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

oh dear heavens - it's third one down! Thanks so much. That I won't forget!

Symptom: Duplicate "Ultimate URLs" menu item under Admin > Configuration on a site which has been upgraded from older versions of this plugin.

Fix: In Tools > Install SQL Patches, do

DELETE FROM admin_pages WHERE page_key = 'configUSU';

I am having problems on a site with this module installed.

The problem is in sub-directories that are unrelated to Zen Cart. If that directory is password protected it creates a 404 response.

(So similar to this all those years ago: https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?199064-Ultimate-SEO-v3-%28and-v2-200%29-Support-Thread&p=1297796&highlight=ignore+directory#post1297796 )

In fact, anything in the htaccess file of the sub-directory that does not produce a quick 200 response seems to result in a 404. So, for instance if I limit the directory by IP address, a 404 is produced for other IPs.

Has anyone anything that might help in fault finding this?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Nick

Hey guys & gals. I think I had this module installed previously, don't remember which version I ran then but the rewritten urls worked like static pages then instead of dynamic pages. This was a problem as I use the DPU (Dynamic Price Updater) module to calculate prices dynamically. Can you advise if the current version operates as static or dynamic pages for rewritten urls? Or was it something I didn't have configured correctly for dynamic use?

Thanks,
John

Okay, I think I answered my own question. By turning off cache of product pages, these pages should still function as dynamic and not static. I think the problem was when a customer clicked on a google ranked product page the price from DPU wouldn't display correctly because it was a cached page. I'll see what happens when it goes live and Google indexes them.

One problem I do see from the admin>configuration is that I have 2 listings for Ultimate URLs. Both appear to be 3.0.9 and it was a clean install so I don't know why its there twice.

swguy:

Symptom: Duplicate "Ultimate URLs" menu item under Admin > Configuration on a site which has been upgraded from older versions of this plugin.

Fix: In Tools > Install SQL Patches, do

DELETE FROM admin_pages WHERE page_key = 'configUSU';
GitHub issue opened: https://github.com/lat9/usu/issues/47

Thanks! Worked like a charm!

swguy:

Symptom: Duplicate "Ultimate URLs" menu item under Admin > Configuration on a site which has been upgraded from older versions of this plugin.

Fix: In Tools > Install SQL Patches, do

DELETE FROM admin_pages WHERE page_key = 'configUSU';

I've just submitted v3.0.10 of USU 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:

#46: Correct MySql fatal error for misconfigured products.
#47: Remove duplicate configuration setting associated with an older version of USU.

lat9:

I've just submitted v3.0.10 of USU 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:

#46: Correct MySql fatal error for misconfigured products.
#47: Remove duplicate configuration setting associated with an older version of USU.
Now available for download: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=132

I've just submitted v3.0.11 of USU for the Zen Cart moderators' review.

This release contains the change for GitHub issue #48, properly removing the zenAdminID parameter from admin-generated catalog href-links.

I'll post back here when it's available for download.

lat9:

I've just submitted v3.0.11 of USU for the Zen Cart moderators' review.

This release contains the change for GitHub issue #48, properly removing the zenAdminID parameter from admin-generated catalog href-links.

I'll post back here when it's available for download.
Now available for download: https://www.zen-cart.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=132

I was scratching my head about some product images that weren't showing in a Zen Cart website. When trying to access the image URL on the browser, I was redirected to the product info page. Then I remembered about the USU .htaccess rules!
Basically you can't use an image with name "<anything>-p-<number>..." (or ...-m-..., ...-pi-..., etc.)

marcopm:

I was scratching my head about some product images that weren't showing in a Zen Cart website. When trying to access the image URL on the browser, I was redirected to the product info page. Then I remembered about the USU .htaccess rules!
Basically you can't use an image with name "<anything>-p-<number>..." (or ...-m-..., ...-pi-..., etc.)
Thanks for that, @marcopm! I'll add that note to USU's readme.

lat9:

Thanks for that, @marcopm! I'll add that note to USU's readme.
GitHub tracking issue: https://github.com/lat9/usu/issues/50

Hi, I have the site in 5 languages with ultimate seo url
it is possible to transform languages from:
https://www.biocanapa.abruzzo.it/index.html?language=en
in:
https://www.biocanapa.abruzzo.it/en/
is there any htacces rule or some modification to do Thanks

giancalr:

Hi, I have the site in 5 languages with ultimate seo url
it is possible to transform languages from:
https://www.biocanapa.abruzzo.it/index.html?language=en
in:
https://www.biocanapa.abruzzo.it/en/
is there any htacces rule or some modification to do Thanks
@giancalr, I'm sure that it's possible but I'm not sure how at the moment.

Cindy, thanks so much for picking up support of this mod and all the great improvements you have made.
I am always filled with trepidation when a client requests URL rewrites, but this plugin works like a dream, even in a subfolder.

swguy:

Cindy, thanks so much for picking up support of this mod and all the great improvements you have made.
I am always filled with trepidation when a client requests URL rewrites, but this plugin works like a dream, even in a subfolder.

I have thought about installing this several times. Convince me that this helps my business!

Hello, I have the site in 5 languages, but doing a test it tells me that there are hreflang tags with errors no return tags, how do you solve the thing 'Thanks

giancalr:

Hello, I have the site in 5 languages, but doing a test it tells me that there are hreflang tags with errors no return tags, how do you solve the thing 'Thanks
I'll note that the inclusion of the hreflang tags is a template-specific requirement (normally in the template's /common/html_header.php's processing) and has nothing to do with USU.

You should open a separate thread to request the solution to your issue and, when you do, please specify which site is experiencing the problem.