Hi All,

I am using this mod. But as my site is growing bigger and bigger and the number of categories are increasing it is becoming very difficult to reset the cache. It takes a long long time to reset the cache. Please help What should i do?

Does anyone know if a clean install of zencart 1.3.9f that already has module manager (the latest is rev18, I think) and SSU 3.8.5 installed and running correctly -- that is available as a download???

I've got a 1.3.8a store running in my dev environment with SSU 3.8.0 running correctly. I cannot get 3.8.5 to work correctly, either upgrading 3.8.0, or as a new install.

Dev env is xampp 1.7.1, win64.

My working store is 1.3.8a with SSU 3.8.0. It started as a SSU 3.6.7, and was upgraded over time to 3.8.0. URLs in the address bar are seo-friendly. URLs that appear in the browser status bar when you hover over link are friendly. Clicking a link works as expected. This 1.3.8a store and SSU 3.8.0 seems to work correctly.

I'm trying to upgrade the store to 1.3.9f, but I can't get SSU to work anymore. I've tried dozens of times (same dev environment) to get a fresh 1.3.9f install to work with SSU 3.8.5, but I cannot! I've read the online docs at rubikintegration, i've been slow and careful, but it doesn't work for me. The URLs look friendly, but any link you click simply dumps you on the main landing page -- you can't view any other pages.

Since my other store works fine under the same xampp env, I assume apache is configured right.

If a clean 1.3.9f install with SSu 3.8.5 is available somewhere, I've love to download it and compare to my install.

Anyone know if such a package exists?

khopek:

I have had similar problems with SSU not showing urls how I wanted. In my case SSU kept showing the ID's. The only way I found to correct it was to actually delete all the folders inside the SSU cache then go to Extras->SSU Manager and Reset All Cache.

Thanks for the reply. How do I manually delete the SSU cache?

Nintendoparts:

Thanks for the reply. How do I manually delete the SSU cache?

Ok I figured out how to manually delete the Su cache, but I'm still getting URLS like

.nintendoparts.com.au/screens-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

instead of

.nintendoparts.com.au/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2.html

Does anyone have any other suggestions of how to get this thing working? I'm thinking of trying ultimate SEO URL's instead, at least it's built or zencart 1.39

I just upgraded SSU 3.8.4 to 3.8.5, by just re-uploading the new files and overwriting the old files via ftp.

Now when I go to extra>SSU URL Manager I'm getting a blank screen

I checked my debug file and it says:

PHP Fatal error: Class 'yclass' not found in /home2/ndsparts/public_html/admin/ssu.php on line 16

I have re-uploaded the files several times to make sure I haven't missed any.

I also noted that my URL's have changed slightly from

.nintendoparts.com.au/screens-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

to

.nintendoparts.com.au/-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

What's going on here?

I'm running zencart 1.39f with the latest module manager by the way.

@Nintendoparts:

That error (no yclass) shows that you may not have the latest module manager as you thought. Please try to get it here again:

http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/downloads/list

You should also read:
http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zencart/modules/ssu/troubleshootings/c-0

This module works for all new zencart versions, that including 1.3.9f. I think you should read more about ultimate seo url before using it, if you dont use SSU there are better options than that module.

@escookies and others with 1.3.9: you may want to check the .htaccess file, zen 1.3.9 has some changes that may require changing the .htaccess file a bit

from:
RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
to:
RewriteRule ^(.+) index.php/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L,PT]

@hc1501: latest version (3.8.5) uses less cache file, so you should get it. If you dont use auto alias you will not feature auto alias provides but you will have much less cache files as well.

In addition, SSU has gone GIT.
http://github.com/yellow1912/simple-seo-url

If you want to report bugs, or just want to always stay ahead, that is the place.

No, but you can install in in 5 mins :) yes the Simple Seo works flawlessly with the latest stable version.

@acedweb - not sure who you are answering... if it is my question about a new 1.3.9f install with SSU... i know it only takes 5 minutes to install. i've done it 20 times on two different laptops. I can make 3.8.0 work on 1.3.8a, but I can't make 3.8.5 work on 1.3.8a or 1.3.9f. So, I asked for a known working copy to see if it is something in my env. Note: i can make 1.3.8 and ssu3.8.0 work, so I don't think it's my environment.

I've included my .htaccess file below. Any suggestions? In all cases, the URLs look correct, but the page doesn't load. I always see the main page. By the way, the "missing page check" is off, so that's not masking the problem. Anyone have ideas of where i could add some "error_log" statements to help indicate where the problem is?

BOF SSU

Options +FollowSymLinks -MultiViews
RewriteEngine On

Make sure to change "zencart" to the subfolder you install ZC. If you use root folder, change to: RewriteBase /

RewriteBase /zen_new/

Deny access from .htaccess

RewriteRule ^.htaccess$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} !-d

#*** i have tried each of these, one at a time ***
#RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L]
#RewriteRule ^(.+) index.php/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA,L,PT]

suggested by ssu_check.php

RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php?/$1 [E=VAR1:$1,QSA]

EOF SSU

It's probably your environment, note several things relied on your env set correctly:

example:
DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR
$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']

If I remember correctly 3.8.5 uses DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR instead of "" to support windows server, so you may want to check and make sure if DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR is set correctly (this is set automatically on the server, but some time it can return wrong value)

