[Chemo]

I am proud to announce the release of Ultimate SEO URLs for osCommerce-MS2.

This contribution builds on the cName & pName code to give an even more flexible, search engine friendly, and cross server compatible SEO URLs.

Once installed, Ultimate SEO URLs will give the store owner the choice of the v1.X style cName or new v2.X style static HTML file. This setting is incorporated into the admin control panel so can be toggled on, off, cName, or Rewrite at will.

This contribution will work for any store on any server. It is compatible with not only *NIX based servers but also Windows/IIS servers (although IIS is limited to cName).

In addition, this contribution is compatible with all other contributions by me including Page Cache (directions included in install package).

This release supports multiple languages, unlimited nested categories, and duplicates with ease.

SCREENSHOTS
Admin Control Panel Settings -

Product Name v1.X -

Product Name v2.X -

Category Name v1.X -

Category Name v2.x -


Download Ultimate SEO URLs for osCommerce-MS2.

Enjoy!

Bobby

[Chemo]

I forgot:

THIS IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE STOCK OSCOMMERCE SEF URL'S OPTION!

Be sure to turn it off...

Bobby

[Fourbit]

Just a note.

I have been messing around with cName and pName contrib. for the last few days. Great stuff. But, just not quite what we were looking for. I have downloaded this one and I'm off and running again.

Can't wait.

Paul

[Chemo]

If you have any issues be sure to post:

Server info (Apache on *NIX machine, etc)
Exact problem
What you've tried to solve it
...and any debuggin you've done

When you get done with the install come back and give me some feedback on the install and functionality. I'm particularly interested in making this as easy to install as possible.

Bobby

[Fourbit]

Bobby,

I like it.

I went through the install on a fresh install of OSC (oscommerce-2.2ms2) with only 'operator malfunctions' Having corrected my ooopsses from overexcitement, it is definately up and running. And I am liking it.

I am curious why in this url ( <sitename>/osc222/hardware-keyboards-c-1_8.html ), you include both the name of the category and the category id c-1_8 ? Is the id necessary to determine whether you are showing a category or a product? Just a bit curious.

Some things that came to mind during the install.

On Step 7, everything worked great. And there were a number of "Success"'s on the screen. I wasn't sure if everything was done. Would be nice to have a "The Install process is Finished" when all is said and done. At least for us old and slow ones.

Also, I got a bit confused as to where to change the Version type. I did finally find that in the Admin configuration setting Step 8. But you name it Choose URL type there. Not really a problem. And I may be the only one that it would confuse.

Having said all that. I would like to commend you once again. Well done.

And thanks. I will now try it on a 'live' site. If I manage that alright I will post the URL.

Paul

PS. One more thing.
Would it be possible to put the category name in front of the product name? Like /osc222/category-name/hardware-keyboards.html ?

This post has been edited by Fourbit: 17 January 2005 - 05:51 AM

[Chemo]

Fourbit, on Jan 17 2005, 12:50 AM, said:

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I am curious why in this url ( <sitename>/osc222/hardware-keyboards-c-1_8.html ), you include both the name of the category and the category id c-1_8 ? Is the id necessary to determine whether you are showing a category or a product? Just a bit curious.

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I coded it to be compatible, fast, and extremely easy on the server (using mod_rewrite). I put that in there for speed and simplicity. To be honest, you can put anything you want in front of the -c-1_8.html and it'll still resolve. The actual product name is not important...it's the -c-1_8 that sets the cPath.

Fourbit, on Jan 17 2005, 12:50 AM, said:

...
On Step 7, everything worked great. And there were a number of "Success"'s on the screen. I wasn't sure if everything was done. Would be nice to have a "The Install process is Finished" when all is said and done. At least for us old and slow ones.

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I'll put that in the next release...but, overall was the script easier to use than something you would normally had to execute in phpMyAdmin?

Fourbit, on Jan 17 2005, 12:50 AM, said:

Also, I got a bit confused as to where to change the Version type. I did finally find that in the Admin configuration setting Step 8. But you name it Choose URL type there. Not really a problem. And I may be the only one that it would confuse.

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I'll make it more clear in the next release...

