Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[simonbbc]

Hi,



Move your Zen Cart installation into the root of your site so you don't have to use "automotiveshop" - simple!

You can then do a search and replace on a database dump to remove the "automotiveshop" from currently generated URIs.



I think stronger preference is given but I seriously doubt it would have much effect on your rankings.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Thanks for your quick reply... I could move the zen cart installation but I have external links to my site and don't want to break these... wouldn't this be a problem?

[conor]

Hi,

Thanks for your quick reply... I could move the zen cart installation but I have external links to my site and don't want to break these... wouldn't this be a problem?

You could make use of Ceon URI Mapping's historical URI functionality to remap old URIs to the new ones.

You'd have to manually enter all the historical URIs though and that could take some time.

The decision about what way to go is up to you!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[davidmorrisuk]

Just as an update on this... the hosting company (JSWeb) think that the problem is being caused by a conflict between the Ultimate SEO URLs module and the CEON URI module.

They say that the Ultimate SEO URL module was included in their initial build (unknown to me). I added the CEON module and they say that this is causing a conflict and hence the navigation problems.

I have agreed to pay for them to remove all SEO modules and then re-install the CEON module.

I cant explain why random pages are displayed, but is definitely happening! The pages could be from the browser cache perhaps?

I am keeping my fingers crossed that this solves the navigation problem and will update the forum if it does

David

[conor]

Hi,

Specifically. I agree with you. I use also the http in specs.

Sorry but why are you posting this? The latest version released has already taken that into account and adds the slash so your post is out of date! Guess you didn't read the follow up posts to the one you quoted?!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[conor]

Hi,

the problem is being caused by a conflict between the Ultimate SEO URLs module and the CEON URI module.

Hmm, that's very strange. Can't think why it would happen but sounds like you're about to have it fixed, which is the main thing!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

[DivaVocals]

Just as an update on this... the hosting company (JSWeb) think that the problem is being caused by a conflict between the Ultimate SEO URLs module and the CEON URI module.

They say that the Ultimate SEO URL module was included in their initial build (unknown to me). I added the CEON module and they say that this is causing a conflict and hence the navigation problems.

I have agreed to pay for them to remove all SEO modules and then re-install the CEON module.

I cant explain why random pages are displayed, but is definitely happening! The pages could be from the browser cache perhaps?

I am keeping my fingers crossed that this solves the navigation problem and will update the forum if it does

David

I think the real point is (as Conor and others have pointed out) that the issue was NEVER with the Ceon URI module, and (surprise!) the REAL issue is indeed something your hosting company needs to resolve..

Glad it's all working out, but in my experience hosting companies are often too quick to blame modules for issues without any substantial information to back their claims. Glad yours finally INVESTIGATED your issue and has come up with an actual plan. (Though I question why they JUST now figured out and informed you that they installed another SEO module)

[Scott_C]

Hey Conor, just wanted to say a quick thanks for the latest Ceon update and the working manufacturers sidebox.

Its all working really well on our site and I can already see higher page rankings in Google thanks to your add-on. Great work mate!

Cheers,

Scott.

[conor]

Hi Scott,

Hey Conor, just wanted to say a quick thanks for the latest Ceon update and the working manufacturers sidebox.

Glad you like it as your post was obviously the motivation for adding that functionality! :)

Glad it's over with now and as far as I can see the module is complete.. hopefully there'll be no more updates this year! :)

Its all working really well on our site and I can already see higher page rankings in Google thanks to your add-on. Great work mate!

That's good to hear.. and was fairly quick! :)

Thanks for the nice comments!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[Mike_Dean]

Hi Conor,

Hoping you can help with my issues/s (I'm sure you can..)

I'm running a Test Cart of ZC 1.3.9c on PHP3 as I will be updating an existing cart with the latest and greatest very soon.


I have installed 3.6.2 and have followed the instructions carefully.

The install appears to have been successful, as I can configure URI's via Admin.

To test that URI's were working, I edited one product in a category, and created the URI.
I then went and viewed that product to check the results.

This is when I noticed the odd behavior.

As you can see by the images supplied, with URI on, the images disappear, with URI off, all is good..

It only affects the product that I mapped.

All other pages are fine with images and header displaying correctly.

My store is located in wamp/www/zencart/

I did not have a htaccess file here, So I have created one and it is in my zencart folder and is as follows.


RewriteEngine On

# ONLY rewrite URIs beginning with /shop/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/zencart/ [NC]
# Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxxx])
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !\.[a-z]{2,5}$ [NC]
# Don't rewrite admin directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zencart/xxxxxxxx[NC]
# Don't rewrite editors directory
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/zencart/editors [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]


(My Admin has been renamed (zencart/xxxxxx))


I also checked my css files and this is where I got a little confused, as I'm sure that's where my problems lies..


My images are currently referenced as per usual,

url("../images/body_bg.gif")



I attempted to change all references to ("zencart/includes/templates/Lite Blue/images/xxxxxx), as I read an earlier post that suggested this needed to be done..

All I succeeded in doing was making it worse, and it removed all my sidebox headers and my main header, as you can see by image named URI On CSS edited

So I'm not sure what I have done wrong, or more likely not done right (if that makes sense..!!)

So I hope you can help...


Many thanks,
Mike

[conor]

Hi Mike,

Glad you like the software!

My images are currently referenced as per usual,

url("../images/body_bg.gif")

I attempted to change all references to ("zencart/includes/templates/Lite Blue/images/xxxxxx), as I read an earlier post that suggested this needed to be done..

That is indeed the problem.. you must have all images and CSS files use absolute links or else set the BASE HREF for the site appropriately. Changing the links as you were doing is the best option.

You made a mistake though as you forgot to make the links absolute, they are still relative as they don't start with a slash.

The above should have been changed to:

url("/zencart/includes/templates/Lite Blue/images/xxxxxx")

Make that change to your CSS/image paths and everything should work fine.

All the best..

Conor
ceon