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

[lat9]

@delia, you'll need to pick up the changes associated with this (https://github.com/zencart/zencart/issues/4939) Zen Cart issue.

USU has, unfortunately, "jumped the gun" and has been tested with those now to-be-released changes.

[delia]

Thanks - that's what I needed to know.

[dbltoe]

Looks like it's 158 and should be set in includes/init_inclludes/init_category.php line 33.

[spawnie69]

I have ultimate urls on 1.54 using for years now and preparing an upgrade to 1.5.8a.
Has anyone had any trouble installing on 1.5.8a?
Just making sure before I go further.
Thank you everyone.

[spawnie69]

I have ultimate urls on 1.54 using for years now and preparing an upgrade to 1.5.8a.
Has anyone had any trouble installing on ULTIMATE SEO V3 ON zen cart 1.58a?
Just making sure before I go further.
Thank you everyone.

[lat9]

I have ultimate urls on 1.54 using for years now and preparing an upgrade to 1.5.8a.
Has anyone had any trouble installing on ULTIMATE SEO V3 ON zen cart 1.58a?
Just making sure before I go further.
Thank you everyone.

I'm running USU on a zc158a+ (i.e. current GitHub repository changes, too) locally-installed site.

[gothstone]

I just removed the inveo/numinix version of SEO URLs and installed this one. Its mostly working very well, and my new links are ALMOST the same as my old ones. Examples:
old: https://www.pezcollectors.com/quasi-...e-3-9-pez-279/
new: https://www.pezcollectors.com/quasi-...e-39-pez-c-279

old: https://www.pezcollectors.com/nici-j...sheep-moc-4246
new: https://www.pezcollectors.com/nici-j...eep-moc-p-4246

The first example is just unfortunate as they land on the home page instead of the correct product. The second is a real problem as the link causes a HTTP ERROR 406.
While I can get google to update its links, there isn't much I can do about the rest of the internet.

Any suggestions on a good fix for this?

[gothstone]

old htaccess in case helpfull:

#
# This file was generated by Inveo Magic SEO URLs for ZenCart 6.2.00 - http://www.inveostore.com/
# 2006 - 2020, (c) Inveo s.r.o.
#

<IfModule negotiation_module>
  Options -MultiViews
</IfModule>

<IfModule rewrite_module>

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

### REQUIRE SSL ###
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} off
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R=301]

### REQUIRE SUBDOMAIN ###
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.pezcollectors.com [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\. [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^dev\. [NC]
RewriteRule ^.*$ https://www.pezcollectors.com/$1 [R=301]
#Working around additional parameter - this one can not be unset in some cases by Core
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^(.*)&buy=now
RewriteRule ^index.php$ https://www.pezcollectors.com/index.php?%1 [R=301,L]
#Stopping Rewrite for Performance reasons (if you are using custom Rewrite Rules remove this line)
RewriteRule ^.*(\.css|\.js|\.jpg|\.gif|\.png)$ - [L]
#shippinginfo - shipping
RewriteRule ^shipping$ index.php?main_page=shippinginfo [L,QSA]
#privacy - privacy
RewriteRule ^privacy$ index.php?main_page=privacy [L,QSA]
#conditions - conditions
RewriteRule ^conditions$ index.php?main_page=conditions [L,QSA]
#contact_us - contact us
RewriteRule ^contact\-us$ index.php?main_page=contact_us [L,QSA]
#site_map - sitemap
RewriteRule ^sitemap$ index.php?main_page=site_map [L,QSA]
#gv_faq - gv_faq - items
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^item=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^gift\-certificate-faq$ index.php?main_page=gv_faq&faq_item=%1 [L,QSA]
#gv_faq - gv_faq
RewriteRule ^gift\-certificate-faq$ index.php?main_page=gv_faq [L,QSA]
#discount_coupon - discount_coupon
RewriteRule ^discount\-coupon$ index.php?main_page=discount_coupon [L,QSA]
#unsubscribe - unsubscribe
RewriteRule ^newsletter\-unsubscribe$ index.php?main_page=unsubscribe [L,QSA]
# page_X - static pages
RewriteRule ^page\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=page_$1 [L,QSA]
#logoff - log off
RewriteRule ^log\-off$ index.php?main_page=logoff [L,QSA]
#index

