Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[inception]

hello, i have some questions

1, i have to custom each url by clicking on admin->catelog->categories/products, then category, then the product, then to modify the url, then preview, then save
is there a way to modify those urls more quickly? just like quick updates to list the products together?

2, what do i make it suport multi language site? like
site.com/product-main-language-1
site.com/de/product-german-1

3, could i modify the automaticly generate rule to make the product url automaticly generate like this without category name?
site.com/product-p-1

[conor]

Hi,

1, i have to custom each url by clicking on admin->catelog->categories/products, then category, then the product, then to modify the url, then preview, then save

Yes.

2, what do i make it suport multi language site? like
site.com/product-main-language-1
site.com/de/product-german-1

Just add in the text "/de/" at the start of the URI mapping by manually editing it.

3, could i modify the automaticly generate rule to make the product url automaticly generate like this without category name?
site.com/product-p-1

I'm afraid I'm not allowed to comment on the other issues here.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[DivaVocals]

is there a way to modify those urls more quickly? just like quick updates to list the products together?

Conor has a mod on his site that you can purchase which will help ease the management of URIs.. Price is reasonable, and it works like a DREAM.. Worth every penny!!!

[Ms402]

Hi, I have installed ceon uri mapping ver.4.0.5 on zencart ver.1.3.9h locally. It works almost perfectly. I have two problems:
1) use the filter module product_finder_multiple_category_dropdowns_0-92 and only works on the homepage. From the pages of the products or product lists, it makes me choose only the first category and not the other.
2) I have installed the module hidecategories ver.2.0 and previously worked fine. Now in the admin, when I go to change the category to hide the folder, I hide the items missing cat. etc. and in their place of find items ceon. There is a conflict that can not be resolved.
Can anyone help me? thanks
PS Before you install the ceon, worked perfectly.

[mikebr]

Hi:

is it ok to have the same URI for one manufacturer for each of the languages used or do we append each language URI with numbers?


v4.0.5, 1.39h

[conor]

HI Mike,

is it ok to have the same URI for one manufacturer for each of the languages used or do we append each language URI with numbers?

It's fine to have the same name/URI for each language.

However, a bug was found in this exact area and has been fixed in 4.0.6 (language getting stuck on default language when changing from the "same" URI to the "same" URI in different language). So it won't always work correctly until 4.0.6 is out.. 4.0.6 will be out very soon, so you can wait for it before setting up your manufacturer URIs, just setting up your other URIs for the meantime.

This is the only known bug in the software, pretty pleased about that and eager to get the fic to you all (not that it affects many people).

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[Feznizzle]

Conor has a mod on his site that you can purchase which will help ease the management of URIs.. Price is reasonable, and it works like a DREAM.. Worth every penny!!!

I just want to add my agreement in here with DivaVocals. I bought/installed Conor's Management Mod a few weeks ago (from here: http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri-mappings-manager).

Conor's mod is far and away the most useful I have had to pay for. I have only purchased a few (such as EZpop Advance, etc)... Conor's is the most finished, most professional, most goodest commercial mod out there! Everybody should go buy it... just to encourage him to keep churning out cool stuff for Zen.

Glad to see you back up and around, Conor!

[DivaVocals]

I just want to add my agreement in here with DivaVocals. I bought/installed Conor's Management Mod a few weeks ago (from here: http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri-mappings-manager).

Conor's mod is far and away the most useful I have had to pay for. I have only purchased a few (such as EZpop Advance, etc)... Conor's is the most finished, most professional, most goodest commercial mod out there! Everybody should go buy it... just to encourage him to keep churning out cool stuff for Zen.

Glad to see you back up and around, Conor!

Yep and let me add this for those using the Easy Populate, or Apsona ShopAdmin add-ons:

If the store uses software such as Easy Populate, or Apsona ShopAdmin, or other custom product feeds, Ceon URI Mappings Manager makes it easy to maintain the URIs, as they can be generated after products/categories are bulk-uploaded/updated.

This part alone will make this purchase worth it's weight in gold. I know that a lot of do-it-yourselfer shop owners don't want to spend money on mods or development, but sometimes you have to spend (invest) money in your stores.. This is one commercial mod that IMHO is totally worth it..

And if you think Conor's support of his FREE mods is aces (and it is..) what do you think you will get in terms of support for his paid mods?? This pales in comparison IMHO to other authors who offer free and commercial mods for Zen Cart while providing very poor support for BOTH (ie: support for free mods is almost NON-EXISTENT..)

[jagall]

I just want to add my agreement in here with DivaVocals. I bought/installed Conor's Management Mod a few weeks ago (from here: http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri-mappings-manager).

Conor's mod is far and away the most useful I have had to pay for. I have only purchased a few (such as EZpop Advance, etc)... Conor's is the most finished, most professional, most goodest commercial mod out there! Everybody should go buy it... just to encourage him to keep churning out cool stuff for Zen.

Glad to see you back up and around, Conor!

I second that, brilliant mod - just works great!

[robincornelius]

Hi Conor, great mod.

Got a quick question though that i've failed to find an answer for. Having some minor issues with the URI rewriting, not least of which because i'm using lightttpd and not apache. Anyway i believe i have a working solution to that which in case anyone else finds useful :-

url.rewrite-once = ( 
			"^/(.*index.php.*|.*\.[a-z]{2,5}(\?.*)?$|editors/.*|imagezoom/.*|js/.*|feeds/.*|bmz_cache/.*|admin/.*|images/.*)" => "$1",
			"^/.*(\?.*)$" => "index.php$1",
			"^/.*$" => "index.php"
		)

thats my first pass at getting it working, i would prefer if i could use a $HTTP["url"] =~ conditional instead of the dummy match and a rewrite-once but that did not seem to work on my first go.

Anyway in testing this i found that the page for the pay pal ipn callbacks was not working it is /ipn_main_handler.php, looking at the logs its always called with query parameters hence my slightly modified version of the regexs from your instructions.

So to get to the point, i'm wondering if the example regexes for the .htaccess rewrites would be better rewritten

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-z]{2,5}$ [NC]

to

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-z]{2,5}(\?.*)?$ [NC]

to catch any non *.xxxxx pages other than index that get called with a query paramater. Any one see any problems with this. It should ignore product pages with SEO rewriting on even if they have a query param as they don't end in .php etc

Thanks

Robin