Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

Re google and seo results, I just posted on the Search Engines thread an article about how google apparently likes attractive and modern looking sites.

http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1118028#post1118028

schoolboy:

You have lost track of reality... the only thing that matters is if the site is making money.

Google is now rivalling some the major monotheistic religions for blind and irrational faith in its sheep-like audience.

Savvy business people never put all their eggs into one basket - if anything, they look for baskets that are empty. Google's basket is so full now t**he effort to "get noticed" has become a futile paraniod obsession with the vast majority of website owners. So much so they have forgotten even the most simple of marketing principles...**nods in agreement:yes:

I'd like to add, many small business owners don't know the most simple of marketing principles to begin with..:no: Hence the Googlemania obsession for many of them..

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

long_john:

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

I'm almost at the stage of cutting my wrists on this thread... :cry:

long_john:

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.If you had read through this support thread a bit, you'd know that this mod is NOT SUPPORTED or MAINTAINED by ANYONE. The original author has not posted here in YEARS and no longer supports this or any of his/her other Zen Cart mods.

So the answer to this question is that it is UNLIKELY that anyone will ever answer your question unless they have had some level of success getting these two add-ons to work together..

So your options are as follows:

1. Live with dynamic URLs
2. Invest in the services of an outside developer to update SSU for you
3. Find another add-on to replace SSU
   (and if you MUST use one of these class of add-ons, I recommend Ceon URI as it is a much more flexible add-on and doesn't clash with other add-ons. Ceon URI is also better supported, written and maintained than other add-ons like SSU or Ultimate SEO -- sorry that's my opinion:smile:)

schoolboy:

I'm almost at the stage of cutting my wrists on this thread... :cry::laugh: Don't do that.. :laugh:

Not I, although I use Simple SSU on my site here:

http://www.fashion-mart.biz/

Your question is the number one reason NOT to use any url rewritter with zencart: conflict with other mods and zencart upgrades. Speaking of which, I'm sure you'll be upgrading to the new 1.5 zencart soon...right? I doubt there is any further interest in this particular rewriter for anyone to upgrade it for 1.5.

This rewriter is on its way out. And so are our 1.3.9h carts.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

SPH:

Your question is the number one reason NOT to use any url rewritter with zencart: conflict with other mods and zencart upgrades.This is not a true statement with regards to the Ceon URI mod..

One more thing: re your hopeful mod Dynamic Filter.

I don't know that any free zencart url rewriter writes all pages. Categories and Products, for sure. But after that, it may be hit and miss.

For example:

http://www.fashion-mart.biz/index/manufacturers_id/1 - The mfr is Alyce Paris, my Simple SEO rewriter (yours) doesn't rewrite the manufacturer listing, that great, anyway. Maybe I could enable it in the admin, but won't bother.

http://www.prom-mart.com/zencart-demo-2/hewlett-packard-m-9.html - My 1.5 zencart demo/test site, where Ultimate SEO URL happens to be working. And it is doing better with the manufacturer link.

CEON...I'm not sure, but I'd be surprised if it re-wrote everything.

My point is that it may be possible that your proposed mod will not be re-written by any free url rewriter.

Again, we should forget this Simple SEO and figure out what to do, if anything, with our soon to be 1.5 carts. Rewrite on the new cart, or not rewrite. That is the question.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

DivaVocals:

This is not a true statement with regards to the Ceon URI mod..

Well then, my apologies. Or he can sue me.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

That Dynamic Filter does look interesting, though. I know Prestashop comes with a built-in filter. I might put it on my 1.5 demo cart to see if Ultimate SEO rewrites it...and if the thing works in general.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

SPH:

CEON...I'm not sure, but I'd be surprised if it re-wrote everything.

My point is that it may be possible that your proposed mod will not be re-written by any free url rewriter.Then SURPRISE!!! It can re-write ALL the shop URLs if you wish.. However, if you have further questions with regards to Ceon URIs capabilities, best ask on the Ceon URI support thread..

