Ultimate SEO v3 (and v2.200) [Support Thread]

[superprg]

I have category urls as
http://mywebsite/my-tshirts-c-79/

I want to add hyphen and remove the number so they become
http://mywebsite/my-t-shirts-c-79/ or better http://mywebsite/my-t-shirts/

For adding hyphen between t and shirts, I tried this in the "Enter special character conversions"
"tshirts=>t-shirts"
but I see no change

[lhungil]

Currently if you want to completely replace the Zen Cart parameters and omit the -c-, -p-, etc, you will need to use CEON URI. Once you switch to this it may be time consuming of you decide to switch back to Zen Cart generated URLs. EX: "http://mywebsite/my-t-shirts/".

"Ultimate SEO URLs" only adds keywords based upon your product / category / ez-page titles and shortens for example "main_page=index&cPath=79" to "-c-79". This makes it easier and fairly safe to switch between USU generated URIs and Zen Cart generated URIs. EX: "http://mywebsite/my-t-shirts-c-79/"

For adding hyphen between t and shirts, I tried this in the "Enter special character conversions"
"tshirts=>t-shirts"
but I see no change

As the configuration option states "Enter special character conversions: This setting will replace a single byte character with another single byte character.". That option is for replacing all instances of a single character with another single character.

If you wish to do string based search and replace you will need to use the PCRE filter. The PCRE filter can handle string and regexp matches. Entering "tshirts=>t shirts" should work if you enter it in the PCRE filter (note the space will be changed to a - as the PCRE filter runs before the check for allowed characters). The PCRE filter uses the PHP preg_replace function.

[superprg]

Thanks lhungil
I removed the special character conversoins and added "tshirts=>t shirts" in PCRE filter rules but I do not see any changes in the generated urls on the site

[superprg]

I am using zen cart v1.5.1

[koolwal]

Hi,

I am using Preston Elite Template after successful installation of Ultimate-SEO when I click any item i am getting below noted messages :

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.


More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server at www.kishops.com Port 80

I am not a programmer and new in this field so please advice me how i can solve this prob.

Waiting for your reply hope you will intimate me asap.

Thanks.

Rajesh Verma

[lhungil]

Thanks lhungil
I removed the special character conversoins and added "tshirts=>t shirts" in PCRE filter rules but I do not see any changes in the generated urls on the site

Don't forget to "Reset SEO URLs Cache" to make the changes show up immediately.

[lhungil]

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

Usually these messages occur when your hosting provider does not allow the use of one or more directives in your .htaccess file. Usually either not allowing you to override options (Options +FollowSymLinks) or to use mod_rewrite.

What did you find in the server error log? The logs are usually accessible either via FTP or cPanel on most hosts. If you are unsure where to find the server error log you can ask your hosting provider (as they configure this).

[kobra]

Just wanted to ask here if there is a setting or edit that can make the url's generated with USEO match those from outdated Simple SEO

Listed simpleSEO first then USEO

motorcycle-lifts-lifting-tables-c-110_111/redline-mc1k-1000-lb-motorcycle-atv-lift-table-free-frame-jack-p-633
motorcycle-lifts-lifting-tables-c-110_111/redline-mc1k-1000-lb-motorcycleatv-lift-table-free-frame-jack-p-633

You can see that between motorcycle and atv there is a dash when using simpleseo and none when using USEO

I believe that the use of "/" in the name may be the issue as it is "motorcycle/atv"

[tracstev]

Hi Guys

I have numinix Ajax fec checkout installed with ultimate seo urls and stumbled into a new issue.

If i enable automatic redirects in admin, the Ajax shopping cart process fails with "sorry your session has expired". It works fine of i disable this.

Also if I remove "index" from the list of pages to rewrite this works fine but obviously lots of pages such as categories won't be redirected ( i need redirects working as old urls are indexed in google)

pages effected:
"https://www.example.co.uk/index.php?main_page=quick_checkout"

Is there a way of overiding rewriting of ultimate for all secure pages? or just this page that is effected?

Any help greatly appreciated, (I have spent days looking at this without any success and numinix have not found the fix as yet).

[lhungil]

...
Listed simpleSEO first then USEO

motorcycle-lifts-lifting-tables-c-110_111/redline-mc1k-1000-lb-motorcycle-atv-lift-table-free-frame-jack-p-633
motorcycle-lifts-lifting-tables-c-110_111/redline-mc1k-1000-lb-motorcycleatv-lift-table-free-frame-jack-p-633

You can see that between motorcycle and atv there is a dash when using simpleseo and none when using USEO

I believe that the use of "/" in the name may be the issue as it is "motorcycle/atv"

Dead on! The "remove characters from URLs" filter in Ultimate SEO URLs strips either all non-alphanumericals or all punctuation (including "/"). The PCRE filter is the first filter run, so you can use this to adjust the name (in 2.212+ the filters are applied in the order they appear in the admin interface). You can use "motorcycle/atv=>motorcycle atv". Note the space? The space will be converted to a dash automatically.