compuskill Posted October 24, 2005 Share Posted October 24, 2005 Hi there, hope that anyone can help me: After having installed, I can neither enter the shop nor the admin area because of a 403 Error: Forbidden. I am sure that this is a htaccess related problem, but I don't know how to fix it. When I delete it, I can enter the shop and the SEO works i. e. when choosing a category, its name appears in the link, but it cannot be found. I use the original .htaccess which is: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php For my Webspace, I have confixx where I can enter access rights to the folders, and I use it. Do these two things interfere? How can I fix it? Any help will be appreciated! Thx in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardsup Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 Thanks for the great contribution! I have installed it and it works great! I have a question - how can I achieve a short URL for a search? Right now when a search with keyword "bird" is made, the URL is: /advanced_search_result.php?search_in_description=1&keywords=birdx=12&y=3 I need it to be: /bird-somethingelse.html Can you please help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 27, 2005 Share Posted October 27, 2005 been playing with this quite a bit today, i have the 1.8 version, i have managed to make it correctly name my categories, but it is not doing the products right i dont think, any help would be great.. http://www.jmherp.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 29, 2005 Share Posted October 29, 2005 Hi, Hopefully somebody can help me with this problem i am getting parse erro on line 69 which is $url_rewrite = new url_rewrite; which i have added. I have double checked i have done everything to the letter but still i recieve the error message.. could somebody please give me a clue what im missing. Kind regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d7a7z7e7d Posted November 3, 2005 Share Posted November 3, 2005 I just started using Google Sitemap and one of the problems I have ran into is that Google requires a 404 error page. Using the SEO contrib, the .htaccess file won't allow for this as any URL that doesn't exist in the filesystem gets rewritten as index.php. Is there a possible fix for this so that I can still have SEO URLs and keep a 404 error page for pages that don't exist? The only possible solution I can think of is to have index.php check to see if the user is trying to go to a category/product and if so, redirect them to that product. Otherwise, if they seem to be accessing a file, check for its existence and then somehow redirect them to a 404 if it's not valid. Is there even a php function that will do a real 404 redirect that WONT return a status of 200? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d7a7z7e7d Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I just started using Google Sitemap and one of the problems I have ran into is that Google requires a 404 error page. Using the SEO contrib, the .htaccess file won't allow for this as any URL that doesn't exist in the filesystem gets rewritten as index.php. Is there a possible fix for this so that I can still have SEO URLs and keep a 404 error page for pages that don't exist? The only possible solution I can think of is to have index.php check to see if the user is trying to go to a category/product and if so, redirect them to that product. Otherwise, if they seem to be accessing a file, check for its existence and then somehow redirect them to a 404 if it's not valid. Is there even a php function that will do a real 404 redirect that WONT return a status of 200? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! I seemed to figure out a temporary fix for this if anyone else needs it. // INDEX.PHP if (!isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']) && (!isset($cPath) && !tep_not_null($cPath))){ $filename = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; if ($filename == "/") $filename = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); if (!file_exists($filename)) { require('includes/404.php'); exit; } } // INCLUDES/404.PHP <? header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); header("Status: 404 Not Found"); echo "File Not Found"; ?> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me23 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 (edited) d7a7z7e7d, Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I was wondering if you could tell me which Google Sitemaps contrib that you used with this Search Engine Friendly URL contrib, and is it working fine now with your solution? Thanks! Also, to the author of this contrib and anyone else that can help: I have a question that I'm hoping someone can help me with - I've installed it along with the Meta Tag Controller Support (written by the same person) here: http://www.tourdelaramie.com For some reason, the left navigation category links do not include the "www" in the link (ex. http://tourdelaramie.com/DVD-Movies/). I've checked my includes/configure.php file, and it seems to be set correctly: define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://www.tourdelaramie.com'); // eg, http://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers define('HTTPS_SERVER', 'https://www.tourdelaramie.com'); // eg, https://localhost - should not be empty for productive servers define('ENABLE_SSL', false); // secure webserver for checkout procedure? define('HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.tourdelaramie.com'); define('HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN', 'www.tourdelaramie.com'); Product links, however, do include the "www" - example: http://www.tourdelaramie.com/Unreal-Tournament/ - and if I visit a product page and then go back to the left nav category links, they do have the "www" in the URL. Take a look if you have a minute - any help in resolving this problem is greatly appreciated! Edited November 6, 2005 by me23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baluvee Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 I seemed to figure out a temporary fix for this if anyone else needs it. // INDEX.PHP if (!isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']) && (!isset($cPath) && !tep_not_null($cPath))){ $filename = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; if ($filename == "/") $filename = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); if (!file_exists($filename)) { require('includes/404.php'); exit; } } // INCLUDES/404.PHP <? header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); header("Status: 404 Not Found"); echo "File Not Found"; ?