Ultimate SEO URLs

noobuser:

I had installed this module but I am not happy the way it shows up the URL.

I have seen lots of people using Simple Seo URL so I will give this a try. May be you can try this too ;-)

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=729562#post729562

What is the difference between the two versions? Simple and Ultimate.. just by the names you would think the ultimate would be better

the reason I am put off by ultimate is -

1. the url is always domainname.xxx/category-c.html
2. the url is always domainname.xxx/product-c.html

what I want is -

1. the url is always domainname.xxx/category.html
2. the url is always domainname.xxx/category/product.html

I will try Simple SEO but may be tomorrow or day after.

what will the url be with simple urls

I haven't tried this yet, so not sure.

can we have please also a file of uninstall?

Because I've uninstalled the ultimate seo, but remains the voice on the menu of configuration in menu.
Please, a sql patch to uninstall this voice in menu.
:cry:

Ok after the screw up with the USU, I have now created another instance of Zencart. It has now just got SSU. This is very simple as the name suggests - without .html (or any extension).
I will now start installing all other modules.

i have got 2 issues. after installing this usu successfully. i imported all the easy populate, products, images etc.

1. Now when I click on contact us, privacy, etc pages, all i get is the HOME PAGE.

2)If I click on any category, products i get this -
when i click category-> = it displays domainname.com/category-c-id.html
when i click category->product = it displays domainname.com/category-c-0/produt-p-id.html

has anybody come across this issue before?

your help would be much appreciated.
thanks

I am currently using 1.3.8 and had ultimate seo 2.1 installed one year ago. Recently we have made some changes to our category pages, moved products around, etc. Google has since found links that are not found -404. I created redirects in Cpanel and they appear to work within Cpanel, but once I go back to google and click on the link not found, I receive a 404 error. Below is an example of what I am trying to redirect:
Old url
/sale-baby-shower-invitation-crib-p-390.html

New url
/sale-print-your-own-crib-p-1113.html

I emailed a contact who oversees our cpanel account and she indicated the redirects are not working because of the seo module. Does anyone know how I can fix this?
Thanks for your help.
mkopecky

There is no simple redirect to redirect changed pages when USEO is installed.

The ONLY time I have successfully done this is w/ a rewrite or query string redirect... which both must be tweaked for your specific hosting.

There is no magic syntax to do this.

~Melanie

mprough:

There is no simple redirect to redirect changed pages when USEO is installed.

The ONLY time I have successfully done this is w/ a rewrite or query string redirect... which both must be tweaked for your specific hosting.

There is no magic syntax to do this.

~Melanie

Thanks Melanie. I appreciate the quick response.

I followed the instructions and installed Ultimate SEO URLs. It works fine on the front end...

My problem is that I can no longer access the admin page. When I go to https://www.mysite.com/admin it redirects me to http://www.mysite.com/index.php?main_page=login&zenAdminID=0b74af161643806c84605adae78fb473

What am I doing wrong? I would appreciate any help

First try http://www.mysite.com/admin/

Then try http://mysite.com/admin/

If neither work, check the first bit of syntax in your htacces that rewrite base IS your base...

In your example it would say

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

~Melanie

When I go to http://mysite.com/admin/login.php it shows the admin login page.

After I login with my username and password, it doesn't take me to the admin area..it takes me to: http://mysite.com/index.php?main_page=login&zenAdminID=0b74af161643806c84605adae78fb473

Does anyone one know what the problem is?

mprough:

First try http://www.mysite.com/admin/

Then try http://mysite.com/admin/

If neither work, check the first bit of syntax in your htacces that rewrite base IS your base...

In your example it would say

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

> 
> ~Melanie

Yes, very likely, but you need to verify these things or provide a link to your site.

The site is flagdom.com .

And the VER TOP of your htaccess in public_html says this

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /

??

Yes, this is what it says:

##### 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]

Try without the www... your Zen Cart is NOT configured to use the www...

If it doesn't work still try below.

In the following directory htaccess at the VERY top add the syntax below...

public_html/admin/.htaccess

RewriteEngine Off

~Melanie

I added it so that it is the below and the problem persists

RewriteEngine Off

# $Id: .htaccess 1105 2005-04-04 22:05:35Z birdbrain $
#
# This is used with Apache WebServers
#
# For this to work, you must include the parameter 'Options' to
# the AllowOverride configuration
#
# Example:
#
# <Directory "/usr/local/apache/htdocs">
#   AllowOverride Options
# </Directory>
#
# 'All' with also work. (This configuration is in the
# apache/conf/httpd.conf file)

# The following makes adjustments to the SSL protocol for Internet
# Explorer browsers

<IfModule mod_setenvif.c>
  <IfDefine SSL>
    SetEnvIf User-Agent ".*MSIE.*" \
             nokeepalive ssl-unclean-shutdown \
             downgrade-1.0 force-response-1.0
  </IfDefine>
</IfModule>

# Fix certain PHP values

#<IfModule mod_php4.c>
#  php_value session.use_trans_sid 0
#  php_value register_globals 1
#</IfModule>

# to turn off register_globals
# php_value register_globals 0

with or without the www. it is still doing the same thing