Ultimate SEO URLs

I am replacing an existing site that is already well indexed with search engines so I have to emulate what's already out there. My concern is that the URLs already exist so I must recreate them.

I've been able to mess around with the default layout by manipulating the seo.url file and the .htaccess but can't find anyway to flip the product_info & products_id:

Here's how Ultimate SEO URLs lays it all out:

/product_info-p-products_id.html

for example:

/acme-laptop-computer-10inch-screen-p-123.html

Here's what I need to do:

/products_ID-p-product_info.html

for example:

/123-p-acme-laptop-computer-10inch-screen.html

I think its a long shot, but maybe I am overlooking something?

:blink:

inthecomputer:

I am replacing an existing site that is already well indexed with search engines so I have to emulate what's already out there. My concern is that the URLs already exist so I must recreate them.

I've been able to mess around with the default layout by manipulating the seo.url file and the .htaccess but can't find anyway to flip the product_info & products_id:

Here's how Ultimate SEO URLs lays it all out:

/product_info-p-products_id.html

for example:

/acme-laptop-computer-10inch-screen-p-123.html

Here's what I need to do:

/products_ID-p-product_info.html

for example:

/123-p-acme-laptop-computer-10inch-screen.html

I think its a long shot, but maybe I am overlooking something?

:blink:

Have a look at this -> Magic SEO URL for Zen Cart

This mod uses 301 redirects from the old URL's which basically informs search engines to re-index the content under the new URL. This doesn't penalize you.

Why is seo url's in spanish on one of my sites and not the other with the same exact install for 1.3.8?! I have installed the ENGLISH version in two different web sites. One is in english, the other is in spanish. I verified the seo.install.php file in \includes\classes, and it is in english..... but still I am getting spanish on one of my sites, and english on the other, with the exact same install of useo! Whats going on?!

Whoa! It's in my database! How did that happen? How do I clear it out of my database and make it english?

canemasters:

Whoa! It's in my database! How did that happen? How do I clear it out of my database and make it english?

Believe the distribution was in Spanglish .... :bangin:

I have been using this mod for a couple of month and everything seemed fine. Only today I came across something not very obvious (to me anyway), which is not quite right.

When a costomer with a session ID still attached to URL tries to login, he/she ends up at the address looking something like this:
https://matryoshkastore.com/?zenid=c8f5cbc1959d77de7005d8d21a820f7e

This is just a home page, the customer is not really logged in, an error is not displayed either. This is the problem! It can be repeated numerous times as long as the session ID attached to the URL.

Has anyone came up with a fix or found a way around this?

Never mind - turning Recreate Session off fixed the above.

hi. I have a problem with my web site. when a client is accesing the site and has activated link scanners like AVG it is serching for js file. In the process it creates a loop repeating the ip 20-30I .
I openef a new thread here http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=570480#post570480 were the problem is better explained.

I suspect this bug may be related with simple seo.

doodlebee:

Okay - must be big confusion - because the older one is also Spanish.

Well, I've been able to muddle through and figure out what needs to be done, but...should maybe I report this to the creator? (OMG - I sound like I need to pray! LOL)

hi doodlebee,

im having the same issue, on my admin side it's spanish. even though i tried reinstalling the older version. you said you we're able to figure it out? care to share what you did? your help would be much appreciated!

thanks!
Mel

testuser:

Believe the distribution was in Spanglish .... :bangin:

How do I make it english? I see the mod that I originally installed was in spanish, so I downloaded the english version... but after installing, it's still in spanish. It's not updating the sql database when I reinstall the english version of the mod. :frusty:

I fixed it. First, I BACKED UP MY DATABASE!!! Do this so you dont mess up your whole store. Then do it again to make sure.

I downloaded my database in sql format. I looked at it in notepad. Do a ctrl+f and look for "seo". The first seo it finds is a little after the begining of what you want. I selected the first line of code to the last line of code out that the spanish ultimate seo urls put in... (I really had no idea what I was doing) and pressed delete. Then I replaced my current database with this database. Then I cleared my browsers cache, logged into my admin... and it was in english!!! :clap: :clap:

Here is EXACTLY what I deleted...

,30,43,NULL,'2008-05-09 02:22:24',NULL,'zen_cfg_textarea_small('),(544,'Activar las direcciones SEO?','SEO_ENABLED','true','Activar las direcciones SEO? Este es un ajuste global y permite desactivar las direcciones SEO completamente.',31,0,'2008-06-10 21:30:22','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(545,'Agregar el cPath a las direcciones de los productos?','SEO_ADD_CPATH_TO_PRODUCT_URLS','false','Este ajuste agregará la ruta de categorÃ##as al final de la dirección del producto (ejemplo:. - nombre-producto-p-1.html?cPath=xx).',31,1,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(546,'Agregar la categorÃ##a padre al inicio de la dirección?','SEO_ADD_CAT_PARENT','true','Este ajuste agregará el nombre de la categorÃ##a padre al inicio de la dirección de la categorÃ##a (ejemplo: categoria-padre-c-1.html).',31,2,'2008-06-10 21:29:04','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(547,'Filtrar palabras cortas','SEO_URLS_FILTER_SHORT_WORDS','0','Este ajuste permite filtrar de la dirección aquellas palabras de longitud inferior o igual al valor indicado.',31,3,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,NULL),(548,'Mostrar direcciones W3C válidas (parámetro de cadena)?','SEO_URLS_USE_W3C_VALID','true','Este ajuste permite mostrar direcciones que cumplen con las directrices establecidas por el W3C.',31,4,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(549,'Activar la caché SEO para almacenar las consultas?','USE_SEO_CACHE_GLOBAL','true','Este es un ajuste global y permite desactivar completamente la caché.',31,5,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(550,'Activar la caché para productos?','USE_SEO_CACHE_PRODUCTS','true','Este ajuste permite activar el almacenamiento en caché para los productos.',31,6,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(551,'Activar la caché para categorÃ##as?','USE_SEO_CACHE_CATEGORIES','true','Este ajuste permite activar el almacenamiento en caché para las categorÃ##as.',31,7,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(552,'Activar la caché para los fabricantes?','USE_SEO_CACHE_MANUFACTURERS','true','Este ajuste permite activar el almacenamiento en caché para los fabricantes.',31,8,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(553,'Activar la caché para artÃ##culos?','USE_SEO_CACHE_ARTICLES','true','Este ajuste permite activar el almacenamiento en caché para los artÃ##culos.',31,9,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(554,'Activar la caché para las páginas de información?','USE_SEO_CACHE_INFO_PAGES','true','Este ajuste permite activar el almacenamiento en caché para las páginas de información',31,10,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(555,'Activar las redirecciones automáticas?','USE_SEO_REDIRECT','true','Este ajuste automáticamente enviará cabeceras del tipo 301 para redireccionarle desde las direcciones antiguas a las nuevas..',31,11,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(556,'Elija el tipo de reescritura de direcciones','SEO_REWRITE_TYPE','Rewrite','Elija el formato que desea para las direcciones SEO.',31,12,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('Rewrite'),'),(557,'Introduzca las conversiones para los caracteres especiales.','SEO_CHAR_CONVERT_SET','','Este ajuste permite convertir los carateres especiales.<br /><br />El formato <strong>DEBERÁ</strong> tener la siguiente forma: <strong>carácter=>conversión,carácter2=>conversión2</strong>',31,13,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,NULL),(558,'Eliminar todos los caracteres no alfanuméricos?','SEO_REMOVE_ALL_SPEC_CHARS','false','Este ajuste eliminará todos aquellos caracteres que no sean letras o números. Esto deberÃ##a ser útil para eliminar todos los caracteres especiales con 1 un solo ajuste.',31,14,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21',NULL,'zen_cfg_select_option(array('true', 'false'),'),(559,'Restablecer la caché para las direcciones SEO ','SEO_URLS_CACHE_RESET','false','Esto restablecerá la caché de datos SEO',31,15,'2008-06-09 20:41:21','2008-06-09 20:41:21','zen_reset_cache_data_seo_urls','zen_cfg_select_option(array('reset', 'false'),'),(560,'Introduzca las páginas para permitir la reescritura','SEO_URLS_ONLY_IN','index, product_info, products_new, products_all, featured_products, specials, contact_us, conditions, privacy, reviews, shippinginfo, faqs_all, site_map, gv_faq, discount_coupon, page, page_2, page_3, page_4','Este ajuste permitirá activar la reescritura de direcciones solo en las páginas indicadas. Si deja este ajuste en blanco, todas las páginas seran reescritas. <br /><br />El formato <strong>DEBERÁ</strong> tener la siguiente forma: <strong>pagina1,pagina2,pagina3</strong>'

I hope this helps somebody else.

How to safely remove Ultimate SEO Url?