> Thanks man Are you using BTS version of index.php ? Regards Hilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamoeffects Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 Has anyone successfully integrated this into an STS-based cart? Quote Please use the forums for support! I am happy to help you here, but I am unable to offer free technical support over instant messenger or e-mail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compuskill Posted November 8, 2005 Share Posted November 8, 2005 Hi there, hope that anyone can help me: After having installed, I can neither enter the shop nor the admin area because of a 403 Error: Forbidden. I am sure that this is a htaccess related problem, but I don't know how to fix it. When I delete it, I can enter the shop and the SEO works i. e. when choosing a category, its name appears in the link, but it cannot be found. I use the original .htaccess which is: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteRule ^(.*) index.php For my Webspace, I have confixx where I can enter access rights to the folders, and I use it. Do these two things interfere? How can I fix it? Any help will be appreciated! Thx in advance! PS: I use this contrib for a German shop and have edited the index.php in includes/languages/german instead of .../english Can my problems be related to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baluvee Posted November 9, 2005 Share Posted November 9, 2005 Hi BlueYon I just started using Google Sitemap and one of the problems I have ran into is that Google requires a 404 error page. Using the SEO contrib, the .htaccess file won't allow for this as any URL that doesn't exist in the filesystem gets rewritten as index.php. Is there a possible fix for this so that I can still have SEO URLs and keep a 404 error page for pages that don't exist? The only possible solution I can think of is to have index.php check to see if the user is trying to go to a category/product and if so, redirect them to that product. Otherwise, if they seem to be accessing a file, check for its existence and then somehow redirect them to a 404 if it's not valid. Is there even a php function that will do a real 404 redirect that WONT return a status of 200? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! I do have same problem.I am using BTS Can you Please Help Hilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥BlueYon Posted November 9, 2005 Author Share Posted November 9, 2005 (edited) Hi BlueYon I just started using Google Sitemap and one of the problems I have ran into is that Google requires a 404 error page. Using the SEO contrib, the .htaccess file won't allow for this as any URL that doesn't exist in the filesystem gets rewritten as index.php. Is there a possible fix for this so that I can still have SEO URLs and keep a 404 error page for pages that don't exist? The only possible solution I can think of is to have index.php check to see if the user is trying to go to a category/product and if so, redirect them to that product. Otherwise, if they seem to be accessing a file, check for its existence and then somehow redirect them to a 404 if it's not valid. Is there even a php function that will do a real 404 redirect that WONT return a status of 200? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! I do have same problem.I am using BTS Can you Please Help Hilton Hi, I have this working fine with Google site maps. Yes there is a fix. I have found oscommerce does not work very well with search engines. A lot of the search engines are now giving a duplicate content penalty in the rankings. This means over time as you get a product, category or review not found when removing products you are no longer selling you can get hit with a penalty. Also with having the sort by product name or price this also causes the duplicate content penalty. The same can be said for my contribution. When a URL can not be found it gets redirected to the front page. The best method would be to go though the list of cached URL's before anything else loads and give a header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); if the URL?s can not be found. You can use this tool to find out what headers your site is showing: http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html Edited January 14, 2006 by Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baluvee Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 (edited) Thanks for the reply BlueYon Can you help me with coding in getting 404 error in header Thanks and regards Hilton Edited January 14, 2006 by Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JemCraft Posted November 11, 2005 Share Posted November 11, 2005 Help i get the following error when I try and add anything to my basket Error! Unable to determine the page link! try it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 I have installed this contribution on my local test server, and it is working wonderfully. However, something strange is happening on my production server. It appears that all of the urls are being correctly rewritten and processed, except those that are posted from a form. Two examples are the "add to cart" and "log in" forms. When I attempt to log in or add something to the cart, I get a "404 Not Found" error. Again, it appears that the urls from these two forms are not being rewritten, because when I receive the 404 error, the urls look like "https://www.mysite.com/login.php/action/process" or "http://www.mysite.com/index.php/cPath/31/products_id/46/action/add_slave". I am using the Master Products contribution, but because everything is working perfectly on my test server, and I have the exact same files on both servers (except for the configure.php files), I don't believe the problems lies with my code. As this appears to be a server problem, the first thing I did was examine my server configuration files, but I couldn't find any discrepancies. If it helps, here is some additional information: I am running Apache 2.0.54 on my test server and Apache 2.0.40 on my production server; the "LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so" line is