Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

creamcrackers:

Hi

How does this compare to Magic SEO URLs?

What are the benefits and drawbacks?

Cant i choose the text for my URL? It mentions that I have to "write my own plugin" to do that, what does that mean?

Thanks

Sorry yes its me again.... also I want to know if i use SSU or Magic SEO..... how do i create a sitemap for my site?? Is there any way to do this? Previously i just had a sitemap.txt and listed all the URLS i wanted to be listed. If i add new products I need to add these to the sitemap.txt file

Also i want to use datafeeds to different shopping sites, which ones will work if i install this... because it changes the urls. Do the feeds send the original or new urls. Because i want to generate page rank by these
thanks

And another one..

In the install instructions

B. if you are NOT using Zencart 1.3.8a, it's safer to not upload includes/functions/html_output.php but to do this: Open your current includes/functions/html_output.php

... the recent June patch for Zen cart (the one everyone should now have) makes a change to the html_output file. So am I right in thinking that id better follow the above instructions instead of overwriting the file... even given that i AM using 1.3.8a!

Thanks!

I just installed SSU on the new site I'm developing and have noticed that the Unsubscribe feature/button doesn't work when I have SSU enabled. When I disable SSU, Unsubscribe button works fine...

I can click the EZ page link I created to my Unsubscribe page and get to the page just fine...the problem is clicking the Unsubscribe button. It should take the unsubscriber to the Login page, but when SSU is enabled, it sits on the Unsubscribe page. When I try to click the Unsubscribe button yet again, I don't leave the page and it adds the word, "action" at the bottom of my Unsubscribe page text.

Anyone have the same issue?

ZC Version 1.3.8a
PHP 5.2.9

Also...when SSU is enabled, my pages become W3C HTML invalid. When disabled, my pages validate. :(

creamcrackers:

Sorry yes its me again.... also I want to know if i use SSU or Magic SEO..... how do i create a sitemap for my site?? Is there any way to do this? Previously i just had a sitemap.txt and listed all the URLS i wanted to be listed. If i add new products I need to add these to the sitemap.txt file

Also i want to use datafeeds to different shopping sites, which ones will work if i install this... because it changes the urls. Do the feeds send the original or new urls. Because i want to generate page rank by these
thanks

To use a site map for zen cart, you can download SitemapXML (formerly "Google Sitemap")
Yes it works with Simple Seo.
To answer your question on a RSS Feed, download it from here

modmuse:

I just installed SSU on the new site I'm developing and have noticed that the Unsubscribe feature/button doesn't work when I have SSU enabled. When I disable SSU, Unsubscribe button works fine...

I can click the EZ page link I created to my Unsubscribe page and get to the page just fine...the problem is clicking the Unsubscribe button. It should take the unsubscriber to the Login page, but when SSU is enabled, it sits on the Unsubscribe page. When I try to click the Unsubscribe button yet again, I don't leave the page and it adds the word, "action" at the bottom of my Unsubscribe page text.

Anyone have the same issue?

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ZC Version 1.3.8a
PHP 5.2.9

Add it to the Exclude list in admin/configurations/Simple_seo_url Exclude list. See if that will make any difference.

modmuse:

Also...when SSU is enabled, my pages become W3C HTML invalid. When disabled, my pages validate. :(
This has been mentioned before, and it is indeed easy to fix by simple "encode" the url output. I believe the fix has been posted in this thread, I know this thread is long so perhaps you could wait till next version where the fix is included. Note that this so called "error" will NOT affect your site in anyway, guaranteed!

modmuse:

I just installed SSU on the new site I'm developing and have noticed that the Unsubscribe feature/button doesn't work when I have SSU enabled. When I disable SSU, Unsubscribe button works fine...

I can click the EZ page link I created to my Unsubscribe page and get to the page just fine...the problem is clicking the Unsubscribe button. It should take the unsubscriber to the Login page, but when SSU is enabled, it sits on the Unsubscribe page. When I try to click the Unsubscribe button yet again, I don't leave the page and it adds the word, "action" at the bottom of my Unsubscribe page text.

Anyone have the same issue?

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ZC Version 1.3.8a
PHP 5.2.9
You may want to make sure your SSU version is current as well. Where and when did you download it?

countrycharm:

Add it to the Exclude list in admin/configurations/Simple_seo_url Exclude list. See if that will make any difference.

Oh, hey, that worked. :smile:

For anyone who needs more specifics:

I went to the end of the exclude list (admin panel/configurations/simple seo url/excluse list), placed a comma directly after the last letter of the last item on the list, and typed unsubscribe directly after the comma to add it to the list.

Thanks a bunch, countrycharm.

creamcrackers:

Hi

How does this compare to Magic SEO URLs?

