Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

[tyankee]

I swear I am not trying to be difficult here, but it doesn't sound like you read this section or you are not understanding how to configure this to get to your end result.. no part of this section says ANYTHING about creating "5000 statements". You make ONE SMALL CHANGE to your .htaccess file and then all you need to do is enter the URI you want into the URI field on the product page.

Now since you have over 5000 URLs to bring over, this is probably not practical to do manually.. So the solution will be to create a SQL script to populate the URI table for this module. If you are handy enough with SQL you can create a SQL statement to populate the URI table for this module with your current store's URLs. There's a few ways to get a list of your current store's URLs. (Google WebMaster might have some tools to help you do this)

The Mapping Manager module will not help you with this task because you are bringing in URLs from a different shopping cart and not another Zen Cart re-writing module. From the Mapping Manager inferface So the Mapping Manager cannot import URLs from a different shopping cart system.

Also if the Mapping Manage is the module you are trying to get help with we are really not allowed to discuss support issues/questions for commercial modules in details on this forum (the admins discourage this)

we're getting closer here i think.. i just thing we're speaking 2 different 'languages'.. and my language of htaccess is very very limited and i may be missing the point there.. but after saying that, i think we're getting closer. the good thing is that our current database table for products HAS the URL hard coded into a field - so it can be extracted along with the product number.. but then i'm still unclear as to what needs to be done to the cri_uri_mappings table.. are you saying to put the OLD URL in the URI field and the NEW CEON one in the 'alternate_uri' field?? and then configure the htaccess as stated in the docs?? if this is the case, then where do i go to find someone to help me with this..

[DivaVocals]

we're getting closer here i think.. i just thing we're speaking 2 different 'languages'.. and my language of htaccess is very very limited and i may be missing the point there.. but after saying that, i think we're getting closer. the good thing is that our current database table for products HAS the URL hard coded into a field - so it can be extracted along with the product number.. but then i'm still unclear as to what needs to be done to the cri_uri_mappings table.. are you saying to put the OLD URL in the URI field and the NEW CEON one in the 'alternate_uri' field?? and then configure the htaccess as stated in the docs?? if this is the case, then where do i go to find someone to help me with this..

My message has been consistent.. I told you early on that the solution was likely in your .htaccess file, and what section of the documentation to get you on your way to your desired solution.. What you did not disclose fully was that you are attempting to use the Mapping Manager or updating the DB manually to accomplish your task. If that was clear early on all of us could have given you a better answer. (without the "living in your mother's basement" comment BTW..)

Now that said.. You need to make the changes to your .htaccess file as Conor specified in the readme file so that your .html URIs will work correctly.

THEN you will need to populate the ceon_uri_mappings table with your exported URIs. I suggest creating one manually so you see exactly what fields you need to populate. (the 'alternate_uri' field is NOT populated)

You will need to do some work to your exported URIs so that each new URI record is linked to the correct product ID. Now you may not need to worry about importing your category IDs and if you don't. then you can just configure this program to generate your categories in the format you want, then the Mapping Manager will take care of generating your category URIs. However you will probably want to import your category URIs too.. (using the same process as the products)

Hopefully this is enough to put you on the path to getting this done.. Good luck..