Change Product category URL name

[superprg]

I have this zen cart installed and when I click on a category(Clothes) the resulting url looks like


http://www.mysite.com/index.php?main...index&cPath=65
What I want is to change it to
http://www.mysite.com/index.php?main_page=Clothes

What would be the best way to do this?

[g1smd]

You have to change the PHP script so that the links on the page have the new URL format. It is those links that define the URLs.

Next you need to alter the script to detect any incoming request to the server, and then work out what needs to be fetched to fulfill that request.

Finally, an optional step, is to redirect incoming requests for the old URL to make a new request for the new URL. This forces searchengines to update their "available URLs" database held for the site.

There's several add-ons for ZC that will do what you want, though the new URL format may well be even more concise than your example - and won't use parameters.

[sundar]

I have this zen cart installed and when I click on a category(Clothes) the resulting url looks like


http://www.mysite.com/index.php?main...index&cPath=65
What I want is to change it to
http://www.mysite.com/index.php?main_page=Clothes

What would be the best way to do this?

by
sundar

[schoolboy]

You do not need to do this. There is no advantage to it, and if anything, there are risks in damaging your Search Engine rankings if you do.

While many so-called "SEO experts" recommend changing dynamic links to static links, the gurus at the search engines tell you NOT to do this.

The search engines PREFER that dynamic links are NOT spoofed to look like static links.

However... if your site is going to sell products that compete with any of mine, then PLEASE DO change your links. I would rather have your site featuring badly on search engines than competing with mine!