smile:

All in all, I am loving this add-on.. It took a little time for me to get all the URIs setup, but basically this install went off without a HITCH.. Products, Categories, and EZ Pages are all done.. I created a script to generate the remaining URIs for the Zen pages, and then moved on to QAing the site to look for the preverbial chink in the armour..:laugh:

So far I have been banging away at the site to test all the links and to make sure that it doesn't break anything. So far this has been PERFECT.. Login works, notifications from the shopping cart works, the checkout process work.. Can't complain.. Of course the "URI Mappings Manager" will make this process even easier. So I am looking forward to seeing that released, but for now I'm just going to use my SQL script to cover creating all of Zen URIs until then..

I spent the last two days in SEO configuration hell, so this was truly my last stop on the SEO train..:laugh:

One question though for conor.. I cannot get the URIs I created for these two pages to work.. Is there something I am missing??

http://clients.overthehillweb.com/ha...n_page=reviews
main_page = /hairisle/reviews
URI = product_reviews

http://clients.overthehillweb.com/ha...in_page=gv_faq
main_page = /hairisle/gv_faq
URI = gift_certificate_FAQ

Quote:

Originally Posted by NateL

I figured it out... I guess for anyone that's not sure, here's a more practical example for you:

Using phpMyAdmin (as suggested, in Step 9 of the configuration section in the userguide) - Navigate to ceon_uri_mappings

For URI, put in what you want the URL bar to say. For instance, I have ZenCart installed in a subfolder, called cart:

example.com/cart

So, lets say I want to do "All Products", which is a default page within Zen Cart

My URI would be /cart/all-products

language_id is 1 (for me)
current_uri is 1

Main Page:
If you go out to your page and you click on "All Products", you want the very end of what's on that.

For example:
example.com/zencart/index.php?main_page=products_all

in "main_page", you would enter products_all

query_string_parameters, associated_db_id, alternate_uri, redirection_type_code all stay default, and date added is todays date....
19 Sep 2009, 11:29 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Wow talk about timely.. Nate your instructions came at a PERFECT time.. I mean no offense to the mod author, but these directions were a lot more straightforward and clear for me..:smile:

I understand that an example or two would help in the docs. I'll do what I can to add examples to the next version. It's hard to find time/motivation to work on the documentation for a free module.. I don't think anyone likes writing docs? :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

One question though for conor.. I cannot get the URIs I created for these two pages to work.. Is there something I am missing??

main_page = /hairisle/reviews
URI = product_reviews

main_page = /hairisle/gv_faq
URI = gift_certificate_FAQ

They should be

main_page = reviews
URI = /product_reviews

main_page =gv_faq
URI = /gift_certificate_FAQ

Glad you like the module!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
19 Sep 2009, 11:32 AM
conor

Re: New Version 3.2.4 Released!

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by stealthify

Not sure if people say this enough, but thank you for your ongoing work with Ceon URI Mapping. I've been using this on my primary site for about (5 months?) so far, and it has never let me down once. I feel as though no Zen Cart installation is complete without this now.

That's really, really good of you. It does definitely make a difference hearing such positive comments.. thank you very much indeed for taking the time to post them! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by stealthify

Looking forward to the URI Mappings Manager, keep up the great work!

Working on it.. thanks again! ;)

All the best...

Conor
ceon
19 Sep 2009, 03:19 PM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

I understand that an example or two would help in the docs. I'll do what I can to add examples to the next version. It's hard to find time/motivation to work on the documentation for a free module.. I don't think anyone likes writing docs? :)

I hear you.. I just assisted a member here with re-writing the readme docs for Image Handler 2. It took a few passes to make sure we had everything in the docs clearly spelled out.. As a software BA I write specification docs regularly.. While I love my job, and I am a good writer, the writting aspect of my job I've always referred to it as a "necessary evil"..:laugh:

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

They should be

main_page = reviews
URI = /product_reviews

main_page =gv_faq
URI = /gift_certificate_FAQ

Glad you like the module!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

:blush:Okay.. I was SLEEPY as heck when I got down to those last few pages.. As SOON as I saw your answer i was like "I knew that..":laugh::laugh:

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

To further clarify.. You have to enter a URI for each category/product/ez-page/manufacturer or tick "auto-generate" and click "update" for each category/product/ez-page/manufacturer. Ceon URI Mapping is designed to give you intricate control of your URIs, it doesn't apply a general policy to them all (like the "SEO" modules).

