Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[new2u]

Alright Conor so I'm back... I was able to get the ?&language=en at the end of my urls removed from my sitemap.. However google still crawls my site for stuff not in my sitemap and finds the ?&language=en show duplicate urls for everything. You know how I could chop that off the end?

[DivaVocals]

Alright Conor so I'm back... I was able to get the ?&language=en at the end of my urls removed from my sitemap.. However google still crawls my site for stuff not in my sitemap and finds the ?&language=en show duplicate urls for everything. You know how I could chop that off the end?

You need to pose this questionon the XML Sitemap support thread.. That is where the "?&language=en" is coming from.. (Hint: this question has been answered in the XML Sitemap support thread so a quick search of that thread should provide you with the answer you need)

[conor]

Hi,

Alright Conor so I'm back... I was able to get the ?&language=en at the end of my urls removed from my sitemap.. However google still crawls my site for stuff not in my sitemap and finds the ?&language=en show duplicate urls for everything. You know how I could chop that off the end?

I've had a new version of the module running here for several months now which tracks whether or not the user has just changed the language.

In a standard version of Zen Cart - which is not using this latest version of Ceon URI Mapping - "&language" is added.

The new code in this new version I've been running handles language changes transparently and will redirect the user to the specific URI for the newly selected language, so "&language" is never displayed on the site again if the URI has been stored in each language!

As well as that, if the user hasn't just selected a new language, but the URI uses a different language from the session, the session is switched to use the new language. This means that the page will display in the language that the URI is specifically defined for. So if a site has a page in two different languages but each has a translated URI (E.g. /chairs and /chaises), the session language will correctly represent the URI being displayed in the address bar!

This all greatly enhances the language handling of Zen Cart.

Another feature I've had running in the new version is code which removes the category ID from the URI (an extra cPath= some people have reported) if it is simply the product's master category as it will be regenerated when the static URI is loaded..

I've had those two new features ready to go since November I think but unfortunately I haven't released the code yet as I've been very busy and then got very ill recently and am only getting back on top of things now.. packaging up new versions takes a fair bit of time (if there are any problems in any upgrade lots of you will let me know it! :) ).. it's only with you mentioning this now that I have realised just how long its been since I actually wrote this code though!

I'll try and get a new release of the software out soon. (I know that's not exactly the news you wanted but at least now you know that the issue has been looked at.. and even better, code has been written which is already working!)

Al the best..

Conor
ceon

[new2u]

Any chance for some access to early code?

[new2u]

Thank you diva.. but as I stated before, it is not displayed in my sitemap. Google found it by crawling the page. It is disabled in the sitemap settings.

[conor]

Hi,

Any chance for some access to early code?

Sorry, I don't have time to support beta code/releases as well as "official" stable releases.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[spid3r1987]

Hi,



Sorry, I don't have time to support beta code/releases as well as "official" stable releases.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

sorry to bother u m8
but i mentioned to u before about importing data from easypopulate and ceon working with it.
have u worked/are working on this etc
just for an update thats all, dont wanna seem like im pestering u for it

[conor]

Hi,

sorry to bother u m8
but i mentioned to u before about importing data from easypopulate and ceon working with it.
have u worked/are working on this etc
just for an update thats all, dont wanna seem like im pestering u for it

Yes, I'm working on it.. hoping to get things sorted in February. Everything's been up the left since I got sick last year but now I'm in recovery I'm back to work as much as I can.. please bear with me! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[DivaVocals]

Hi Conor,

Sorry about your health issues.. I HOPE you are feeling better now.. (I can't stalk you afterall if you aren't here!!)

That said, I was wondering if your new version includes the much anticipated link manager module???

Hi,

I've had a new version of the module running here for several months now which tracks whether or not the user has just changed the language.

In a standard version of Zen Cart - which is not using this latest version of Ceon URI Mapping - "&language" is added.

The new code in this new version I've been running handles language changes transparently and will redirect the user to the specific URI for the newly selected language, so "&language" is never displayed on the site again if the URI has been stored in each language!

As well as that, if the user hasn't just selected a new language, but the URI uses a different language from the session, the session is switched to use the new language. This means that the page will display in the language that the URI is specifically defined for. So if a site has a page in two different languages but each has a translated URI (E.g. /chairs and /chaises), the session language will correctly represent the URI being displayed in the address bar!

This all greatly enhances the language handling of Zen Cart.

Another feature I've had running in the new version is code which removes the category ID from the URI (an extra cPath= some people have reported) if it is simply the product's master category as it will be regenerated when the static URI is loaded..

I've had those two new features ready to go since November I think but unfortunately I haven't released the code yet as I've been very busy and then got very ill recently and am only getting back on top of things now.. packaging up new versions takes a fair bit of time (if there are any problems in any upgrade lots of you will let me know it! :) ).. it's only with you mentioning this now that I have realised just how long its been since I actually wrote this code though!

I'll try and get a new release of the software out soon. (I know that's not exactly the news you wanted but at least now you know that the issue has been looked at.. and even better, code has been written which is already working!)

Al the best..

Conor
ceon

[Jay76]

I just wanted to say a big thanks to Conor, and wish you a good recovery and sounds like you are doing well.

I think this module is really good for seo, I just have to do the other pages such as contact us, sitemap pages which have the crappy urls as I can not do these within admin? unless I am wrong. As a complete novice I am still trying to get my head around doing the other pages.

All the best Conor, you are a legend mate!