Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[conor]

Hi Sasha,

First, thanks for this outstanding piece of code. It works perfectly.

Thanks for the nice comments, I'm glad you like the module. It currently has a few bugs in it but I hope to have them all fixed shortly.

The only feature I would ask for would be something that recursively goes through your site and auto-assigns the URI

That requires more changes to the core code that I'm comfortable releasing as a "module" so I'm developing a Mappings Manager to do that very thing.

even though I have a small shop, I have many hundreds of products (and do all of my product editing with Easy Populate).

That's not a small shop! :)

My site is HyosungSource.com. I use a shared hosting on hostmonster - so my site sits in the subdirectory /hyosungsource/. This is the directory where I added the .htaccess changes.

The obvious answer is to have your host set up the store directory better or, if they won't then to use a better host.. no Zen Cart store should use a low level hosting package.. it would be worth spending $5 a month on something better!

I don't want it to have the "hyosungsource" repeated. What I am trying to get it to is

www.hyosungsource.com/GT250/air-filter.

You really should use a host that doesn't require your shop to be in a subdirectory named /hyosungsource - why can't you name it "store" or "shop"?

I know it may seem like a minor thing, but it affects a few other things elsewhere.

I think it's quite a major thing!

Any idea why it is doing this?

Yes, the auto-generation is designed to use the full DIR_WS_CATALOG path.. for most stores this is usually "/" or "/shop", both of which make sense.

Is it something I have to work out with my hosting provider

That would be the best solution.

or can I do it in the config for Ceon URI?

No, you can change the value of DIR_WS_CATALOG in the admin/includes/configure.php file to '/'.. you would probably need to change it back afterwards as otherwise any links to a page in the catalog which are generated in the admin (for example, those used in e-mails sent form the admin - coupon codes/gift certificates etc.) would have the wrong base path ('/' instead of '/hyosungsource').

Alternatively you can edit each URI mapping to remove the /hyosungsource - you don't have to use auto-generation, you can choose whatever URI you want (the primary purpose of the module in the first place).

So first thing is to see if you can get the /hyosungsource/ changed to '/' or '/shop/'. If not, you'll have to use one of the other two solutions presented above. As no-one else has asked for the ability to choose a different base path for the auto-generation this isn't a feature I'd be prepared to take the time to add to the module.

All the best...

Conor
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