Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[yellow1912]

RewriteEngine On
# Make sure to change "zencart" to the subfolder you install ZC. If you use root folder, change to: RewriteBase /
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

What's wrong with it?

I have to know where your store is located to know what is wrong with it, for example if it is in a subfolder named shop then it should be RewriteBase /shop

If not, then it is correct. And if you still get the 500 error, you have to check the server error log to know precisely what goes wrong. 500 is a general error which can mean many things.

[pseudonym]

I found the problem.

I did not have module_manager_rev16zip.zip installed.

It's working now! Phew!

One question though: is it possible to change the names of the main categories?

Right now my URL will look like: http://www.site.com/wild-flowers/blue-wild-flowers. The actual category is also called "Wild Flowers"

Still, I want to change the "wild-flowers" part into "buy-wild-flowers", so for example: http://www.site.com/buy-wild-flowers/blue-wild-flowers.

I've added an Alias like that in the Manage Aliases field, enabled it and made it permanent. But the URL does not change to that when I visit my home page. It is still "wild-flowers". I can access the page by hand-typing "/buy-wild-flowers", however it doesn't show up naturally..........

Any advice?

Thanks a lot for this plugin, it is much better than CEON SEO URLs!!!!

[yellow1912]

After changing the urls in link alias manager, make sure you clear the alias cache.

Raine

[Wilkesy]

Hi,

Im desperate to get this mod installed on my website due to the great flexibility that it adds. However i currently have Magic SEO installed which i find frustrating and unusable on some items.

The thing im worried about is all the links which are currently ranked in google etc are going to be lost. Am i right in thinking this? or will they be picked up and redirected?

Many thanks

Paul

[yellow1912]

Hi Paul, the current SSU will not pick up links generated by Magic Seo, so I suggest dont port right now. There have been several requests for this, which I do take into consideration seriously, and I do consider writing a plugin that allows a smooth transfer from Magic Seo to SSU, the task is not easy, however.
Magic Seo relies heavily on using regex to translate the links, while SSU relies on "identifiers" on the links (this behavior is similar to ultimate seo url module). One possiblity to get around this is to make use of link alias functionality of SSU, let me think of a way to implement it tho, lol.

[Wilkesy]

That would be great if you had some kind of plugin to help with the change over. I am tempted to just bite the bullet and make the change as i have a SEO company starting work on it in a few weeks and ofcourse the url's provide alot of weight in terms of search engines.

Ill keep checking back here and seeing how things are going.

Many thanks for your help

Paul