Fourbit, on Jan 17 2005, 12:50 AM, said:

PS. One more thing.
Would it be possible to put the category name in front of the product name? Like /osc222/category-name/hardware-keyboards.html ?

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You can put anything you want in there before the -c-XXX.html as that is the important part. You could use /pink-bunnies-are-cute-c-1_8.html and it will pull up the same page. That's the flexibility of the contribution...you can modify it easily to fit your tasts

Let me know how it goes on your live server! To my knowledge, you are the first one to install it and I consider your feedback extremely positive. Thank you!

Bobby

[Fourbit]

EXCELLENT!!!

I'm two for two. That says it all. If I can do it, well, then,,......

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.but, overall was the script easier to use than something you would normally had to execute in phpMyAdmin?

Yes, most definately. That is a GREAT feature. I don't have trouble with using phpMyAdmin. But, I have seen so many that don't even know how it is used. So I see an extreme advantage to the Install feature.

I will be looking at the code closer tomorrow to see how to change things. I'm sure that the owner of the site will want to change some things.

Off to play some more.

This post has been edited by Johnson: 18 January 2005 - 09:51 AM

[100asa]

Great contribution!
It's all OK!

This post has been edited by Johnson: 18 January 2005 - 09:51 AM

[panzz]

Don't work for me, try it local (xampp) and my shop.

When I put in the .htccass I got a error.

So help me, I'm not a expert.

Thanks,
Panzz

[100asa]

I'm still seeing on who's online panel some bots indexing my page as: /product_info.php?products_id=183

why this?

[Chemo]

100asa, on Jan 17 2005, 04:18 AM, said:

Great contribution!
It's all OK!

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If I get the thumbs up from 100asa it must be coded well!

panzz, on Jan 17 2005, 04:48 AM, said:

Don't work for me, try it local (xampp) and my shop.

When I put in the .htccass I got a error.

So help me, I'm not a expert.

Thanks,
Panzz

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You have an extremely customized install...it'll take some serious debugging but is not impossible. Contact me on AIM and I'll work with you one on one. The majority of what will have to be done is simple but only applies to your installation. I don't want to clutter the support thread...let's solve the problem and post what it was and how we solved it instead of going back and forth with posts.

100asa, on Jan 17 2005, 06:29 AM, said:

I'm still seeing on who's online panel some bots indexing my page as: /product_info.php?products_id=183

why this?

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That is because the spiders have the products_id URL indexed. Don't worrry...all your old URL's still work and they are not getting 404 errorss Over time the spiders will pick up the new URL's and drop the old ones.

Bobby

This post has been edited by Johnson: 18 January 2005 - 09:53 AM

[RavenWulf]

Hey Chemo,

Awsome! I had been using your 1st cname contrib, but thought I should try this one..simply awsome!

I liked the note about the most common problem being editing the wrong htaccess file...ummm how did you know I was gonna do that!!! LOL

Anyway..went very easy, and just empting the caches showed the results.

I do have one question. I went ahead and enabled the default cache option in osc (under admin)..(I have it set to use the same cache file that I use for category-trees, and config-cache..which is located outside of the web root). Now for some reason the category tree doesn't show, but the original cat. menu does. any ideas?

RW

Fourbit, on Jan 17 2005, 06:35 AM, said:

EXCELLENT!!!

I'm two for two. That says it all. If I can do it, well, then,,......
Yes, most definately. That is a GREAT feature. I don't have trouble with using phpMyAdmin. But, I have seen so many that don't even know how it is used. So I see an extreme advantage to the Install feature.

I will be looking at the code closer tomorrow to see how to change things. I'm sure that the owner of the site will want to change some things.

Off to play some more. 

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This post has been edited by Johnson: 18 January 2005 - 09:54 AM

[100asa]

I've been see last adding to Chemo contribution by Webpixie, but I don't see the difference in instruction.
Please, Webpixie, more clear!

[pauldarthvader]

Hi

When i click to install, i get a 404 error.

I have all sorts of other errors showing on my webpage too.

Warning: fopen(SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIRseo_english.cache): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 199

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 200

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 201

Warning: main(SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIRseo_english.cache): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 204

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIRseo_english.cache' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 204

Help!!!!!!

