Ceon URI Mapping v4.x

Hi,

SPembleton:

I have now deleted the test store for the site, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get URI Mapping to reconfigure to use the live store locations.

As is mentioned quite a few times in this thread, you can't build a site with static URIs in a subfolder then move those URIs to a root folder.

If you have URIs with /test/ in front that you want to change to / you can export your database table to SQL and do a search and replace in the SQL text file the use it to replace the database table.

If you are saying that on your live store auto-generation is sticking "/test/" at the start still then you've simply messed up your configure.php file and need to adjust it.

Hope that helps.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

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DivaVocals:

You should have created a subdomain for your test store.. You can configure this subdomain to point to the subfolder of the live store you created.. This way when you move things over, the mappings won't include your subfolder names in the file/URL paths..

Create: yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
Point subdomain to: yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite_path/testsite_path

Hope this makes sense

I am not sure if I understand that, but I have actually just deleted it. If I need it again, I can recreate it. I was mostly using it while moving to 1.5.

That said, how do I fix what I currently have. If I just reinstall all of the in the zip, and delete the 4 or 5 static uri created, will that fix my problem? Do I need to remove the 3 fields that CEON added to my database? Or do I need to restore the backup I took just before installing?

SPembleton:

I have store running on v1.5.0. I also have a "test" store that I use for testing new applications etc. The files for the test store reside in a subfolder of the live store. It also uses a totally seperate MySQL database. When I installed URI mapping, it wants to map all of the products in the live store to the test store (i.e. all of the static URI's begin with /test/, rather than mapping from the root directory.

I have now deleted the test store for the site, but I cannot seem to figure out how to get URI Mapping to reconfigure to use the live store locations.You should have created a subdomain for your test store.. You can configure this subdomain to point to the subfolder of the live store you created.. This way when you move things over, the mappings won't include your subfolder names in the file/URL paths..

If your store is: http://yourdomain.com
and you create a folder called testsite_folder

Here's what you do:
**Create subdomain: **yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
**Point subdomain to: **yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite/testsite_folder

Into your test site folder you will copy your store files.

The URL for your test site will then be: http://yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com

This is the RIGHT way to set up a test site when Zen Cart is installed in the ROOT.

BUT...

There are other sites that the live store REALLY is a Zen Cart store in a subfolder.. This is okay, but if you set up a test store for this site, you ALSO need to create a subdomain so that the file paths/URLS can easily be transferred over.

Let's say your main site is: http://yourdomain.com
Your store is: http://yourdomain.com/shop
and you create a folder called testsite_folder

Here's what you do:
**Create subdomain: **yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com
**Point subdomain to: **yourhost/html_filepath/mainsite/testsite_folder

Into your test site folder you will copy the MAIN site, as well as the store. This way you will have a testsite for the ENTIRE store.

OR simply copy over the just "shop" folder if you don't need to create a testsite for the main site.

The URL for your test store will be http://yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com/shop

Hope this makes sense..

SPembleton:

I am not sure if I understand thatYou should talk to your host's support to have them walk you through the process of creating subdomains then..

conor:

Hi,

As is mentioned quite a few times in this thread, you can't build a site with static URIs in a subfolder then move those URIs to a root folder.

If you have URIs with /test/ in front that you want to change to / you can export your database table to SQL and do a search and replace in the SQL text file the use it to replace the database table.

If you are saying that on your live store auto-generation is sticking "/test/" at the start still then you've simply messed up your configure.php file and need to adjust it.

Hope that helps.

All the best...

Conor
ceon

Perfect. I didn't realize that I had a reference to the test site in my admin config file. I fixed it and it works perfect. Thanks for your help

Hi,

SPembleton:

Perfect. I didn't realize that I had a reference to the test site in my admin config file. I fixed it and it works perfect. Thanks for your help

I wasn't sure but I'd an inkling you'd made that mistake.. glad I was able to help.

Enjoy the new URIs.

All the best..

Conor
ceon

One last question.

I have read all of the FAQs etc, and realize that I have to go into each product in edit mode to create the uri. The problem is that I have about 10,000 products. Is there any way to do this in a more time effecient than opening 10,000 products and resaving them??

SPembleton:

One last question.

I have read all of the FAQs etc, and realize that I have to go into each product in edit mode to create the uri. The problem is that I have about 10,000 products. Is there any way to do this in a more time effecient than opening 10,000 products and resaving them??
There is a commercial add-on available from Ceon that will do this quite nicely and QUICKLY.. (Ceon Mappings Manager) It's worth the cost..:yes:

SPembleton:

One last question.

I have read all of the FAQs etc, and realize that I have to go into each product in edit mode to create the uri. The problem is that I have about 10,000 products. Is there any way to do this in a more time effecient than opening 10,000 products and resaving them??

Buy his URI Mapping Manager Software:

http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri-mappings-manager?doc=zc-um-umm

Autogenerates for existing products.

A real time saver and worth every penny.

Just recreated links for over 20k products in several hours of unattended running.

Pretty sure you don't want to run this on a shared host, as it pegged CPU & Disk for quite some time. Store was completely accessible during the generation, but some hosts would probably shut you down if you jacked the resources like that. Perhaps a category at a time would be saner.
The recently released 1.20 upgrade went flawlessly too.

Thanks Conor!

Limitless:

Buy his URI Mapping Manager Software:

http://dev.ceon.net/web/zen-cart/uri-mappings-manager?doc=zc-um-umm

Autogenerates for existing products.

A real time saver and worth every penny.

Just recreated links for over 20k products in several hours of unattended running.

Pretty sure you don't want to run this on a shared host, as it pegged CPU & Disk for quite some time. Store was completely accessible during the generation, but some hosts would probably shut you down if you jacked the resources like that. Perhaps a category at a time would be saner.
The recently released 1.20 upgrade went flawlessly too.

Thanks Conor!

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great product for the right type of store.

Unfortunately, I am a small store in terms of revenues, and have a very static product list, so paying $90 for a one-time usage is a little beyond my means.

I think I will just manually change the categories, and let the specific products keep the old uris

So I've just been and updated a product so that it's got the neat look URL this mod gives, then I copied the URL and pasted into into a facebook status under the link option and there are no thumbnails and there are Â's before the price and a random £1 at the end!

How do I stop this

SPembleton:

Thanks for the suggestion. It sounds like a great product for the right type of store.

Unfortunately, I am a small store in terms of revenues, and have a very static product list, so paying $90 for a one-time usage is a little beyond my means.

I think I will just manually change the categories, and let the specific products keep the old uris

Understood. For me it works out to ~$0.004 per item to modify.

Well worth it vs time investment.

I've come across another issue that I'm not quit sure if the URI Mapping is causing:

Zencart Version: 1.5.0
Ceon URI Mapping Files Version: 4.0.8

Installed the cart w/o demo products.
Added a new theme.
Installed/Configured Ceon URI Mapping.
Added some header/footer links and new pages via EZ Pages.

All pages and links work and are showing the correct url string based on the mapping configuration. However, when I add a category either through the admin interface or with phpMyadmin I get and error on the site when clicking on the category link and in the admin area next to the category listed. Also, the "add category"/"add product" buttons are gone from the category admin.

[WARNING: An error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.] Refreshing the page nor clearing the cache does any.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

Hi,

tharrison:

[WARNING: An error occurred, please refresh the page and try again.] Refreshing the page nor clearing the cache does any.

That's not an error that's related to Ceon URI Mapping, not sure what it is, sorry.

tharrison:

Any thoughts/suggestions?

The category page error sounds like you might have messed up a merge when installing the software.

All I can suggest is to try reinstalling the module from scratch and then if things are still not working, comparing your site's files to a fresh version of Zen Cart.. then you'll most likely find a mistake that needs fixing.

Hope that is of some use!

All the best..

Conor
ceon

All I can suggest is to try reinstalling the module from scratch and then if things are still not working, comparing your site's files to a fresh version of Zen Cart.. then you'll most likely find a mistake that needs fixing.

I reinstalled the cart and the mod only. Configured the mod and manually added 1 test category. It worked fine.

I take it this mod will not automatically map the URL if I were to import the categories and products via phpMyadmin? Or will it? That's my next step after your reply :yes:

Ceon was operating last night just fine. This morning a customer emailed me to tell me that my site was down. The home page showed fine, but it you hit any link, I goes a "Page not Found" error. Every link did that. I disabled CEON, and everything is fine.

Does anyone know what is happening. I will just keep CEON disabled until I can determine the cause.

Hi,

SPembleton:

Does anyone know what is happening. I will just keep CEON disabled until I can determine the cause.

Nothing in computers can happen at random, so either you made a change or your hosts did.

Sounds like your .htaccess file no longer has a Ceon URI Mapping rewrite rule in it. Or that you've deleted some of the module's files.

If the rewrite rule is still there then reinstalling the software from scratch might help fix whatever you/someone else has changed.

Hope that helps!

All the best...

Conor
ceon

tharrison:

I take it this mod will not automatically map the URL if I were to import the categories and products via phpMyadmin? Or will it? That's my next step after your reply :yes:

...importing categories and products will not automatically map the urls :( 50 categories=no problem | 8000+ products? No way!! I'll have to rely on the old meta-tag ways, great content and back links. Oh well.

Good thing is nothing broke when I imported the categories. :clap:

Is there a way to auto-generate product URLs with the manufacturer name instead of the category it's in? Would love to see this in a future version if not.

Thanks for such a great mod, I moved on over from Simple SEO URLs, best decision I've ever made :clap: