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[GemRock]

viny, on 29 March 2010 - 09:55 AM, said:

I'll put everything on a ftp but I am required to install os commerce, if I put only the files it's ok ?

Yes, I live in France.

no, you dont have to install osc unless you choose to (which will generate the correct configure.php files but you need to make sure you dont over write them when copying over the files from the live site).
you can simply copy all files from live site to the test site, then make changes to the configure.php files accordingly.

Ken

[spoofy]

Hi,

I am trying to figure out if this contribution allows

1) Manually adding title, meta description and meta keyword for each product?
2) Manually adding title, meta description and meta keyword for each category?

Please let me know.

Thanks

[viny]

I'll reinstall the website on a ftp temporary and I'll send the settings by email.
We can do this?

Thank you for your help.

[GemRock]

spoofy, on 31 March 2010 - 01:03 AM, said:

Hi,

I am trying to figure out if this contribution allows

1) Manually adding title, meta description and meta keyword for each product?
2) Manually adding title, meta description and meta keyword for each category?

Please let me know.

Thanks

the answer to both 1 & 2 is YES.
Ken

[GemRock]

viny, on 31 March 2010 - 07:28 AM, said:

I'll reinstall the website on a ftp temporary and I'll send the settings by email.
We can do this?

Thank you for your help.

pls make sure the test site actually works. a quick look found that the configure.php files refer to another site. i dont have much time so you'd test it (the url etc) before handing it to me. i am not suppose to fix other issues eg the configure.php and db connection.

Ken

[spoofy]

Cool. thanks a lot Ken!

I will install it and report back!

[spoofy]

Just thought I would post an update. First of all, great contribution!

I modified it because in my case I want the product page to show the title tag I input in the system. When I did that by default the product page was showing the category name and then the title tag I input in the administration.

So what I did is basically commented out 2 lines from the application_top.php

if (strlen($categories['categories_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] = $categories['categories_name'] . ' ' . $header_tags[title_tag];
if (strlen($manufacturers['manufacturers_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] .= ' ' . $manufacturers['manufacturers_name'] . ' ' . $header_tags[title_tag];

You want to comment those out. My reason is that some of the products will appear in multiple categories and I want total control over Title tag.

Again, thanks for the great contribution!

[spoofy]

Just wanted to give you another heads up. I successfully hacked this contribution to add h1, h2 and h3 tags. Now I can control those from the admin panel and it appears on the product info and category pages.

Thanks once again for the great contribution!

[Viny26]

GemRock, on 01 April 2010 - 07:14 PM, said:

pls make sure the test site actually works. a quick look found that the configure.php files refer to another site. i dont have much time so you'd test it (the url etc) before handing it to me. i am not suppose to fix other issues eg the configure.php and db connection.

Ken

I apologize I forgot to configure configue.php. It is Ok now.
But it's a different site, I just copied the files because I can't give access for this website.
I tried to reinstall Os Commerce but it does not work.
I have an error message if I go www.akylon.com/catalog

I do not know if you have what it takes to watch, I do not think so.

[Viny26]

Viny26, on 02 April 2010 - 02:02 PM, said:

I apologize I forgot to configure configue.php. It is Ok now.
But it's a different site, I just copied the files because I can't give access for this website.
I tried to reinstall Os Commerce but it does not work.
I have an error message if I go www.akylon.com/catalog

I do not know if you have what it takes to watch, I do not think so.

I forgot to tell you that I also copied the sql from the old site, I do not know if it needed.

I'm sorry I do not speak English well, so sometimes I do not understand everything.

[GemRock]

Viny26, on 02 April 2010 - 02:06 PM, said:

I forgot to tell you that I also copied the sql from the old site, I do not know if it needed.

I'm sorry I do not speak English well, so sometimes I do not understand everything.

basically, you need to make sure the test site works, eg, theres at least one category and one product (more would be good) but thats not the case when i checked it a couple of hrs ago.
any way, you could try spoof's suggestion and mod (in the application_top.php) to see if that solves your rpoblem.

