Ultimate SEO v3 (and v2.200) [Support Thread]

[shrimp-gumbo-mmmhhh]

Short answer, remove that index.html file from your root directory. What function is it providing (it's not a 'stock' Zen Cart file)?

Yes, I know! Remove the file.... LOL! I had the file there redirecting people to another place to purchase my items until a website was built. But still not good to be picking it up. Thank you!

[shags38]

v1.5.5f USU v3.08 SitemapXML v 3.9.5

I believe there was a fix for this some time back but for the life of me I cannot find it anywhere in this forum or sitemapxml forum.

sitemapproducts.xml is producing article links from images/large/category with the _LRG suffix ... the problem is that my images are not in images/large ... they reside in images/category .... needless to say Google cannot find these images which is not condusive to good SEO.

so image links are looking like this
/images/large/tol/clip-on-earrings-419_LRG.gif
but should be
/images/tol/clip-on-earrings-419.gif

I cannot recall but I think the fix suggested a modification to a file in USU .... any assistance greatly appreciated.

cheers,
Mike

[lat9]

Mike, why is this posted in the USU support-thread instead of that for IH-5 (https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....Support-Thread)?

The update required for the IH-5 integration with SitemapXML is documented on the front page of the IH-5 readme.

[shags38]

Mike, why is this posted in the USU support-thread instead of that for IH-5 (https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....Support-Thread)?

The update required for the IH-5 integration with SitemapXML is documented on the front page of the IH-5 readme.

Many thanks Cindy - I didn't realize (or more likely had forgotten) that IH controlled that aspect of sitemapxml.

cheers, Mike

[sigatek]

Greetings zen-friends.
I have installed the ultimate URL module and works very good.
One of the issues I have is:
when my link has
"0.5" I need it to be shown as "0.5"
"-" dash I need to keep the "-"dash
"." I need to keep the "." period
"A - Z" capitals I need to keep the capitals in the link.
Any help is much appreciated.

[carlwhat]

Greetings zen-friends.
I have installed the ultimate URL module and works very good.
One of the issues I have is:
when my link has
"0.5" I need it to be shown as "0.5"
"-" dash I need to keep the "-"dash
"." I need to keep the "." period
"A - Z" capitals I need to keep the capitals in the link.
Any help is much appreciated.

i'm thinking you will need to modify code in this area:

https://github.com/lat9/usu/blob/457...php#L970-L1018

commenting out line 1007 and 1009 should address your capitalization issues.

the period and dash are no doubt in 982 - 1004.

best.

[angst]

Setting up the .htaccess file is intimidating me into inaction.
Im not sure what to do with these instructions:

Open up and edit the supplied sample ".htaccess" file with a plaintext editor (such as notepad). Adjust the Apache directives (especially RewriteBase) as needed for the web server where Zen Cart is installed.

The hashed out instructions in the sample .htaccess say to match what is in your configure.php

my configure.php looks like

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/kayak/public_html/');

So does that mean my .htaccess file should look like this?

##################################
#RewriteBase /shop/
//
####################

My existing htaccess file currently active on my site has the first line

RewriteOptions inherit

Should that be pasted into the top of the new htaccess sample or should that not be carried over?

[lat9]

Setting up the .htaccess file is intimidating me into inaction.
Im not sure what to do with these instructions:


The hashed out instructions in the sample .htaccess say to match what is in your configure.php

my configure.php looks like

define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG', '/');
define('DIR_FS_CATALOG', '/home/kayak/public_html/');

So does that mean my .htaccess file should look like this?

##################################
#RewriteBase /shop/
//
####################

My existing htaccess file currently active on my site has the first line

RewriteOptions inherit

Should that be pasted into the top of the new htaccess sample or should that not be carried over?

.htaccess files can be quite intimidating. Be sure to make a copy of your current file so that you can quickly revert if you receive a dreaded Server 500 message.

I believe that you can safely edit (after making that copy!) the current .htaccess, simply appending all the directives present in USU's as-delivered version.

[pixelpadre]

OK, I give up. Why does the install ask us to copy the plugin to a temp directory, then copy from the temp dir to the store directory?

[lat9]

OK, I give up. Why does the install ask us to copy the plugin to a temp directory, then copy from the temp dir to the store directory?

From the readme:

The location "/temp" in this section refers to the temporary location where the zip-file distribution for Ultimate URLs has been extracted.