jdr8271:

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

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

Add the following line to the .htaccess file that is in the root of your Zen Cart system (the one that is doing the URI rewriting). 
You need to place it just before the first rewrite rule and it tells the root .htaccess file not to rewrite anything in the admin directory.
If you still need to rewrite something in the admin section, you can edit the .htaccess file that is in there.

rewriteRule ^manager - [L]

It should look like the following:

rewriteRule ^manager - [L]

From Ultimate SEO URLs

RewriteRule ^(.)-p-(.).html$ index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} [L] ....... (rest of the code follows)

The above should of course read

rewriteRule ^admin - [L]

if you are using the default directory path.

I got caught by the stupid 7 minute time out doing a cut and paste from a site I was working on. (and have given away it's real name)

ZC 1.3.8
Sitemap XML v 2.1.0
Ultimate SEO 2.107

I've been looking for quite a while and can't find a solution to why my sitemaps are not being generated with friendly urls. I've seen it talked about here and in the simple url threads but did not find a solution.
Here is what I have now:
http://www.coolcrappystuff.com/sitemapproducts.xml

Please help.

TequilaShot:

ZC 1.3.8
Sitemap XML v 2.1.0
Ultimate SEO 2.107

I've been looking for quite a while and can't find a solution to why my sitemaps are not being generated with friendly urls. I've seen it talked about here and in the simple url threads but did not find a solution.
Here is what I have now:
http://www.coolcrappystuff.com/sitemapproducts.xml

Please help.
Why are you using an add on that is not supported any longer. I don't use this add on, I use simple seo so I can't really help you with this. Simple seo will do what you're looking to do with the site-map issue.

Hello guys!

Thanks for the great plugin for Zen Cart and I am having trouble as a programming idiot.

I've copied all the files into the hosting as required.

However I'm a bit puzzled with editing the htaccess_sample file.

Do I just replace /shop/ to / (cos I am using top level https://www.xxxx.com/ as Zen Cart without folder) in the file and then upload to https://www.xxxx.com directly?

I can't see anything in admin-Config menu in Zen Cart panel. What am I missing there?

Thanks for replying to my question.

Do I just replace /shop/ to / (cos I am using top level https://www.xxxx.com/ as Zen Cart without folder) in the file and then upload to https://www.xxxx.com directly?

Yes.

Rename it to .htaccess if you have none. If you have one add the sample contents to your existing one including replacing the /shop/ wit just /

~Melanie

Got a quick question. Running zc 1.38a and installed ultimate seo about three months ago. All seems good.

I have noticed a few 'ugly' urls though. The one below
<my website>//intec-playstation®-3-hdmi™-cable-p-18735.html
contains a couple funky characters generated from this name:
INTEC - Playstation® 3 HDMI™ Cable.

And every now and then one just wants to ram together like this:

<my website>//tekchargerechargeablemobilepowersource-p-25647.html

The name of the product as it appears on the site is:
TEKKEON - Tekcharge™ Rechargeable Mobile Power Source

My download info shows useo 2-107.
Any help would be appreciated.

You will have these with unescaped ampersands in your product titles

~Melanie

Thx Melanie.
In your opinion, is this something that should be addressed within the product data itself, or could a fix be made somewhere within the seo script?

In my own opinion if you intend to use a rewrite module which utilizes the product title for url generation then special characters should not be used in your titles at all.... for many reasons.

~Melanie

mprough:

Yes.

Rename it to .htaccess if you have none. If you have one add the sample contents to your existing one including replacing the /shop/ wit just /

~Melanie

Still confused about this htaccess file. I understand that i have to copy the contents on htaccess which i already have. But what's this "/shop/". I understand this at all. What do i have write instead of the word "shop"?? My home page link?? My Catergory path link??

please give more information in a simple term.

thx

The word "shop" was used in case people had installed ZC within a sub-dir.

yourdomain.com/shop/

If you installed within a sub-dir. then change "shop" to the use your sub-dir. name
If you installed in at the root level (yourdomain.com) then change the .htaccess to use / instead of /shop/

Website Rob:

The word "shop" was used in case people had installed ZC within a sub-dir.

yourdomain.com/shop/

If you installed within a sub-dir. then change "shop" to the use your sub-dir. name
If you installed in at the root level (yourdomain.com) then change the .htaccess to use / instead of /shop/

I've fixed it. thanks. If someone would of told me to put the htaccess on Public_html folder and delete the word "shop/" and this would be good.

thanks again

1. Copy files from _zen_cart_folder to your Zen Cart install
2. Copy (or MERGE if you have made changes) files from v138-specific-files to your Zen Cart install
3. A sample .htaccess file is included. Simply rename to .htaccess and edit the word /shop/ to match your site
4. Config the module in CONFIGURATION - SEO URLS

We have no idea where your store is installed in root or not. public_html is not exclusive either, as many use other names such as /web/ or /content/ for their root.

~Melanie

I've installed on my local xampp server to test, and get the following error:

Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.

Error 500
localhost

I can't access the admin area either.

.htaccess file looks like:

##### NOTE: Replace /shop/ with the relative web path of your catalog in the "Rewrite Base" line below:
#Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /Zencart_138_Final/
# 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]

Where the root folder of my site is located in c:\xampp\htdocs\Zencart_138_Final, i.e. localhost\Zencart_138_Final. I have not modified the .htaccess file other than replacing /shop/

Has anyone else had this problem? I'm guessing that this is something to do with running on a local server, but I don't want risk uploading this mod to live until I've tested it locally.

For page rank to increase, it has to have a well planned and outlined internet marketing strategy including link building, articles, blogging and all effective strategis. Installing SEO Module alone won't be able to make it.

mprough:

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

Hi, mprough,

Many thanks for your supports on the Ultimate SEO mod.

I came across some thing very strange after installation.
after trun on the SEO mod, all the ezpages links and categories links , and some product links are 404 error, page not found when checked at [http://validator.w3.org/checklink](http://validator.w3.org/checklink)

after disable, all are correct when checded at [http://validator.w3.org/checklink](http://validator.w3.org/checklink)

Have you ever came across this kind of problem?
Many appreciated for your comments in advance.:frusty:

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

#Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /shop/

If the above is correct in your htaccess we need a link to help

~Melanie

In Googles Webmaster Tools HTML Suggestions, I am getting pages with duplicate meta descriptions. One page has www and another page does not. Everything else in the descriptions are identical.

Anyone have any idea what could be causing this?

From not properly redirecting to your canonical url. To Google https://www.domain.com and domain.com are different destinations if they both work.... Therefore the same page loading creates the duplication.

~Melanie