Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[Gerjan]

Thank you for answering. Sorry for my english. It's not perfect and I sometimes have difficulties explaining (technical) problems. Also, I'm not an expert. I observe, read, ask and copy. Sofar it works

Hi,
I really don't understand what you are asking here? The who's online function in Tools simply links to the page the person was visiting, why is yours recording image paths?

That's the problem... it only links to the template directory, nomatter what page guests and customers are looking at. Strange thing is that spiders like googlebot don't have this problem, they show the original url/link. This problem started right after I installed uri mapping.

But... aftersome research I added this rewrite:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/includes/templates.*

Now it is solved (for as far as I can see) and CEON uri mapping is still working ok. The link that guests are looking at are also the links that are created by uri mapping. Like "bk_fortalit_braadpan_24cm" instead of "index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=560".

When I started designing my template 1,5 year ago I have added a menu from Apple Zen Template and one month ago I added a flash header. I think the menu is causing the problem I descriped. If you want to take a look at my site : Pannenland.nl

The only problem to solve now is that my "home"-button redirects to a category instead of the homepage. But that will come soon.

Hope can do something with this information for future questions en development.

Best regards, Gerjan

[jill8026]

OK, this is by far the best mod I have seen for Zen!!!!!!! Conor...thank you....I have it downloaded and tested it on a product and ez-page and it worked beautifully!!!!!!!!

Now if you can figure out how to achieve checkout without login this easily life would be good as a web designer who loves Zen!!!!

[conor]

Hi,

OK, this is by far the best mod I have seen for Zen!!!!!!! Conor...thank you....I have it downloaded and tested it on a product and ez-page and it worked beautifully!!!!!!!!

lol I wouldn't quite say that but I appreciate the enthusiasm and the feedback, it's nice to feel the work on the module's appreciated! :)

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

[conor]

Hi,

Thank you for answering. Sorry for my english. It's not perfect and I sometimes have difficulties explaining (technical) problems. Also, I'm not an expert. I observe, read, ask and copy. Sofar it works

Your English is fine, it's just that you were describing the end result but not in enough detail for me to understand what was happening.

That's the problem... it only links to the template directory, nomatter what page guests and customers are looking at. Strange thing is that spiders like googlebot don't have this problem, they show the original url/link. This problem started right after I installed uri mapping.

That's bizarre, I can't think of a single reason that would happen and I can't replicate the problem here!

But... aftersome research I added this rewrite:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/includes/templates.*

Now it is solved (for as far as I can see) and CEON uri mapping is still working ok. The link that guests are looking at are also the links that are created by uri mapping. Like "bk_fortalit_braadpan_24cm" instead of "index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=560".

That's good to hear although I'm never comfortable when I don't understand what's happening in the first place!

If anyone else has the same problem I'll do what I can to analyse/debug it.

When I started designing my template 1,5 year ago I have added a menu from Apple Zen Template and one month ago I added a flash header. I think the menu is causing the problem I descriped. If you want to take a look at my site : Pannenland.nl

The only problem to solve now is that my "home"-button redirects to a category instead of the homepage. But that will come soon.

That's not something to do with the module but something to do with whatever is being used to generate that menu.. it is linking to that category instead of the homepage.. it must need the cPath part removed. Unfortunately I can't help with that as I'm not familiar with the software used to generate these menus.

Glad you've got things working now!

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

[MMCDOO]

Hello,
To start --GREAT mod and documentation. Mod was easy to set up and works fine(even for me), but I have one minor issue. I've read through all the threads but could not find solution to problem below. I hope I didn't overlook it.

I am having the problem Gerjan describe below where the who's online in tools displays something like:/includes/templates/browntemplate/images/TopPanelText1.gif, or rarely the correct updated path ending with /favicon.ico for guest shoppers and registered users. Mostly I cannot tell where they are on my site. Spiders do not have this issue, showing either original path or updated path. I tried the solution he came up with but no success. For me this is minor issue but it was fun to watch customers behavior live on my site. I've been through the threads and looked for any issues others are having but found none. BTW I'm very new to zen. Thanks for any advise.

My htaccess lokks like:
RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mrfancyplantsnursery.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://mrfancyplantsnursery.com$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.mrfancyplantsnursery.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.mrfancyplantsnursery.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(jpeg|gif|png|bmp)$ - [F,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} !^/console.* [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]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/copper.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/includes/templates.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/googlesitemap.php.* [NC]

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


Mike
PS I've seen it but forgot where--Where is the paypal link to buy you a pint or two?

Thank you for answering. Sorry for my english. It's not perfect and I sometimes have difficulties explaining (technical) problems. Also, I'm not an expert. I observe, read, ask and copy. Sofar it works



That's the problem... it only links to the template directory, nomatter what page guests and customers are looking at. Strange thing is that spiders like googlebot don't have this problem, they show the original url/link. This problem started right after I installed uri mapping.

But... aftersome research I added this rewrite:
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/includes/templates.*

Now it is solved (for as far as I can see) and CEON uri mapping is still working ok. The link that guests are looking at are also the links that are created by uri mapping. Like "bk_fortalit_braadpan_24cm" instead of "index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=5&products_id=560".

