Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

Help! I need to uninstall Simple SEO. I thought I was running php5, but apparently we're on php4. So I need to back everything out - I'm just getting a blank page for the store.

I have the uninstall instructions. It says to "2.Revert the changes made to html_output.php". Can you please tell me what changes those are? Yes, I'm stupid - I don't have a backup. Yes, I know better. Yes, I'm furious with myself. But I sure would appreciate help getting this all uninstalled.

While I'm begging for help, the next step is "3.Remove new files uploaded during the installation". How do I know what is "new" vs edited such as the html_output.php?

pharry:

Help! I need to uninstall Simple SEO. I thought I was running php5, but apparently we're on php4. So I need to back everything out - I'm just getting a blank page for the store.

I have the uninstall instructions. It says to "2.Revert the changes made to html_output.php". Can you please tell me what changes those are? Yes, I'm stupid - I don't have a backup. Yes, I know better. Yes, I'm furious with myself. But I sure would appreciate help getting this all uninstalled.
No problem at all, we all did it once or more (for me :d)

Anyhow, you can simply get the original file from 1.3.8 package (or other package if you want another version), and then simply overwrite it. Please make sure to remove the files ssu placed in includes/auto_loaders/ as well.

Also, switch to php5 is usually a very fast task (took me 5 mins on some hosts), so after putting back the store to normal you may want to contact your host regarding that.

Okay, I'm down to the SQL patch. I can get my admin page back up, but not the site.

The uninstall instructions say:

4.Then in admin→tools→sql patch runs
SET @t4=0;
SELECT (@t4:=configuration_group_id) as t4
FROM configuration_group
WHERE configuration_group_title= 'Simple SEO URL';
DELETE FROM configuration WHERE configuration_group_id = @t4;
DELETE FROM configuration_group WHERE configuration_group_id = @t4;
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS links_aliases;

If I go to admin > Tools > Install SQL Patches (is that the right place?), and copy/paste the code above, the screen comes back with results, and simply lists the code I put in. And doesn't tell me if it actually did anything.

And like I said, my store page is still blank.

You will need this to tell you exactly what is happening, because I cant be sure which files you removed and which files you didnt

https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=82

I have a syntax error in the html_output.php on line 96. Rather than overlaying the file on my server with the original ZC installation, I attempted to remove the code. I've just replaced the whole file with the original (like you told me to do in the first place!), and everything is back now.

My pulse and blood pressure are slowly returning to normal...

Thank you SOOO much.

Now to see if I can talk my host into upgrading to php5.

Thank you again!

Ok, I have a question. I built https://www.redlinestands.com and https://www.mowerpartsupply.com/catalog for myself and my friend. I installed Simple SEO quite some time ago and Yellow helped me get it working correctly on my site redlinestands. Now, I'm back to work again on mowerpartsupply.com and I need to get the SEO program working correctly. As of now when you try to add something to cart it won't let you because the program is turned on. So, my question is what do I need to do to get it working for my friend Jacob with mowerpartsupply? I know Yellow told me what he did to get it working but that was many months ago and I've since forgotten. I'm thinking of just downloading all the SEO files off my site and upload them to his though with my dial-up speed that will take nearly all day. Any ideas? Thanks guys.

Ian Gilmore

Ian, go into admin/includes/module_installation/current_version.txt and check the version there. I would suggest upgrading to the newest at http://eazy-templates.com/web-templates/zen-cart/modules/simple-seo-url

Raine

help!!! does any one can tell me where to download the SEO URLs
for my zen cart 1.38
thanks vvvvvvvvvvvvvvery much !!!!:bigups:

yellow1912:

Problem: when I visit the site, I see this in the header:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow, archive" />

Obviously this tells google to NOT index the site. And surely this has nothing to do with SSU or any SEO module. Whoever coded the template is responsible for that. If your site is not indexed by google for a long while, go to your site, right click on the page the choose to view "source code" and see if you find your metatag telling google to not index your site

I googled this and found out it has something to do with Google's own instructions. The phrase is RECOMMENDED. To tell the truth, I don't understand what this site is talking about (it's very late here)... but if you want to read up on it here's the scoop:

http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2007/03/using-robots-meta-tag.html

I need to upgrade the SEO Url, but all I can get is the version for PHP 4. Otherwise the link to PHP 5 download isn't working. It goes to the shopping cart to order installation.

http://public.rubikintegration.com/

daffy:

I need to upgrade the SEO Url, but all I can get is the version for PHP 4. Otherwise the link to PHP 5 download isn't working. It goes to the shopping cart to order installation.

http://public.rubikintegration.com/
The installation service is optional. you can just order the product (FREE) without installation service and checkout without having to pay for anything.

Yellow i need your help please mate. I am having issues with SSU.

Firstly what is this all about and why are search engines are indexing it ???

http ://fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php/?pfotx=15

I have added a space at the start so i dont get it as a backlink.

