Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[conor]

Hi,

i just tried to copy the files from archive to the server not to change my files. The result is the same... blank admin page.
i forgot to mention that i use 1.3.8a

Thank you for replay

You need to find out what is wrong on your server that is causing the blank admin file.

It is possibly that one or more of the files isn't uploading properly or that there is something wrong with your server's configuration. I'm afraid I can't help you with that if it is that.

You can find out what error message is being generated by following the instructions on this page:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=82

Let me know what error message is being output and causing the blank page. If you aren't sure about PHP errors etc. you may need to get your web developer to check this out for you.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[nidkolio]

Hi,



You need to find out what is wrong on your server that is causing the blank admin file.

It is possibly that one or more of the files isn't uploading properly or that there is something wrong with your server's configuration. I'm afraid I can't help you with that if it is that.

You can find out what error message is being generated by following the instructions on this page:

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=82

Let me know what error message is being output and causing the blank page. If you aren't sure about PHP errors etc. you may need to get your web developer to check this out for you.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

i will try to figure it out...
Thanks for your help

p.s.OK i got it work! i tryed at other server and it seams it was from server configurations after all...
Thank you for your help!

[conor]

Hi,

i will try to figure it out...
Thanks for your help

p.s.OK i got it work! i tryed at other server and it seams it was from server configurations after all...
Thank you for your help!

I'm glad you got it working and that you like the module. Enjoy!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[jbittner]

I am using the SEO for zen cart.
When it auto adds a category it works great.
It also auto adds a product fine.
Everything works except I find one error.

I select a category, then select a product
and it goes to the product page. On the
product page it displays an image in the
upper left side of the product area.
Above that image is a link to the category.
The category link is wrong. It displays
the category link as:

http://mysite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=

It does this only when SEO is applied
to a product and the product page is displayed.
This link is correct if the product is
not using an SEO link.

Do you have a fix for this?

I'm using Zen Cart 1.3.8a

[conor]

Hi,

Do you have a fix for this?

Hmm, that does look like a bug.

I'll look into sometime next week.

Have a nice weekend!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[doug949]

Conor, great contribution! I installed it and it works very well.

Now here is my problem. My Zen Cart is installed in the root directory (of an Apache) server.

I want to install a completely separate website in its own directory under the root. So I created the folder "mynewsite" and pointed mynewsite.com to this directory.

This works fine if I delete the htaccess file I installed with Ceon URI Mapping (SEO). However, when I do this, Ceon URI Mapping (SEO) breaks.

Needless to say, my problem seems to be in the htaccess file. I've searched the web trying to find a solution; but have had no luck.

Do you know how I should modify the htaccess file so that incoming http requests to mynewsite.com are ignored by Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)?

For reference, below is what I currently have in my htaccess file.

Thanks and best regards,

Doug

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite bad2min directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/admin.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite site manager directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/pma.* [NC]

# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/frontend.* [NC]
# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

[conor]

Hi,

Conor, great contribution! I installed it and it works very well.

Thanks, I'm glad you like it!

Needless to say, my problem seems to be in the htaccess file. I've searched the web trying to find a solution; but have had no luck.

Did you look at the FAQs in the docs? :)

"The module is blocking access to part of the site (e.g. the site's control panel)!"

This links to the section you need:

"Adding exceptions to the rule to prevent particular addresses (e.g. Control Panels etc.) being handled by Zen Cart"

Basically, you should add the following to your .htaccess file:

# Don't rewrite mynewsite's directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/mynewsite.* [NC]

before the actual Rule declaration:

# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[AllGiftsDirect]

I stumbled across this thread as I have been trying for some time to install an SEO mod with no success so far and decided to give this one a go.

I tried it on one of my smaller sites and it works great.

It was easy to install (i liked the way you split the install files into core and modified) and worked out of the box first time.

The only drawback is manually checking a box to tell the module to rewrite the URL. If I decide to change a category name then I have to go into every product in that category and tell it to rewrite the URL so it updates the category link.

On a small site this is not a problem but with hundreds of products on my main site it is a bit of a daunting prospect to implement.

If there was a way to update the category and every product in that category with a single click then I would have to vote it one of the best zen cart mods ever

I do like the move function however that allows rewriting when products are moved between categories as well as the old dynamic links still working and pointing to the newly named product links.

Sitemaps and google base links also update fine when using those zencart mods.

A great mod and the first URL writer I have managed to get working so thanks and well done!

[conor]

Hi,

I tried it on one of my smaller sites and it works great.

Thanks for the nice comments.. I'm glad you like the various features like updating URIs when moving products and maintaining a working historical record of previous URIs.. I'm pretty pleased with how it works too, but it's nice to feel all the work it took to write is appreciated! :)

The only drawback is manually checking a box to tell the module to rewrite the URL.

Yes, the module was designed for new/small sites. It was initially focussed mainly on allowing store owners to have specific URIs for particular pages on their site, for the purposes of placing these on advertising literature. Obviously it has expanded into providing URI management for an entire site.

On a small site this is not a problem but with hundreds of products on my main site it is a bit of a daunting prospect to implement.

Certainly! I'm writing another piece of software to allow managing URIs on large sites.. modifying the existing module presents too many potential problems, I'm already uncomfortable with the number of core files which have to be modified and don't want to store owners to have to modify any more as standard!

A great mod and the first URL writer I have managed to get working so thanks and well done!

I'm glad you like it! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[remoteone]

Hello Conor,
I've installed CEON SEO on my Windows localhost test machine.
Several of my Updated Core Files had been modified with the install of the AUSPOST and OZPOST mod's. The task was made easier by using WinMerge, but one still needs to carefully compare each file. It kind of reminded me of the old osCommerce that I abandoned long ago. Having said that, its good you separated out the Updated Core Files from the New.
Despite your very clear instruction the module won't work. All seems of in the Admin side. But if a page has a URI generated, the store returns the 404 error: Page not found on this server error.

Eg. The ezpage:
http://localhost/zc1/index.php?main_page=page&id=34
generates URI:
http://localhost/zc1/software
but no pages using URI will load when clicking the page link.
Same goes for Product pages.
Test Store is on /zc1/ and the Rewrite ON directive in
/zc1/.htaccess is:

RewriteEngine On

# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zc1/admin.* [NC]

# Don't rewrite cPanel directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/cpanel.* [NC]

# Handle all other URIs using Zen Cart (index.php)
RewriteRule (.*) zc1/index.php?%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

Hopefully I have done something wrong in .htaccess
Cheers.. any ideas?