uncommented in both configuration files; "AllowOverride" is enabled in both directories; and the .htaccess file included with the contribution is placed in the public root of both servers (where both stores reside). I don't think it should matter, but while I have PHP 4.3.11 installed on my test server, I only have version 4.2.2 installed on the production server. Is there a difference in how mod_rewrite works on Windows vs. Unix that could be causing this? I know mod_rewrite is functioning on both servers, so I can't understand why, when the .htaccess file is instructing the server to rewrite all non-existing files or directories to index.php, these urls are not being rewritten. The file obviously doesn't exist, so why is it still looking for it instead of rewriting it to the index? I was up all last night trying to solve this problem without any success. If anyone has a solution, or even an idea, I would greatly appreciate some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 I am trying to install this, but keep getting an error on the index.php page. Error: Parse error unexpected T_elseif ...index.php. I have worked for days trying to find the problem. When I take out the SEF, the index.php works fine. Can someone please look at my file and try to see the problem? I don't want to post it here since it is so long. I will email it to you. Thanks so much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baluvee Posted November 15, 2005 Share Posted November 15, 2005 Thanks for the reply BlueYonCan you help me with coding in getting 404 error in header Thanks and regards Hilton Can anyone help me plz Hilton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Can anyone help me please? I am really stuck. Thanks, Tig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sicanada Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Hello; My site is indexed on google and on some of the others. But the problem that I am having is when it click on the search result it brings me to another product or product not found. Can anyone help with this. Thanks SI Services Inc http://shop.siservices.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 Can anyone help me PLEASE? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d7a7z7e7d Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 d7a7z7e7d,Sorry I don't have an answer for you, but I was wondering if you could tell me which Google Sitemaps contrib that you used with this Search Engine Friendly URL contrib, and is it working fine now with your solution? Thanks! I am using Google XML Sitemap w/ Admin http://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,3439 Thanks manAre you using BTS version of index.php ? Regards Hilton No. I'm not using any template system. My "fix" should work so long as you put the index code near the top of the file (i.e. right after requiring application_top.php). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baluvee Posted November 22, 2005 Share Posted November 22, 2005 (edited) I am using Google XML Sitemap w/ Adminhttp://www.oscommerce.com/community/contributions,3439 No. I'm not using any template system. My "fix" should work so long as you put the index code near the top of the file (i.e. right after requiring application_top.php). Using http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html status I receive for your fix is as below HTTP/1.1�200�OK(CR)(LF) Date:�Tue,�22�Nov�2005�17:57:38�GMT(CR)(LF) Server:�Apache/2.0.54�(Win32)�PHP/4.4.0(CR)(LF) X-Powered-By:�PHP/4.4.0(CR)(LF) Any Idea ? Hilton Hi as you have said "Hi, I have this working fine with Google site maps. Yes there is a fix." But where is the fix ? Can you help me please Hilton Edited January 14, 2006 by Johnson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hagard Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 pleas help why my menu don't show .?? url works , but this menu :-( f.e. http://brat.host1.pl/keiPL-Biuro-Extra/keiPL/ I was installed contribution "Manufacturers Box Update", but efect was worser ;-( Pleas help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d7a7z7e7d Posted November 23, 2005 Share Posted November 23, 2005 Using http://www.rexswain.com/httpview.html status I receive for your fix is as below HTTP/1.1�200�OK(CR)(LF) Date:�Tue,�22�Nov�2005�17:57:38�GMT(CR)(LF) Server:�Apache/2.0.54�(Win32)�PHP/4.4.0(CR)(LF) X-Powered-By:�PHP/4.4.0(CR)(LF) Any Idea ? Are you creating a separate file called "404.php" and putting it in your catalog/includes directory? Ok, here is a STEP BY STEP TO FIX THE GOOGLE SITEMAP 404 ERROR PROBLEM: 1) Open: catalog/index.php Near the very top of the file, find around line 13: require('includes/application_top.php'); Put the following code immediate AFTER the above code: //START OF 404 if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']) || (isset($cPath) && tep_not_null($cPath))) { // Attempting to access product or category. Do not redirect to 404. } else { $filename = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']; if ($filename == "/") $filename = basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']); if (!file_exists($filename)) { // Attempting to access a file that we could not find. require('includes/404.php'); exit; } } //END OF 404 2) Create a new file: catalog/includes/404.php Put the following code inside of this file: <?php header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found"); header("Status: 404 Not Found"); ?> Code your custom 404 Error page output here... <p>For example: <hr> <h1>404 Not Found</h1> The file you requested could not be found. 3) Upload both files to the appropriate directory and try going to a URL that you know doesn't exist (i.e.: www.yourserver.com/asdofijsafoij). If you do this correctly, you should now have a 404 error page that you can customize. When you go to the HTTP Viewer and type in www.yourserver.com/index.php you will get an HTTP Status of 200 OK, but when you type in www.yourserver.com/aosdijoiasdoijf you will get an HTTP Status of 404 NOT FOUND. Hope this helps, Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 >_< after i installed this contribution my site website 10 times slower and then after i installed the latest nov 8th security fix it went 100 times slower. what can i do ?? thanks for your help. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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