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[dreamscape]

I have double checked that this is all done. When connecting to the admin, nothing is happenning and no SEO xxx showing in the config menu. Also not appearing in the database... Any reason why this would not happen?

You have to connect to the catalog for it to install itself.

[mat123slade]

That makes a lot of sens... I was expecting it to happen by loading from the admin... If I remember rightly this is what was happenning in the previous versions...

Maybe worth adding : Open your online store in a web browser. (Front end, not backend) Seo Urls will automatically install its settings and
any necessary tables.

Or am I the only silly guy around here !

[tvadpro]

I almost posted that question when I installed the 3.0 beta the other day. Can't remember clearly whether the beta guide includes the part about loading a catalog page to complete the installation. I had read that in the earlier Chemo's installation instructions, but still managed to forget before I was done installing.

By the way, Josh, you deserve a huge thank-you for laying the groundwork on what is already the best user guide I have seen for any Zen-Cart mod. I can't wait to see the finished production version.

Let me know if you want editorial help -- not that I think you need it. It just occurred to me that you might stretch yourself thin publishing sophisticated documentation and developing/programming simultaneously. Maybe an exchange of services would mutually increase productivity? PM me if you're interested -- if not, disregard and keep up the good work.

That makes a lot of sens... I was expecting it to happen by loading from the admin... If I remember rightly this is what was happenning in the previous versions...

Maybe worth adding : Open your online store in a web browser. (Front end, not backend) Seo Urls will automatically install its settings and
any necessary tables.

Or am I the only silly guy around here !

[tvadpro]

How is everyone else doing in terms of running the 3.0 beta with the PayPal IPN (not PayPal Express) checkout?

Kelvyn, are you also running yesterday's PayPal IPN patch?

Prior to discovering this, I installed yesterday's patch for the PayPal eCheck bug. Perhaps the patch doesn't play well with the 3.0 beta?

[tvadpro]

Never-mind! Josh just confirmed and fixed the bug. Kelvyn (and anyone else experiencing the IPN bug with the 3.0 beta) should implement the patch attached to bug report 16 on the bug tracker.

Way-to-go, Dreamscape!

How is everyone else doing in terms of running the 3.0 beta with the PayPal IPN (not PayPal Express) checkout?

Kelvyn, are you also running yesterday's PayPal IPN patch?

[samad64]

there's a new bug report dreamscape. I haven't tried 3.00 yet however i didn't see it mentioned in the changelog so I'm assuming it hasn't been fixed. I'll be trying out a 3.00 test store shortly

[tvadpro]

Read the installation instructions in the 3.0.0 guide, samad64, and follow them to the letter. Be sure to check the bug tracker for necessary patches.

I just posted a bug report on the JD Productions tracker, which I see Josh has confirmed. Orders paid via PayPal IPN aren't showing up in the database. At first I thought it was just an eCheck issue, but it's the same with orders paid by instant transfer. Dreamscape has pointed out a problem with the way a Zen-Cart core script is omitted at a point where it should be implemented. This is where I step back and let the people who know what they're talking about come up with a solution.

Of course, I'll be watching this closely and serving as a devoted guinea pig for any tests you guys want to run. Whatever I can do to help ...

there's a new bug report dreamscape. I haven't tried 3.00 yet however i didn't see it mentioned in the changelog so I'm assuming it hasn't been fixed. I'll be trying out a 3.00 test store shortly

[tvadpro]

And in less time than it took me to write up a bug report, Josh has posted a working patch on the bug tracker.

Refer to bug #19.

I just posted a bug report on the JD Productions tracker, which I see Josh has confirmed. Orders paid via PayPal IPN aren't showing up in the database.

[samad64]

Read the installation instructions in the 3.0.0 guide, samad64, and follow them to the letter. Be sure to check the bug tracker for necessary patches.

I just posted a bug report on the JD Productions tracker, which I see Josh has confirmed. Orders paid via PayPal IPN aren't showing up in the database. At first I thought it was just an eCheck issue, but it's the same with orders paid by instant transfer. Dreamscape has pointed out a problem with the way a Zen-Cart core script is omitted at a point where it should be implemented. This is where I step back and let the people who know what they're talking about come up with a solution.

Of course, I'll be watching this closely and serving as a devoted guinea pig for any tests you guys want to run. Whatever I can do to help ...

i'm actually still running 2.103, waiting to upgrade. I just want to make sure everything is working fine before doing so so I haven't done it on live yet :)

The issue I'm concerned with is non-existent urls. For example, mydomain.com/admin may exist (obviously it doesn't on the live site.. but just assume it does) and it will work fine. However, a URL such as mydomain.com/asdfadsfasdfasdf does not exist on my site.. and if you visit that then you go straight to the main page. I would rather have it show the 404 page.. and google is complaining that my site is returning a success header when its supposed to be a 404.. therefore asking me to continually reverify when i add my sitemap. Easiest solution is to rename the htaccess file temporarily, reverify, and then rename it back.. but you can only do that so many times

EDIT: received a response on bug tracker.. will have to check out version 3 once its in a later stage :)

EDIT2: I'm an idiot! It was a setting

[gothstone]

I'm going to write some slightly speculative stuff here, as I won't be able to write more definitively without taking rather more time to investigate more deeply than I can at the moment.

It looks to me as though Dreamscape has done an outstanding job of taking advantage of Zen Cart's architecture to integrate this version of SEO URLs right into the core in a non-destructive way. A quick skim through his work suggests that this a model implementation blazing a trail for other mods to follow.

Admin Profiles on the other hand is still bolted onto the outside of Zen Cart and, in simplistic terms, is paying more attention to what's crossing the boundary than that which is already there.

I had hoped that this would be sufficient until release 1.6 of Zen Cart which really ought to take access control inside the core code. But Dreamscape has raised the bar, and 1.6 is too far away.

Thus some serious thought needs to be given to Admin Profiles structure. I have an inkling of a quick fix for this mod specifically, but even this will need significant evaluation and testing as I am not familiar with version 3, and would in any case prefer to spend the time taking Admin Profiles to the next level.

I totaly understand, but for now could you tell me your inkling so I can play with it to see it I can make it work? Right now I just don't know where to start. And I would really like to turn my development site over to my prodution site soon.

Now that I think of it, as long as I have SEO configured, I should not need to change the config very often, so will this matter? I can't validate that this is working, since my dev site is actualy in a subdirectory of my real site and the real sites .htaccess is screwing with the dev sites.