Hi,

Dilani_Ruwanmali:

hi coner,
still its not working,it gives 500 internal server error.i am really new to this rewritable thing.Is there any other things to do to complete the Apache rewritable rule.:wacko::cry::cry::cry:

I'm terribly sorry but if that doesn't fix it I have no other suggestions! You'll have to get your server people (or someone else) to debug this. The rule you posted should work either as posted or with the modification I posted above. If it doesn't I really don't know what else to try!

Sorry I can't be of more help.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

hi conor,

After installing the SEO mod and making the categories and pages have their own SEO URI, everything is fine.

However, when I visit /catalog/ or /catalog/index.php , I keep getting a 404 message but when I type /catalog/index.php?main_page=index, everything is fine.

Here is my .htaccess file for the catalog.

RewriteEngine On

ONLY rewrite URIs beginning with /catalog/

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ^/catalog/.* [NC]

Don't rewrite any URIs ending with a file extension (ending with .[xxxx])

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$

Don't rewrite admin directory

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/catalog/backoffice.* [NC]

Don't rewrite editors directory

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/catalog/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]

There may be a conflict between this and the wordpress SEO however, I don't see the Wordpress error page, I keep seeing ZenCart's.

Here is the relevant portion of the Wordpress SEO

BEGIN WordPress

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule>

END WordPress

If anyone is familiar with the Apache syntax, can you help?

Hi, conor, Any idea when the URI Mappings Manager will be available? It's really a big job to generate thousands of products one by one, thanks!

ed20:

Hi, conor, Any idea when the URI Mappings Manager will be available? It's really a big job to generate thousands of products one by one, thanks!URI Mappings Manager is a commercial product, so Conor can't discuss it here on the forum..

conor:

Hi,

If you can get IIS to use RewriteRules the module should work fine with it.

At Ceon we only use Apache so the only instructions included with the module are for that webserver. Unfortunately no-one using IIS has got a working RewriteRule for it or simply hasn't contributed that information here or forwarded it on to us. :(

If you do get it working with IIS please let us know how and I'll add the instructions to the documentation for the benefit of others!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Conor
I wanted to let you know that CEON Module is working fine for IIS6/7 with third party tool ISAPI Rewrite except add to cart button. I am working with ISAPI Rewrite support team to make it work.

Related discussion thread is at below location if any one is intrested in

http://www.helicontech.com/forum/forum_posts-TID-14227-TPN-1.htm

mamin:

Conor
I wanted to let you know that CEON Module is working fine for IIS6/7 with third party tool ISAPI Rewrite except add to cart button. I am working with ISAPI Rewrite support team to make it work.

Related discussion thread is at below location if any one is intrested in

http://www.helicontech.com/forum/forum_posts-TID-14227-TPN-1.htm

Conor,
I need your help making CEON Addon work with IIS7 and ISAP_Rewrite 3.0 version. Most part works except the Add to cart.

you can see what is happening at below:

http://www.brands4less.ca/for-men/mens-shirts/mens-shirt-with-stripe?cPath=1_6

I am trying to fix this issue by bypassing following URL pattern so ISAPI Rewrite tool does not do anything and let IIS process request without any modification. URL I am trying to bypass is below:

/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=3&cPath=1_6&number_of_uploads=0&action=add_product

and

/for-men/mens-shirts/mens-shirt-with-stripe?cPath=1_6&number_of_uploads=0&action=add_product

Basically bypass any URL which has action=add_product.

My question to you whether it is right way of doing it or not. In fact it is not working after bypassing this pattern. Can you please help me answer question at URL below discussion:

http://www.helicontech.com/forum/forum_posts-TID-14227-amp;TPN-1.htm

See the post "Posted: 19 March 2010 at 10:23am"

Hi,

mamin:

I need your help making CEON Addon work with IIS7 and ISAP_Rewrite 3.0 version. Most part works except the Add to cart.

I'm terribly sorry but the free support for this module does not extend to getting it working with IIS. I'd really love to help but I'm very busy with other projects and just don't have time I can spare getting familiar with IIS.

If someone could find a way to make days at least 48 hours long I'd greatly appreciate it!

If you do get this working please let us know here and I'll add the information to the docs for others.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

I have competed a few successful installs of CEON and I think it is great.
I want to upgrade a site from Ultimate SEO to CEON.
I removed SEO using this info
http://www.magic-seo-url.com/zencart/tips/removing-ultimate-seo-urls.html

and the installed CEON to

https://www.classicalchandeliers.co.uk

I get the entry under admin/ modules to configure but no entry under admin/configuration!!!!
You can change the URLS's for categories and products but this is not working on the URL rewite.

Would you have any advise as to what I should do to resolve?

thanks/ Paul

Hi,

ptowers49:

I have competed a few successful installs of CEON and I think it is great.

I'm glad that you like the software and are using it on several sites successfully!

ptowers49:

I get the entry under admin/ modules to configure but no entry under admin/configuration!!!!
You can change the URLS's for categories and products but this is not working on the URL rewite.

Sounds like something went wrong during the database creation process. You will have to either manually create the missing database options or you can remove the URI mapping config table and go back to the config utility to try and have it recreate the database and add the admin config options.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

thanks Conor,

how can I

1. remove URI mapping config table? or
2. Create the missing database options?

or please point me in the direction of some documentation

thanks/ Paul

yes, I know it maybe commercial, but we really need it, otherwise it will be a hugh job, please indicate when it will be available. thanks!

Hi,

ptowers49:

1. remove URI mapping config table?

You can manage databases using software such as "PHPMyAdmin". This software is normally part of your hosting control panel.

Use that to DROP the URI Mapping configuration table and then go back to the config utility in the admin,

If you don't know where PHPMyAdmin is or how to use it then please search the internet for tutorials on PHPMyAdmin.

ptowers49:

2. Create the missing database options?

Inside the file admin/ceon_uri_mapping_auto_upgrade.php you will see the SQL commands used to create the database tables and add the configuration group/options to Zen Cart's configuration table.

If you know how to use SQL you can manually run the commands you can see in that file.

Again if you don't then you'll have to search the internet for PHPMyAdmin information or else get someone else to do this for you.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

ed20:

yes, I know it maybe commercial, but we really need it, otherwise it will be a hugh job, please indicate when it will be available. thanks!Okay let me explain this AGAIN.. In case you haven't notice, Conor hasn't answered your question about the URI Manager.. That's because the forum rules FORBID the discussion of ANY commercial modules here.. Don't mean to be harsh about this, but I think we ALL appreciate the need for this module. However, I for one do not want to see Conor suspended from this forum because YOU think this answer to your question is more important than Conor being afforded the ability to support Ceon URI here on this forum.

If the answer is important to you, you should try contacting Conor through his website (it's in the readme for this module) and ask all the questions you want about the URI Manager module.. I think you'll find not only is Conor WILLING, but ABLE to answer any questions you might have there..

thanks Conor,

dropping the URI Mapping configuration table and recreating from admin worked a treat

many thanks for the prompt replies

Paul

How do you prevent URI clashes, as with similarly named products?

BOOK TITLE: Real Estate Basics
http://www.yourstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=5
http://www.yourstore.com/books/real-estate-basics

BOOK TITLE: Real Estate Basics (but different author, say)
http://www.yourstore.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=6
http://www.yourstore.com/books/real-estate-basics

Does the plugin automatically look for such conflicts? How does it deal with them?

Thanks :smile:

Hi,

DogTags:

How do you prevent URI clashes, as with similarly named products?

The module automatically appends an ascending number when creating copies of a product but it does not check for clashes with other existing products when adding/updating a product.

So you CANNOT have two products with the same name in the same category (if using autogeneration and the category paths are therefore the same).

DogTags:

Does the plugin automatically look for such conflicts? How does it deal with them?

No, having two products with the same name will break the URI Mapping functionality. One of the products will never be able to be found as only the first product using the URI will ever be matched.

You will have to make sure you don't have two products with the same name in the same category, or you will have to manually change the URI for one of the products to make sure it is different.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

Many thanks Conor :smile: :smile:

Has anyone been able to help with my root index problems and the suggested .htaccess changes?

I have been using Simple SEO for a year now. I have 80,000 products and 400 categories. I noticed that I am getting a lot of errors in my webmaster tool due to not found. I also notice in other search engines that the language prefix is added to the URL which cause duplicate in the URLs sent to search engine.

I am debating between dynamic and static urls. It seems that if you don't do the static URL correct the cons will out weight the pros.

I use SEO re-write on my Wordpress setup and I never run into problems with Google. If I submit 10 links in the sitemap I get 9 indexed but I submit 100,000 link in Zen Cart sitemap I would be lucky if 10,000 get indexed.

The question is how does this mod compare to Simple SEO as far as speed of rewriting. I have multiple level categories. Is it possible to configure this mod to only display the last category in the category Tree.

Conor, if you think we can assist me in figuring out how to actually benefit from static URL please IM me or email me so we can discuss that. I don't mind paying for your time.

Hi,

CoolCarPartsOnline:

The question is how does this mod compare to Simple SEO as far as speed of rewriting. I have multiple level categories

I'm afraid I've no experience of the module working with large sites so have no information to go by or to give you. I have no idea how well or not well the module would work with such a large site.

CoolCarPartsOnline:

Is it possible to configure this mod to only display the last category in the category Tree.

That's nothing to do with the module but with the category tree sidebox in Zen Cart. The module only modifies a single catalog side function, zen_href_link.. it's up to all the other Zen Cart code to make use of that function so the less it's used the fewer lookups need to be performed to get static URIs.

I'd say that with the number of products you have the lookups could be quite slow unless you have a decent server, so I'm not sure if you should use the URI Mapping module at all if you don't have a dedicated server.

Sorry I don't have better advice for you than that!

All the best..

Conor