What are the benefits and drawbacks?

Cant i choose the text for my URL? It mentions that I have to "write my own plugin" to do that, what does that mean?

Thanks
This has been discussed in many topics already, but in short how about this: SSU offers what Magic Seo Url offers, and more than that, at the cost of....erm 0.

yellow1912:

You may want to make sure your SSU version is current as well. Where and when did you download it?

I'll have to look into that - not sure. I downloaded SSU from this link today: http://eazy-templates.com/web-templates/zen-cart/modules/simple-seo-url.

yellow1912:

This has been mentioned before, and it is indeed easy to fix by simple "encode" the url output. I believe the fix has been posted in this thread, I know this thread is long so perhaps you could wait till next version where the fix is included. Note that this so called "error" will NOT affect your site in anyway, guaranteed!

Gotcha. I did a search within this thread and found my solution on Page 250...

Went to includes/classes/ssu/cores/links.php and replaced this line:

$link .= (strpos($link , '?') ? '&' : '?').$sid;

with this line:

$link = str_replace('&', '&', $link);

(appears right before return $link;)

Now everything appears to validate again. :smile:

Hi

So when i install SSU into zencart 1.3.8a I overwrite the html output file... however that file was overwritten by the recent PATCH, the security patch for June 09

Your instructions state I can simply overwrite this file for 1.3.8...
you say

B. if you are NOT using Zencart 1.3.8a, it's safer to not upload includes/functions/html_output.php but to do this: Open your current includes/functions/html_output.php

So.... is that still up to date? Because the recent (June) security patch replaced that file.

So if i just upload over it, am i killing the security patch and making my site insecure??

If i AM using 1.3.8a can i still do it manually by etiting the html output file with

*
  find the function zen_href_link
*
  find this line:

global $request_type, $session_started, $http_domain, $https_domain;

Insert these lines below that line:

//bof simple seo url
global $ssu;
if(is_object($ssu) && ($link = $ssu->ssu_link($page, $parameters, $connection, $add_session_id, $search_engine_safe, $static, $use_dir_ws_catalog))!= false) return $link;
//eof simple seo url

Thanks!!!:oops:

You can do a manual edit.

Regards

Creamcracker

The recent admin security patch overwrites the ADMIN/includes/functions/html_output.php not the includes/functions/html_output.php that SSU overwrites......

I apologize if this is a stupid question - I tried searching, but don't know what words to search for and couldn't find anything.

I set up SSU twice (the person moved the site and I had to set it up again!). The thing is, I don't see how to set it up in Admin. When I go to Admin -> Configuration -> SSU, I see a whole bunch of "reset" links and then a button to add a new alias. When I click on that, I get /default_link/ under Links and /default_alias/ under Aliases. I don't know what to do here. Am I missing something? I read the installation instructions and a lot of the support thread and feel like a total idiot, but I am lost. Any help would really be appreciated.

Thank you!

1. Make sure you follow the note here, also make sure you get the package from the link specified there
   http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zencart/modules/ssu/installation

2. I think you are mistaken, from what you have described, you are visiting admin->extras->ssu manager, not the configuration one.

Under configuration there are several settings which you can learn about them here:
http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zencart/modules/ssu/config

Thank you for the reply.

I did follow those links. I downloaded the module manager from that page - is that what you mean by "package"? I also have the latest version of SSU.

When I go to Admin -> Extras -> SSU Manager, I get this:

Instruction
SSU caches your categories/products names and links in order to reduce the number of sql queries and minimize the performance penalty on your server. That has its drawback, however. If you change your categories/products names, you will need to reset the cache to force SSU reload and update the names.
Cache Functions Reset all cache: Click here
Reset alias cache: Click here
Reset only products cache: Click here
Reset only categories cache: Click here
Reset only pages cache: Click here
Alias Functions Manage Aliases: Click here

When I go to Admin -> Configuration, there is no SSU in the drop down, so I click on Configuration and go to SSU Manager under Extras, I get the same thing.

??

Great!
I got this installed, turned on auto alias and alias.

I made some ezy pages and put manual alias in for them.

Next I want to get it with the php file extension but i cant get it to work, i went to admin confiv ssu and tried both php and .php as the extension but it doesnt work!

It says i should leave it blank and not have an extension... why is that?

Any idea?

Thanks!

... update

I just deleted all of the aliases... then i changed to php extension, reset the main cache. I brought every product on the screen so that it makes the aliases. Still - no good link for easy pages (i have to make my own manual alias for that right.. ok no problem) but the products have a decent link but no file extension.... so theres no way google will index a link without a file extension. So leaving auto alias and manual alias on i have to manually put the file exension in for every product?

Sorry for the questions i couldnt find any documentation to answer these questions

5thanks