Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

ive got an error that i need to fix.......!!!!!!

ive had my site running for a year so far with the mod running fine and dandy until the other day i noticed that i had bots coming to my sites spamming me and trying to access my admin section.

I followed the instructions on how to change the admin section name to something else.... after changing the admin section i enter the url and i get forwarded to a page not found site map page! any ideas???

Hi Simon,

kitcorsa:

I followed the instructions on how to change the admin section name to something else.... after changing the admin section i enter the url and i get forwarded to a page not found site map page! any ideas???

Sounds like you haven't followed the instructions properly to change the .htaccess file for your admin directory. Read them again and make sure you are excluding the admin directory from the rewrite rule - also check that you updated the path to your admin directory in admin/includes/configure.php (you've definitely missed one or both of these two things if you are getting a 404).

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Connor,

I have an issue I was hoping you could help with. I had to restore my database and home directory of my site (hosted) and then I followed all the install instructions again for the URI mapping contribution, except point3, creating the database tables does not automatically occur when I go into the modules section. Now the mapping does not work. I had it all working prior to the RESTORE.:oops:

Any ideas what i should look for

Hi there,

How do I get the contact us, privacy, sitemap etc. to have URI mapping?

Thanks

Berserker:

Hi there,

How do I get the contact us, privacy, sitemap etc. to have URI mapping?

ThanksYou have to manually create those entries in your mapping table using your MySQL Admin. Conor's readme instructions explain exactly how to make those DB entries. HTH..

conor:

I'm afraid I can't replicate your problem, nor can I see how it could occur if you're the latest version of the code.

Can you see the problem by clicking on this link?

It's not really that big of an issue but I am curious as to why it behaves likes this despite the fact that none of my products are linked.

Also, yesterday a customer encountered for the first time a scary problem: A free-shipping product somehow appeared as non-free-shipping (for that order only) and charged the customer for shipping.

This was a spurious problem and neither the customer nor I could reproduce the problem (with the same exact product, without changing anything in the Admin or the system).

Problems which cannot be reproduced are the scariest... This is the first time I ever encounter this problem and I don't know whether it could be related to the recent introduction of Ceon URI to my zen-cart based store.

At this point (i.e. as long as we cannot reproduce it) there isn't much that can be done about this problem but I mention it here in case it would "ring a bell".

As for the praise for your remarkable work, you deserve it. :smile:

I notice this happens for me on products I created via the copy function.. weird.. It doesn't see to affect anything adversely, but it shows up for linked and/or copied products only..

scatzc:

Can you see the problem by clicking on this link?

It's not really that big of an issue but I am curious as to why it behaves likes this despite the fact that none of my products are linked.

hi conor i figgered out it was the htaccess file in the index of the site.... for somereason it wasn't changing via ftp but has now :S

all i can guess is the this file was being rewriten by the server control panel as i was blocking ip's and chnageing the admin section at the same time and the blocked ip's ive noticed are listed in this htaccess file as well.

Hi there,

Im having an error with 1 category and all the products in it. When you click on any of the product, the buttons/images arent displaying. Also, when you click refresh while on viewing the product, the whole site falls apart. It doesnt happen with any other category. The problem does not occur when I turned off Ceon Uri Mapping. Site is https://www.playnippon.com and the problem category is Music CD.

Thanks...

Hi,

emarinos:

I have an issue I was hoping you could help with. I had to restore my database and home directory of my site (hosted) and then I followed all the install instructions again for the URI mapping contribution, except point3, creating the database tables does not automatically occur when I go into the modules section. Now the mapping does not work. I had it all working prior to the RESTORE.:oops:

Any ideas what i should look for

Unfortunately you've messed up your restore quite badly! You'll probably have to manually remove any references to the module from the database (remove its tables) and then go back to the configuration utility. It should then see that no URI Mapping tables exist and create them.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi,

scatzc:

Can you see the problem by clicking on this link?

I can see that that link has a cPath after it but all the links to that page on your site that I can see don't have the cPath.

It's the page that is showing that cPath link that is the problem, not the link itself (once you get there it's irrelevant).

Where is it that you are seeing this link being generated.. i.e. how are you getting to this page with its cPath addition?

scatzc:

Also, yesterday a customer encountered for the first time a scary problem: A free-shipping product somehow appeared as non-free-shipping (for that order only) and charged the customer for shipping.

That's definitely nothing to do with the module. At least you can count it out as somewhere to look for the source of that problem!

scatzc:

As for the praise for your remarkable work, you deserve it. :smile:

Well it really is appreciated, thank you!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hi Conor, I need your urgent help...

I have installed this Ceon URI Mapping, but got two problems.

The first one, when I select the auto-generating, it can not work. The page said that there are some errors. The subcategories works fine.

The other one, I rewrite the URI manually, it can not show full path, it just show the path of product.

