URL rewriting from Ceon to Utimate URL.

[robbie269]

I have changed my URL rewriting from the CEON plugin to the Ultimate plugin when I upgraded to Zencart 1.5.3.
I can not get the URLs exactly the same as Ultimate URLs adds the category and product id to the end so I have setup a custom 404 page to catch anyone that uses the old CEON path.

My problem is that I am getting some soft 404 errors in Webmaster tools.

Eg: the URL http://www.thehorsestall.com.au/stor...c-box-carousel is going to a blank white screen. If you backspace to http://www.thehorsestall.com.au/store/jewellery-boxes it goes to the 404 page like I want.
Why is it doing this and what can I do about it?

[lat9]

"blank white screen" implies that there's a debug-log file present in your /logs directory; that file will identify the PHP-related issue.

[robbie269]

Hi lat9

No there is nothing in the logs directory. Is there some kind of character limit somewhere because if you backspace the url to http://www.thehorsestall.com.au/stor...e-music-box-ca the 404 page then appears?

[robbie269]

After a bit of experimenting I have found that this part of the .htaccess that is added by Ultimate URLS is causing the problem:

# All other pages
# Don't rewrite real files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

With it in the .htaccess file it seems to go to the Zen Cart 404 page for deleted shorter product URLS but for deleted longer ones it just gives the white screen??
When I take it out all product URLs that are wrong go to the 404 page I created in Cpanel.
Any ideas about why the above bit of code does what it does?

[robbie269]

With the code mentioned in the previous post still removed I have now added the following to .htaccess file:

# Handle when a resource is not found (404 Error Page)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=page_not_found&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

And all missing URLs, no matter how long they are, go to the Zen Cart 404 page.

[mc12345678]

I don't wish to start anything. Knowing that the CEON software hasn't been fully updated for ZC 1.5.3 by including the folder with the same name in the installation package based on posts in the same forum, I was curious about why the change?

[robbie269]

I don't wish to start anything. Knowing that the CEON software hasn't been fully updated for ZC 1.5.3 by including the folder with the same name in the installation package based on posts in the same forum, I was curious about why the change?

When I upgraded to 1.5.3 I had a problem with using the PayPal Express option. It gave the error "CancelURL is invalid". I narrowed the issue down to the CEON module. I went live without any URL remapping. Tried the Ultimate URLs on my test site and did not get the Paypal error. So I put it on my live site.

[mc12345678]

When I upgraded to 1.5.3 I had a problem with using the PayPal Express option. It gave the error "CancelURL is invalid". I narrowed the issue down to the CEON module. I went live without any URL remapping. Tried the Ultimate URLs on my test site and did not get the Paypal error. So I put it on my live site.

You didn't happen to have the rewritecond that is listed in the instructions as something like .htm|.html|.php did you? In the .htaccess file? If so, that is a known issue to include and is documented in the forum to not work with paypal express...

Regardless I'm working on something with the rewriter on a 1.5.3 site and will be sure to test that aspect now that the comment has been made. Thank you for pointing that issue out, will see if it is reproducible when using the suggested .htaccess file made by the software.

[robbie269]

You didn't happen to have the rewritecond that is listed in the instructions as something like .htm|.html|.php did you? In the .htaccess file? If so, that is a known issue to include and is documented in the forum to not work with paypal express...

I still have a copy of the original .htaccess file and there is no mention of .htm|etc. The CEON module worked fine for me on version 1.5.1.

[mc12345678]

I still have a copy of the original .htaccess file and there is no mention of .htm|etc. The CEON module worked fine for me on version 1.5.1.

Thank you for checking. Another question, when the new store was tested, was it located in the same location as the old store? Ie, did the return address in paypal set to go back to the 1.5.3 site or the previous version's location? (I don't recall the comparison results, but I thought there were some changes to files associated with paypal and I don't know if that means/meant ipnhandler as well... (I'm about done installing paypal credentials to test, this issue.)