Also why is Yahoo indexing the non SSU like here

http://fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cP
ath=18_28&products_id=171

Here is a list of what Yahoo is indexing :-

http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Ffishingtackleoxford.co.uk&bwmf=s&bwmo=d&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=seo-rd-se

I am getting worried as i dont want to be banned from the search engines .

Could you please help me mate.

Many Thanks and Kind Regards

Hi Yellow - great mod BTW :)

I am trying to get SSU to re-write the product filter URL's, the sceanrio is something like this:

Manufacturer - Paul Smith

Filter Options: T-shirts, Jeans, Jackets

If I select T-Shirts I get a URL like : /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42

I have tried adding an alias in SSU so that /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42 becomes /paul-smith-tshirts but SSU ignores it - does this mean I cannot use aliases for this?

Thanks

Tony

twdhosting:

Hi Yellow - great mod BTW :)

I am trying to get SSU to re-write the product filter URL's, the sceanrio is something like this:

Manufacturer - Paul Smith

Filter Options: T-shirts, Jeans, Jackets

If I select T-Shirts I get a URL like : /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42

I have tried adding an alias in SSU so that /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42 becomes /paul-smith-tshirts but SSU ignores it - does this mean I cannot use aliases for this?

Thanks

Tony

If you use the latest versions (version 3.5 and up) you will see that SSU can automatically create such aliases for you.
Assuming that you read the installation and usage note carefully, you should know that you should turn on SSU Auto Alias in the setting in admin/configuration/simple_seo_url to have that feature enabled for you. After you enabled it clear the cache in admin/extras/simple_seo_url_manger. This should fix it the way you want it to look.

twdhosting:

Hi Yellow - great mod BTW :)

I am trying to get SSU to re-write the product filter URL's, the sceanrio is something like this:

Manufacturer - Paul Smith

Filter Options: T-shirts, Jeans, Jackets

If I select T-Shirts I get a URL like : /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42

I have tried adding an alias in SSU so that /paul-smith?sort=20a&filter_id=42 becomes /paul-smith-tshirts but SSU ignores it - does this mean I cannot use aliases for this?

Thanks

Tony
I have never tried that before, but have your cleared out the cache after that? And can you post the exact term you put in the alias and in url fields (in the alias manager)?

gmrm:

Yellow i need your help please mate. I am having issues with SSU.

Firstly what is this all about and why are search engines are indexing it ???

http ://fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php/?pfotx=15

I have added a space at the start so i dont get it as a backlink.

Also why is Yahoo indexing the non SSU like here

http://fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cP
ath=18_28&products_id=171

Here is a list of what Yahoo is indexing :-

http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2Ffishingtackleoxford.co.uk&bwmf=s&bwmo=d&fr=yfp-t-501&fr2=seo-rd-se

I am getting worried as i dont want to be banned from the search engines .

Could you please help me mate.

Many Thanks and Kind Regards
http ://fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php/?pfotx=15

Im not sure, but 1 thing I know for sure: pfotx=15 does not look like something that zencart uses (not sure if any module uses it). Perhaps you are using http://www.sagepay.com/ ?

Regarding the yahoo index, uhm, you have an incomplete install of SSU. You havent edited the includes/functions/html_output.php as instructed here:
http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zencart/modules/ssu/installation

Cheers Yellow , i can't believe i missed doing that. :frusty::frusty:

I still dont know how the search engines are finding the ?ptox=

I dont have sage pay

I've been trying to use this program for months, but I can never reset the caches. The admin always bombs out before it ever finishes.

We have SSU installed on two of our other shops and it works fine. But it can never finish cleaning the cache on mine. I've doublechecked all the settings. I'm the one who installed it on all our sites.

I'm afraid the urls are going to end up corrupted or something so the site won't work properly.

According to the properties, there are 5000 folders in the cache... and counting. Is my FTP program confused or are there really that many?

I have 1200 products and about 200 categories. This is not a huge shop so I don't understand the enormous number of folders! I can't delete them either. If I delete them, they regenerate themselves even though I had SSU turned off when I deleted them. This bothers me.

It seems as if it's the Alias cache that won't reset. I've been able to reset the others.

I believe this question has been answered more than once, and perhaps I should try to put in the FAQ.

1. Older versions of SSU create more cache files, try to upgrade to the latest one.
2. SSU caches files based on url, not product or category, so you will always have more cache files than number of products and categories.
3. No, urls will not end up corrupted. If cache files are deleted, SSU will just regenerate them
4. New versions of SSU always come with a cron folder which contain a cache cleaning file. You can set up a cronjob to have this file run once per month.

gmrm:

Cheers Yellow , i can't believe i missed doing that. :frusty::frusty:

I still dont know how the search engines are finding the ?ptox=

I dont have sage pay
Im pretty sure that SSU does not append that to the url unless it's told to do so. I have checked your website and cant find that on the homepage, not sure about the subpages

If I go to fishingtackleoxford.co.uk/index.php/?pfotx=15 Im then redirected to http://click-go.net/search.php?q=rose+hall+resort+montego+bay. Huhm, perhaps you are a victim of hack or carelessness? Clearly some code on your site redirect the users visit the above link to another site tho