Your htaccess looks fine, the fact that you see homepage every time means the redirection does work. It's just that the link.php cannot process the link correctly for some reason. (includes/classes/ssu/cores/link.php). If you have some php experience you can go in there and try to die() at some checkout point to see where it got stuck. Or you can also turns on zencart debug logging and hope that the error get logged (unlikely)

Firstly, thanks heaps for the reply!

yellow1912:

@Nintendoparts:

That error (no yclass) shows that you may not have the latest module manager as you thought. Please try to get it here again:

http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/downloads/list

According to the link that file was uploaded in Jan this year and I only started this website in March this year. Also I have the original module_manager.zip I installed module manager with and I verified the checksum matches with the latest version. So I'm pretty confident my module manager is the latest.

yellow1912:

You should also read:
http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zen...eshootings/c-0

According to that link my funny looking URL's, eg:

.nintendoparts.com.au/-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

are due to the use of Easy Populate. I don't even know what Easy Populate is, and I'm pretty sure I've never installed this module.

yellow1912:

This module works for all new zencart versions, that including 1.3.9f. I think you should read more about ultimate seo url before using it, if you dont use SSU there are better options than that module.
Could you elaborate on which modules may be better?

Thanks again for your continues support of this module

Also I tried resetting Master Categories ID like that troubleshooting article suggested, but it made no difference.

You should try to fix the issue with your admin blank page before trying to checkout what is wrong with the link.

I have checked again and can confirm there is no yclass in the new version of SSU which is available NOT on this zencar website but on eazyecommerce.com

On that specific line (16) of the new version of admin/ssu.php:

$module_installer->set_module('yellow1912_ssu');

I would suggest checking ceon url module if you opt for another module. Unless im mistaken, ultimate seo url has not been worked on for years

Nintendoparts:

Firstly, thanks heaps for the reply!

According to the link that file was uploaded in Jan this year and I only started this website in March this year. Also I have the original module_manager.zip I installed module manager with and I verified the checksum matches with the latest version. So I'm pretty confident my module manager is the latest.

According to that link my funny looking URL's, eg:

.nintendoparts.com.au/-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

are due to the use of Easy Populate. I don't even know what Easy Populate is, and I'm pretty sure I've never installed this module.

Could you elaborate on which modules may be better?

Thanks again for your continues support of this module

@Nintendoparts:
For your information, your admin/ssu.php should look like this, otherwise you have old version:

http://github.com/yellow1912/simple-seo-url/blob/master/zencart_files/admin/ssu.php

Thanks, yellow... your last suggestion nailed it in minutes!

I stepped thru links.php with "die()" to see what I could learn. It turns out my directory separator is "". That's good, since I'm on a windows box. I also learned that

$_SERVER["SCRIPT_FILENAME"] = D:/xampp/htdocs/zenseo/index.php

That's not good, because of the forward slash, the test for an 'index.php' page ALWAYS fails.

As a quick test, I changed that explode statement to use a forward slash ("/") instead of DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, and everything worked perfectly -- friendly URLs and correct pages loading.

Next step is to google until I figure out how to correctly set those env variables.

Thanks yellow - your patience is amazing!

btw, the guy that said SSU never works locally but always works when deployed to a "real" host... this might be what he was seeing!

yellow1912,

I am just learning about SEO so go easy on me please :D

I have just d/l this and I am going to give it a try.

Besides your wonderful mod...do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks

I would suggest spending time to write good description for your products, this is something most people dont do (tho it's the easiest and most important step to do)

Apart from that, well I think I will write an article regarding the steps you should take based on my experience

Check back this thread later, I will post a link

PinkLeopard:

yellow1912,

I am just learning about SEO so go easy on me please :D

I have just d/l this and I am going to give it a try.

Besides your wonderful mod...do you have any other suggestions?

Thanks

Thank you yellow.

I just replied to Dr. Byte and he mentioned GOOD CONTENT.

I think I will focus on that.

It was my understanding that the links do play an important role. And that's why I was asking.

I see so many little sites get to the top and I just want to one more.

I did start to read through your thread and I will finish it when it gets a little cooler here. It was 112 today...and every place is hot.

Thanks again :clap:

Thanks again for your support.

yellow1912:

@Nintendoparts:
For your information, your admin/ssu.php should look like this, otherwise you have old version:

http://github.com/yellow1912/simple-seo-url/blob/master/zencart_files/admin/ssu.php

Oh man! I checked the ../admin/ssu.php from my simple_seo_url_3-8-5.zip and it didn't match your example! I did a site restore, re-downloaded the correct file 3.8.5 from eazyecommerce.com, uploaded it and it's working now :)

The .zip available at .zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=1013 is wrong! even though it's called simple_seo_url_3-8-5.zip it's not actually 3.8.5, I suspect it's a much older version as it has an ajax folder in it.

My URL's still look funny eg:

.nintendoparts.com.au/-c-2_5/ds-lite-bottom-lcd-screen-p-2

and I still can not get the .html extension on any of my urls or get rid of the categories in the url's, which are the reasons I spent all this time upgrading SSU in the first place. So now I'm back to square one.

edit: actually before I started this SSU upgrade endeavor my URL's didn't have that funny looking category, so I'm actually I little worse of after upgrading SSU. Any suggestions?

You should not use html extension, it was there to support people who switched from other modules, but in fact it doesnt help at all with either seo purpose or user friendly purpose.

Regarding the links, I wondered if you have cleared the SSU cache after you upgraded the new version.

If you clear cache and if that solves the issue, you can try to enable link alias and auto alias to see links without identifiers inside, remember you will also have to clear cache again to see the effect