Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[DivaVocals]

Even if the author of this mod is not here, I would still like to hear from anyone who upgraded to 1.5 if SSU still works?

Also, did anyone had a development folder (to test changes before going live) and make SSU work when creating a new folder?

Thanks!

SSU, like nearly EVERY Zen Cart add-on, will likely NOT work with Zen Cart v1.5. Because SSU modifies MANY core files it's UNLIKELY that is will work with Zen v1.5..

[DivaVocals]

I'm starting to feel like a broken record.. Let me post this from Dr Byte.. Perhaps THIS will get the "Why SSU is NOT compatible with v1.5??" message across..

The addon needs to be upgraded to work with the new admin menu system in v1.5. There are several discussion threads which address those matters.
There are several more things, security-related, that are also required when upgrading modules for compatibility with v1.5. If you don't also do those things then your addons will not work either. They'll be redirecting you to your admin home page every time you click on a link in the addon.
So, merely adding menu options isn't sufficient for all addons.

[xplosiv]

Does anybody know if this works for 1.3.9?

[SPH]

Does anybody know if this works for 1.3.9?

Yes, it does*. It's on my seo url site here:

http://www.fashion-mart.biz/

But don't know if it will be upgraded for the new 1.5 zencart.

Found out other day that the Ultimate SEO has been upgraded to 1.5:

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showpo...&postcount=134

I'm going to test it on my 1.5 test site.

sph
www.prommart.com
www.fashion-mart.biz


*At one point I had a problem with the back button on pages such as Contact Us, Conditions, etc. Especially inconvenient if customer is on page 2 of checkout, goes to conditions, then cannot return via the pages' backbutton (not to be confused with browser's back button). But somehow it now works completely.

[mydanilo]

I would not go with Ultimate SEo, SSU WAS much better in many aspects other than that nobody will or can update it. If somebody tackles it I would be gladly pay if it had to become a paid mod.

As mentioned before, we need a SEO implementation that is going to be carried forward with every ZEN release. I just has to become core at one point. Like every other CMS and most Ecommerce systems these days. It is frustrating to hear over and over again that they are really not needed. Well, we user want it. Our customers like to see pretty url's, search engines seem to at least like them equally well too. There is so much in ZenCart but this one got to be in it. Sorry, had to vent a bit.

[DivaVocals]

I would not go with Ultimate SEo, SSU WAS much better in many aspects other than that nobody will or can update it. If somebody tackles it I would be gladly pay if it had to become a paid mod.

As mentioned before, we need a SEO implementation that is going to be carried forward with every ZEN release. I just has to become core at one point. Like every other CMS and most Ecommerce systems these days. It is frustrating to hear over and over again that they are really not needed. Well, we user want it. Our customers like to see pretty url's, search engines seem to at least like them equally well too. There is so much in ZenCart but this one got to be in it. Sorry, had to vent a bit.

With modern browsers and search engines, SEO mods are more of a "want to have.. they are NO longer a "need to have". The part I highlighted in red from your vent is just not true.. Modern search engines handle dynamic URLs JUST fine.. and there are PLENTY of stores that can PROVE that their search engine rankings have not been harmed by not having pretty URLs. Also for CMS and Ecommerce frameworks that do include these pretty URL features as part of the core, it's still a CONFIGURABLE option that does NOT have to be turned on.. (For example, you are NOT required to turn on pretty permalinks in WordPress)

[mydanilo]

With modern browsers and search engines, SEO mods are more of a "want to have.. they are NO longer a "need to have". The part I highlighted in red from your vent is just not true.. Modern search engines handle dynamic URLs JUST fine.. and there are PLENTY of stores that can PROVE that their search engine rankings have not been harmed by not having pretty URLs. Also for CMS and Ecommerce frameworks that do include these pretty URL features as part of the core, it's still a CONFIGURABLE option that does NOT have to be turned on.. (For example, you are NOT required to turn on pretty permalinks in WordPress)

I do not doubt to what you are saying. I know they can handle the dynamic URLs, not my point. I claim that the pretty URLs are also handled well by the search engines. So not harm there to have them. They are plain just simpler and easier to understand by humans. That is what it is all about. Clear text URLs.

Example:
Sometimes I email a link to a customer to a certain page. Or post a link in a forum.

http://waxx.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=48

http://myx.com/floating-candles/blue-butterfly-floater-candle

Personally I would trust to click the 2nd link way more as I already have an idea what I will see when I get there. I know that is more a psychology issue. But shopping and clicking on links definitely falls in that category.

I am gladly take every possible step to make things easier for my customers. This issue with pretty URLs is a matter of tech people tell the marketing guys that it does not matter. Human behavior is the key issue here not computers.

[bi11i]

In somewhat of a panic here - I can't seem to figure out the cause of this problem I'm having with redirect loops. I can't find a consistent way to reproduce this problem and only discover it after several hours of lost business. I'm using v1.3.9h and SSU. I've actually been running them fine together since release without a problem. I'm not entirely sure what has changed to cause this but basically what happens is when a user tries to checkout or login or basically switch from unsecure to SSL, a redirect loop occurs. I've tried many things to resolve this and rebooting my VPS was initially my best guess fix but I've now narrowed it down to Resetting ALL my SSU cache. I've even gone so far as to manually delete the cache making sure nothing is listed. Once I reset the cache, the redirect loops cease. What could be happening and how can I go about fixing?

Is it possible I have a new product or a URL that is somehow creating this issue?

What's odd is that I have no new additions with regard to code to this site.

Sometimes orders come in fine for days and then out of the blue they stop due to a redirect loop issue.

My configure.php is set to use www.phytoextractum.com

The redirect loop happens when switching to SSL or my account/login pages.

Happening across ALL browsers.

My SSL is a basic GoDaddy SSL cert, although I'm hosted on my own VPS with spry, not godaddy - have never had any problems.

My htaccess is:

#### BOF SSU
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# Deny access from .htaccess
RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
#### EOF SSU

## Adding WWW to all requests:
ReWriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^phytoextractum.com [NC]
ReWriteRule ^(.*) http://www.phytoextractum.com$1 [R=301,L]

I appreciate any help anyone has to offer.

[Ducati87]

Please, can anyone post the correct .htaccess? Thanks!

[Ducati87]

nobody have it? I lost it pls!