Glamorousshoe:

A note for Gerjan, as a business... .....that is really annoying.

I agree. But I would be happy to get this to work. I'm very happy with Zen-Cart and the people who take the effort of creating software/modules for it. So the least I can do is give it a change to solve the bugs.

Glamorousshoe:

I do have the Ultimate SEO installed on my live site https://www.coolcarpartsonline.com it works like a charm with no errors and you can see it in action. This site has 20K products and hundreds of mods with no problem and looks very professional.

Indeed a very nice site. When things don't work out well it's my next option to use Ultimate SEO.

Glamorousshoe:

Google Sitemap will generate an error since the SE mods use 301 redirection, if your site has been live for a while you will not really need sitemaps. I will encourage using Google Base as it does increase traffic and customers.

I only use google sitemap and Google Adwords now. I will look at Google base, looks interesting, thanks.

Gerjan

Conor - I am so sorry, I totally forgot that those were hardcoded in like that...I was only looking in the admin not even thinking about the HTML!!!! I am so sorry!!!!! :-)

On my other clients site I am using the actual ez-pages not hardcoded links.....which is why they worked fine!!!!!!!

THanks again for an awesome mod!!!!!!!!!!!!!

conor:

Hi,

After spending about 10 mins looking at this it would appear that the EZ-Page system can't generate the query string value you are seeing (it doesn't append semi-colons). However, you appear to have hard-coded links into the bottom of your page which do generate this link.

The "Product Scents" link at the bottom of the page is:

http://www.vintagebodyspa.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=33&chapter=0;

Which clearly has a chapter setting of "0;" after it which is exactly what

chapter=0%3B

equates to when it is encoded.

Change those hard-coded links to the static URIs (e.g. /product-scents) or drop the "&chapter=0;" and everything will work fine.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

I have two sites one on line and the other on my computer. the one on my computer its Uri mapping is OK. the other I get a 404 and a 500. my hosting site upgraded to, php 5 and have posted this statement. users are not able to have php flags in their .htaccess file. Having php flags in .htaccess files is a common cause of internal server errors on servers with phpSuExec enabled. One way around this is to create a custom php.ini
could this be casing my problem? if so how do I get a round it.:unsure:

Hi Conor
I have installed the mod on zen 1.3.7.1 as this is what I have been looking for, for a long time and didn't fancy any of the other mods like ultimate seo etc.

Installation went swimmingly, I have several hundred products on a live site http://www.allgoodideas.co.uk

so I have auto created uri for categories, which are fine but the first product I have updated is this one http://www.allgoodideas.co.uk/Hiking_Staffs_and_Poles/Ash_Hiking_Staff?cPath=94

but as you can see, it still shows the cpath id :(

Where have I gone wrong

other mods installed are
Worldpay module
recover cart sales
user tracking
google base feeder
and single page checkout

all still seem to be working fine and I checked the core files before overwriting and they were default without any changes..

Please help :)

Kind Regards
AfterHouR

Hi,

mcleanmell2:

I have two sites one on line and the other on my computer. the one on my computer its Uri mapping is OK. the other I get a 404 and a 500. my hosting site upgraded to, php 5 and have posted this statement. users are not able to have php flags in their .htaccess file. Having php flags in .htaccess files is a common cause of internal server errors on servers with phpSuExec enabled. One way around this is to create a custom php.ini
could this be casing my problem? if so how do I get a round it.:unsure:

A new version of the module is in Release Candidate stage, out for testing with a company. Hopefully they'll confirm that it works okay soon and I'll therefore be able to release it soon.

One of the main changes in the new version is a rewrite of the docs and example rewrite rules.

I can send you a copy for you to test yourself if you like, the new rewrite rule info may help you sort out the problem you are having.

If you'd like me to do that please e-mail me through our website.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

Hi,

AfterHouR:

Hi Conor
I have installed the mod on zen 1.3.7.1 as this is what I have been looking for, for a long time and didn't fancy any of the other mods like ultimate seo etc.

I'm glad you like it! :)

AfterHouR:

but as you can see, it still shows the cpath id :(

That means that you are either: using a version older than 3.0.2 or that you are linking your products into these categories instead of them actually being in those categories.

You must have the products directly in the categories and not linked, otherwise the cPath has to be appended as Zen Cart requires it to maintain context on the site.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

Hi Conor

Thanks for the fast response :)

I am using the latest version of your mod.. the problem was, I do have a lot of linked products in various categories..

I have deleted the copy and now duplicated it in the alternate category..

so they now both read

http://www.allgoodideas.co.uk/Hiking_Staffs_and_Poles/Ash_Hiking_Staff

and

http://www.allgoodideas.co.uk/Economy_Walking_Sticks/Ash_Hiking_Staff

How cool is that :)

I know I have alot of editing, deleteing and duplicating to do now but hey, it's worth it!!!

Thank you so much :clap:

Regards
AfterHouR
http://www.allgoodideas.co.uk
Collectable walking sticks and canes for the discerning customer

Hi,

AfterHouR:

Thanks for the fast response :)

No problem. ;)

AfterHouR:

How cool is that :)

Umm? Very? :)

Glad you like the module.. keep an eye out for a slightly updated version soon.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

Hi Conor,

I have a couple of primitive questions.

