Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

xordox:

Ok, If click twise on update, no need to clear cashe.
Also I dont know if its a bug,
when I have url like:
/tops-c-8/
and in alias I put not english letters, like /топы22/
I got 404 page not found
As of now, it may not recognize non-english letter. Hopefully we will see this coming in the future version. But again, remember that non-english letters can be displayed very weird in the url, avoid them,

PS: so what do you think about this link alias?

To all:

New features of the current version 3.3.0:

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies-action/lethal-weapon

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/promotion
```[](http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/promotion)

I hope just looking the names appear in the links above explain it all to you already.

yellow1912:

But again, remember that non-english letters can be displayed very weird in the url, avoid them,
PS: so what do you think about this link alias?

Yes, I know that I need to avoid it, but when it works it is Great:
please see here (its from google query log):
http://www.google.com/search?hl=ru&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:ru:official&hs=zKm&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=turquoise%20%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0&spell=1

link number 3, for russian it looks more better like other links

2. Link Alias is very powerful feature. for example, for hebrew very hard to do SSU language plugins (many letters have 2 value, like letter b maybe B or maybe V :shocking:) and I was need put all worlds in he.php plugins like:

$hebrew = array("חצאיות", "מכנסיים", "אביזרים", "שמלות", "וו", "יי", "א", "ב", "ג", "ד", "ה", "ו", "ז", "ח", "ט", "י", "ך", "כ",

$translit2 = array("khatzayot", "mehnasaim", "avizarim", "smalot", "v", "ai", "a", "b", "g", "d", "h", "o", "z", "kh", "t", "i", "kh", "k", "l",

and now with Link alias is mush more better :yes:
Thank you very much for this great mod.

Hi yellow1912,

WOW, I have been following you with the progress. Now it looks like you found a way to do without the category c-1 and prod p-18 stuff.

Clean URL's. Is this for real?
Looks like it for this item:
http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies-action/lethal-weapon

but not for others like here:

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies-action/speed-cruise-control-p-18
or
http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies-drama-c-3_15/beloved-linked-p-20

Is this still just a test or is this now a configurable option for each item? Please explain...

@mydanilo: It uses a new feature called link-alias, which has to be set per term.

In the future, a feature to automatically add aliases for product, category,...names will make its way to this contribution.

Basically, all the dirty works have been done already.

For those who are interested in utf8 urls, I found tons of interesting links here:

http://www.aims.co.il/blog/multi-lingual-seo-arabic-hebrew-chinese-and-non-latin-character-urls/
http://www.seroundtable.com/archives/015032.html
http://www.cre8asiteforums.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=55458
http://ekstreme.com/thingsofsorts/web-programming/arabic-seo
http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=946

I hope these help you in one or another way, and if you happen to write such plugin for SSU, dont forget to post it ^_^

yellow1912:

@mydanilo: It uses a new feature called link-alias, which has to be set per term.

In the future, a feature to automatically add aliases for product, category,...names will make its way to this contribution.

Basically, all the dirty works have been done already.

To clarify my answer, this link:

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/dvd-movies-action/lethal-weapon
```required 2 aliases:
dvd-movies-action-c-3_10 --> dvd-movies-action
lethal-weapon-linked-p-13 --> lethal-weapon

Also note that, once such aliases are set, it affects EVERY LINK that contains such words.

A good example:

http://demo.rubikintegration.com/zencart/en/product_reviews_write/dvd-movies-action/lethal-weapon

I have a couple of products that once clicked are taken to a different sub category, and not to the product page.

I have cleared cache a few times, turned off SSU and checked the product with the regular format and they work fine. When I turn SSU back on and go to the sub cat and click on the product it still redirects to another subcategory, not the product page.

When I go through the cache directories after clearing, the cache directories are clear.

Please post:

1. SSU version
2. Link to that specific product (pm me if you want)
3. your host (who are you hosting with? php version?)

