yellow1912:

Also, change your htaccess to

BOF SSU

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

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

RewriteBase /

Deny access from .htaccess

RewriteRule ^.htaccess$ - [F]

RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{SCRIPT_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule .* - [L]

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

EOF SSU

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^rickiesdiscountelectronics.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/$1 [R=301,L]

Just fixed it when i reuploaded the htacess i think i left a line out u can check it now its working...

how often should i clear the cache

Also i had magic seo url before this and this works like 50 times better...magic seemed to slow my site down drastically thanks a lot

Please change it to the latest one I posted, it is a more correct version.

Clear cache when you make changes to category/product names
Or when you make changes in the SSU setting that may affect how the names are generated.

Otherwise, no need to clear cache.

Also i had magic seo url before this and this works like 50 times better...magic seemed to slow my site down drastically

That is great to hear, magic seo does have it difficulty, as a commercial module it is not allowed to touch any of Zen's core file, so it has to work the other way around (actually this is not completely true, it does touch application_top.php)

Anyhow, it is still a good piece of software ^_^, it's just not free.

yellow1912:

That is great to hear, magic seo does have it difficulty, as a commercial module it is not allowed to touch any of Zen's core file, so it has to work the other way around (actually this is not completely true, it does touch application_top.php)

Anyhow, it is still a good piece of software ^_^, it's just not free.

im having a problem though with this mod when i turn it on all my links generated by my magic seo url end up dead which is gonna be a problem any way to get this mod to recognize the ones that are already indexed

rickiesdiscount:

im having a problem though with this mod when i turn it on all my links generated by my magic seo url end up dead which is gonna be a problem any way to get this mod to recognize the ones that are already indexed
Can you give a sample link that magic seo generated on your site?

yellow1912:

Can you give a sample link that magic seo generated on your site?

https://www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/mp3-cell-phone-wedge-4688.html

Here is another
https://www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/extended-service-plans-437/virtual-installer-on-line-578/

rickiesdiscount:

www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/mp3-cell-phone-wedge-4688.html

Here is another
www.rickiesdiscountelectronics.com/extended-service-plans-437/virtual-installer-on-line-578/
Such transformation is doable, but not in the current version of SSU, it is already available in the unstable version 3.2 (currently in beta testing) and will be fully available(and automated) within the next 1-2 weeks.
Your site has so many products and categories, so I would suggest you stick with Magic Seo for now if you still have a working license.
Check back in about 2 weeks, SSU new version will fully support this transformation from Magic Seo to SSU with minimal/none lost of links.

Regards

yellow1912:

Such transformation is doable, but not in the current version of SSU, it is already available in the unstable version 3.2 (currently in beta testing) and will be fully available(and automated) within the next 1-2 weeks.
Your site has so many products and categories, so I would suggest you stick with Magic Seo for now if you still have a working license.
Check back in about 2 weeks, SSU new version will fully support this transformation from Magic Seo to SSU with minimal/none lost of links.

Regards

ok thanks a lot i appreciate it ..i just wont turn it on for a few weeks till u have the update thanks

Upgrading to 2.9.6 from 2.9.5 didn't work, got this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/finestimaginary.com/httpdocs/shop/includes/classes/ssu/languages/default.php on line **5

help???
**

finestimaginary:

Upgrading to 2.9.6 from 2.9.5 didn't work, got this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /usr/local/psa/home/vhosts/finestimaginary.com/httpdocs/shop/includes/classes/ssu/languages/default.php on line **5

help???
**
You are seeing this error because version 2.9.6 uses PHP5.
Which Zencart version are you using? If you are using 1.3.8 you can simply switch your server to php5 (this can usually be done by just 1-2 clicks, contact your host)
Otherwise, in the includes/classes/ssu, rename *.php to *.php5 and *.php4 to *.php

Please note that from version 3.2only php5 will be supported.
Regards

After reading all these threads, HOW stable is this addon?

I am currently using Magic-seo but its getting expensive buying it for every site...

Is it worth me using this addon at the moment?

toussi:

After reading all these threads, HOW stable is this addon?

I am currently using Magic-seo but its getting expensive buying it for every site...

Is it worth me using this addon at the moment?
2.9.6 is stable and being used on many sites.
3.x and up provides a wide range of new features, but it is still in testing and not recommended for use on a live site

Regards

Pardon me if this has been asked before.

