Ultimate SEO URLs

since this domain is the first one in my hosting account its using "/" so am leaving /shop/ as / / blank

as a test i have added a category and product.

they all appear like this -

domainname.com/category123-c-1.html (Category)
domainname.com/2ndproduct-p-2.html?cPath=1 (Product)

I was hoping to see as

domainname.com/category123/2ndproduct-p-2.html - something like this or similar to this.

any tips. I am getting there

Wohoo, You got it for me.
I had to take out the line RewriteBase completely for it to work, since I have no subpath to my shop.

CreepyD:

I'm having trouble grasping how to set this up.
The problem for me is Ultimate SEO came preloaded onto my Zen Cart shop.
It appears to work when I enable it, so you get the html page in the address bar page instead of php, but I get page cannot be found errors for all links - as if the .htaccess file is not working.

I have a .htaccess file in my root which I created myself a while ago to forward from 'domain.co.uk' to 'www.domain.co.uk' (this works).
I've tried removing this and then enabling Ultimate SEO but still no go.

Is Ultimate SEO suppose to create me a .htaccess file?
Can anyone see where I'm going wrong?

Download the contrib and add the contents of the included example htaccess to yours... on top.

~Melanie

CreepyD:

Wohoo, You got it for me.
I had to take out the line RewriteBase completely for it to work, since I have no subpath to my shop.

No.... You need rwwrite base for the redirects and rwrites to work properly....
the correct format is as follows

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

mprough:

No.... You need rwwrite base for the redirects and rwrites to work properly....
the correct format is as follows

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

I amended my .htaccess as above
but I still get the same thing.... ;-(

domainname.com/categorywithslash-c-5.html - category
domainname.com/prodcutwithslash2-p-10.html - product

I amended my .htaccess as above
but I still get the same thing.... ;-(

domainname.com/categorywithslash-c-5.html - category
domainname.com/prodcutwithslash2-p-10.html - product

That is correct..... Check the readme and here http://outdoorflagstore.com/

If you do not include the rewrite base your redirects will be useless as Google will not follow them properly.

If you are using an addon domain, your webhost will be able to help you configure this and the DNS properly.

~Melanie

thanks.
there is not much in the readme file to be honest.
i can't see the readme file on the above link you mentioned.

cheers

This is a link to store http://outdoorflagstore.com/ to see how the links are.... This one I have stripping the slashes.

This one is not stripping the slashes http://prominentpets.com/

I was referring to this section of the readme

Example URL Transformations:

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=24
To: http://yoursite.com/disciples-sacred-lands-linked-p-24.html

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_20
To: http://yoursite.com/software-strategy-c-2_20.html

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us
To: http://yoursite.com/contact_us.html

~Melanie

thanks for the link mprough.

I did see the supplied readme and your website too.

I was wondering is that if it is possible to have something like this.

domainname.com/category1
domainname.com/category1/product1.html

instead of this
domainname.com/categor1
domainname.com/product1.html

I have now successfully installed these modules...

Tracker
Dropshippers
Google Checkout
Easy Populate
USU - ongoing with the path issue.

Any clue how I can get absolute product path working working...

noobuser:

thanks for the link mprough.

I did see the supplied readme and your website too.

I was wondering is that if it is possible to have something like this.

domainname.com/category1
domainname.com/category1/product1.html

instead of this
domainname.com/categor1
domainname.com/product1.html

I have now successfully installed these modules...

Tracker
Dropshippers
Google Checkout
Easy Populate
USU - ongoing with the path issue.

Any clue how I can get absolute product path working working...

This (domainname.com/categor1) is not possible and retain the html for product pages... all or nothing and it requires a hand edit to achieve this.

domainname.com/category1/product1.html

This is also very likely possible w/ hand editing... BUT I have never tried as this would make the urls very long and traditionally it is a very bad thing to have such long urls as most opportunities to post links for users in forums and such are truncated.. and they cannot link to you if the url doesn't fit in the box =-)

~Melanie

hmmm... ok...thanks for that... So I will start looking in to customizing the template and start importing the products with easy populate ;-)

thanks to all for your help so far, much appreciate.

