Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[windsurfer]

I don't see anything about installing on a local host, with the .htaccess file installed i get an internal server error no matter what i change. Without the .htaccess installed i can go to a product and i am told the URI has changed but when i go to the product it shows like http://localhost/audio-video/banana-...ost-black-ring but i get a blank page. Any product that has not been changed displays okay. Will this not work on localhost using wamp ?
Thank you

[Mark_88]

I don't see anything about installing on a local host, with the .htaccess file installed i get an internal server error no matter what i change. Without the .htaccess installed i can go to a product and i am told the URI has changed but when i go to the product it shows like http://localhost/audio-video/banana-...ost-black-ring but i get a blank page. Any product that has not been changed displays okay. Will this not work on localhost using wamp ?
Thank you

Where is your .htaccess file located, is it in htdocs/the root of your wamp server or within the zencart folder?

I have Ceon's mod working perfectly on a XAMPP Windows install. Did you grab the correct .htaccess configuration from the CEON configuration page on zen-cart admin?

[windsurfer]

Hi Mark
From what i understand the .htaccess file has to go into the root of the site.
Checking i see there are 14 .htaccess files in the zencart installation but no .htaccess file in the root.
I tried the .htaccess file in the root , root/docs and in the admin(renamed) and none of those will work. I did do an installation check and reports okay
a configuration check tells me "Database and configuration are up to date, using version 4.0.7" i did grab the generated code from the installation check and also tried with the /index.php

[conor]

Hi,

Im afraid in not on the latest version of the mod. i tried to find out which version but couldn't.
im on zen 1.3.8
id rather not have to re-install if i can avoid it

I'm afraid support is only given here to those on the latest version.

You'll have to upgrade. You'll be glad you did in the long run, why make life hard on yourself? :)

All the best..

Conor
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[conor]

Hi Mike,

Long time no talk, hope all is well.

Thanks, things are pretty bad but life goes on.. Almost got all the new Zen Cart releases ready to go after two years.. at last! :)

I still have my Ceon URI Mapping Manager, it is working great and has been a huge time saver. I am still on ZC 139h, have not upgraded yet.

Anyway, ran into a weird quirk today. For some reason my Contact Us page won't accept the Ceon generated URL. The contact page is managed by EZpages as an internal link.

You can't use EZ-Page internal links on a site that uses static URIs.

It's as simple as that!

You must delete the internal link.

Internal links are a kludge that a fresh version of Zen Cart needs because it uses dynamic URIs. With a site using Ceon URI Mapping - and therefore static URIs - you don't need to do anything like that anymore. You can just create a URI for the contact us page (as you've done in UMM) and then use that URI in your links.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
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[windsurfer]

Hi Conner
Are you talking to me and if so, upgrade to what ?

[conor]

Hi,

First off, yes, the software is fine to use on a local installation. It doesn't matter where you use it, it works on all server setups if you have configure the server properly to support rewrite rules.

From what i understand the .htaccess file has to go into the root of the site.

The installation check tells you where to put the file.. which for most should be the root of the site.

Checking i see there are 14 .htaccess files in the zencart installation but no .htaccess file in the root.

Create the .htaccess file wherever Ceon URI Mapping tells you to.

There is a bug in current versions which generate a sample rewrite rule that is broken if you have any directories that have a space in them.

I suspect you do?

If so, put a backslash in front of the space(s) in the directory name(s) in the reewrite rule [e.g. change "my dir" to "my\ dir".

4.0.8 will be out soon with a fix for that.

If that's not it then I've afraid you've simply set things up wrong, the software works fine with WAMP.

All the best...

Conor
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[conor]

Hi,

Hi Conner
Are you talking to me and if so, upgrade to what ?

Not unless you've changed your name I wasn't ;)

I always quote the person I'm talking about, to try and keep things "threaded".. as you'll have seen by now I've written to you too. :)

Oh, and my name is Conor, not Conner. :)

All the best..

Conor
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[Feznizzle]

Hi Conor,

Sad to hear that things are tough.

Thanks for the response, though I am bummed. I guess I don't mind that one link being dynamic. I've just got to figure out a way to grant access to spiders to that page.

I check my meta tags using this site:
http://www.seocentro.com/tools/searc...-analyzer.html

For some reason that site tells me that spiders are not allowed to crawl my contact page:
http://www.MYSITE.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us

I've looked at my robot.txt and .htaccess and cannot figure out what is blocking spiders.

Guess I'm off to the forums to figure it out.

Thanks again for all you do. I'm sending you positive vibrations from the states!

~Mike

[conor]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the response, though I am bummed. I guess I don't mind that one link being dynamic.

I'm confused.. you don't have to have it as dynamic.. in fact, you should already have generated a static URI for it? (If not do so now :) ).

I've just got to figure out a way to grant access to spiders to that page.

? Simply have a link to the contact us page somewhere on your site?! Easy!

All Zen Cart sites should already have a link to main_page=contact_us and Ceon URI Mapping will automatically use your URI mapping for a main_page of contact_us in place of that standard dynamic ZC URI.

I check my meta tags using this site:
http://www.seocentro.com/tools/searc...-analyzer.html

I've never used an SEO analysis tool so I'm afraid I don't know what you are expecting to see through the use of that tool.

I've looked at my robot.txt and .htaccess and cannot figure out what is blocking spiders.

I've no idea.. could the tool itself be at fault? Can you find that page yourself by searching for it in a search engine? If so then this tool is just wrong.

Guess I'm off to the forums to figure it out.

Sorry I can't be of more help, I hope you find a "solution" IF this indeed is a problem!

Thanks again for all you do. I'm sending you positive vibrations from the states!

Thanks, I'm glad you like Ceon's software, I hope it helps your site do even better! ;)

All the best..

Conor
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