Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

[countrycharm]

Hi,



They've simply fixed a bug of sorts in their canonical link handling for product pages.

Ceon URI Mapping has no known bugs now, it handles all canonical links pretty much perfectly, including those of product pages.

If you look at any canonical link for a product page with a mapped (static) URI in Ceon URI Mapping, you'll find that the cPath is not (and never has been) present. It's only used in the non-canonical URI in the address bar.

That should set your mind at rest! :)

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Thanks Conor for you explanation, so let me get this straight, sorry to use the thread to do. Only product that are link and in another category show the cPath and product id. Good to know.

[conor]

Hi,

Only product that are link and in another category show the cPath and product id. Good to know.

Only linked products show the cPath in the URI in the address bar.

However, they never show the product ID if they have a URI mapping.

Also, their canonical URI never has the cPath in it, it is simply the static URI the product is mapped to.

Simply look in the source of your product pages to see what I mean.

Hope that helps!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[hockey2112]

Hi,



Actually, that's not true. What is happening is that after you install Ceon URI Mapping, it becomes responsible for

/

/index.php

/index.php?main_page=

etc.

It is never responsible for /index.html

However, most people will see the root of a site as / so unless they come directly to /index.html Ceon URI Mapping will indeed take over.

Obviously to avoid that you need to add the following exclusion to your rewrite rule:

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$

However, this means that you can't simply remove index.html to "switch the site live" as "/" would give a 404. You'd have to both remove the index.html file and remove the above exclusion.

Hope that clears things up!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Conor,

I just got around to trying this, and it did allow the index.html file to function. However, I can no longer access the home page by typing http://www.url.com/index.php; it redirects me to the index.html page. All other in-site pages work fine, and I was able to access the home page by typing http://url.com/index.php?main_page, but I was hoping you could clue me in on how to tell CEON to let me access index.php while also keeping index.html intact when someone goes to the plain http://www.url.com url.

Thanks!

[conor]

Hi,

However, I can no longer access the home page by typing http://www.url.com/index.php; it redirects me to the index.html page.

I'm afraid I don't know what is on your server that is causing that. I've never, ever seen that behaviour. You should check your rewrite rules.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

[Libertym]

Lightbox/slimbox is gone and still no good. Maybe this mod just isn't meant to be.

[countrycharm]

Lightbox/slimbox is gone and still no good. Maybe this mod just isn't meant to be.

This module works perfect with all add on as long if it isn't using the same files. IF it is using some of the same file you have to compare and merge the files. I use Jquery Lightbox with no problems. You are doing something wrong. Go back and look at your files to see if they need merging or something.

[DivaVocals]

Lightbox/slimbox is gone and still no good. Maybe this mod just isn't meant to be.

This module works perfect with all add on as long if it isn't using the same files. IF it is using some of the same file you have to compare and merge the files. I use Jquery Lightbox with no problems. You are doing something wrong. Go back and look at your files to see if they need merging or something.

**nods in agreement** and I am using Fual Slimbox on the two sites I deployed with this module with NO issues whatsoever.. I agree with CountryCharm.. There is something you have done incorrectly in the install..

[bn17311]

hi,

any idea what ive installed wrong, everything seems fine but came accross this link

http://www.onyourbike.co.uk/index.ph...ucts_id=211559

should it not convert to new url

thanks
Bryan

[lat9]

I'm currently running 3.6.1 on ZC 1.3.9c on a bi-lingual site and have added entries to my ceon_uri_mappings table so that the main page (main_page = 'index', associated_db_id = null) should also be mapped. Unfortunately, links to the main page were always resulting in www.mysite.com/.

I modified /includes/functions/html_output.php (line 217) as follows to correct this:

      } else if ($page_id == FILENAME_DEFAULT &&
          strpos(strtolower($page_parameters), 'typefilter=') === false) {
          
          $uri_mapping_being_used = true;
          $static = true;
            
          $uri_mapping_sql = "
            SELECT
              uri
            FROM
              " . TABLE_CEON_URI_MAPPINGS . "
            WHERE
              main_page = '" . FILENAME_DEFAULT . "'
            AND
               associated_db_id is null 
            AND
              language_id = '" . (int) $mapping_language_id . "'
            AND
              current_uri = '1';";
          
          $uri_mapping_result = $db->Execute($uri_mapping_sql);
          
          if (!$uri_mapping_result->EOF) {           
            $page_id = $uri_mapping_result->fields['uri'];
          } else {
        // Link is to the index page.. no need to look up mapping in database, simply use the
        // default index page static URI
//        $uri_mapping_being_used = true;
        
            $page_id = DIR_WS_CATALOG;
          }
//        $static = true;

[conor]

Hi,

have added entries to my ceon_uri_mappings table so that the main page (main_page = 'index', associated_db_id = null) should also be mapped.

The main page should only ever be mapped to your store's address, using the code already built into the software. Any other usage I'm afraid is custom programming and I'm afraid therefore not covered by the free support we offer here.

All the best..

Conor
ceon