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

[lhungil]

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Previously we were running magic SEO and now our url's are slightly different.

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The difference is the c- and p- for the categories and product codes. ...

Ultimate SEO URLs uses "anchors" (the -c-, -p-, -ez-, etc) to denote the type of page requested (category, product, ez-page, etc). These "anchors" allow a large range of flexibility with the URL formats (and avoids collisions with IDs and names). Using "anchors" also minimizes the amount of resources required to process the request and pass it along to Zen Cart (USU maps the requests directly instead of requiring database lookups).

If one knows the exact formats used by Magic SEO (and know the URLs will not result in any collisions), one can craft some custom RewriteRules in the .htaccess file to handle the old URLs from Magic SEO. One would probably want to place the custom RewriteRules after the majority of the USU rules and immediately preceding the following block of code to avoid causing any conflicts:

# All other pages
# Don't rewrite real files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index\.php?main_page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[fanisme]

I upload all of the files to my server, but .htaccess disappeared. I can see it my PC. My server is justhost. appreciate if anybody help.

[kobra]

htaccess disappeared. I can see it my PC.

Check your FTP client - to show hidden files

[fanisme]

Check your FTP client - to show hidden files

It still can't appear.

[kobra]

It still can't appear.

Not a ZenCart issue

Googled for "ftp show hidden files"

https://www.google.com/search?q=ftp+...ient=firefox-a

[fanisme]

Not a ZenCart issue

Googled for "ftp show hidden files"

https://www.google.com/search?q=ftp+...ient=firefox-a

I'm using FileZilla and I have Selected "Force showing Hidden Files". I can see ".htaccess" on the FileZilla interface and I can find .htaccess on server through "search" of server, but I can't see it in the foldler which I upload it to. (on the FileZilla interface, I can see it even I didn't Selected "Force showing Hidden Files")

[kobra]

but I can't see it in the foldler which I upload it to

Still, this is not a ZenCart Issue

[twi]

Zen Cart 1.3.9h
Edit orders 3.0.3
Recovers cart sales v3.1.0
Super orders v3.0.x
Ty tracker v2.3a
Easy Populate v3.03
Experience: Semi Noob in zencart


I am trying to install Ultimate SEO 2.2.1 to my zencart 1.3.9h (plese see above for details) and am confused on the installation instructions in step 3 concerning the ".htaccess" file.

Where is this file found at in my zencart?
There seems to be a "htaccess" file in almost each and every sub-directory in the main zencart directory.
To be exact, which "htaccess" file are we talking about? All of them or just one of them, and in which subfolder?


I have 2 zencart websites installed under /htdocs/
they are: /htdocs/Zencart-01/
and /htdocs/Zencart-02/

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[twi]

Also what do to if there is no "htaccess" file in the specific folder we are talking about?

[twi]

Anybody Please Help?