SPH:

Well then, my apologies. Or he can sue me.

sph
www.prommart.comI'm sure this is at the top of Conor's to-do list..

I'm not interested in it.

SPH:

I'm not interested in it.Awesome... but I wasn't trying to convince you.. I was simply making sure that ANYONE reading this thread gets accurate information.. AND to try again to get this thread BACK on topic.. 'tis all:blush:

long_john:

Does anyone know how to make SSU work with this mod in 1.39h?
http://www.zen-cart.com/index.php?main_page=product_contrib_info&products_id=2066

Any help with be much appreciated.

Thanks for your replies, but I cannot afford to change the urls because the website is old and ranks well in the search engines.

The filter mod creates urls that look like
index.php?main_page=index&cPath=x&flt_Size[]=22
With SSU enabled, the url looks like
cat-name-c-xx/flt_Size/Array

I've added this parameter flt_Size in the admin's Set Query Key's Exclude List from the SSU configuration. After that, the urls look like
cat-name-c-xx?flt_Size[0]=22

The problem is this url gives an error:
The page isn't redirecting properly
Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.

I've looked in the logs and the redirect is pointing to:
cat-name-c-xx.

What I was thinking is maybe this redirect can be skipped on category pages where url has "flt" in it. Using preg_match in $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] in class file link.php. Couldn't get it working. Maybe someone else has another idea?

Thanks for reading. :cheers:

Do you have a link so we can see for ourselves?

In any case, if you can just turn off SSU for the filter and it works, I'd do that.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

SPH:

Do you have a link so we can see for ourselves?

In any case, if you can just turn off SSU for the filter and it works, I'd do that.

sph
https://www.prommart.com

I can't keep the sidebox enabled as it is a live website.
The behavior described above happens on 1.39h with SSU installed.
If I disable it, the filter works, but I can't do that because I have backlinks pointing to the SSU urls and I will loose my SE rankings.

I was thinking that maybe SSU could be turned off just for the filter...not to touch it, leaving SSU to work elsewhere. I guess not.

Looks like you'll have to choose between SSU and the filter.

But eventually you'll have to upgrade to the new 1.5 cart anyway, and it looks like SSU won't be going with you (us).

If CEON's URI can rewrite the urls exactly as they are now on SSU, perhaps you can "take your urls with you" to that CEON mod and the new 1.5 cart. I've read about this theory before. Keep the url and move from platform to platform, taking the url with you. That assumes the new platform can re-write the same way.

Would it be possible to take a look at your site, just to see?

sph
https://www.prommart.com

long_john,

I wanted to check out this Dynamic Filter and with some help from Dr. Byte on another thread got it working (I think) on my fresh 1.5 demo install.

http://www.prom-mart.com/demo-1/big-linked-c-22.html

Filter results looks like:

http://www.prom-mart.com/demo-1/big-linked-c-22.html?fltSize[]=Medium

I'm testing the upgraded Ultimate SEO URL for 1.5 and it seems to be working with the filter. Don't know about complete rewriting of filter results, but definitely good enough for use.

This filter is something we've been wanting for some time now. Now that zencart has it, zencart is second to no cart.

Is there a Dynamic Filter support thread?

I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I'm going to launch a big/tall apparel business and I plan on having probably at least 150 items to sell. Will it benefit me to write a meta tag for every single item or if I just wrote them for each catagory like pants, shirts, jeans, etc. get me as good ranking in the search engines as writing a tag for each item. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.:smile:

jimproz:

I was wondering if anyone could answer this question. I'm going to launch a big/tall apparel business and I plan on having probably at least 150 items to sell. Will it benefit me to write a meta tag for every single item or if I just wrote them for each catagory like pants, shirts, jeans, etc. get me as good ranking in the search engines as writing a tag for each item. Thanks to anyone who can help me with this.:smile:Despite the recent string of off "kinda" topic posts here (and yes I have been guilty of contributing to this), your post is not a support question for the SSU add-on.. You should post thi sin a new thread to get some responses for your questions..