Love this add-on!! I love having full control of everything.. Now if only I could get WordPress permalinks to work as nicely..:laugh: After this exercise I know that the next store I build should include this mod from the onset so that the URI creation happens as categories, product, and EZ Pages are added..

Now that I've got my first Ceon URI install under my belt, I am moving on to install this for a client who is now asking for SEO functions on his site.. He has LOTS of products and categories, and I know the initial setup is going to be painful for him, but once he goes through all of his products, it'll be easy peezy after that.. (Did I mention how much I love this add-on??:hug:)
19 Sep 2009, 03:24 PM
NateL

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I understand Conor. For what it's worth, your instructions did help me to figure things out. I just had to fiddle around with it before I got it right, and I figured a more real world example of what I just went through would help some one out. My example is lengthy, but you're free to C&P all you want :yes: :D
19 Sep 2009, 03:31 PM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by NateL

I understand Conor. For what it's worth, your instructions did help me to figure things out. I just had to fiddle around with it before I got it right

Oh no doubt.. Conor's very detailed instructions were helpful as heck!! Especially the instructions on how to setup the .htaccess file.. All those Apache commands give me a headache, and I truly admire folks who know how to wield that very big stick..

Conor's directions on how to set that all up were MILES more helpful than any topic on the net I've seen.. As an example: the instructions for how to exclude a folder were on point to help me make sure that Ceon did not apply itself to my WordPress directory..:clap:
21 Sep 2009, 09:57 AM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,
I am using other encoding - Not UTF-8 in other language (Thai)
Can I use the URL Rewrite ? I try the URI Mapping it show as Blank space...
21 Sep 2009, 12:55 PM
matt-h

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi
I've successfully installed the module and have one question :)
I temporarily want my default homepage to be index.html rather than my zen cart homepage which is index.php.
I've added 'DirectoryIndex index.html index.php' to my htaccess file but unless I remove all the rewritecond rules it doesn't have any effect.
Is it possible to have both the Directory index rules and the rewritecond rules work?
Thanks
21 Sep 2009, 01:01 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt-h

I've added 'DirectoryIndex index.html index.php' to my htaccess file but unless I remove all the rewritecond rules it doesn't have any effect.

The section of the docs you want is

Modifying the rule to allow URI mappings to be used which end with a particular file extension (e.g. “.html”)

Basically, change your rewrite rule from

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$

to:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} \.(html)$ [NC]

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:04 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Sorry read that wrong. Ignore my last post.

You must have done something wrong. The module with its example rule doesn't rewrite .html addresses.

Check that you are using the latest version of the module - 3.2.4 - and make sure you are using the example rewrite rule from it. Older versions of the module did indeed rewrite .html files, but this is no longer the case with the examples in later versions of the module's documentation.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:10 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

I hear you.. I just assisted a member here with re-writing the readme docs for Image Handler 2. It took a few passes to make sure we had everything in the docs clearly spelled out.. As a software BA I write specification docs regularly.. While I love my job, and I am a good writer, the writting aspect of my job I've always referred to it as a "necessary evil"..:laugh:

At least you get paid for it! ;P Unlike a lot of OS software developers I do what I can to write good docs.. I really do hate the process though.. months of work... ugh! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Okay.. I was SLEEPY as heck when I got down to those last few pages.. As SOON as I saw your answer i was like "I knew that..":laugh::laugh:

Yeah, I'd a feeling it was something like that! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Love this add-on!! I love having full control of everything.. Now if only I could get WordPress permalinks to work as nicely..:laugh: After this exercise I know that the next store I build should include this mod from the onset so that the URI creation happens as categories, product, and EZ Pages are added..

Thanks for the nice comments! I haven't used WordPress before but I wrote the URI Mapping to work the way I wanted it to work and learnt a lot about things I knew little/nothing about previously - transliteration, encodings etc. - it's good to hear it works better than something which has loads of developers! ;)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

Now that I've got my first Ceon URI install under my belt, I am moving on to install this for a client who is now asking for SEO functions on his site.. He has LOTS of products and categories, and I know the initial setup is going to be painful for him, but once he goes through all of his products, it'll be easy peezy after that.. (Did I mention how much I love this add-on??:hug:)

Thanks again for the nice comments.. it's good to see people really like the software!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:11 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by NateL

I understand Conor. For what it's worth, your instructions did help me to figure things out. I just had to fiddle around with it before I got it right, and I figured a more real world example of what I just went through would help some one out. My example is lengthy, but you're free to C&P all you want :yes: :D

Thanks! Glad you're sorted now! :)

All the best...