I don't know what in the world I did wrong, but I just installed this mod (again) and the site is completely broken. I go to extras> simple SEO and this is what I see

1062 Duplicate entry 'SSU_FILE_EXTENSION' for key 2
in:
[INSERT INTO configuration (configuration_title, configuration_key, configuration_value, configuration_description, configuration_group_id, sort_order, last_modified, date_added, use_function, set_function) VALUES ('File extension', 'SSU_FILE_EXTENSION', '', 'Set the file extension you want (without the dot). Recommend: leave it blank. For more info please read the docs', @t4, 1, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, NULL), ('Name delimiter', 'SSU_NAME_DELIMITER', '-', 'Set delimiter to replace all non alpha-numeric characters in product/category names', @t4, 1, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array('-', '.'),'), ('ID delimiter', 'SSU_ID_DELIMITER', '-', 'Set delimiter separate product/category names and their ids', @t4, 1, NOW(), NOW(), NULL, 'zen_cfg_select_option(array('-', '.'),');]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

Can someone please help me figure out what have I done?? :shocking:

yellow1912:

Please post:

1. SSU version
2. Link to that specific product (pm me if you want)
3. your host (who are you hosting with? php version?)

• Simple SEO URL
• $Author: yellow1912 $
• $Rev: 213 $

PM sent

Bluehost
PHP Version: 5.2.6 (Zend: 2.2.0)

When you attempt to install it again, you have to remove all db changes it made first, otherwise you will run the installation patch twice and hence got the problem.

As for the currently problem you get, it's a mix of 2 things:

1. Your product names contain special characters
2. A flaw in the way SSU remove short words.

If you downloaded the module from the download section of Zen, I suspect you are using 2.9.6?

lamb-1-2-banjo-assembly-for-m-c-p-58
The -m-c- there is from m/c in the name, and it will cause SSU to malfunction. A hot fix will be applied for version 3.3.1

In the mean time, the easiest fix is to somehow rename that product and then clear cache.

Testing version 3.3.1 is now available with the language bug fix mentioned above

Regards

@tacoma: if you are using 2.9.6 and want to upgrade to 3.3.1, make sure:

1. you run php5
2. read the upgrade note first.

yellow1912:

@mydanilo: It uses a new feature called link-alias, which has to be set per term.

In the future, a feature to automatically add aliases for product, category,...names will make its way to this contribution.

Basically, all the dirty works have been done already.

YES, this is great. Just finished a Joomla website and it has the alias feature too. I love that flexibility. Yes, a default, automatic feature would be great. Will it take the product name as the default if no alias is defined?

mydanilo:

YES, this is great. Just finished a Joomla website and it has the alias feature too. I love that flexibility. Yes, a default, automatic feature would be great. Will it take the product name as the default if no alias is defined?
Well, it's probably the only way to go if you want links to be auto generated.

Thanks for the update yellow1912.

I'm running PHP5. I looked over the upgrade doc.

I went ahead and did the upgrade, and then this.

When trying to visit mydomain/admin

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home2/lambcomp/public_html/lamb/ajax/xajax5/xajax_core/plugin_layer/support/xajaxEvent.inc.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home2/lambcomp/public_html/lamb/ajax/xajax5/xajax_core/plugin_layer/xajaxEventPlugin.inc.php on line 33

I'm sure I overlooked something. I'll keep at it. I hate working on stuff right after lunch. All of my blood is directed to my stomach to help with the digestion process, leaving little oxygen carrying blood for my brain.

OK - One of the cache directories didn't upload. Fixed that.

Ill test it out the rest.

Update:

The fix for the weird characters works. The previous issue is corrected.

Do I need to clear a table out of the database? I can't get to SSU Manager

Admin->Extras->SSU Manager

1050 Table 'links_aliases' already exists
in:
[CREATE TABLE links_aliases ( id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment, link_url varchar(255) NOT NULL, link_alias varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE KEY link_url (link_url) ) ENGINE=MyISAM;]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I dropped the 'link_aliases' table, and all is good.

tacoma:

OK - One of the cache directories didn't upload. Fixed that.

Ill test it out the rest.

Update:

The fix for the weird characters works. The previous issue is corrected.

Do I need to clear a table out of the database? I can't get to SSU Manager

Admin->Extras->SSU Manager

1050 Table 'links_aliases' already exists
in:
[CREATE TABLE links_aliases ( id int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment, link_url varchar(255) NOT NULL, link_alias varchar(255) NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE KEY link_url (link_url) ) ENGINE=MyISAM;]
If you were entering information, press the BACK button in your browser and re-check the information you had entered to be sure you left no blank fields.

I have installed the old contribution and I got a blank page please help!

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