Ken

[Viny26]

GemRock, on 02 April 2010 - 06:16 PM, said:

basically, you need to make sure the test site works, eg, theres at least one category and one product (more would be good) but thats not the case when i checked it a couple of hrs ago.
any way, you could try spoof's suggestion and mod (in the application_top.php) to see if that solves your rpoblem.

Ken

I do not know how to reinstall the shop correctly.
I'm going to find the problem alone, I will check carefully.
If I find, I tell you.

Thank you for your help

[Viny26]

Viny26, on 02 April 2010 - 07:10 PM, said:

I do not know how to reinstall the shop correctly.
I'm going to find the problem alone, I will check carefully.
If I find, I tell you.

Thank you for your help

I checked everything and I do again but still the same problem.
Is it possible to remove at least the name of the category in the title? and so Ihave only what I enter in the admin for the title even if repeats.

[Viny26]

Hi,

I changed the code in application_top.php file.
I deleted the lines: (around line 542)

	  if (strlen($categories['categories_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] = $categories['categories_name'] . ' ' . $header_tags[title_tag];
	  if (strlen($manufacturers['manufacturers_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] .= ' ' . $manufacturers['manufacturers_name'] . ' ' . $header_tags[title_tag];

And it works for the title, the title is not repeated, it's ok !

This does not work for the category but it doesn't matter.

[zeos101]

I have installed the files woked great thank you!

I do have 1 question after I run my googlebase.php I find this with every item

Breakaway 98 Nintendo 64 N64 8bitjunkies.com used video games and systems. Atari Sega Nintendo Playstation Xbox Intellivision Used game cart only great condition Great fun even better price! 2010-05-11 5.00 http://www.8bitjunkies.com/images/nhl.jpg Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Games 121 0.00 Gms. Paypal,Visa,MasterCard,WireTransfer Games USD Your Store, Inc. NH USA ::0:n 1 New 20-90 USA


This is the line in question "Paypal,Visa,MasterCard,WireTransfer Games USD Your Store, Inc. NH USA ::0:n 1 New 20-90 USA" I think there are just default key words. where do I edit this info?

Thank you inadvance for any help

[GemRock]

i dont know. but if you browse each product url and it doesn't show the unwanted "keywords" in the meta tags, then the problem is with the googlebase.php. one way to find out is to look at your google sitemaps (try a few product urls) as it doesn't add any extra to the meta tags.

Ken

[zeos101]

Thank you Ken that worked a treat!

[clatms]

Hi There, I went thru the instructions twice but I don't think it's working.
I the admin module, I added some text to product meta tags and category meta tags.
The URL looks as it did before (for example .../product_info.php?cPath=10&products_id=104).
Any ideas? Thanks!

[GemRock]

clatms, on 28 April 2010 - 03:35 AM, said:

Hi There, I went thru the instructions twice but I don't think it's working.
I the admin module, I added some text to product meta tags and category meta tags.
The URL looks as it did before (for example .../product_info.php?cPath=10&products_id=104).
Any ideas? Thanks!

this contribution does NOT change urls. if you also want to change urls, you should install ultimate seo urls by chemo updated by Jack, in addition to this contribution.
ken

[Debs]

Would it work to change this around in application_top?

//add category name to page title
if (strlen($categories['categories_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] = $categories['categories_name']  . $header_tags[title_tag];

to this

//add category name to page title
if (strlen($categories['categories_name'])>1) $header_tags[title_tag] = $header_tags[title_tag]  . $categories['categories_name'];


This changes product first and then category


I am not certain if this would be the only change necessary, or if other things also needs changing... it appears to work in that it puts product first and category second. SEO experts say to place the most relevant keywords at the front. My most relevant keywords are the product and then the category.

Edited by Debs, 28 July 2010 - 08:08 PM.