Conor
21 Sep 2009, 01:17 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

I am using other encoding - Not UTF-8 in other language (Thai)
Can I use the URL Rewrite ? I try the URI Mapping it show as Blank space...

The module has extensive support for character encodings. It has full support for iso-8859-1/us-ascii and utf-8/utf7-imap. For any other encodings it attempts to use iconv and converts character sets into UTF-8 for internal processing and transliteration.

If this isn't working on your server then either you don't have a working iconv setup or the THAI encoding you are using simply won't work with the String handling this software uses. In which case you should use UTF-8 on your site or abandon any idea to use the module.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:28 PM
bnamodel

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi there,

I'm encountering 404 Not Found page (that says The server can not find the requested page) when I log in via the login sidebox on those product pages with URI mapping. It seems SSL URI mapping links (e.g., https://.../diecast/1-72-f-a-18-supe...-diecast-50179) are inaccessible.

How can I get this fixed?

Many thanks,
Brian
21 Sep 2009, 01:41 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

The module has extensive support for character encodings. It has full support for iso-8859-1/us-ascii and utf-8/utf7-imap. For any other encodings it attempts to use iconv and converts character sets into UTF-8 for internal processing and transliteration.

If this isn't working on your server then either you don't have a working iconv setup or the THAI encoding you are using simply won't work with the String handling this software uses. In which case you should use UTF-8 on your site or abandon any idea to use the module.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,
I am trying to change the encoding to UTF-8 from TIS-620.
It was a PAIN. Now I change all the database table and field to UTF, change the header in the languages files but It not working and show as... http://fashionbyim.com/shop/
21 Sep 2009, 01:45 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

Hi,
I am trying to change the encoding to UTF-8 from TIS-620.
It was a PAIN. Now I change all the database table and field to UTF, change the header in the languages files but It not working and show as... http://fashionbyim.com/shop/

Zen Cart doesn't support UTF-8 as standard. Have you "installed" the following module? It sets the database handler to using UTF-8, which is essential and the lack of this may be causing your problems:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=601

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:49 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by bnamodel

I'm encountering 404 Not Found page (that says The server can not find the requested page) when I log in via the login sidebox on those product pages with URI mapping. It seems SSL URI mapping links (e.g., https://.../diecast/1-72-f-a-18-supe...-diecast-50179) are inaccessible.

It seems like you have a problem with your SSL configuration value for HTTPS_SERVER and/or the login sidebox is trying to use relative instead of full URIs.. no URI mapping software can use links which use "../" - it makes no sense!

You always need to use full paths as Zen Cart is no longer access from /shop/index.php (for example) but from things like /category-name/sub-category-name/product-one

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 01:58 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

The module has extensive support for character encodings. It has full support for iso-8859-1/us-ascii and utf-8/utf7-imap. For any other encodings it attempts to use iconv and converts character sets into UTF-8 for internal processing and transliteration.

If this isn't working on your server then either you don't have a working iconv setup or the THAI encoding you are using simply won't work with the String handling this software uses. In which case you should use UTF-8 on your site or abandon any idea to use the module.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

Zen Cart doesn't support UTF-8 as standard. Have you "installed" the following module? It sets the database handler to using UTF-8, which is essential and the lack of this may be causing your problems:

http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=601

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thanks! Installing UTF-8 support will update shortly!!
21 Sep 2009, 02:03 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

I don't editing the files and convert all the table to UTF-8 but still no luck T_T
21 Sep 2009, 02:15 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

I don't editing the files and convert all the table to UTF-8 but still no luck T_T

What do you mean by "still no luck". You haven't exacxtly explained what's going wrong!

If you are getting a blank page then please search this forum for "blank page" and you'll see some steps you can take to find out what error is occurring. It could be this is nothing to do with encodings?

All the best...

Conor
21 Sep 2009, 02:31 PM
bnamodel

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

It seems like you have a problem with your SSL configuration value for HTTPS_SERVER and/or the login sidebox is trying to use relative instead of full URIs.. no URI mapping software can use links which use "../" - it makes no sense!