RewriteRule ^$ index.php?main_page=index [L,QSA]
#index - categories - pagination, ordering and filtering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^alpha-filter=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=$7&alpha_filter_id=%1&page=$6 [L,QSA]
#index - categories - pagination, ordering and manufacturers
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^manufacturer=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=$7&filter_id=%1&page=$6 [L,QSA]
#index - categories - pagination, ordering, filtering and manufacturers
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^manufacturer=([0-9]+)&alpha-filter=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=$7&filter_id=%1&alpha_filter_id=%2&page=$6 [L,QSA]
#index - categories
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=20a [L,QSA]
#index - categories - pagination
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=20a&page=$6 [L,QSA]
#index - categories - pagination and ordering
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,9}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&cPath=$5&sort=$7&page=$6 [L,QSA]
#index - categories and no category - product info - buy now
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^buy=now
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,10}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([\:0-9a-z]*)$ index.php?main_page=index&products_id=$5&action=buy_now [L,QSA]
#index - categories and no category - product info - notify
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=add
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,10}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([\:0-9a-z]*)$ index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$5&action=notify [L,QSA]
#index - categories and no category - product info - notify remove
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=remove
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,10}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([\:0-9a-z]*)$ index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$5&action=notify_remove [L,QSA]
#index - categories and no category - product info
RewriteRule ^(([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/){0,10}([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([\:0-9a-z]*)$ index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$5 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers - pagination
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&sort=20a&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers - pagination, ordering and filtering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^alpha-filter=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&sort=$4&alpha_filter_id=%1&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers - pagination, ordering and categories
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^category=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&sort=$4&filter_id=%1&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers - pagination, ordering, filtering and categories
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^category=([0-9]+)&alpha-filter=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&sort=$4&filter_id=%1&alpha_filter_id=%2&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#index - manufacturers - pagination and ordering
RewriteRule ^manufacturers/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]{2,3})$ index.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&sort=$4&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#specials - specials
RewriteRule ^specials/$ index.php?main_page=specials [L,QSA]
#specials - specials - pagination
RewriteRule ^specials/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=specials&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#reviews - reviews
RewriteRule ^reviews/$ index.php?main_page=reviews [L,QSA]
#reviews - reviews - pagination
RewriteRule ^reviews/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=reviews&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews - notify
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=add
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&action=notify [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews - notify remove
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=remove
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&action=notify_remove [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2 [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews - pagination - notify
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=add
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&page=$3&action=notify [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews - pagination - notify remove
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=remove
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&page=$3&action=notify_remove [L,QSA]
#product_reviews - product reviews - pagination
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&page=$3 [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_info - product reviews info notify
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=add
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/customers\-review\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&reviews_id=$3&action=notify [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_info - product reviews info notify remove
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=remove
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/customers\-review\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&reviews_id=$3&action=notify_remove [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_info - product reviews info
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/customers\-review\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&reviews_id=$3 [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_write - product reviews write notify
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=add
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/write\-customers\-review$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&products_id=$2&action=notify [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_write - product reviews write notify remove
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^notify=remove
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/write\-customers\-review$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&products_id=$2&action=notify_remove [L,QSA]
#product_reviews_write - product reviews write
RewriteRule ^reviews/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)/write\-customers\-review$ index.php?main_page=product_reviews_write&products_id=$2 [L,QSA]
#products_new - products new - ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^new\-products/$ index.php?main_page=products_new&disp_order=%1 [L,QSA]
#products_new - products new
RewriteRule ^new\-products/$ index.php?main_page=products_new [L,QSA]
#products_new - products new - pagination and ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^new\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=products_new&disp_order=%1&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#products_new - products new - pagination
RewriteRule ^new\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=products_new&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#products_all - products all - ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^all\-products/$ index.php?main_page=products_all&disp_order=%1 [L,QSA]
#products_all - products all
RewriteRule ^all\-products/$ index.php?main_page=products_all [L,QSA]
#products_all - products all - pagination and ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^all\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=products_all&disp_order=%1&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#products_all - products all - pagination
RewriteRule ^all\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=products_all&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#featured_products - featured products - ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^featured\-products/$ index.php?main_page=featured_products&disp_order=%1 [L,QSA]
#featured_products - featured products
RewriteRule ^featured\-products/$ index.php?main_page=featured_products [L,QSA]
#featured_products - featured products - pagination and ordering
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^display-order=([0-9]+)
RewriteRule ^featured\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=featured_products&disp_order=%1&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#featured_products - featured products - pagination
RewriteRule ^featured\-products/index\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=featured_products&page=$1 [L,QSA]
#login - login
RewriteRule ^account/login$ index.php?main_page=login [L,QSA]
#login - create
RewriteRule ^account/create$ index.php?main_page=create_account [L,QSA]
#login - create successful
RewriteRule ^account/created\-successful$ index.php?main_page=create_account_success [L,QSA]
#password_forgotten - password forgotten
RewriteRule ^account/send\-password$ index.php?main_page=password_forgotten [L,QSA]
#account - account
RewriteRule ^account/$ index.php?main_page=account [L,QSA]
#account_edit - account - edit
RewriteRule ^account/edit$ index.php?main_page=account_edit [L,QSA]
#account_password - account - change password
RewriteRule ^account/change\-password$ index.php?main_page=account_password [L,QSA]
#account_history - account - history
RewriteRule ^account/orders/$ index.php?main_page=account_history [L,QSA]
#account_history_info - account - history info
RewriteRule ^account/orders/view\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=account_history_info&order_id=$1 [L,QSA]
#address_book - account - address book
RewriteRule ^account/address\-book/$ index.php?main_page=address_book [L,QSA]
#address_book_process - account - address book add
RewriteRule ^account/address\-book/add\-address$ index.php?main_page=address_book_process [L,QSA]
#address_book_process - account - address book edit & delete
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^action=(edit|delete)
RewriteRule ^account/address\-book/entry\-([0-9]+)$ index.php?main_page=address_book_process&%1=$1 [L,QSA]
#account_newsletters - account - newsletters
RewriteRule ^account/newsletters/$ index.php?main_page=account_newsletters [L,QSA]
#account_notifications - account - notifications
RewriteRule ^account/notifications/$ index.php?main_page=account_notifications [L,QSA]
#shopping_cart - shopping cart
RewriteRule ^shopping\-cart/$ index.php?main_page=shopping_cart [L,QSA]
#checkout_shipping - checkout shipping
RewriteRule ^checkout/shipping$ index.php?main_page=checkout_shipping [L,QSA]
#advanced_search - advanced search
RewriteRule ^search/$ index.php?main_page=advanced_search [L,QSA]
#advanced_search_result - advanced search result
RewriteRule ^search/results$ index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result [L,QSA]
#page - ezpages - chapters
RewriteRule ^pages/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)\-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?main_page=page&id=$2&pos=v&chapter=$3 [L,QSA]
#page - ezpages
RewriteRule ^pages/([a-z0-9\-]*)\-([0-9]+)\.html$ index.php?main_page=page&id=$2&pos=v&chapter=0 [L,QSA]

