♥FWR Media Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 (edited) KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta Tags Compatibility: PHP5.2+ Like everything else in SEO meta tags have shrunk in importance (except the title which is still very important), however we all except that we still need them. There are many meta/header tag contributions available so why another one? I have always used cDynamic meta tags which is now very old, the contributions out there are either too simplistic or far too complicated (The KISS part of the name is from the well known saying "Keep It Simple Stupid!") so I felt there is room for one which is extremely simple to install on a new or modded shop and which doesn't overcomplicate what is after all a relatively simple thing, but .. which will auto generate meaningful meta tags output. Installation: Like everything I produce I try to keep installation simple and where possible changes to core osCommerce files to a minimum, this is no exception. Other than changing: - <title><?php echo TITLE; ?></title> To .. <?php include_once DIR_WS_MODULES . 'kiss_meta_tags/kiss_meta_tags.php'; ?> in the catalog files; there are no changes to osCommerce AT ALL. Installation can therefore be measured in minutes or even seconds and no conflicts guaranteed. (other meta tag contributions may have already changed the <title></title> but this is the only possible conflict). There is also no database install. Ease of use and dynamic ability: Some people don't want or have the time to intricately set up each osCommerce page, KissMT does it dynamically. Every single catalog file where you swap out the <title></title> for the KissMT code will produce meta tags automatically with no input from you. Different handling for certain pages: Obviously some pages require more attention by KissMT than others .. the prime examples are index.php (which handles categories, category product listings, manufacturers listings, and product_info.php which handles the all important products. For these types of pages KissMT has modules, simply put if there is a file in "modules" with the same name as the page being loaded then KissMT will use these files to generate the meta tags. I'll give just two examples here from the stock osCommerce RC2a install: 1) category: www.mysite.com/index.php?cPath=3_10 Title: Action - DVD Movies Description: Action, DVD Movies. The Replacement Killers,The Matrix,Under Siege,Under Siege 2 - Dark Territory,Fire Down Below,Die Hard With A Vengeance,Lethal Weapon,Speed,Speed 2 Cruise Control. Keywords: action,dvd,movies,replacement,killers,matrix,siege,dark,territory,fire,die,hard,vengeance,lethal,weapon,speed,cruise,control 2) Product: www.mysite.com/product_info.php?cPath=3_10&products_id=4 Title: The Replacement Killers - DVD-RPMK - Action - DVD Movies - by Microsoft Description: The Replacement Killers, DVD-RPMK, Action, DVD Movies, by Microsoft. Regional Code 2 Japan, Europe, Middle East, South Africa . Languages English, Deutsch. Subtitles English, Deutsch, Spanish. Audio Dolby Surround 5.1. Picture Format 16 9 Wide-Screen. Length approx 80 minutes. Other Interactive Menus, Chapter Selection, Subtitles more languages .. Keywords: replacement,killers,dvd-rpmk,action,dvd,movies,microsoft,regional,code,japan,europe,middle,east,south,africa,languages,english,deutsch,subtitles,spanish,audio,dolby,surround,picture,format,wide-screen,minutes,interactive,menus,chapter,selection Pages that have modules: index.php, product_info.php, specials.php, new_products.php. Modules can be added e.g. for information pages, articles, newsletters, faq desk etc. Other pages that will just use HEADING_TITLE or the filename: conditions.php, privacy.php, advanced_search.php, advanced_search_result.php etc. etc. Multi language: Multi language capable as standard. The "stop words" (words to remove from the keywords .. like "a" "of" "the" etc.) are language specific so there would be e.g. stopwords for English and perhaps German and Spanish and so on to ensure the keywords are unpolluted by irrelevant stop words. Queries - efficiency and shop size: I have chosen for KissMT to run a query instead of using the values already loaded by osCommerce, the reasoning behind this is simply that to do this any other way would have meant multiple changes to osCommerce files which I was keen to avoid. When a page loads for the first time KissMT will run the relevant query to gain its values, but after this the values are cached. Therefore once all pages have been loaded KissMT uses no queries whatsoever it just has to load a 1kb/2kb file .. very fast .. very efficient. Even the largest of shops won't notice it is there. Future development: I intend the contribution to be in two distinct parts: 1) As above, a ridiculously easy to install dynamic system which can be installed standalone, without any of the below. 2) Optional additons which will require file changes, these will be likely to include: - The ability to specifically set the meta info for pages via admin. Additions of category text/manufacturers text which could/would override the dynamic tags. Admin settings What I will not be adding: I will not be adding any seo tools like keyword density etc. It is my opinion that if you are serious about your seo then you should be using the plethora of specifically designed seo analysis tools that are available on the web. Most of these are far more capable and complex than anything that could be incorporated into a meta tag contribution. You should know if the words in your title tag appear on your page and whether your key words are in <h1> <h2> tags on the page and not just in divs or tds. The 2) options would allow users to specifically set tags if required. Fancy helping by testing? The dynamic system is in the beta test phase, if anyone would like/is willing to beta test this then please post here and I will send you the initial package when it is ready (next few days). When people beta test it helps me greatly in producing a more solid initial offering .. one tester i.e. me is just not good enough. I would also appreciate any comments here about the concept and what you feel should or shouldn't be included. Edited December 13, 2009 by FWR Media radhavallabh 1 Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 14, 2009 Author Share Posted December 14, 2009 An initial beta package is available for testing if anyone fancies the idea of helping my to test this. Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Interesting .. no willing beta testers for this on these forums. Luckily for me I have people who were willing to beta test elsewhere. The update is .. No bugs yet found. Added canonical tags to remove/protect against duplicate penalties. Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onnootje Posted December 20, 2009 Share Posted December 20, 2009 I`m willing to beta test this. Like you mentioned in the USU 5 thread, the one i currently use works with that PHP_SELF code that isn`t the best thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 20, 2009 Author Share Posted December 20, 2009 I`m willing to beta test this. Like you mentioned in the USU 5 thread, the one i currently use works with that PHP_SELF code that isn`t the best thing... Sent the link via PM. Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onnootje Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 Ty. I`ll install it tonight. Guess i`ll have to translate the stopword list first. Words in this list are filtered before generating the meta keywords and description? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) New revision is KissMT_1.0_r25_[PACKAGED_BETA]_dev.zip If you had the link to an older revision just change the filename to the above to download it. This is now packaged with full instructions and very close to a full release.. I have added my usual "Drop on Top" install so people wishing to test can do the 2 minute full install. Only on a FRESH RC2a Drop the files on top. Run the installer Done! Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 This sounds great. Looks like the metatag contribution I've allways been looking for! I see you will implement the manufacturer, model no. categorie, sub-category and product name so it shows in the title tag. Looking forward to the release! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) This sounds great. Looks like the metatag contribution I've allways been looking for! I see you will implement the manufacturer, model no. categorie, sub-category and product name so it shows in the title tag. Looking forward to the release! You could beta test it Wim .. it's pretty much production ready now. Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 You could beta test it Wim .. it's pretty much production ready now. No problem! Pls send me the link to the files and I'll install it right away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 No problem! Pls send me the link to the files and I'll install it right away Link sent. Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) For testers who already have the package and are using languages other than English. I have just created a zipfile of some more language stopwords .. covering .. Spanish German Dutch Danish Italian Romanian French I believe these will be far from complete and will need adding to .. but it's a start :) Check the naming of the file for your language as it MUST match the language in osCommerce e.g. If your language in osCommerce is deusche and the stopwords file is named german_stopwords.ini then it will never get loaded. The filename is stopwords.zip This can be downloaded using the same url that you used for downloading the package but replace the filename with stopwords.zip. Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Installing this contribution was only 2 minutes work. Uninstalling header tags SEO however took me 2 hours to get osCommerce working again... About the contribution: It seems like no meta tags are produced here. see the source of a product_info page (the same happens on the index page) <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html dir="LTR" lang="nl"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <base href="http://localhost/catalog/"> <!-- start get_javascript(applicationtop2header) //--> <script language="javascript"><!-- function popupWindow(url) { window.open(url,'popupWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=100,height=100,screenX=150,screenY=150,top=150,left=150') } //--></script> <!-- end get_javascript(applicationtop2header) //--> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/catalog/includes/sts_templates/photo/stylesheet.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/lightbox.js"></script> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"> </head> I installed the contribution on my local testing server. Maybe it has to do with the permission of the cache folder?? Kind regards wim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Installing this contribution was only 2 minutes work. Uninstalling header tags SEO however took me 2 hours to get osCommerce working again... About the contribution: It seems like no meta tags are produced here. see the source of a product_info page (the same happens on the index page) <!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html dir="LTR" lang="nl"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <base href="http://localhost/catalog/"> <!-- start get_javascript(applicationtop2header) //--> <script language="javascript"><!-- function popupWindow(url) { window.open(url,'popupWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=no,width=100,height=100,screenX=150,screenY=150,top=150,left=150') } //--></script> <!-- end get_javascript(applicationtop2header) //--> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/catalog/includes/sts_templates/photo/stylesheet.css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/prototype.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/scriptaculous.js?load=effects"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="includes/js/lightbox.js"></script> <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="/favicon.ico"> </head> I installed the contribution on my local testing server. Maybe it has to do with the permission of the cache folder?? Kind regards wim Are you running on php 5.2+ ? Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Yes, 5.2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) Yes, 5.2.0 Ok try this see if it outputs the issue .. catalog/includes/application_top.php Find .. error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); Change to .. //error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); // TEMPORARY error_reporting( E_ALL ); // END TEMPORARY See if it outputs a decent error. I have a feeling that 5.2.0 may be too low .. that was way back in 2006 the current stable version is 5.2.12 [edit] I loaded php 5.2.0 .. works fine [/edit] Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 This shows a whole lot of errors! I don't know if this is normal? The problem will more then likely be the STS contribution These are some of the errors shown in the header: Notice: Undefined index: sts_debug in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 64 Notice: Undefined index: sts_template in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 69 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 28 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 29 Notice: Undefined property: sts_default::$enabled in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 94 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 28 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) This shows a whole lot of errors! I don't know if this is normal? The problem will more then likely be the STS contribution These are some of the errors shown in the header: Notice: Undefined index: sts_debug in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 64 Notice: Undefined index: sts_template in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 69 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 28 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 29 Notice: Undefined property: sts_default::$enabled in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\classes\sts.php on line 94 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_TITLE' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 28 Notice: Use of undefined constant MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION - assumed 'MODULE_STS_DEFAULT_DESCRIPTION' in D:\Conus Test Site\wamp\www\catalog\includes\modules\sts\sts_default.php on line 29 Sadly tons of errors with error_reporting set E_ALL is pretty standard with osCommerce shops I develop as error_reporting( E_ALL | E_STRICT ) to ensure the sites I work on are totally error free. error_reporting(E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE) hides a multitude of sins. Could you try this please .. make sure you are loading a products page where the tags are not showing then see if there is an error with the word "kiss" in it. Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) Having seen those errors I now obviously realise you are using STS which I avoid like the plague. Quite possibly instead of the catalog files the title /title code may need to be in a template or something? I am afraid I do not develop systems with STS in mind so I could be at a loss here. Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media burt 1 Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 No, I don't see any error that has to do with this contribution So you did your job just fine :) When I turn of STS I can see that the meta tags are showing up. So the only thing that needs to be done is the link with STS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 (edited) No, I don't see any error that has to do with this contribution So you did your job just fine :) When I turn of STS I can see that the meta tags are showing up. So the only thing that needs to be done is the link with STS Can I suggest that you do a quick post in the STS support thread and see if we can find out the correct files to add title /title code? although I feel that the other mods to index.php re: h1 tags will get stuffed by STS also. It would help me out too for future STS users. Edited December 22, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_dj Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Probably includes/modules/sts_inc/general.php and includes/header.php Header Tags SEO uses these files too. Unfortunately I'm not that good with STS (I tried converting the code for that contribution to this one) I wasn't able to fix it right away. I'll give it another go tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onnootje Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Canonical tags are only added when a oscid is found in the url? Or also when a language or currency is found? This contri seems to work perfectly so far. Dead easy installation. Only thing i still have to do is remove the header tag contri i used before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥FWR Media Posted December 23, 2009 Author Share Posted December 23, 2009 (edited) Canonical tags are only added when a oscid is found in the url? Or also when a language or currency is found? This contri seems to work perfectly so far. Dead easy installation. Only thing i still have to do is remove the header tag contri i used before. It is rather more complex than that. canonical links show for .. language osCsid currency paging (splitpage results) (although mostly a noindex follow tag here) also Canonical links show where there is uneccessary querystring e.g. When you go from categories to reach a product cPath is appended. If you go from the manufacturers dropdown to a product manufacturers_id is appended etc. etc. Glad that you like it and found it easy to install. Have you seen the new stopwords Onno? http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/topic/350554-kissmt-dynamic-seo-meta-tags/page__view__findpost__p__1468602 They will probably be laughable to a Dutchman however :) Edited December 23, 2009 by FWR Media Quote Ultimate SEO Urls 5 PRO - Multi Language Modern, Powerful SEO Urls KissMT Dynamic SEO Meta & Canonical Header Tags KissER Error Handling and Debugging KissIT Image Thumbnailer Security Pro - Querystring protection against hackers ( a KISS contribution ) If you found my post useful please click the "Like This" button to the right. Please only PM me for paid work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onnootje Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 I've used the list you posted. Other lists i found were about as long. I`ll just manually add some more stopwords which I wish to filter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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