Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[DivaVocals]

Don't worry I haven't started stalking you OFFICIALLY yet!!!

Hi,



lol, yes, I'm starting to get frightened. And it's not even Halloween yet! ;) Thanks for yet more nice words though! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[Shane78]

thanks for all the help and advice ppl...

i went with SSU simply because i already used one of yellows mods (just another cross sell mod ) so i already had his module manager installed.

but it does have some annoying problems when it comes to the cart.

I will be uninstalling SSU simply cos its not working right and it seems that Yellow has moved on to a ZC fork.

and ceons supoort looks top notch!

just got to uninstall SSU now...#gulp#

i shall return soon... pestering ppl for help when i mess up this mods install :)

[niccol]

I am having problems getting the uri rewrite to work on this site:

www.more~~~~~thangems.com

Things I do know:

The admin section seems to work fine in that urls are created and stored.

The html_output file is the right version.

No links are being re-written.

The hosting company says that there is no problem with mod_rewrite although I do not see it when I do a phpinfo()

The .htaccess is cut and pasted from the installation guide except with the new name of admin inserted.

I have re-installed a couple of times.

Any suggestions? Many Many Thanks

[conor]

Hi Nick,

The html_output file is the right version.

No links are being re-written.

Those two statements are incompatible!

Any suggestions? Many Many Thanks

You should make sure you have the html_output.php file from the distribution uploaded correctly. If the URIs are being stored correctly and they aren't being used on the main site, it is the only thing that could be going wrong. There simply isn't another explanation!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[niccol]

Those two statements are incompatible!

Yes, I know.

So, I just downloaded the file that is at includes/functions/html_output.php and will attach it but it is the distribution version of this file, I believe.

When I say the urls are stored I am just judging that by the fact that when I edit, for instance a product, the URL is still there the next time I look at the edit product page. Which I am assuming implies that all is working OK.

This is what my htaccess looks like:

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} !^/XXXXXXXXXXX.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/editors.* [NC]
# Don't rewrite payment pages/callback handlers
# (Won't be rewritten by rules above but included here in case rewriting of URIs ending in .php is added)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/ipn_main_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/iridium_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/localities_remote_loader.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/nochex_apc_handler.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/protx_direct_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/realex_remote_3d_secure_iframe.php.* [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]

I am puzzled....

Which as far as I can see leaves mod-rewrite problems?

[conor]

Hi,

So, I just downloaded the file that is at includes/functions/html_output.php and will attach it but it is the distribution version of this file, I believe.

That is the correct file. It appears that is not being used by your site though. I don't know why that is.

When I say the urls are stored I am just judging that by the fact that when I edit, for instance a product, the URL is still there the next time I look at the edit product page. Which I am assuming implies that all is working OK.

Yes, it does indeed!

Which as far as I can see leaves mod-rewrite problems?

No, mod_rewrite is not involved with the actual output of links on your site, so it can't be the culprit.

Please send me your FTP and admin details via this link and I'll debug this for you!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[niccol]

OK. Thanks Conor. I'll just add my name to the list of Conor fans.

I'll send you over the ftp details in just a little while. I'll do one last check that I am not doing anything embarrassingly stupid (famous last words) so as not to waste your time

[DivaVocals]

OK. Thanks Conor. I'll just add my name to the list of Conor fans.

He's mine!!!! I saw him first.. Just kidding..

Isn't Conor awesome!!?? Once you get all straightened out, you will LOVE this mod..

[niccol]

Oh, I have used it on a few sites already and yes I do love it. It just does what it says on the box.

And, yes, the support is particularly excellent. The forum in general is great - so for a thread to stand out as being extra great is pretty impressive.

[niccol]

Just for anyone else. My problem was that I was recreating an existing site. I exported an existing database and imported it into the new site.

You simply missed copying across the
configuration and configuration group tables.. that's where the
overall option to enable/disable is stored.

Conor solves another one...