Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[yellow1912]

Thanks for that, it fixed it and it seems to work now!!

Is there any easy way of getting rid of the -c-1_3 part of the category link. I understand that it means that identical category/subcat structures are different but they look a bit odd

If you are using 3.6.0, turn on auto alias AND Reset cache.

[yellow1912]

Did you mean to give this as a hint to those who may have similar configuration? Just want to make sure ^_^

BTW, I would advise you to make sure your store can be reached at ONLY ONE url, choose one and redirect the other to it.

One other hint. My site can be reached by two urls: http://www.splatcooking.net/store/ or http://store.splatcooking.net I've modified the .htaccess to check for which uri was used so that redirects are only applied to store.splatcooking .net. here's the revised .htaccess:

#### BOF SSU 
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews 
RewriteEngine On 
RewriteBase /store/ 

# Deny access from .htaccess 
RewriteRule ^\.htaccess$ - [F] 

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f 
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d 
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA] 

# STRIP THE REWRITEBASE RULE FROM NON-SSL CONNECTIONS. 
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} store.splatcooking.net 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/store/ 
RewriteRule ^(.*) /index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L] 
#### EOF SSU

Note the HTTP_HOST condition.

[pglock]

yes, just a hint for similar set-ups to mine. Thanks for the advice about only using one url, all work from the last week onwards refers to store.splatcooking.net but some of the google results and other site links still refer to the previous www.splatcooking.net/store so I need to make sure they still end up on the page they expect.

Regards
Peter

[yellow1912]

yes, just a hint for similar set-ups to mine. Thanks for the advice about only using one url, all work from the last week onwards refers to store.splatcooking.net but some of the google results and other site links still refer to the previous www.splatcooking.net/store so I need to make sure they still end up on the page they expect.

Regards
Peter

You can use htaccess to redirect (301) them to the new links. It will help in the long run for seo purpose)

(Just the same reason why we should either use www or not www, not both)

Also, those who upgrade to 3.6.0, you do not have to turn on auto alias if you dont want to btw. So you can still upgrade just to get the advantage of the new caching optimization. This should be extremely helpful if you have over 1k products.

[Steve_A]

If you are using 3.6.0, turn on auto alias AND Reset cache.

I've done that but it doesn't seem to be removing them at all.

I've checked the permssions on the ssu cache and its all OK but oddly enough when I click on clear cache it says that it has removed files. If I then click it again it tells me its removed the same number of files.

[yellow1912]

I've done that but it doesn't seem to be removing them at all.

I've checked the permssions on the ssu cache and its all OK but oddly enough when I click on clear cache it says that it has removed files. If I then click it again it tells me its removed the same number of files.

Interesting, what is the permission lvl now? Try to set it to 777(or that folder and the sub folders as well). If that doesnt work can you try to manually remove them?

[Steve_A]

I went in and manually deleted the files because although it seemed to get rid of them they just came back with new time stamps.

I've set both the alias options to true and cleared the cache but its still putting the category numbers on the end.

[yellow1912]

I went in and manually deleted the files because although it seemed to get rid of them they just came back with new time stamps.

I've set both the aliases options to true and cleared the cache but its still putting the category numbers on the end.

When you check your alias in the manager, what do you see? BTW, you have to delete all ssu cache file, and i really mean it whem i say all. A good way to do it is to gp in each main sub folder (products, categories, pc, alias,...) and delete whatever you see in there. The Clear all cache in the manager is supposed to do that for you. It is strange it cant delete the files. Must be some special setting on your server.

[jgadbois]

Thanks yellow1912,
I upgraded my version of SSU and that fixed the problem. I had assumed the version on zen-cart.com was the lastest.

I have another problem. I had a sale yesterday and it did not appear in my google analytics e-commerce code. I am using the Google Analytics plugin for Zen Cart and it had been working up until now.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Steve_A]

When you check your alias in the manager, what do you see? BTW, you have to delete all ssu cache file, and i really mean it whem i say all. A good way to do it is to gp in each main sub folder (products, categories, pc, alias,...) and delete whatever you see in there. The Clear all cache in the manager is supposed to do that for you. It is strange it cant delete the files. Must be some special setting on your server.

I've gone into each of the top level folders in the ssu folder and deleted everything.

There is nothing in the aliases area in the manager