[Bean Boy]

I used your CName PName Contribution a few days ago without any probs.

I found the install easy to follow, and have been following the upgrade instructions.

The CName PName option still works fine, but when I use the static html option, I get a 404 Error page for each category, even though it looks like the New URL would be correct according to your naming protocol. (I think the rewrite is working).

Your help would be appreciated.

The site is not yet live. The host is Linux and Apache

URL: http://www.baby-bean.com/catalog/

gets you to the catalog page, and I will leave it in the non functioning position

Regards

[Chemo]

pauldarthvader, on Jan 17 2005, 01:59 PM, said:

Hi

When i click to install, i get a 404 error.

I have all sorts of other errors showing on my webpage too.

Warning: fopen(SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIRseo_english.cache): failed to open stream: Permission denied in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 199
...
Warning: main(SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIRseo_english.cache): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 204
...
Help!!!!!!

27992"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You need to run the install script and then configure it from the newly installed admin control panel settings! Notice how SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIR is not being converted to its cooresponding value? That's because most likely it is not defined...which means it's not installed.

Run the install script, then configure. Make sure it is the FULL filesystem path beginning with a forward slash and ending with a slash!!

Bean Boy, on Jan 17 2005, 02:44 PM, said:

I used your CName PName Contribution a few days ago without any probs.

I found the install easy to follow, and have been following the upgrade instructions.

The CName PName option still works fine, but when I use the static html option, I get a 404 Error page for each category, even though it looks like the New URL would be correct according to your naming protocol. (I think the rewrite is working).

Your help would be appreciated.

The site is not yet live. The host is Linux and Apache

URL: http://www.baby-bean.com/catalog/

gets you to the catalog page, and I will leave it in the non functioning position

Regards

28034"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Make sure that you performed the step that adds code to the .htaccess file!

Bobby

[Fourbit]

Bean boy,

Make sure you have changed the part in the .htaccess file where it says /folder/ to /(your store folder)/ which appears to be 'catalog'.

# Change "folder" to your catalog directory name
RewriteBase /catalog/


Paul

How do I know?

This post has been edited by Fourbit: 17 January 2005 - 09:30 PM

[clarocque]

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Everything works smashingly. Short and sweet urls, works great smile.gif

Found one small thing, but it can't be helped.

Because it links products without the category, such as item-name-p-10.html, if your item is in more than one category and you click to it, the breadcrumbs change to the items first category instead of the category you were in.

So if I had an item in "Tableware" and also in "Plates" and I was browsing "plates" and clicked on the item it would show in the breadcrumb as being in the "Tableware" section instead of the section I came from. Not too much of a problem, more of a customer "confused" issue. Don't want to make the url's wonky and have to make them item-name-p-10.html?14 (14 being the category they came from) maybe item-name-p-10-c-14.html wouldn't be so bad, still WAY shorter than originally.

Not sure the best way to handle it.... not that big a deal either way. tongue.gif

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I'll look into wrapping something in the next release to try and address that...maybe do a referrer check and give preference that way.

Bobby

Anyone have any luck resolving this issue?

Chris

[pauldarthvader]

[quote name='Chemo' date='Jan 17 2005, 08:01 PM']
You need to run the install script and then configure it from the newly installed admin control panel settings! Notice how SEO_URLS_CACHE_DIR is not being converted to its cooresponding value? That's because most likely it is not defined...which means it's not installed.

Run the install script, then configure. Make sure it is the FULL filesystem path beginning with a forward slash and ending with a slash!!

Make sure that you performed the step that adds code to the .htaccess file!

Hi

Managed to run the install file. Still getting the following errors on my site

Warning: fopen(home/iimdfjwt/cache/seo_english.cache): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 199

Warning: fwrite(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 200

Warning: fclose(): supplied argument is not a valid stream resource in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 201

Warning: main(home/iimdfjwt/cache/seo_english.cache): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 204

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'home/iimdfjwt/cache/seo_english.cache' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line

[pauldarthvader]

missed the last line number. full error reads

Warning: main(): Failed opening 'home/iimdfjwt/cache/seo_english.cache' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/iimdfjwt/public_html/includes/seo_cache.php on line 204

Paul