Any step by step guide especially removing the seo url setting in Admin.

Thanks.

miles:

How to safely remove Ultimate SEO Url?

Any step by step guide especially removing the seo url setting in Admin.

Thanks.

Here's a simple way to remove Ultimate SEO URL - Guide to Un-Installing Ultimate SEO URLs

I don't understand the first instruction which is,
'Create and Run PHP script with following content'

Tried that guide before but the seo url setting is still exist in the admin > configuration.

:huh:

miles:

I don't understand the first instruction which is,
'Create and Run PHP script with following content'

Tried that guide before but the seo url setting is still exist in the admin > configuration.

:huh:

You need to create a file under the admin folder and place the contents of that first section in that file. Name it "whatever.php."

Then point your browser to:

http://www.yoursite.com/adminfolder/whatever.php

I wonder why there are so many people trying to remove this wonderful mod. I had no problems whatsoever with it. Is it due to the bit nifty installation instructions? Is it due to some special mix of mods installed?

I would like to encourage people to share their experience. No matter if positive or negative. I feel this mod gets a lot of negative exposure. Is it really justified? Wonder how many use it with no problems. I am one!

Here is my take.

Pro:
This mod is a great asset for the people that can make it work. Many people use it successfully. Url's look great. It is free.

Con:
IF you have problems, not many are able to help anymore. Original creators have disappeared. The most frequent posters will direct you to paid alternatives.

Alternatives:
Simple SEO (free but still problems with PayPal IPN)
Magic SEO (Paid version)

mydanilo:

I wonder why there are so many people trying to remove this wonderful mod. I had no problems whatsoever with it. Is it due to the bit nifty installation instructions? Is it due to some special mix of mods installed?

I would like to encourage people to share their experience. No matter if positive or negative. I feel this mod gets a lot of negative exposure. Is it really justified? Wonder how many use it with no problems. I am one!

Here is my take.

Pro:
This mod is a great asset for the people that can make it work. Many people use it successfully. Url's look great. It is free.

Con:
IF you have problems, not many are able to help anymore. Original creators have disappeared. The most frequent posters will direct you to paid alternatives.

Alternatives:
Simple SEO (free but still problems with PayPal IPN)
Magic SEO (Paid version)

One of the major issues with this module is the fact that it overwrites a few core files, which more than likely causes more errors than none - after an upgrade for example. It's intrusive to the file system, with quite a bit of overhead.

There's a bigger difference between the two mods than you make it out to be (read more here).

All in all Magic SEO had better plans from the get go. It was built better from the ground up and to sum it up, it's a simple, 3 file installation process.

I'm using the Ultimate SEO plugin and almost everything is working great.

The product and category page urls are almost pretty enough, they look like this:
category: http://www.my-site.com/category-name-c-12.html
product: http://www.my-site.com/product-name-p-3.html

Does anyone know how to remove the letter, number and extension at the end to simply show http://www.my-site.com/category-name-product-name/

Also, I have not been able to modify the URL on my EZ Pages at all, they still show
http://my-site.com/page.html?id=1

I want the URL to be https://www.my-site.com/page-title

Does Ultimate SEO allow you to do this, is there a better plug-in for this, or do I need to get into mod rewrite?

My SEO URLs admin panel is in Spanish, too.

I tried reinstalling the English version, but still en español.

About to rewrite the database as canemasters did.
What should I replace my current database with?

canemasters:

I fixed it. First, I BACKED UP MY DATABASE!!! Do this so you dont mess up your whole store. Then do it again to make sure.

I downloaded my database in sql format. I looked at it in notepad. Do a ctrl+f and look for "seo". The first seo it finds is a little after the begining of what you want. I selected the first line of code to the last line of code out that the spanish ultimate seo urls put in... (I really had no idea what I was doing) and pressed delete. Then I replaced my current database with this database. Then I cleared my browsers cache, logged into my admin... and it was in english!!! :clap: :clap:

Here is EXACTLY what I deleted...

I removed all the SEO related rows in the configuration table and also the configuration_groups table. However, the following message throws up when I try to load the first page:

1366 Incorrect integer value: '' for column 'configuration_group_id' at row 1
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration_group VALUES ('', 'SEO URLs', 'Options for Ultimate SEO URLs by Chemo', '39', '1')]

I tried manually running the SQL command at the configuration_group table by putting in the first value, the row added without issue. But the same message still shows up when I refresh the first page.