No matter if it auto-maps or I enter some name, with or without htaccess it will always hit 404.

I'm trying to set up some SEO URL's already for 3 days now but none worked so far. Now I'm trying yours. My dev site is in a subfolder of another site that also has it's htaccess and rewrite. That might be effecting this one. Is that possible?

Is it not a problem that they don't have any suffixes like html, php? They look very unusual for me.

What about multilingual sites? I can probably enter the age names in different languages but I don't know what is supposed to happen when somebody clicks the flags.

And one more the, the EZ pages are not working out too well. One of them becomes my homepage when I turn on the modul. If I rename it it becomes something like this: blabla?&chapter=10 and hits 404?

Hi,

miskein:

No matter if it auto-maps or I enter some name, with or without htaccess it will always hit 404.

I'm afraid that's a very ambiguous question, consequently I have no idea what the problem would be.

miskein:

I'm trying to set up some SEO URL's already for 3 days now but none worked so far. Now I'm trying yours. My dev site is in a subfolder of another site that also has it's htaccess and rewrite. That might be effecting this one. Is that possible?

It absolutely is possible, but again it's hard to tell without actually looking at the specific htaccess files and file structure for your server.

miskein:

Is it not a problem that they don't have any suffixes like html, php? They look very unusual for me.

No, it's not a problem. Actually it is highly advised by the creator of the web himself, Tim Berners Lee, that web address don't have a suffix/file extension as technologies change over time. Keeping the URIs "clean" and readable lends to them being relevant for much longer periods of time.

miskein:

What about multilingual sites? I can probably enter the age names in different languages but I don't know what is supposed to happen when somebody clicks the flags.

I'm afraid that's nothing to do with the module but something you should ask in another forum/thread on this site.

miskein:

And one more the, the EZ pages are not working out too well. One of them becomes my homepage when I turn on the modul. If I rename it it becomes something like this: blabla?&chapter=10 and hits 404?

As above, it appears that you do indeed have something wrong with your file structure/.htaccess set up.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

Hi, thanks for getting back.

This is what I have in the htaccess one directory higher:

#Options +FollowSymLinks

mod_rewrite in use

RewriteEngine On

RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^(/component/option,com) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|.htm|.php|.html|/[^.])$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule (.) index.php

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|%3D) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.(.) [OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).script.(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|[|%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]

The other one is the standard one from the download. I didn't change anything in it.

Please let me know if this says anything to you.

Thanks again

Hi,

miskein:

This is what I have in the htaccess one directory higher:

Please let me know if this says anything to you.

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what it is doing. Your best course of action is to pay someone who knows about these things to have a look at it for you.

Sorry I can't be of more help than that.

Good luck in finding the solution.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

conor:

Hi,

I'm afraid I don't quite understand what it is doing. Your best course of action is to pay someone who knows about these things to have a look at it for you.

Sorry I can't be of more help than that.

Good luck in finding the solution.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

No problem, thanks anyway.

Hi,

A new version of the module has been released. It fixes a bug or two and introduces some new features.

From the Revision History:

[ADDED] Ability to specify the current URI mapping for a manufacturer directly in the admin added.
[UPDATED] Support for mapping manufacturers to static URIs added to link generation and page identification functionality.
[UPDATED] Database format updated to use a separate field for query string parameters when setting up mappings for other Zen Cart pages.
[BUGFIX] Static URIs for categories were overriding the manufacturer display functionality of Zen Cart as they have a similar dynamic URI structure. Fixed by new manufacturer handling code.
[UPDATED] Documentation completely rewritten. Installation documentation made simpler, layout of documentation made clearer, table of contents added to the configuration documentation
[ADDED] New section added to the configuration documentation to help with setting up a working rewrite rule for the server and information about the new format for setting query string parameters added.

Upgrading is simple, it should take less than a few minutes if you have not modified the core files involved, except with previous version of the modified core files for the URI Mapping module.

You can get 3.2.0 from our website and [shortly, I'd imagine,] the downloads area.

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

After I had some trouble I tested this latest version and it works great sofar! Categories ánd subcategoeries work fine now with this uri mapping module. Also the problem with manufacturers is solved now.

I'm very happy with it and I would recommend this to everybody.

Wow! Just what I was looking for! Awesome! :clap:

Got it working partially,

In some catogories everything works as it should but some products in that same catorgory i get a "page cannot be found"

Any idea where I should look to find the problem?

And how do we get the newest version the link on CEON seems to be broken.

Hi,

Mustang394:

In some catogories everything works as it should but some products in that same catorgory i get a "page cannot be found"

Sounds like you've been entering weird URIs for some of the products.

Mustang394:

And how do we get the newest version the link on CEON seems to be broken.

Yes, upgrade first is the best idea.. there's new example rewrite rules there which may or may not help.

I've fixed the download link now.. sorry about that!

BTW, got a returned mail for this address:
[email protected]

All the best...

Conor
Ceon

Actually I have just been letting it auto create them.

Yes that is not an acurrate email address.

Hi,

Mustang394:

Actually I have just been letting it auto create them.

Yes that is not an acurrate email address.

I'm afraid that without examples I probably can't do anything.

Did you get the latest version okay now?

All the best...

Conor
Ceon