Thank you..

Hello Conor,
I knwo you ceon_uri_mapping_3[1].2.4, but after I installing it, and I have do that accorting to your structure, but
after I enter URI Mapping: and Tick this box to have the URI auto-generated for this category.

but on the web, I click the page, it says 404 error can't found the file.
What the problem it is?
Regards,
Alan

I have already solve my problem, thank you

conor:

Where is it that you are seeing this link being generated.. i.e. how are you getting to this page with its cPath addition?
By now, the only way to get link generated with the cPath addition is via old external links (e.g. found by a Google search and, when clicked, they are converted on-the-fly to Ceon URI).

Again, this is not really a big issue but in case you are curious about this, I am providing the information.

conor:

That's definitely nothing to do with the module. At least you can count it out as somewhere to look for the source of that problem!
I think that you are right. This type of problem would occur if Zen-Cart somehow temporarily lost access to the downloadable file. Could be a spurious filesystem (on the server) problem which has nothing to do with Zen-Cart, or a very rare bug in Zen-Cart. At this moment, there isn't much that I can do about this except keep an eye on it and report in the Zen-Cart forums what I observe.

Now, to a real pressing issue: When I copy my real store directory to a test store directory (with the database of course), all is well except that all URIs now point to the real store... Which means that I have to manually modify each and every product's URI in the product description.

Is there a way (a script perhaps or a command in the Admin console) to update, in one fell swoop, all subdirectory paths (and only the subdirectory part) to where the store is located?

For example, from:

/store/category1/product1-seo-friendly-description
to
/teststore/category1/product1-seo-friendly-description

Similar to what fix_cache_key.php does?

Thanks.

No automate way is that's what yo are looking for.. I have to do this everytime I move a clients site from my dev server to their web host.. I usually do a DB dump and then open my SQL dump file in a text editor, and do a simple find and replace.. Another way is to write a replace SQL statement that does basically the same thing.. I just find using the text editor method easier..

scatzc:

By now, the only way to get link generated with the cPath addition is via old external links (e.g. found by a Google search and, when clicked, they are converted on-the-fly to Ceon URI).

Again, this is not really a big issue but in case you are curious about this, I am providing the information.

I think that you are right. This type of problem would occur if Zen-Cart somehow temporarily lost access to the downloadable file. Could be a spurious filesystem (on the server) problem which has nothing to do with Zen-Cart, or a very rare bug in Zen-Cart. At this moment, there isn't much that I can do about this except keep an eye on it and report in the Zen-Cart forums what I observe.

Now, to a real pressing issue: When I copy my real store directory to a test store directory (with the database of course), all is well except that all URIs now point to the real store... Which means that I have to manually modify each and every product's URI in the product description.

Is there a way (a script perhaps or a command in the Admin console) to update, in one fell swoop, all subdirectory paths (and only the subdirectory part) to where the store is located?

For example, from:

to

Similar to what fix_cache_key.php does?

Thanks.

Hi,

scatzc:

By now, the only way to get link generated with the cPath addition is via old external links (e.g. found by a Google search and, when clicked, they are converted on-the-fly to Ceon URI).

Interesting, that sounds like the redirect is not comparing the cPath variable correctly. I'll take a look and fix that if necessary, sounds like a tiny coding issue.

scatzc:

Is there a way (a script perhaps or a command in the Admin console) to update, in one fell swoop, all subdirectory paths (and only the subdirectory part) to where the store is located?

As Crystal says next, for the minute to do a SQL dump, find and replace and then reimport the updated SQL.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Hello Conor,
I met the new problem, I installed the ceon_uri_mapping_3[1].2.4 yesterday, and it run very well on my web,
but today, When I access the admin of the web, it says Page Not Found The address you typed was either entered incorrectly or is no longer on our site.
Return to the Home Page or view our Site Map.

what the problem is, need help :unsure:

Hi,

alan145:

what the problem is, need help :unsure:

I guess English isn't your first language? :)

It sounds like you have renamed your admin directory from "admin" but forgotten to modify the admin directory exclusion condition of the rewrite rule. You'll find instructions about what to do about this in the configuration section of the documentation that comes with the module. Read the section on the admin folder and all should become clear.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

conor:

Hi,

I guess English isn't your first language? :)

Conor
ceon

Englisht is the first language and there is only english
the thing make me confused is that I can use it yesterday, but can't use today
I also contact my host, it seems no problem,
So confused,
So could you tell me the way to remove the Ceon URI Mapping (SEO) compleletely, and reinstall it,
Hope it can solve the problem.
Yesterday, First I install ceon_uri_mapping_3[1].2.3, but it is no use, then I upgrading it to 3[1].2.4, then in the catagories, the SEO map is there. And I can use it yesterday,
Today, I can't access admin

Alan