Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[sports guy]

I am trying to install with zen cart v.1.3.9d. Has anyone had success doing a full install with this version of zen cart. My admin won't show my ssu.php page to install the program it says page not available. Basically it's a 500 error page (not available). I can look in my FTP and see the file exists. I tried to increase file permissions but then it just redirected the admin: Simple SEO URL manager to my website front end home page.

Don't know why this will not install at all and I get a 500 error when I click the link to install when that page is there.

[KEnik]

hi
Can anyone explain how google got this link for this product eventhough the category link exists?? How can I stop google picking up this additional text (?sort=2a&alpha_filter_id=68) at the end of a url?

Correct link

http://www.ethoil.com/store/pure-chamomile-oil-c-9

Incorrect google link
http://www.ethoil.com/store/pure-cha...a_filter_id=68

FOr problem with duplicates.
Add to robots.txt in root directory
Disallow: /*sort=*
Disallow: /*action=*
Disallow: /*alpha_filter_id=*

I also have
Disallow: /*tell_a_friend*
Disallow: /*popup_image* > but after that google image search goes down..


You can also disalow parameters in " Gogole webmasters tools"

[Earnest-Enterprises]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

[countrycharm]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

No Simple Seo does not eliminate the need for meta tags. Zencart does a very good job taking care of the meta tags for products if you choose not to fill them out. What I do since I have over 3000 product is to fill a meta tag out for my categories and let zen take care of the rest.

[CoolCarPartsOnline]

Question: Does SSU eliminate the need for meta tags in ZC? I have approximately 3300 products I need to create meta tags for but if using SSU and meta tags together is overkill (as far as the search engines are concerned) I won't spend the (a great deal of) time on the meta tags. Or does SSU simply create a product name link (alone and unrelated to meta tags) in a more useable and readable form?

Thanks....

Even though Zen Cart does create meta tags on the fly. It is a good idea to create them manually. I have 160K products and each one of them has it's own hand written (template) Meta Tags. I noticed 1000% increase in sales after a few months (along with other things that I have done).
SSU is good but after testing having good content and good meta tags would reward you a lot more than SSU as far as SEO.

[foteek]

I've installed the latest Simple SEO mod in my 1.3.9 install, and now my admin shows a blank page. I've spent the last few hours diving into it and from the best that I can tell it's crashing in the init_admin_auth.php file. Specifically on the line calling\:


zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));

FILENAME_LOGIN is "login"

I don't know enough about zencart or zen_href_link to figure out how to debug further. Has anyone run into this, or doies anyone have advice on getting to the root of the problem? I'm out of ideas.

Thanks,
TJ

[Waij]

I've installed the latest Simple SEO mod in my 1.3.9 install, and now my admin shows a blank page. I've spent the last few hours diving into it and from the best that I can tell it's crashing in the init_admin_auth.php file. Specifically on the line calling\:


zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));

FILENAME_LOGIN is "login"

I don't know enough about zencart or zen_href_link to figure out how to debug further. Has anyone run into this, or doies anyone have advice on getting to the root of the problem? I'm out of ideas.

Thanks,
TJ

I had the same problem. What i did was in the includes/classes/ssu/parser.php on line 10 the following.
protected protected static function getClass() {
Take the first protected away and it will work

It must look like this.
protected static function getClass() {

Hopes it helps.

[noleafclover2007]

Hello everyone,

I have just installed SSU ver 3.8.5 as a module to my Zen-cart ver. v1.3.9f. Seems I have installed it all right, with the hand-edited html_output.php, module installer, using the htaccess that cam in package with ver 3.8.5, etc. The links that I see through the anchors are fine and clickable, however I have 2 immediate problems:

1) whenever any of the SEO links are followed, they KEEP REDIRECTING me to ‘index’ root page.
2) when ‘local.config.php’ (coming in package with ver 3.8.5) is enabled (my language code is RU), then returned is “500 Internal Server Error”. Both “SSU Status” and “SSU Multi Language Status” are true.

My environment is Apache/2.2.10 (Win32) PHP/5.2.9-1; MySQL: 5.0.67-community-nt

Can anyone please explain how to fix this or please direct me to where this is covered within this threat ?? (spent some 1 hour reading through the posts, but no luck).

[noleafclover2007]

not actually a redirect, rather, I am being shown the index page.

1) whenever any of the SEO links are followed, they KEEP REDIRECTING me to ‘index’ root page.

[nagelkruid]

hello raine et all,

i have the same problem with the main page that is showed instead of the actual page that it should (and is shown in the URL bar).
I know in my heart it has to be something with the .htaccess but cannot lay my finger on the soar spot ...:) (it's a dutch saying, not sure if it's an englis saying as well hehe)

i am running older version of ssu and i am trying to upgrade in dev environment first which is where i have the problem.
dev is xampp with php 5.3 <--something to do with it?

any pointers in the right direction are very welcome!

(.htaccess is as plain as it should be like the one coming with the module)

thanks,
Jeroen