</IfModule>

### ALTERNATE EXPIRES CACHING ###
Header unset ETag
FileETag None
ExpiresActive On
ExpiresDefault "access plus 8 days"
ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 30 days"
ExpiresByType application/x-javascript A2592000
ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 8 days"
ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 24 hours"
ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 30 days"
ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 30 days"
ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 30 days"
ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 30 days"

<FilesMatch "\.(ico|pdf|flv|jpg|jpeg|png|gif|js|css|swf)$">
    Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
</FilesMatch>

### GZIP COMPRESSION ###
#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml application/xhtml+xml
#AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript application/javascript text/javascript text/css

AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/plain
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/css
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/xhtml+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/rss+xml
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/javascript
AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE application/x-javascript

<Files ".ht*">
deny from all
</Files>
#ErrorDocument 404 http://www.pezcollectors.com/

[lat9]

Like that .htaccess indicates in its comments, the .htaccess is not for Ultimate SEO URLs, but another type:

# This file was generated by Inveo Magic SEO URLs for ZenCart 6.2.00 - http://www.inveostore.com/

Have you updated the .htaccess to include the USU-required RewriteRules?

[lat9]

I just removed the inveo/numinix version of SEO URLs and installed this one. Its mostly working very well, and my new links are ALMOST the same as my old ones. Examples:
old: https://www.pezcollectors.com/quasi-...e-3-9-pez-279/
new: https://www.pezcollectors.com/quasi-...e-39-pez-c-279

old: https://www.pezcollectors.com/nici-j...sheep-moc-4246
new: https://www.pezcollectors.com/nici-j...eep-moc-p-4246

The first example is just unfortunate as they land on the home page instead of the correct product. The second is a real problem as the link causes a HTTP ERROR 406.
While I can get google to update its links, there isn't much I can do about the rest of the internet.

Any suggestions on a good fix for this?

Unfortunately, it's the -c- and -p- that indicate to USU that a category's id or product's id is the following number. With the number and not the identification of what the number represents, USU has no clue as to what page to show.