Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[lagcher.r]

This sounds like an issue with the way your hosting company (or you via cPanel) configured the new domain. You need to define separate public_html folders for each domain (cPanel calls them "document root"). This eliminates the need for complicated .htaccess rules in each folder to handle redirections caused by two domains sharing a document root.

If your hosting provider has your site structured with "/username/public_html"... You can configure separate document root folders using cPanel for the second domain. This MUST be done when the domain is added. If it was not you would need to remove and re-add the domain. Under cPanel go to "Domains" > "Add-On domains". You should see the option to remove existing domains and also the option to add a new domain. One of the fields when adding a domain is "document root". This would then become "/username/domain2/public_html". Why the extra folder in the middle? So your new domain has somewhere to place sensitive files such as "cache", "logs", and other data if needed.

If your hosting provider does not give you write access to a folder below the "public_html" (document root) folder, you may want to look at a different provider. Having a place to store sensitive data is a good idea, and lets you setup multiple domains with less hassle.

I have a few clients who have multiple domains hosted with companies using cPanel and this method works well.

Alternatively you can add an exclusion to the .htaccess rules added by CEON URI Mapping to exclude requests made for domain2.com. But you will have to make a number of changes in domain2.com for domain2.com's .htaccess rules to work with CEON URI Mapping... It will be easier and better in the long run to just configure both domains on the server (via cPanel) with separate "public_html" (document root) folders.

Can this also be done with an ftp client?

[schoolboy]

My site1 zen cart is in public_html and my site2 is in public_html/mysite2. Ik can reach the zen cart site2 install trough www.mysite1.com/mysite2.
I haven't completed the zen cart instal yet. Maybe this the problem?

As lhungil has said, you need to set up ADD-ON DOMAINS on your hosting account. In order to do this, the domain(s) you intend to ADD have to be registered domains and must be resolvable.

SOME hosts do not permit ADD-ON domains, and some do.

You should speak to your host about this, and if you can add more domains to your hosting space, then do this the proper way through C-Panel.

If you do not know how to do it, then provide the additional domain names to your host, and ask them to set up the ADD-ON domains for you.#

It takes less than a minute to configure an ADD-ON domain, so don't let them tell you it is a complex and expensive job. It isn't.

[lagcher.r]

Ok thanks for all the help. I have to study al of this a bit and I'm sure I can get this to work.

[lhungil]

Ok thanks for all the help. I have to study al of this a bit and I'm sure I can get this to work.

No problem, and make sure the document root folders are not nested. They should look something like:

/username/ --+
             |
             +--public_html/
             |
             +--domain2/public_html/
             |
             +--domain3/public_html/

[lagcher.r]

I just realized, my current web host does not use cpanel. The host I used in the past had cpanel.(hostgator).
No other option now than to contact webhost support again, or do you have any other ideas?
Hate webhost support because 9 out of 10 times they couldn't help me and I had to figure out problems myself.

[schoolboy]

I just realized, my current web host does not use cpanel. The host I used in the past had cpanel.(hostgator).
No other option now than to contact webhost support again, or do you have any other ideas?
Hate webhost support because 9 out of 10 times they couldn't help me and I had to figure out problems myself.

If you intend to run eCommerce then a critical part of your business operation is a proper, reliable and knowledgeable host. It seems like you have gone with a "cheap and nasty" crowd in an effort to save yourself a couple of dollars. In fact, you have gone down a very expensive road... How long have you been spending on this problem of add-on domains? Setting up two or three add-on domains will take no more than four minutes if you are hosting with a good host. By now, you could have had three or four eCommerce sites set up and working well. Instead, you have made no progress at all.

You have puzzled over this for several DAYS, and you are no closer to resolving your issue.

Do yourself a big favour... spend a dollar or two more, and get with a good host.

[lagcher.r]

This is a respectable and well known host in the netherlands. I did not choose this webhosting because it was"cheap" I chose it because it had been recommended by many statisfied users. The only thing is their support that could be better.

[schoolboy]

Are you able to configure add-on domains by yourself? Or do you rely on "support" which looks like it takes some time to respond.

A GOOD host will permit their users significant levels of server management - particularly when eCommerce is involved.

Again... you need a host that HELPS you run your business. If this one is not up to being your "partner", then go find one that is. It matters not if they came "highly recommended"... if you cannot get the level of management and service you require, they are a hindrance to your business.

[lagcher.r]

Your right, i'm going to contact them tommorow. If they can't help me I will be looking for a better hosting
company.

[DivaVocals]

I beg to differ... the person who I assisted installed this under the "ignorant" pretext that it helped SEO... I have helped his see the "error of his ways" and pointed him to a topic that is far more relevant. As his goal is for better SEO, then it is essential that we steer him away from these URL re-writers. and briefly explain why.

But you didn't know that BEFORE you posted -- what amounts to an off-topic response.. Your initial responses purpose was not to provide assistance with module support (which IS the purpose of THIS support thread). You only found out his "SEO intent" after he responded back. You say, "I have helped his see the "error of his ways" and pointed him to a topic that is far more relevant." except you are continuing this line of discussion in this support thread despite the fact that it's no longer ON -TOPIC. The continued discussion of the merits or non-merits of this module really should be a discussion continued elsewhere, and NOT in this support thread..

As I said I get your POV with regards to these kinds of modules and SEO, but no disrespect, this SUPPORT thread is not the place to continually express it.. This is a support thread for the Ceon URI module. How is your post on-topic for a module support thread?? If you want to inform someone you assume is "under the "ignorant" pretext that it helped SEO", then why not PM the person if it's so important to educate them. Why the off topic posts here in this support thread? I find it curious that until Conor's passing, you never made any appearances in this SUPPORT thread to help those "under the "ignorant" pretext that it helped SEO".

You just need to look at the number of "views" that threads relating to "SEO URL's" have generated over the years... collectively more than three quarters of a million - and that suggests to me that:-

1. Large swathes of zencart humanity have significant problems with these nonsensical, pointless add-ons.
2. A substantial percentage remains "ignorant" about their value (which is zero).

ANY incorrectly installed module can affect the store's visibility and functionality.. With regards to the "Large swathes of zencart humanity have significant problems with these nonsensical, pointless add-ons" and THIS add-on, it is EASY to look through this support thread and see that issues can be traced back to the points I made previously.

Based on the posts in this support thread, the issues related to installation of this module have everything to do with shopowners not fully understanding how to troubleshoot installation issues when they occur. The common issues reported here (unlike the SSU module which is flat out BROKEN) usually revolve around some common themes:

• not uploading ALL the required files
• not understanding how to merge the core file changes
• a lack of understanding on how to configure the re-write rules

These can all lead to issues and a less than satisfactory result.

These kinds of installation issues are NOT unique to this module by any stretch of the imagination.. These are the very same kind of issues which causes folks to foul up all kinds of module installs.