Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[yellow1912]

Version: Alpha 2
Release: un-released
Tested on ZC 1.3.8
Should work on ANY recent ZC version
Goals:
1. Simple SEO URL, create seo url for all ZC pages (unlike other seo packages like Magic SEO)
2. Minimal core file edit (currently need to edit 1 file)
3. Minimal performance penalty

Sample url:
https://www.site.com/checkout_payment.html
http://www.site.com/index/cPath/Pin_Brooch-10/
http://www.site.com/product_info/cPa...piece_set-837/

Drawbacks:
1. no beautiful url such as:
http://www.site.com/bracelet_1.html (for category link)
2. core file edit (1)


Demo:
http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/
Download:
https://svn.rubikintegration.com/zen...e%20SEO%20URL/

[jeking]

Just sent you a PM.

[yellow1912]

Just finished a brief installation instruction file. This should be easy because the edit is minimal.

Email sent. All feedbacks are appreciated so we can improve the mod.

PS: current version does not support "static" links (links that use file other than index.php). I doubt if any people use it tho.
Also current version does not reflect the category/product new names if they are changed. This will be in the next version (after I receive all the feedbacks and bug reports for this current version)

[jeking]

Looks straight forward. I'll install it and let you know how it goes.

Thanks.

[yellow1912]

Alpha 2.1 now available with minor code fixes + change it htaccess to make sure links like this work:

http://www.site.com/index/cPath/Pin_Brooch-10/?blah1=blah2

Notice the query at the end? This should not happen but just in case that happens, we got that taken care of.

A question from PM:

Simple SEO doesn't seem to do anything with the GET form?

Yes, because SearchEngines do not submit forms, also I try to make the code simple and efficient.

[jeking]

Were can I find the new version?

[CJPinder]

Hi,

Just a thought, not sure how you are doing your URL rewriting but it might be worth using $PATH_INFO if you are not already using it. Means that you can have keyworded URLs without using a .htaccess file if mod-rewrite is not enabled. If mod-rewrite is enabled then it means a very simple .htaccess file to give a prettier URL.

Regards,
Christian.

[yellow1912]

@CJPinder: the thing is that:
without mod_rewrite a link like this: http://www.site.com/index/cPath/Pin_Brooch-10/ may returns a file not found 404 page.

@jeking: it's just minor bug fix, but if you need I can send it to you. Any problem with the one I sent so far?

[CJPinder]

the thing is that:
without mod_rewrite a link like this: http://www.site.com/index/cPath/Pin_Brooch-10/ may returns a file not found 404 page.

If you use a URL like...
http://www.example.com/index.php/ind.../Pin_Brooch-10
...then it shouldn't return a 404 and you can use $PATH_INFO to pick up the bit after index.php . Then if mod-rewrite is available use it to tidy the URL up so appears without the index.php in it. Just an idea. It is how Wordpress does it and it seems to work well.

Regards,
Christian.

[yellow1912]

That will be a bonus feature in a future release, with that "static" links SEO URL will be available as well. For now mod_rewrite is needed and no support for "static" links ^^.