Is this as good as Magic-SEO? any up and downs?

As of version 2.9.6, this module includes these things:

1. Convert most if not all ZC created links into User Friendly links (no more query string like ?main_page=index&cPath=blah)
   Several link examples:
   a contact us:
   site.com/contact_us (or site.com/contact_us.ext where ext is the extension you choose)

a product info page:
site.com/bracelets-c-1_2/fashion-silver-p-9

It works for any module that uses ZC's function to create links.

2. 301 redirection: redirect all old-style link to seo links.

3. For links containing cPath and products_id inside, corresponding category/product name can be added to the links (as show above)
   a. As of now, you can decide the number of category names to be included (for example, if you choose 3, with a cPath like this: 24_47_49_50 the category names of the last 3 categories (47,49,50) will be appended to the link
   b. If the category name or the product name in the link is incorrect, ssu will automatically redirects to the correct one
   c. Usually in ZC, a product_info link can contain both cPath and products_id. However, if the cPath is incorrect or is not there, ZC doesnt care at all, it still displays the page just fine. SSU will redirect the users to the correct link (by finding out the correct cPath of the product)

4. Allows store owners to exclude any page link from using seo link style.

5. Light-weight, minimal performance penalty

6. Allow removing short words from category/product names

7. Allow limiting the max length of category/product names

8. currently supports: category, product, ezpage, manufacturer names

As you can see, it really shines when you need something fast, free, and can convert all links (including links generated by other modules such as google base feeder,....)

It does have its drawback, for example, you can see the links still contain identifiers such as (-p-) or (-c-)

3.2 version and up aim to address this problem.

Also, as of now, SSU does not understand links generated by Magic Seo yet, so dont use it on sites that already using Magic Seo (yet).

yellow1912:

This version took me many days to work on, and many sleepless nights. 80% of the has been rewritten to support a new plug-and-play system with the load on demand ability.

New features:

1. Support for multi-languages sites:
   http://site.com/en/english_links
   http://site.com/fr/french_links

(Planning to blow all other SEO modules away :p)

Yellow, you are the BEST!!! :clap::clap::clap:

Yellow, when I try to upgrade from 2.9.6, I got error when I try to access to admin panel:
Fatal error: Class 'simple_seo_url' not found in /admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/ssu.php on line 9
Maybe need unistall 2.9.6 before?

xordox:

Yellow, when I try to upgrade from 2.9.6, I got error when I try to access to admin panel:
Fatal error: Class 'simple_seo_url' not found in /admin/includes/functions/extra_functions/ssu.php on line 9
Maybe need unistall 2.9.6 before?
xordox, 3.2 should NOT be used in live store, so I hope you are just testing it on a test server.

Read the upgrade.txt, several files from old version have to be deleted.

I think the 3 most exciting about the new version(3.2+) is:

1. A better support for multi-lang site (language no longer attached to the end of the url, it is appended to the start, which makes more sense)

2. The ability to write your own plugin to parse anything you want. You are no longer limited by the default ones provided by SSU.

3. And of course, the exciting link alias is coming with more performance improvement (expect to see it in 3.2.1)

Regarding the common request by many users: removing all "identifiers" and id from the urls, link alias should help you with that.

Basically I already have the idea how to implement link alias with the minimal performance hit as well, I'm just still stuck at one point: what to do when you change the rewrite rule, or when you change the category, a very good example is

This is the old-style link:
http://site.com/this-is-a-cat-c-1/great-product-p-1

This is the alias:
http://site.com/this-is-a-cat/great-product

Or it can even be this:
http://site.com/october-promotion

The thing is, with the old style, if you change category/product name or parsing rule, SSU will simple re-calculate the name and redirect the users to the correct ones. With the new one, it is not that simple, since there is nothing on the link to use as a base to recalculate the new link. Or we will have to at least keep the ids in the links for now.
I will have to come up with a solution, somehow. All suggestions are welcome.

Raine

Ok, I deleted unnecessary files for update, but after I got error: try to set table "links_aliase" that already exist. When I delete it from PHP my admin SSU start to work.
Now, its work but when I set "Set SSU Multi Language Status"
I have 404 error on site

Are you still using the dev site you showed me before? Can you send me info again? It will be great to test this out and sort out all possible problems ^_^ Thanks for helping me to test this btw.