Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[DivaVocals]

Oh, right. I'd thought the W might stand for Wordpress but the OZ made it sound like some Australian thing! :)

The code I posted shouldn't result in an extra ? being added to the end of the URI, it only creates the query string if there are GET variables to create it from

I figured that.. Which is why I found it odd.. I double, triple, and quadruple checked the code you provided to make sure I added it correctly.. (I commented out the code I was supposed to replace -- this way I could easily roll back to default) Also since I am running the Tableless Checkout mod, I did a Winmerge to compare the checkout_success page from this mod to the default checkout_success page to make good and sure that the notification form code didn't change.. I confirmed that I was right that this code was not modified at all.. LIke I said.. odd..

If you send me some FTP details for your site I can manually trace what is being created that is causing the redirect. Apart from that I'm afraid I'm out of ideas!

I don't use the PM system here so just use this link to contact me.

Cool beans.. I appreciate the help Conor.. You are a good man to help.. Look for a message from a desperate girl named Crystal in the next day or 2..

[conor]

Hi Crystal,

Nice to know your real name (and a nice name I must add! :) ).

Which is why I found it odd.. I double, triple, and quadruple checked the code you provided to make sure I added it correctly..

Yes, it's very strange!

Cool beans.. I appreciate the help Conor.. You are a good man to help.. Look for a message from a desperate girl named Crystal in the next day or 2..

No problem!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[DivaVocals]

Hi Crystal,

Nice to know your real name (and a nice name I must add! :) ).

Yes it is if I do say so myself!!

[stxmona]

ok - I am close to uploading and using this mod. I am not sure if the mod_rewrite is enabled in the Apache server. I see the instructions to do that.....

Two Questions -
1. If I upload and it takes me a day or two to figure out the mod rewrite (if needed)- will that affect my site as I am live right now AND the biggest reason for adding this mod it that this is a rebuild from a successful html/cgi cart that ranked high in search engines. As soon as I made the zen cart live - orders went way down - the reason all the old links high in the search engines were dead so I want to change the zen cart to reflect those links but with over 5000 products......it may take me awhile.
2. Can I just customize the subcategory link manually and then have the product links self generate?

I am running many mods -
Admin Profiles
Advanced XSell
Categories Dressings
COWAA
Edit Orders
Sales Reports
Cherry Zen Template
IH2
Fual Slimbox
Module Manager
Email Exporter

and am looking at the Ceon Manuel Card mod

If this mod works the way it looks like it will......trust me I will buy you a few cups of coffee!!

TIA
Mona

[conor]

Hi,

1. If I upload and it takes me a day or two to figure out the mod rewrite (if needed)- will that affect my site as I am live right now AND the biggest reason for adding this mod it that this is a rebuild from a successful html/cgi cart that ranked high in search engines.

As long as you are careful with your htaccess file the module will not interfere with your site until you start adding URI mappings. If you haven't added any URI mappings, it's as if the module isn't even there!

So you can add the htaccess first, check that hasn't broken your site, then install the module and add mappings at your own pace.

2. Can I just customize the subcategory link manually and then have the product links self generate?

I'm afraid not, currently you'll have to specify/generate each one.

If this mod works the way it looks like it will......trust me I will buy you a few cups of coffee!!

I don't actually drink coffee but I get the sentiment.. thanks very much indeed for saying it! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[stxmona]

I'm afraid not, currently you'll have to specify/generate each one.

Thanks for the quick reply Conor!

I have another "what if" question.
Can I manually do some and leave some alone? for example -
this list of products in one subcategory-
http://www.quiltsinmontana.com/index...x&cPath=69_265
becomes what the search engine knows-
http://www.quiltsinmontana.com/Class...ant_Pandas.htm
but when you click on the actual /product/item which is -
http://www.quiltsinmontana.com/index...roducts_id=980
it stays the same as it is right now.

Thanks again!
Mona

[conor]

Hi,

Can I manually do some and leave some alone?

Yes, that's exactly what the module was designed for! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[stxmona]

wow thanks for the really quick reply!
I will work on it today.....ya know you will be hearing from me if I run into trouble!

Mona

[stxmona]

It works! Thanks Conor - you saved my bacon!!

Look for a cup of tea or mug of beer - whichever - from a thankful mod user!!

Mona

[stxmona]

Ok - so everything seemed as though it was ok LOL

However, after changing some of the URLs the products will not add to cart. My template uses the "add selected products to cart" button on the cherry zen template.

I did look for the "action" form talked about below....but I am not really sure what I am looking for to make the add to cart button work correctly on the product listing page work.

If it's not adding to the cart properly only when the URI Mapping module is enabled then the only thing I can think of is that the user's path to the cart page is being interrupted by a redirect.

The only reason I can see that happening is if the form on the manufacturers page doesn't make use of the zen_href_link function which is overridden by the URI Mapping module to add the mapping functionality.

So I'd check what the "action" of the form is. For example, on my test server zen138.local, on the page of the manufacturer gt_interactive the add to cart form tag is built as such:

<form name="multiple_products_cart_quantity" action="http://zen138.local/gt_interactive

Hope that helps!

Here is the code that I find in my product_listing.php files and tpl_products_all_default.php files

    echo zen_draw_form('multiple_products_cart_quantity', zen_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, zen_get_all_get_params(array('action')) . 'action=multiple_products_add_product'), 'post', 'enctype="multipart/form-data"');

Here is a link to a product page with the multiple products add to cart that is not working.
http://www.quiltsinmontana.com/Alexa..._Haunted_House

Thanks again for your help!
Mona