When I started designing my template 1,5 year ago I have added a menu from Apple Zen Template and one month ago I added a flash header. I think the menu is causing the problem I descriped. If you want to take a look at my site : Pannenland.nl

The only problem to solve now is that my "home"-button redirects to a category instead of the homepage. But that will come soon.

Hope can do something with this information for future questions en development.

Best regards, Gerjan

[damiantaylor]

Hi all!
I have this mod working perfectly on my test site but when I move it over to my live site it doesn't work.

I have simply FTP'd all my files from my test site to my PC then FTP'd them all up to my live server. Then I backed up the database and imported it to the live server.
Everything seems to work perfectly except for URI mapping. When I switch it off in admin all the links work, if I switch it on I get page not found.

Is there something in configuration that I've missed or is there some server setting I need to check/change?
I've had a look at the data in the URI tables in the database and everything looks ok. There's no references to my test server anywhere as far as I can see.

If anyone can help I'd be really grateful. It's the only thing that's stopping me going live :)

[DivaVocals]

Dunno about you, but the paths in my .htaccess file are different for my live sites versus the development site.. So when I move a site from dev to live, I usually have to adjust any files which contain file location/path data (configure.php, .htaccess, etc)

Dev - http://www.mysite.com/directory_name
Live - http://www.theirsite.com

is this possibly the case for you??

Hi all!
I have this mod working perfectly on my test site but when I move it over to my live site it doesn't work.

I have simply FTP'd all my files from my test site to my PC then FTP'd them all up to my live server. Then I backed up the database and imported it to the live server.
Everything seems to work perfectly except for URI mapping. When I switch it off in admin all the links work, if I switch it on I get page not found.

Is there something in configuration that I've missed or is there some server setting I need to check/change?
I've had a look at the data in the URI tables in the database and everything looks ok. There's no references to my test server anywhere as far as I can see.

If anyone can help I'd be really grateful. It's the only thing that's stopping me going live :)

[conor]

Hi,

I have simply FTP'd all my files from my test site to my PC then FTP'd them all up to my live server. Then I backed up the database and imported it to the live server.
Everything seems to work perfectly except for URI mapping. When I switch it off in admin all the links work, if I switch it on I get page not found.

It sounds like you have forgotten to upload a .htaccess file or the new server isn't configured to load .htaccess files, therefore making it redundant at present?!

Check the file is uploaded and if so, check that your server's Apache webserver has the appropriate AllowOverides directive to allow the loading of .htaccess files.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[conor]

Hi Mike,

Glad you like the module, thanks for the nice comments!

HeI am having the problem Gerjan describe below where the who's online in tools displays something like:/includes/templates/browntemplate/images/TopPanelText1.gif,

Unfortunately I don't use the who's online functionality so I don't ever see this problem myself. I can't see how it would happen either, I don't know why image files would be tracked by who's online functionality!

I'm wondering if the who's online functionality can't cope with static URIs? I can't think why it would record images.. are you sure your first rewrite rule isn't causing this? Try removing it and only using the URI Mapping rule and see what happens!

PS I've seen it but forgot where--Where is the paypal link to buy you a pint or two?

Umm, I don't think I'm allowed to say here! :|

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[MMCDOO]

Hi Mike,

are you sure your first rewrite rule isn't causing this? Try removing it and only using the URI Mapping rule and see what happens!

ceon

Thanks for the quick response, I tried removing the first rewrite rule, no luck.
Here is what I see when looking at the Who's online:
Online ID Full Name
Asc Desc IP Address
Asc Desc Session
Asc Desc Entry Time
Asc Desc Last Click Time
Asc Desc Last URL Viewed
Asc Desc
00:10:43 0 ¥Spider 67.195.115.249 18:09:51 18:10:52
Time Since Clicked:
00:09:42 ago Session ID:
Host: b3090879.crawl.yahoo.net
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; Yahoo! Slurp/3.0; http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/slurp)
/daylily-catalog/all-daylilies/ferengi-gold?language=en

00:01:48 0 ¥Guest 75.109.50.197 18:18:46 18:18:51
Time Since Clicked:
00:01:43 ago Session ID: ce9d145791d0f69cf37043b5e2524838
Host: cdm-75-109-50-197.asbnva.dh.suddenlink.net
User Agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10
/includes/templates/browntemplate/images/TopPanelText1.gif

00:01:45 0 ¥Guest 75.109.50.197 18:18:49 18:18:49
Time Since Clicked:
00:01:45 ago Session ID: 06616725621a56cf971ec676011799e1
Host: cdm-75-109-50-197.asbnva.dh.suddenlink.net
User Agent: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10
/daylily-catalog/favicon.ico

00:00:12 0 ¥Guest 75.109.50.197 18:20:22 18:20:24
Time Since Clicked:
00:00:10 ago Session ID: d239e37651610b1855fd660f055ae2e1
Host: cdm-75-109-50-197.asbnva.dh.suddenlink.net
User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/4.0; GTB6.4; Mozilla/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.2)
/includes/templates/browntemplate/images/TopPanelText1.gif

The spider usually apears correctly unless it is crawling a linked product through a subcategory- even then its almost right. Only human guests get the template directory. It really is no big deal though. Thanks for your help.

I'll find that paypal link again.

Mike