Hi Conor,

Thanks for your quick reply. Sorry that I didn't state it clearly. Actually I can access to "http://www.bnamodelworld.com/diecast/1-400-australia-qantas-a330-200-vh-ebb-diecast-55575?zenid=fd30092e51bda250d82843b582ccb83e" but not to the SSL link "https://web67.justhost.com/~bnamode1/diecast/1-400-australia-qantas-a330-200-vh-ebb-diecast-55575?zenid=fd30092e51bda250d82843b582ccb83e" as an example.

Thanks again,
Brian
21 Sep 2009, 02:40 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Brain,

You need to buy and install a SSL certificate for http://www.bnamodelworld.com/ instead of trying to use two domains, with the SSL domain using a subdirectory.. that won't work.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 02:47 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

What do you mean by "still no luck". You haven't exacxtly explained what's going wrong!

If you are getting a blank page then please search this forum for "blank page" and you'll see some steps you can take to find out what error is occurring. It could be this is nothing to do with encodings?

All the best...

Conor

Sorry,
Now I can use the UTF-8 as my encoding but I think I have to convert all of the languages files.

The problem is when I enter thai language in the URI Mapping fileds. It show as "blank" such as http://fashionbyim.com/shop/
21 Sep 2009, 03:06 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

Now I can use the UTF-8 as my encoding but I think I have to convert all of the languages files.

That should be easy enough, although a little time-consuming.

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

The problem is when I enter thai language in the URI Mapping fileds. It show as "blank" such as http://fashionbyim.com/shop/

I'm afraid I've no idea what you are trying to describe here. Please give a full and detailed description of the problem.. all the steps you are taking, what you are seeing and what you expect to see.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 03:11 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

ฺีBut it working if I directly insert the uri to zen_ceon_uri_mappings table.
but when I click the link it show "Page not found"
21 Sep 2009, 03:12 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

ฺีBut it working if I directly insert the uri to zen_ceon_uri_mappings table.
but when I click the link it show "Page not found"

I'm sorry but that's not a full description. Please take the time to describe your problem in full or I can't help you.

All the best..

Conor
21 Sep 2009, 03:15 PM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

At least you get paid for it! ;P Unlike a lot of OS software developers I do what I can to write good docs.. I really do hate the process though.. months of work... ugh! :)

I LOVE the requirements interviewing process.. I love mapping out process diagrams.. But having to put the document all together.. Not so much.. I may get paid for it, but it's frustrating to put in weeks of blood sweat and tears only to have people not read what you wrote at all:frusty:.. (it happens.. another occupational hazard:laugh:)

Anyway GREAT job on Ceon.. Expect a donation VERY soon!:smile: I've also been looking at your other apps.. Your MONDO shipping app looks like something a potential client and I were just speaking of..
21 Sep 2009, 03:16 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Sorry for my English.
I am trying to write a full description here.

Now UTF-8 Problem is resovled.
The problems are...
1.When I enter thai language in the URI Mapping field (Back-end) for the category it become "blank" so the URL show "http://fashionbyim.com/shop" which shuold become http://fashionbyim.com/shop/my-enter-uri
2.I tried to edit the table zen_ceon_uri_mappings directly via phpMyadmin the URL show correct as http://fashionbyim.com/shop/my-enter-uri BUT when I click the link it show page not found error.

Thanks
21 Sep 2009, 03:49 PM
bnamodel

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi Brain,

You need to buy and install a SSL certificate for http://www.bnamodelworld.com/ instead of trying to use two domains, with the SSL domain using a subdirectory.. that won't work.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Conor,

Actually I have already installed the SSL certificate for my domain. So it really confuses me why the page cannot be accessed to when logging in from those product pages.

Thanks again,
Brian
21 Sep 2009, 04:41 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Brian,

Sorry about the misspelling of your name above.. although that's probably the best typo you could want! :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by bnamodel

Actually I have already installed the SSL certificate for my domain. So it really confuses me why the page cannot be accessed to when logging in from those product pages.

I'm afraid you don't have a compatible certificate. You have a shared certificate. You need to buy your own. The address you showed me above has an extra directory name at the start, over the standard site's address : ~bnamode1/

You cannot use that. It will not work.

