Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[tomwic]

Hi,

I reported problems with CEON URI mapping module and Sitemap XML. Problems is that google webmaster tool says:

HTTP Error: 301 and

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL.

What is the problem? and how to solve it?

Thanks in advance for prompt help!
Br, Tomek

[DivaVocals]

Without a link to your site and the URLs that Google took issue with, it would be a shot in the dark to help you resolve your issue..

You will need to provide much more explicit details on your situation..

Hi,

I reported problems with CEON URI mapping module and Sitemap XML. Problems is that google webmaster tool says:

HTTP Error: 301 and

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL.

What is the problem? and how to solve it?

Thanks in advance for prompt help!
Br, Tomek

[conor]

Hi Enzo,

Ok I did it on my own.

I just mod the file includes/extra_datafiles/ceon_uri_mapping_config.php
adding what in red and voilà it works perfectly now.

That's not the right way to do it.. it works but you should simply have added

mailhive.php

Into the files to be excluded section of the config!

Not the command "require(..."! :)

All the bet..

Conor
ceon

[conor]

Hi,

After refreshing I get a 404, and notice in the address bar that while it has rewritten the uri, but has left
?zenid=ucu493kk3rtqtgvju9do9rocc0
at the end of it
the_site/bracelets/amber-bracelet-0101?zenid=ucu493kk3rtqtgvju9do9rocc0

Can you please tell me what is wrong?

The zenid is added by Zen Cart and is not a problem.. it is caused because Zen Cart's cookie handling isn't great with static URIs (it was never built to use static URIs).

I'll be hopefully patching Zen Cart with version 4.0.0 of Ceon URI Mapping to fix it.

I don't know if it can be related, but in the admin>modules I see all the references like this
admin>modules>BOX_CEON_URI_MAPPING

No, that's because you haven't uploaded the language file for the admin.. upload all the files again, taking care to upload them one by one as your FTP software may not be very good. If you still have problems, check you are uploading to the "correct" admin folder (not "admin") and that the files have uploaded successfully. If they haven't, use better FTP software.

As for the 404, that means you don't have a working rewriterule/.htaccess file in place. Follow the configuration instructions to add one.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[conor]

Hi,

I reported problems with CEON URI mapping module and Sitemap XML. Problems is that google webmaster tool says:

HTTP Error: 301 and

URLs not followed
When we tested a sample of URLs from your Sitemap, we found that some URLs redirect to other locations. We recommend that your Sitemap contain URLs that point to the final destination (the redirect target) instead of redirecting to another URL.

This is most likely caused by enabling the option in Google Sitemaps XML configuration that adds the language to the end of the URI.

This should NOT be enabled when using Ceon URI Mapping with the Zen Cart Google Sitemaps module.

Disable it and ?language= won't be added to the end of the URIs in the sitemap, causing the redirects to disappear.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[enzo-ita]

Hi Enzo,



That's not the right way to do it.. it works but you should simply have added

mailhive.php

Into the files to be excluded section of the config!

Not the command "require(..."! :)

All the bet..

Conor
ceon

Dear Conor,
I am a newbie as you know.
I did add the command require.... in the htaccess first and it did not work.

I then tryied to add mailhive.php in any possible way in the apposite section of the config modile in admin and it did not work.
I never added it as simply as mailhive.php I always tried with full roule like home7/acquatua/bla/blabla.
Now I realize why it did not work when I inserted it in the config module.
I then figured out how to mod the php file and got it.

As you can tell I am a newbie but a stubborn one! And after hours I made it work.

All the best to you for your health.

enzo

[keneso]

Thank you very much Conor.

As it turned out, I had indeed forgotten to load the .htaccess.
As per the admin side, I had loaded all the files correcly, I was using the Italian language instead of English, I switched to English, and all is fine.

[buildingblocks]

Hi

I've installed ceon uri mapping 3.8.0 on a zen cart version 1.3.9f.

Two issues I'm trying to figure out

The first issue is when checking out with paypal. I can checkout and make payment but after payment I get returned to a blank page whether I click the return link or wait for it to auto return.

When I go back to the site I see the order in admin but the order doesn't show up in PayPal Instant Payment Notifications and the stock level has not been reduced. In the storefront I see the item still in the cart. I'm hoping it is something simple to resolve in the htaccess.

The other issue is the admin url. If this type of url is used

http://website.com/zc_admin

I get redirected to the storefront, so to get in to admin this kind of url needs to be used

http://website.com/zc_admin/login.php

I think it must be something in the htaccess. This is what is being used in the htaccess file.

The last two strings is what is original to the file.

Any help would be really appreciated.

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxxx])

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-z]{2,5}$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zc_admin[NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors [NC]
# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule .* index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^websitename.com$
RewriteRule ^/?$ "http\:\/\/www\.websitename\.com" [R=301,L]

[conor]

Hi,

Two issues I'm trying to figure out

As Ceon URI Mapping is not used for any of the checkout pages and has an exclusion built in for PayPal IPN I'm afraid that your problems can't be caused by it. The same applies for the admin problem, the rewrite rule exclusion means it never gets called for the admin address.

The only thing I can think of saying is to check your paths and settings in admin/includes/configure.php.

If that doesn't help please start a new thread. At least you know it's not Ceon URI Mapping that's the source of your problems.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[buildingblocks]

that is so odd. I've never had need to touch the configure files.

Thank you for responding so quickly. Now I know I need to check elsewhere.

I have ceon uri mapper on my own site too and a test paypal checkout does return to my store after payment.