Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

[yellow1912]

Okie, so I assume 2 things here:
1. your current host is localhost
2. your store is at http://localhost/hotshoes/

Then the correct htaccess is:

#### BOF SSU
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
# Make sure to change "zencart" to the subfolder you install ZC. If you use root folder, change to: RewriteBase /
RewriteBase /hotshoes/

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

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
#### EOF SSU
I commented out the www redirection for you because you wouldnt need it till you go online.
What is your version? If you are using 3.5+ you should be able to visit localhost/ssu_check.php and you will see a suggested htaccess content based on your configuration

[ShoesBuyOnline]

Okie, so I assume 2 things here:
1. your current host is localhost
2. your store is at http://localhost/hotshoes/

Then the correct htaccess is:

#### BOF SSU
Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On
# Make sure to change "zencart" to the subfolder you install ZC. If you use root folder, change to: RewriteBase /
RewriteBase /hotshoes/

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

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$ [NC]
#RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
#### EOF SSU
I commented out the www redirection for you because you wouldnt need it till you go online.
What is your version? If you are using 3.5+ you should be able to visit localhost/ssu_check.php and you will see a suggested htaccess content based on your configuration

Hi, yellow

Thanks for your reply. I used winmerge to compare the htaccess you offer above with my old one and find these 2 are almost identical, you use domain but I use example instead. I noticed that you said the ssu_check.php appears under localhost/ but now my ssu_check.php is under /localhost/hotshoes/ for my site root is there. I will give it a try to see any different.

Regards,

[daffy]

Hi Yellow,

I upgraded from 3.6.2 to 3.6.7 and now everything is working very smoothly, and very quickly. No more errors when I reset the cache.

The simplified file structure in the cache is not so overwhelming, as well. I'm very impressed with the newest version so far. Thank you!

Cyndy

[yellow1912]

Huhm, I dont think it will take a "link" which contains query string in it. There is a way around but that has its own drawback:

1. In the excluded query list, take out sort and filter id
2. Now your link will look like this:
paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44

Now you sure can use that for alias

Regards

[twdhosting]

Huhm, I dont think it will take a "link" which contains query string in it. There is a way around but that has its own drawback:

1. In the excluded query list, take out sort and filter id
2. Now your link will look like this:
paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44

Now you sure can use that for alias

Regards

Thanks Yellow - I tried that but it didn't work...

When I removed the sort and filter_id from the query list and cleared the cache the URL's still looked like

paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=44

Here are the current SSU config settings:

File extension
Name delimiter -
ID delimiter -
Set max category level 3
Exclude list advanced_search_result
Set Link Alias Status true
Set minimum word length 0
Set maximum name length 0
Set SSU Status true
Set SSU Multi Language Status false
Set Query Key's Exclude List zenid,gclid,number_of_uploads,number_of_downloads,action,page,disp_order,alpha_f ilter_id,currency
Set Auto Alias Status true
Set Category Separator /
Hide default language identifier false

Thanks again!

[yellow1912]

Ah yes, I remember now, in the latest version of SSU I have moved most of the default exclude list to a config file because users usually have problem with this field not setting correctly. So after removing those 2 files from the config in admin, you can edit includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php line 28.

I will think about it in the next version to see how to see if there is any way to ensure both convenience and usability

[twdhosting]

Ah yes, I remember now, in the latest version of SSU I have moved most of the default exclude list to a config file because users usually have problem with this field not setting correctly. So after removing those 2 files from the config in admin, you can edit includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php line 28.

I will think about it in the next version to see how to see if there is any way to ensure both convenience and usability

Thanks Yellow - i'm getting there but it's still not working????

I edit the init_ssu.php file and removed the filters from the exlcude list and that worked fine, URL's now look like:

paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44

But having put that into the alias manager like so:

LINK: paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44
ALAIS: paul-smith/t-shirts (or even paul-smith-t-shirts)

and clearing the cache it still shows paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44 and not the alias?????

[philip937]

Huhm, I dont think it will take a "link" which contains query string in it. There is a way around but that has its own drawback:

1. In the excluded query list, take out sort and filter id
2. Now your link will look like this:
paul-smith/sort/20a/filter_id/44

Now you sure can use that for alias

Regards

yellow1912,

On this post you mentioned there was a drawback but didn't describe what the drawback is?

I am keen to be able to set aliases for my filters. Is this still the only way, if so can you explain the drawback.

Many Thanks
Phil

[alpha7]

Hi
I've installed simple seo url Ver3.8.0. and the latest Module manager, I finally got it to install without errors after reading the instructions :). The problem I'm having is that while the urls are correctly seo'ed in the top url bar, the bottom status bar displays the original no seo urls when I mouse over the links, Please can someone help, thanks.

[rayhunt]

I had my webmaster who I no longer have install the SEO URLs on my site. If I add new products or change titles, should I reset SEO URL CACHE ?