You should contact your host to purchase a SSL certificate or install any previously purchased certificate so that the only difference between your SSL and normal addresses is the s in https:// versus http://

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 04:45 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by deltaflyer

1.When I enter thai language in the URI Mapping field (Back-end) for the category it become "blank" so the URL show "http://fashionbyim.com/shop" which shuold become http://fashionbyim.com/shop/my-enter-uri
2.I tried to edit the table zen_ceon_uri_mappings directly via phpMyadmin the URL show correct as http://fashionbyim.com/shop/my-enter-uri BUT when I click the link it show page not found error.

If the URI mapping isn't being saved correctly when you are entering it in the product page and going to the product preview page then it definitely won't work if you try to go to this URI on your site!

I understand that you are also trying to enter the URIs by hand. You may be messing up when entering these, I don't know I'm afraid.

The main problem is the fact that it's not saving in the first place, and in this regard, I don't know what's wrong with your site.

Sorry, there's nothing else I can think of to say to you to do. This would have to be debugged using trace calls by a PHP programmer.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
21 Sep 2009, 04:56 PM
deltaflyer

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Thanks The site messed as you said.
I am rolling back all the process T_T
21 Sep 2009, 08:47 PM
sdsprings

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hey Conor,

Thank you for all your hard work and support for this mod. I have this installed on my test environment, and the functionality is certainly there and the custom mapping is working as well as the manual.

The only issue I'm having is that my URIs are still in standard zen format in the categories sidebox and then redirect to the custom ones after clicked. Not sure if I missed a file or something but I double checked a few times.

I saw some similar issues in the forum already but they seemed to be for ez-pages and not standard category pages. Let me know if you have any advice..

Thank you much!
-Bryan
21 Sep 2009, 09:44 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Bryan,

I'm glad that you like the software!

Quote:

The only issue I'm having is that my URIs are still in standard zen format in the categories sidebox and then redirect to the custom ones after clicked. Not sure if I missed a file or something but I double checked a few times.

I saw some similar issues in the forum already but they seemed to be for ez-pages and not standard category pages. Let me know if you have any advice..

It sounds like you might have forgotten to copy across the modifications fro

includes/functions/html_output.php

from the modified_core_files folder.

Copy the appropriate file for your version of Zen Cart from the distribution into your store's includes folder and the Zen Cart link generation functions should use the URI mappings.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon
22 Sep 2009, 04:08 PM
sdsprings

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Conor,

That was certainly it. Only one i forgot to move over and surely thought i did hah. Thank you so much for pointing that out, and thanks again for all your hard work on this!

:oops:

-Bryan
22 Sep 2009, 04:42 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Bryan,

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdsprings

That was certainly it. Only one i forgot to move over and surely thought i did hah. Thank you so much for pointing that out, and thanks again for all your hard work on this!

Thought it would have been! Glad you like the module! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon
22 Sep 2009, 05:58 PM
Berserker

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hello there,

How do you reset this module? What I mean is, I created a folder and named is "Accessories" but then decided to change it to "Merchandise" but when you click on the link, it still says "Accessories". How can I change it to the correct one?

Thanks
22 Sep 2009, 06:02 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berserker

How do you reset this module? What I mean is, I created a folder and named is "Accessories" but then decided to change it to "Merchandise" but when you click on the link, it still says "Accessories". How can I change it to the correct one?

Edit the category and regenerate its URI or enter the new one as "/merchandise".

That'll then become the "current" URI and anyone who visits "/accessories" will be redirected to "/merchandise".

All the best...

Conor
ceon
22 Sep 2009, 10:34 PM
Berserker

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Hi,

Edit the category and regenerate its URI or enter the new one as "/merchandise".

That'll then become the "current" URI and anyone who visits "/accessories" will be redirected to "/merchandise".

All the best...

Conor
ceon

How do I do that? When I edit the category, there is no URI field to change it from?
22 Sep 2009, 11:02 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berserker

How do I do that? When I edit the category, there is no URI field to change it from?

It must have been there before or you couldn't have set the URI in the first place!

You'll have to reinstall the module and try again.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
22 Sep 2009, 11:27 PM
Berserker

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

It is there for the products but not for the category. It is working on the site...you can check on www.playnippon.com. All products are SEO and some of the main categories as well. The categories on the sidebox doesnt though...

Should I still reupload all files and run the sql again?
22 Sep 2009, 11:36 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berserker

It is there for the products but not for the category.

Then as I said before you must have had it there before. Please reupload the files for the module. There is no SQL file to run for the module, you must have remembered that wrong.

All the best..

