Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[conor]

Hi Christian,

How are you?

I'm using v3.2.2 and everything is working fine except for one small issue. The store is installed in the root directory. Adding parameters onto the URI for the root causes a 404 error, though parameters work elsewhere in the store.

I've found a few problems myself with the 404 functionality introduced recently.

I'm going to add on "exclusions" for the 404 handling to the next version of the module, obviously the home page will be included in those exclusions by default.

I'm afraid there's no release date for the next version at the minute, hopefully within the next few weeks.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[CJPinder]

Additional to my previous post...

If you are using Google AdWords it automatically appends &gclid=xyzzy to the end of the URI. If you are directing your ads to the top level of your site then shoppers will be sent to...
http://www.example.com/?gclid=xyzzy

...which will give people a 404 error. As a temporary fix change the Ad URI to...
http://www.example.com/index.php&main_page=index

Regards,
Christian.

[CJPinder]

I'm going to add on "exclusions" for the 404 handling to the next version of the module, obviously the home page will be included in those exclusions by default.

Thanks Conor. The problem can be worked around but it is just something people should be aware of.

Regards,
Christian.

[conor]

Hi,

If you are using Google AdWords it automatically appends &gclid=xyzzy to the end of the URI. If you are directing your ads to the top level of your site then shoppers will be sent to...
http://www.example.com/?gclid=xyzzy.

Oh, that's frustrating. I thought maybe you had some strange usage of your URIs.

The fact that it's google creating these URIs makes this a lot more important to fix.

I'll do my best to find the time to work on it, where I'll find the time I've no idea, maybe I can stop eating lunch and dinner. For the minute my advice is if anyone's store is on 3.2.0 I'd keep using 3.2.0 - do not upgrade to the broken 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 versions of the module.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[anthares]

Hi Conor,
i'm an italian webmaster
i use Ceon URI Mapping (SEO) 3.2.2 with zencart 1.3.8a
and i've a problem with the manufacturers multipage:

For example:
_ i've one manufacturers that have more than 1 page of products.
When i click on the name of manuf. there's no problem because i see the right page with the right url:

URL that i see: http://www.domain.com/manufacturersx
URL default ZENCART: http://www.domain.com/index.php?main...cturers_id=226

but when i click to the second page i'm redirecting to the first page:

URL that i see: http://www.domain.com/manufacturersx
URL default ZENCART: http://www.domain.com/index.php?main...sort=3a&page=2


finally.. if i use ceon uri mapping for the manufacturers i see only the first page, and the others redirected to the first.

How can i solve this problem?

thanks for the attention

Marco

[conor]

Hi Marco,

The issue you are having is the same as the one 6 or so posts before yours.

This is known bug that will be fixed in the next version, which will be released whenever I have time to work on it.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[goldknight]

Hi Ceon,
I've installed this module successfully, it works pretty good. And the .htaccess file is very clean. However, I've found some inconvenience of this module. First, category and products can't turn on clean url automatically, although there is a tick already enable clean url in the cateogry/product info page, but it only take effect after user saves it again. Imagine a store with thousands of products, user have to click thousands of times to enable clean url.
Second, clean url can't detect conflict automaticaly, when I have products share with the same title, newly saved products will overwrite previous product clean url because they have the same clean url address because of the same title, and I don't want to edit ecah clean url manually to avoid conflict.

I use drupal also, its path auto module can avoid clean url conflict.
I use ultimate seo module previously, it also can avoid conflict.

Did I miss something?

[conor]

Hi,

Imagine a store with thousands of products, user have to click thousands of times to enable clean url.

In the next version's documentation I'm going to highlight what I've said here several times.. the software is *not* aimed towards sites with many products as the auto-generation only takes place when adding or updating categories or products. The current versions have been designed for new or small sites. Auto-generating URIs for entire stores requires too many core file changes. A URI Mapping Manager is in development to cope with that.

Second, clean url can't detect conflict automaticaly, when I have products share with the same title, newly saved products will overwrite previous product clean url because they have the same clean url address because of the same title, and I don't want to edit ecah clean url manually to avoid conflict.

I haven't had any requests for this functionality before. It is not normal to have several products in the same category with the same name. In fact, I can't think of a single good reason you'd want to have that situation, maybe you can enlighten me?

I use drupal also, its path auto module can avoid clean url conflict.

Well I'm only one person, Drupal is written by thousands! You can't expect all the features for a free module from one person to be there from the start, these things take time!

I use ultimate seo module previously, it also can avoid conflict.

That's because each URI for it is completely unique due to the very nature of the software, appending product IDs to the end of every URI (which is very ugly indeed!).

Did I miss something?

Yes, you're expecting a free module developed by one person to have everything from the start! ;)

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

[chabbu]

Hi

This was a very easy to install module. The documentation was very thorough and the rewrite examples were very useful.

The query I have is how to have the simple URI appear on the main index page in the category sidebox. When I hover over it, it shows up as the long url.

Also, when i click a product within a category, it display the 'cpath' at the end of the url, why is this and how do i get rid of it (it's not a linked product).

Thanks

Faz

[conor]

Hi Faz,

Thanks for the nice comments about the module/documentation. I'm glad you like it!

The query I have is how to have the simple URI appear on the main index page in the category sidebox. When I hover over it, it shows up as the long url.

Yes, a few people have asked about that. I think that in the next version I might add a default mapping specifically for the index page.

In the meantime you can add the following record to the ceon_uri_mapping table, to stop Zen Cart using index.php?main_page=index for the home page in certain sideboxes (and possibly some other places.. it's very inconsistent in this regard!).

You can find information about adding a record to the table in the documentation. I'm simply going to list the values you should add here:

uri

/ (or whatever the store uses as DIR_WS_CATALOG).

language_id:

1 (or whatever language ID your store uses)


main_page:

index


query_string_parameters:

NULL (leave the null box ticked in PHPMyAdmin)


associated_db_id:

NULL (leave the null box ticked in PHPMyAdmin)


alternate_uri:

NULL (leave the null box ticked in PHPMyAdmin)


redirection_type_code:

301


date_added:

Use NOW() function in drop down gadget

This will redirect the index.php?main_page=index to / and will also cause Zen Cart to use / as the link instead of
index.php?main_page=index

Also, when i click a product within a category, it display the 'cpath' at the end of the url, why is this and how do i get rid of it (it's not a linked product).

This only occurs for linked products or products which have not had a URI mapping generated for them.

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon