Ultimate SEO v3 (and v2.200) [Support Thread]

Zen Cart bug-report created: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?227157-Canonical-link-now-keeps-the-page-parameter-%28zc156-too%29&p=1372447#post1372447

There's something in the base Zen Cart processing of the canonical link that now 'keeps' that page= parameter.

I love this plugin! Thank you for writing it.

I've got a fast question that I'm sure has been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer.

Can I change the underscores to dashes?

https://joshuatreemugco.com/mugs-c-3/sarcastic-sayings-c-3**_**92/go-ahead-poke-the-bear-mug-p-266.html

Erick

JoshuaTreeMugCo:

I love this plugin! Thank you for writing it.

I've got a fast question that I'm sure has been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer.

Can I change the underscores to dashes?

https://joshuatreemugco.com/mugs-c-3/sarcastic-sayings-c-3**_**92/go-ahead-poke-the-bear-mug-p-266.html

ErickAs answered in your other post, there is no need to change underscore to dashes. Let Zen Cart do its thing. The more you mess with URL rewrites, the more they will bite you in the ......

JoshuaTreeMugCo:

I love this plugin! Thank you for writing it.

I've got a fast question that I'm sure has been asked before, but I can't seem to find the answer.

Can I change the underscores to dashes?

https://joshuatreemugco.com/mugs-c-3/sarcastic-sayings-c-3**_**92/go-ahead-poke-the-bear-mug-p-266.html

Erick
I didn't write USU, but I've been maintaining the plugin for the past few years.

You can, but it will take a **lot **of work. USU builds on Zen Cart's cPath display (which requires underscores to separate the category-tree).

dbltoe:

As answered in your other post, there is no need to change underscore to dashes. Let Zen Cart do its thing. The more you mess with URL rewrites, the more they will bite you in the ......
... arse.

lat9:

... arse.Must be a Florida thing. Don't got those in Texas.:P

jodean:

I am confused. The download is for 3.0.6 but the support thread is for Ultimate SEO 2.200. Can anyone clear up the confusion?
I didn't feel that the USU-v3 warranted its own support thread, since there's a fair amount of history in this one. Noting that the "Support Thread" link in the plugin's download page (https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=132) points to this thread!

I have been using Ultimate URLs for years we have a problem that i need to find a solution for. I have been using zencart 1.5.6c Ultimate URLs v3.0.2 I just updated to Ultimate URLs v3.0.6 no change specials page still doesn't work . The specials.html has problems when I turn on a product on specials page the URL is a something like (www.website/_info.html?cPath=61_62&products_id=85) I get a 404 Error broken path URL. Ultimate URL is not rewriting the URLs on the specials page, it works for all other Zen cart pages except the specials page. Is there a trick to get the specials page items to display a valid URL correctly? I don't want to have to build custom HTML page and have to redirect the specials page to a custom HTML page.

Thanks

kadeepro:

I have been using Ultimate URLs for years we have a problem that i need to find a solution for. I have been using zencart 1.5.6c Ultimate URLs v3.0.2 I just updated to Ultimate URLs v3.0.6 no change specials page still doesn't work . The specials.html has problems when I turn on a product on specials page the URL is a something like (www.website/_info.html?cPath=61_62&products_id=85) I get a 404 Error broken path URL. Ultimate URL is not rewriting the URLs on the specials page, it works for all other Zen cart pages except the specials page. Is there a trick to get the specials page items to display a valid URL correctly? I don't want to have to build custom HTML page and have to redirect the specials page to a custom HTML page.

Thanks
I'm not seeing this behavior on a 'stock' zc156c USU-3.0.6 installation using the built-in responsive_classic template.

What template is in use on your site?
Any other plugins installed?

lat9:

I'm not seeing this behavior on a 'stock' zc156c USU-3.0.6 installation using the built-in responsive_classic template.

What template is in use on your site?
Any other plugins installed?

I am running Marcus Zen Cart theme that comes with a dozen or so plugins installed. wholesale price groups plugin, Edit orders plugin, log on as customer plugin are the plugins that come to mind that we have installed.

kadeepro:

I am running Marcus Zen Cart theme that comes with a dozen or so plugins installed. wholesale price groups plugin, Edit orders plugin, log on as customer plugin are the plugins that come to mind that we have installed.
That Marcus template can be pretty intrusive, overwriting many of Zen Cart's core files. None of the other plugins that you mention should have any 'play' in the issue.

Are there changes made to the as-shipped version of /includes/functions/html_output.php's zen_href_link function? That's what USU ties into to perform its URL modification 'magic'.

Working on a site with an older version of USU (2.215). Just noticed that the messageStack gets clobbered when USU is on (works fine when it's off). Has anyone else noticed this? Is it fixed in the latest USU?

swguy:

Working on a site with an older version of USU (2.215). Just noticed that the messageStack gets clobbered when USU is on (works fine when it's off). Has anyone else noticed this? Is it fixed in the latest USU?
I'll note that 2.215 was where I started with USU ... 2 years ago. You don't mention what Zen Cart version is in use.

Ah sorry. 1.5.7 is the cart version.

swguy:

Ah sorry. 1.5.7 is the cart version.
I'll suggest going down a remove-then-reinstall path. That old version of USU has some very unfriendly installation elements and many times, the upgrade to the current version gets bogged down with those remnants. The current version of USU works just fine with zc156 and later.

Documentation link for upgrading from USU v2 to v3: https://github.com/lat9/usu/blob/master/pages/upgrade_from_v2.md

I've just submitted v3.0.7 for the Zen Cart moderators' review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

 This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#36: Refactor to use zen_get_products_name when gathering a product's name
#37: Refactoring to prevent PHP notices.
#38: Correcting PHP notices for malformed URLs.
#39: Corrections for PHP 8.0 compatibility.

lat9:

I've just submitted v3.0.7 for the Zen Cart moderators' review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

 This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#36: Refactor to use zen_get_products_name when gathering a product's name
#37: Refactoring to prevent PHP notices.
#38: Correcting PHP notices for malformed URLs.
#39: Corrections for PHP 8.0 compatibility.

:thumbsup:

lat9:

I've just submitted v3.0.7 for the Zen Cart moderators' review; I'll post back here when it's available for download.

 This release contains changes associated with the following GitHub issues:

#36: Refactor to use zen_get_products_name when gathering a product's name
#37: Refactoring to prevent PHP notices.
#38: Correcting PHP notices for malformed URLs.
#39: Corrections for PHP 8.0 compatibility.
Now available for download: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=132

Just installed last version on 1.5.7b

Is it normal to get log files long about 2500-3000 lines, got about 50 files for the catalog, and 30 for the admin side.

The admin basically are few lines, haven' checked all logs, but a few, and the are the same

=====> URL Generation Log Started, for page: /afa-zen-157-b-amaama/aadmin/index.php?cmd=configuration&gID=32&cID=641.

Request sent to href_link('index', '', 'NONSSL', true, true, false, true)
Generated URL: http://localhost/afa-zen-157-b-amaama/

Request sent to href_link('index', '', 'NONSSL', true, true, false, true)
Generated URL: http://localhost/afa-zen-157-b-amaama/

The catalog ones are like said very large.

it is normal if you have enable debug log set to true.

set that to false, and the logs will stop.

admin -> configuration -> ultimate URLs -> enable debug log

Thank you

Didn't think of it, I had set it to true in case of problems ... and that was the problem?! ;)