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26 May 2010, 8:00 PM
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Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Just to let you all know it was a mapping issue with the "playground" category - I simply made another one and moved the products so everything is working as it should again.

Not really sure how it happened in the first place however its fixed now, keep up the great work :)

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26 May 2010, 8:23 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hello

my site has a directory that holds the e-commerce site in it "/automotiveshop/" then after this I have the products etc... so any URI in the site that I generate manually has to have /automotiveshop/ first in the URI config to work for example "/automotiveshop/distributors/lucas-type-45d-mini-mgb-austin-sports-performance-electronic"

is there a way around this as I think the first word is ranked higher than the second and all of mine will be seen as /automotiveshop/ ???AM I RIGHT???

26 May 2010, 8:36 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

britnet:

Just to let you all know it was a mapping issue with the "playground" category - I simply made another one and moved the products so everything is working as it should again.

There are no known "issues" with the software so you must have had some sort of problem with your database which replacing the mapping fixed.

britnet:

Not really sure how it happened in the first place however its fixed now, keep up the great work :)

Glad you like the software!

All the best..

Conor
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26 May 2010, 8:39 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

simonbbc:

is there a way around this

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.

simonbbc:

as I think the first word is ranked higher than the second and all of mine will be seen as /automotiveshop/ ???AM I RIGHT???

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

All the best..

Conor
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26 May 2010, 9:29 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

conor:

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?

26 May 2010, 9:45 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

simonbbc:

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
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27 May 2010, 11:40 AM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

g1smd:

No. The canonical URL for the root page of a site should include the trailing slash. That's defined in the HTTP specs.

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

27 May 2010, 12:38 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

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

27 May 2010, 12:58 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

tiresmokindad:

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

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..

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27 May 2010, 12:59 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

davidmorrisuk:

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
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27 May 2010, 1:59 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

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
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)

27 May 2010, 2:27 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

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! :D

Cheers,

Scott.

27 May 2010, 2:53 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Scott,

Scott_C:

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! :)

Scott_C:

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! :D

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

Thanks for the nice comments!

All the best..

Conor
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1 Jun 2010, 1:09 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Conor,

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

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

1 Jun 2010, 1:16 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Mike,

Glad you like the software!

Mike_Dean:

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
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1 Jun 2010, 2:47 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

LOVING the new/latest 'Ceon URI Mapping' ;) A number of our clients are really happy with it. Another mod that enters our "Essential Section" list.

......now if only we could find the time to install it on our own site.

Great work Conor.

1 Jun 2010, 3:01 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi,

JSWeb:

LOVING the new/latest 'Ceon URI Mapping' ;) A number of our clients are really happy with it. Another mod that enters our "Essential Section" list.

Thanks for the nice comments, I'm glad you like it! :)

JSWeb:

......now if only we could find the time to install it on our own site.

Almost unbelievably, we only just got round (finally) to installing it for our own store last night.. only took a few years to get some spare time to do so!!

And you know what.. it really is very handy and works so well, I see why so many people like it! :)

All the best...

Conor
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1 Jun 2010, 3:29 PM
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Just wanted to thank you Conor for this superb mod :) It makes URIs so clean and readable.

1 Jun 2010, 9:07 PM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

conor:

Hi Mike,

Glad you like the software!

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
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Close..!!

Thanks Conor, its almost there..

The category headings are now ok, but on the product info page, the image and header logo are still missing,.

I did fail to mention that I also have Zen Lightbox installed.

Is there another file that is calling on the images that needs to be amended ?

Thanks Mike

2 Jun 2010, 2:55 AM
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Re: Ceon URI Mapping (SEO)

Hi Conor,

I have been trying to resolve the issue, (as it's good to try and do it oneself for future reference)

The issue (I think) is the way the categories are being named.

The category from which I have been trialling a product is;


Battery Backup / UPS / Power Protection***

If I allow the mapping to be done automatically in the category and in the product page I noticed the following..

/localhost/Zencart*/Battery-Backup-UPS-Power-Protection/**Power-Saving-Back-UPS-ES-8-Outlet-550VA-230V
*

Produces a fault, eg no images are loaded and the header logo is also gone..

However, when I edit the mapping from within the product page and ***remove *** the category such as ;

/localhost/Zencart/Power-Saving-Back-UPS-ES-8-Outlet-550VA-230V

Produces a perfect result.. The product info page loads and all images are visible..

Does this help you in anyway in assisting me to get the module working as it should for me ??