Conor
ceon
22 Sep 2009, 11:56 PM
Berserker

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Sorted. The category file has been overwritten. Thanks for the help.
23 Sep 2009, 08:02 AM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berserker

Sorted. The category file has been overwritten. Thanks for the help.

Knew that was it! ;)

Enjoy the software! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon
24 Sep 2009, 04:51 AM
scatzc

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)
Ceon, thanks for this amazing add-on. I haven't installed it yet. I am trying to be careful when modifying something in an operational website, so I have a question that will help me plan accordingly:

In step 4 you instruct to "Add the Rewrite Rules to Apache". Now, in my webhost there is only one .htaccess in ~/public_html but I actually have two stores:
1. ~/public_html/store - the operational store exposed to the world.
2. ~/public_html/test-store - where I test dangerous changes before applying them to the operational store.
My questions is how do I apply step 4 to the test-store only without affecting the operational store?

Thanks.
24 Sep 2009, 06:03 AM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)
Quote:
Originally Posted by scatzc

Ceon, thanks for this amazing add-on. I haven't installed it yet. I am trying to be careful when modifying something in an operational website, so I have a question that will help me plan accordingly:

In step 4 you instruct to "Add the Rewrite Rules to Apache". Now, in my webhost there is only one .htaccess in ~/public_html but I actually have two stores:

~/public_html/store - the operational store exposed to the world.
~/public_html/test-store - where I test dangerous changes before applying them to the operational store.

My questions is how do I apply step 4 to the test-store only without affecting the operational store?

Thanks.
If you read through the read me file, Conor actually covers VERY well how t setup the .htaccess file as you have described..
24 Sep 2009, 06:11 AM
scatzc

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

If you read through the read me file, Conor actually covers VERY well how to setup the .htaccess file as you have described..

Yes, but there is only one .htaccess file. There are two stores. Where is this covered in configuration.html? Thanks.
24 Sep 2009, 06:16 AM
DivaVocals

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by scatzc

Yes, but there is only one .htaccess file. There are two stores. Where is this covered in configuration.html? Thanks.

Re-read the ENTIRE section that covers how to setup the .htaccess file for Ceon URI.. It is VERY well covered... specifically how to set up the .htaccess for a specific directory within the root.. (each of your stores resides in a different directory within the root..)
24 Sep 2009, 12:57 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by scatzc

Yes, but there is only one .htaccess file. There are two stores. Where is this covered in configuration.html? Thanks.

It's not.. the instructions are for the module, not for how to set up websites! There are plenty of guides on the net about htaccess files and rewrite rules.

This also isn't a "pre-set up" thread, I think you're expecting a bit much for a free distribution.

Nevertheless, the answer you are looking for is that you create a .htaccess file for each store and put these files in the individual stores' directories. Your server will check the .htaccess file in the root directory first, then it will check any subdirectories to see if they have .htaccess files.. so the .htaccess file for the appropriate store will be loaded when the webserver attempts to open /store or /test-store (i.e. /store/.htaccess or /test-store/.htaccess).

As both stores are in a subdirectory of the root of the site, you should use the appropriate rewrite rule example for stores which are in a subdirectory.

As long as your root .htaccess file doesn't interfere with the subdirectory .htaccess files, everything should be smooth enough.

All the best...

Conor
ceon
24 Sep 2009, 12:59 PM
conor

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by DivaVocals

If you read through the read me file, Conor actually covers VERY well how t setup the .htaccess file as you have described..

Thanks for trying to help and for more nice comments!

Happy Arthur's Day! :)

All the best...

Conor
24 Sep 2009, 02:12 PM
scatzc

Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Quote:

Originally Posted by conor

Nevertheless, the answer you are looking for is that you create a .htaccess file for each store and put these files in the individual stores' directories. Your server will check the .htaccess file in the root directory first, then it will check any subdirectories to see if they have .htaccess files.. so the .htaccess file for the appropriate store will be loaded when the webserver attempts to open /store or /test-store (i.e. /store/.htaccess or /test-store/.htaccess).

As both stores are in a subdirectory of the root of the site, you should use the appropriate rewrite rule example for stores which are in a subdirectory.

As long as your root .htaccess file doesn't interfere with the subdirectory .htaccess files, everything should be smooth enough.
ceon

Conor, thank you very much!!! You were right on the money - this is exactly the tip I was looking for. I am not an Apache expert and so I needed a pointer to where I can focus my learning in this subject. Thank you!!!

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