Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[daffy]

I've been trying to use this program for months, but I can never reset the caches. The admin always bombs out before it ever finishes.

We have SSU installed on two of our other shops and it works fine. But it can never finish cleaning the cache on mine. I've doublechecked all the settings. I'm the one who installed it on all our sites.

I'm afraid the urls are going to end up corrupted or something so the site won't work properly.

According to the properties, there are 5000 folders in the cache... and counting. Is my FTP program confused or are there really that many?

I have 1200 products and about 200 categories. This is not a huge shop so I don't understand the enormous number of folders! I can't delete them either. If I delete them, they regenerate themselves even though I had SSU turned off when I deleted them. This bothers me.

It seems as if it's the Alias cache that won't reset. I've been able to reset the others.

[yellow1912]

I believe this question has been answered more than once, and perhaps I should try to put in the FAQ.
1. Older versions of SSU create more cache files, try to upgrade to the latest one.
2. SSU caches files based on url, not product or category, so you will always have more cache files than number of products and categories.
3. No, urls will not end up corrupted. If cache files are deleted, SSU will just regenerate them
4. New versions of SSU always come with a cron folder which contain a cache cleaning file. You can set up a cronjob to have this file run once per month.

[daffy]

I believe this question has been answered more than once, and perhaps I should try to put in the FAQ.
1. Older versions of SSU create more cache files, try to upgrade to the latest one.
2. SSU caches files based on url, not product or category, so you will always have more cache files than number of products and categories.
3. No, urls will not end up corrupted. If cache files are deleted, SSU will just regenerate them
4. New versions of SSU always come with a cron folder which contain a cache cleaning file. You can set up a cronjob to have this file run once per month.

I did try searching the folders for this question, but if you search for Folders or Cache you get pretty much everything. I couldn't figure out how to narrow it down. So it might be good to add it to the docs. I do have the docs bookmarked.

I'm having problems clearing the Alias cache on two of our sites. The other caches clear ok but when I try to reset the Alias it bombs out to a blank browser screen, or "Mysql not accessible" error message.

[countrycharm]

Hi Yellow I have a question for you. I know you updated my site to Beta 3.7.0 when my site map was not out putting the right URLS. My question is, do I have to upload every file in the Beta 3.7.1 or just what file do I have to upload to change it to the current version of simple seo Beta 3.7.1. Or do I have to upgrade at all. I know you said something about ajax in the next version. Thank you

[yellow1912]

Hi Yellow I have a question for you. I know you updated my site to Beta 3.7.0 when my site map was not out putting the right URLS. My question is, do I have to upload every file in the Beta 3.7.1 or just what file do I have to upload to change it to the current version of simple seo Beta 3.7.1. Or do I have to upgrade at all. I know you said something about ajax in the next version. Thank you

the 3.7.1 mainly contains fixes for multi language sites, so you actually dont need to upgrade to it right now if your site is using only one language

[yellow1912]

I did try searching the folders for this question, but if you search for Folders or Cache you get pretty much everything. I couldn't figure out how to narrow it down. So it might be good to add it to the docs. I do have the docs bookmarked.

I'm having problems clearing the Alias cache on two of our sites. The other caches clear ok but when I try to reset the Alias it bombs out to a blank browser screen, or "Mysql not accessible" error message.

Clearing the Alias cache does not require mysql connection, but with the cache being cleared all at once new files have to be regenerated when your users access links on the front page, perhaps that's what's causing the message you see?
Are you using 3.6+? Try the "fix cache" option. Also, you can set up the cron to run the cache clearance at night time so it doesnt interfere with the store activity.