Adding categories after products are entered???

[schoolboy]

Where did this "Pretty URL's" module come from?

[cxt7]

The real name of it is seo urls, I am used to working with forums and thats why I called it pretty urls....http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?ma...roducts_id=231

[schoolboy]

The purpose for which that module was created (some years ago) is now obsolete.

Zencart does not need any of these "SEO" modules and in fact probably interfaces with Search Engines FAR BETTER without them.

I have never used them and over the years have built over 100 sites for different clients all over the world. My clients use traditional SEO techniques to climb up the SERPS, and these are really quite straight forward.

Where my clients have done their SE management correctly (usually through a significant investment of time and effort), they get exceptionally good SE page ranking - and this is achieved WITHOUT any of these SEO modules.

As I have never used these modules, I can't advise on how to remove them... but if you look in the module's original folders, you'll see what files are involved, and where they are located. Just remove them from the server.

It's possible that your .htaccess file was also "modified" to insert a bit of RE-WRITE code. That will also need to be removed.

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If the installation is an un-patched version, then install the required security patches.

If, after restoration to core behaviour, the admin section still does not behave properly, you may have other issues with the site... so come back and let us know.

[cxt7]

I am not real familur with zencart but Under the admin folder here is what the .htaccess folder has in it....

.htaccess
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# $Id: .htaccess 1105 2005-04-04 22:05:35Z birdbrain $
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to
# the AllowOverride configuration
#
# Example:
#
# <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
# AllowOverride Options
# </Directory>
#
# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the
# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet
# Explorer browsers

<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
<IfDefine SSL>
SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
</IfDefine>
</IfModule>

# Fix certain PHP values

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>
# php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
# php_value register_globals 1
#</IfModule>

# to turn off register_globals
# php_value register_globals 0