Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[Qwert302]

Just wanted to add myself to the list of people waiting for the paypal ipn fix to install this mod.

[fish-in-a tree]

I love the idea of this module, but am completely failing to install it and get anything near working...

To start, I am not sure what my rewrite_base should be on my local machine. The install directory is c:\program files\xampp\htdocs\testdatabase\zen.

All I get is the file not found 404 page.

I am guessing this is trivial, rewrite is working as I ran some tests to prove that bit...

Would be very grateful for any help.

[molywerks]

Since I only test htaccess on the web, my GUESS is if its not the same, then I'd try localhost/testdatabase/zen/ but I imagine that was the first thing you tried. Keep us posted, I'd like to know.

[mvstudio]

maybe a stupid question, but here I go.. I just finished installing this mode and I would like to have file extension .php..... anyone knows how to do this??

thank you!

[molywerks]

M., sorry no answer*, but if you are unaware, your "add to cart" links are not working from French Landscapes and probably elsewhere. BTW, I like your site. The design is so much better than many art/painting sites I see.

*I mean I have no answer. There is an .htaccess solution, but that has always confused me.

[mvstudio]

oh!!! that's not good!!!
I think I'm better off without the SEO... I don't want to keep messing with this.

Thank you cartguin!
I'm glad you like the design.. I wanted to keep the same theme as the rest of the website, clean and simple while letting the work speak for itself.

Off to uninstall the whole thing now

[mvstudio]

Took a while but I was able to uninstall everything.

In case anyone experiences the same problem, after installing this module everything was working fine BUT every add to cart button in my store was not working at all and I couldn't figure out why or how to solve it. If anyone else experienced this problem and was able to solve it I would like to hear the solution. I would really like to install this mode again, but I want everything to work as it should.

Thanks.

[FMB]

I've just realized that yellow1912 posted this on another thread:

I've been gone for a while
I have had some personal problem (mainly health problem) which prevented me to get online for a while.

Now at least we know why he has not answered for more than a month. Let's hope he will get better soon.

[mvstudio]

Thank you FMB... hope he feels better soon...

[Craft Magick]

YES you'll have to use a .htaccess file, no matter what your Zen Cart version is. Why that ? Because even though the user sees pretty URLs, generated by SSU, when the request is made to the server, it has to be redirected to index.php, which behaves like a kind of 'hub' in Zen Cart.
It shouldn't be too difficult to create a .htaccess file, but true, its syntax can be awful when it comes to specify URL rewriting rules. Here are some explanations about how it works:

     1	#### BOF SSU
     2	Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
     3	RewriteEngine On
     4	# Make sure to change "test_site" to the subfolder you install ZC. If you use root folder, change to: RewriteBase / 
     5	RewriteBase /zencart/
     6	
     7	# Deny access from .htaccess
     8	RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ - [F]
     9	
    10	RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -f [OR]
    11	RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -d
    12	RewriteRule .* - [L]
    13	
    14	RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
    15	#### EOF SSUbijouxlu@ssh1:~/mods/Simple_SEO_URL$

Lines beginning by '#' signs are comments, you can ignore them. Don't modify lines 2 and 3 (they specify some Apache options and switch the rewriting engine on). On line 4 you have to specify you base URL; if the address is a domain name, just leave:

RewriteBase /

otherwise if the address is something like that: http://mydomainname.tld/shop, then the this line becomes:

 RewriteBase /shop/

Line 8 just prevents the user from viewing your .htaccess file (don't know if it's really useful). Lines 10 to 12 state that if the URL points to an existing file or directory, then the URL must not be rewritten. Finally, Line 14 tells Apache to send all the parameters to index.php.
As you can see, you should have to change only one line. However, if you have an 'exotic' https address (like https://generic_https_host/~login/... if you use a shared certificate), tell me and I'll show you the trick.

Thank you for the info and offer of help.

Yes, I do use a shared SSL between my domains. The SSL path for my store is: https://www.zencrystals.com/craftmagick

but the regular path is a top-level domain:
http://www.craftmagick.com

Any suggestions??

Zencart ROCKS!