Harry

I have installed the Ultimate SEO URL Mod but when i click on categories e.g Test Category it says

The requested URL /test-category-c-1.html was not found on this server.

Tell me where i went wrong. ANy help would be highly appreciated.

Read the directions for the code to be added to your htaccess.

Post a link if you cannot figure it out.

~Melanie

Here is my .htaccess file

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

and here is the domain name
http://fixturesandmore.com/

check this and then click on any category or any link in the info sidebox it says

The requested URL /test-category-c-1.html was not found on this server.

Please help me fix it.

" Originally Posted by gsdcypher View Post
I have installed USU on 1.3.8a.

When I nav to a category and then to a particular item within that category, there is a little bread crumb at the top of the product with the name of the category. But when you click on that breadcrumb to get back to the category, the link takes you back to the store's main page rather than the category... How do I fix that?

For example:

Categories
Balls
Bowls
Toys

If I go to Balls, it lists all of the different products in that category. And if I then choose one of the items listed in that category... rubber balls. It takes me to that product. But at the top of that product is the link Balls. If I click on that, it doesn't go back to the Balls category, it goes to the store's main page."

I have the exact same problem and i have searched into this forum and i didn't find anything to help me. My site is https://www.sexshop-ro.ro

thank you very much
Thank you

You will need to add the REST of the rules for your htaccess....

##### NOTE: Replace /shop/ with the relative web path of your catalog in the "Rewrite Base" line below:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

# From Ultimate SEO URLs
RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=index&manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=product_reviews_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# For Open Operations Info Manager
RewriteRule ^(.*)-i-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=info_manager&pages_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# For dreamscape's News & Articles Manager
RewriteRule ^news/?$ index\.php?main_page=news&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/rss.xml$ index\.php?main_page=news_rss&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/archive/?$ index\.php?main_page=news_archive&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2}).html$ index\.php?main_page=news&date=$1-$2-$3&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/archive/([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2}).html$ index\.php?main_page=news_archive&date=$1-$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/(.*)-a-([0-9]+)-comments.html$ index\.php?main_page=news_comments&article_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]
RewriteRule ^news/(.*)-a-([0-9]+).html$ index\.php?main_page=news_article&article_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

# All other pages
# Don't rewrite real files or directories
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f [NC] 
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*).html$ index\.php?main_page=$1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]

I have added the complete details in .htaccess file. Its not just the 3 lines. Now please tell me

Things to check/do

Configuration >> SEO URLS

Enable SEO URLs? true
Choose URL Rewrite Type Rewrite
Reset SEO URLs Cache Reset

It that does not work... re upload the files

~Melanie

Fireflyz:

I have the same exact problem. The breadcrumb is missing the category ID and looks like this: "example.com/store/-c-.html". When it's clicked on, it goes to the store's main page., not the respective category.

• one more problem:
  Salemaker:
  When a category is selected for a sale, if the products are multilinked afterwards sale prices are not there anymore, the prices are reverted to original amount. :shocking: When I disable this mod, the prices are fine when multilinked.

Anyone? Thanks!

catalin220:

" Originally Posted by gsdcypher View Post
I have installed USU on 1.3.8a.

When I nav to a category and then to a particular item within that category, there is a little bread crumb at the top of the product with the name of the category. But when you click on that breadcrumb to get back to the category, the link takes you back to the store's main page rather than the category... How do I fix that?

For example:

Categories
Balls
Bowls
Toys

If I go to Balls, it lists all of the different products in that category. And if I then choose one of the items listed in that category... rubber balls. It takes me to that product. But at the top of that product is the link Balls. If I click on that, it doesn't go back to the Balls category, it goes to the store's main page."

I have the exact same problem and i have searched into this forum and i didn't find anything to help me. My site is https://www.sexshop-ro.ro

thank you very much
Thank you

Is there anybody who could help me?

catalin220:

Is there anybody who could help me?

same problem, no one help?:smile: