Simple SEO URL (OLD version) [support thread]

tyankee:

yellow, you've helped me in the past with this mod, hopefully you can help here.. i just notices (yes i lost about 4 weeks of business) that when this mod is installed my 'add to cart' button hangs up the user on skinzee.com and they never get any further.. my other 2 stores work fine with this mod.. and yes i used the same mod for all 3 sites.. i had to disable the mod for now so that users can 'add to cart'..

any ideas??
You should upgrade to the latest version. If I remember correctly there is an old version that has problem with products with attributes

can you please give me the link to the latest working version.
thanks.

Link can always be found under my signature.

yellow1912:

Unless you have root access, more than likely you will not be able to find that folder via ftp

Contact your host, they should be able to help

Thanks Yellow! I have contacted my host so we shall see. It's funny coz I have been busy optimising txt, images, links etc... but I have only recently found out that the Search engines probably r not even indexing my weird XXXID urls:clap::clap::clap:!

Oh well, at least I know now!

I've installed on my server. There's a problem with Internet Explorer URL.

Using IE7 show:
http://www.myshop.tld/one-%283-s%29-p-66

Using Firefox 3.0.5 show:
http://www.myshop.tld/one-%283-s%29-p-66

How to fix this IE7 url issue? did i miss something?

First, we need to check which version you are using?

Also, on IE7, it is not actually a problem. IE7 simply cannot display an encoded url correctly. You can check wikipedia links in some foreign language and you will see the links are displayed with encoded characters inside as well

yellow1912:

First, we need to check which version you are using?

Also, on IE7, it is not actually a problem. IE7 simply cannot display an encoded url correctly. You can check wikipedia links in some foreign language and you will see the links are displayed with encoded characters inside as well

Im using ssu_beta_2.9.6(php4).zip.
installed on Zencart 1.3.8a & PHP4.

This might cause problem with Zen Lightbox add-on. FF work correctly, IE show js error and i think because this URL type.

How to make SSU show the url correctly using IE?

It should not cause any problem with lightbox at all, this has been tested.

Since SSU is opensource, if you want you can go in and add some rule to completely remove () from the link. I can certainly assist you to do that.

Newer version of SSU does this by default, but with your server at php4 then 2.9.6 is the latest version you can use. BTW, with 1.3.8 you can certainly use php5, and on most hosts this is a matter of putting in a line in the config.

yellow1912:

It should not cause any problem with lightbox at all, this has been tested.

Since SSU is opensource, if you want you can go in and add some rule to completely remove () from the link. I can certainly assist you to do that.

I just installed Ultimate SEO URL, it really remove () from the link (IE & FF). Wondering what should be edit to make Simple SEO (ver.2.9.6 & PHP4) works like Ultimate SEO URL for replacing for () from the link. :(. I dont want to use Ultimate SEO URL, i think Simple SEO is better.

thanks.

Yes you can edit it. For version 2,9.x you need to check the file:
\includes\classes\ssu\languages\default.php

Find this line:
$name = str_replace(array(' ', ''', '/', '\', '"', '.', ':', '@', '_', '-', '?', '&', '='), $this->registry('name_delimiter'), $name);

Replace by
$name = str_replace(array(' ',' (',' )', ''', '/', '\', '"', '.', ':', '@', '_', '-', '?', '&', '='), $this->registry('name_delimiter'), $name);

Then you need to clear cache in ssu manager. That should do the trick.

I would recommend going to php5 soon, since next version of zen will require php5. Plus your current version 1.3.8 is compatible with php5 (unless you are running something else that does not work on php5)

I have "simple seo" installed in my shops before i had ultimate seo and removed , and me work perfectly....

ampun:

I just installed Ultimate SEO URL, it really remove () from the link (IE & FF). Wondering what should be edit to make Simple SEO (ver.2.9.6 & PHP4) works like Ultimate SEO URL for replacing for () from the link. :(. I dont want to use Ultimate SEO URL, i think Simple SEO is better.

thanks.

yellow1912:

Unless you have root access, more than likely you will not be able to find that folder via ftp

Contact your host, they should be able to help

Hi Yellow, my Host says that "Please have in mind that the mod_rewrite is enabled and you can directly place the required content in a .htaccess that should be located in the main domain directory."

I have attempted to install the module manager, but it does not seem to install. I have added all the files to folders as directed, but there is no mod manager under admin>tools :(

Any advice please?

Thanks

Paul

If you downloaded the correct version (rev 15) and upload it to the correct folder on your site then it should auto-install itself correctly
http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/downloads/list

If you have changed your admin folder name, then you have to upload the admin files in the package to your new folder.

yellow1912:

Yes you can edit it. For version 2,9.x you need to check the file:
\includes\classes\ssu\languages\default.php

Find this line:
$name = str_replace(array(' ', ''', '/', '\', '"', '.', ':', '@', '_', '-', '?', '&', '='), $this->registry('name_delimiter'), $name);

Replace by
$name = str_replace(array(' ',' (',' )', ''', '/', '\', '"', '.', ':', '@', '_', '-', '?', '&', '='), $this->registry('name_delimiter'), $name);

Then you need to clear cache in ssu manager. That should do the trick.

that's it... it works as expected!
You're right, no problem with Simple SEO but zen lightbox itself. I remove the lightbox addon for the js error on IE7.

Great zen mod!

I wanted to share this with other newbies who might try to upload this module. I have been trying to upload this module for nearly a week and FINALLY figured out what I was doing wrong. This was all greek to me only a few short months ago.

Zen-Cart version: 1.3.8a
Simple SEO Url version: 3.5.1
Godaddy Host
Apache Server

My two mistakes:

1.) I didn't change the .htaccess file directory. The notes in the .htaccess version that is downloaded with the program doesn't really clarify that

RewriteBase /zencart/

needs to be rewritten (need to overwrite "zencart" with your subdirectory name OR delete "zencart/" if it is based in your root directory)

The instructions, however, were clarified in the install instructions at http://wiki.rubikintegration.com/zencart/modules/ssu/installation

Duh. :blink:

2. After loading everything up, I got:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STATIC, expecting T_OLD_FUNCTION or T_FUNCTION or T_VAR or '}' in /home/content/b/i/z/mysite/html/admin/includes/classes/ssu.php on line 12

I read (okay skimmed for days and did specific word searches) through the nearly 1800 posts on this thread :yuck: and found a few references to fix different parse errors by making sure the php version was php5 (I was using php4).

I went to my Godaddy account and changed from php4 to php5 (there are instructions in Godaddy help on how to do it). I waited about an hour for Godaddy to make the php change (but Godaddy says it can take up to 24 hours) and VOILA! :clap:

Anyway, everything is working so far!

yellow1912:

If you downloaded the correct version (rev 15) and upload it to the correct folder on your site then it should auto-install itself correctly
http://code.google.com/p/zencart-module-manager/downloads/list

If you have changed your admin folder name, then you have to upload the admin files in the package to your new folder.

Thanks Yellow. Got it sorted now! A TIP TO ALL NEWBIES ADDING MODULE MANAGER:

You have to move each file from the zipfile to the corresponding folder on your server. eg. the Zip file path for Install.sql is

module_manager/admin/includes/module_installation

Ignore the 1st bit (module_manager) then click: Your site root file/admin/includes/module_installation

And put the file (in this example 'Install.sql') in the folder 'module_installation' if there is not such a folder, create one and then put the file in. Repeat this procedure for all files in the module manager zip file.

Thanks again,

Paul

OK module manager is installed now and SEO tool appears in Admin>extras. But when I click it page comes up with:

Warning: require(/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

:yuck:

What does that mean!

Thanks for you help so far, we are getting there!:clap:

Paul

rcmonster:

OK module manager is installed now and SEO tool appears in Admin>extras. But when I click it page comes up with:

Warning: require(/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

:yuck:

What does that mean!

Thanks for you help so far, we are getting there!:clap:

Paul

Ignore that, I had missed off transferring the file alias.php

:blush::blush::blush::blush:

works now.:D

rcmonster:

OK module manager is installed now and SEO tool appears in Admin>extras. But when I click it page comes up with:

Warning: require(/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php) [function.require]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/classes/ssu/cores/alias.php' (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php') in /home/www/rcmonster.co.uk/includes/init_includes/init_ssu.php on line 22

:yuck:

What does that mean!

Thanks for you help so far, we are getting there!:clap:

Paul

Ignore that, I had missed off transferring the file alias.php

:blush::blush::blush::blush:

works now.:D

Some tips:

All files are put in their corresponding folders, so there is no need to copy file by file

1. For example, it is totally safe to copy all files/folders directly from the module manager package to your site, no file will be overwritten.

2. For SSU, thereare 2 files that may be overwritten(.htaccess and html_output.php), both files are mentioned in the installation instruction. Other than that the rest are safe to upload directly.

3. It always helps to read instruction, I spent lots of time to make things as clear as possible.