larryjam

Hello John, If you downloaded Jack_mcs Ultimate SEO 2-2.2d-9 from here http://addons.oscommerce.com/info/2823 The .htaccess file is in the "Docs" folder. Open the instructions in Docs / upgrade.html Step # 6 in the instructions will give you the .htaccess file

I don't mean to be a pest about this, but I really need to resolve this. As you suggested I used WinMerge to check my includes/application_top.php file against completed files which is included in the contribution. The suggested code changes are correct. Just to make certain, I uploaded the completed file which is included in the contribution, to my site at includes/application_top.php and it made no difference, I still do not have seo urls. Is there anything else I can do to get this working as it is supposed to?

I have followed your instructions, the code in includes/application_top.php is correct, and the pseduo page is enabled with titles filled in. I still get the orginal oscommerce url in the breadcrumb. The title of the page is there but the url is not an seo url. When you hold mouse of the link it shows as http://www.mydomain.com/article_info.php?articles_id=8 When clicked on it does redirect to the seo url. I have included my includes/application_top.php, please have a look, thank you. <?php /* $Id: application_top.php 1833 2008-01-30 22:03:30Z hpdl $ osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions http://www.oscommerce.com Copyright (c) 2008 osCommerce Released under the GNU General Public License */ // start the timer for the page parse time log define('PAGE_PARSE_START_TIME', microtime()); // set the level of error reporting error_reporting( E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE & ~E_DEPRECATED ); date_default_timezone_set("America/Toronto"); // check support for register_globals if (function_exists('ini_get') && (ini_get('register_globals') == false) && (PHP_VERSION < 4.3) ) { exit('Server Requirement Error: register_globals is disabled in your PHP configuration. This can be enabled in your php.ini configuration file or in the .htaccess file in your catalog directory. Please use PHP 4.3+ if register_globals cannot be enabled on the server.'); } // Set the local configuration parameters - mainly for developers if (file_exists('includes/local/configure.php')) include('includes/local/configure.php'); // include server parameters require('includes/configure.php'); if (strlen(DB_SERVER) < 1) { if (is_dir('install')) { header('Location: install/index.php'); } } // define the project version define('PROJECT_VERSION', 'osCommerce Online Merchant v2.2 RC2a'); // some code to solve compatibility issues require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'compatibility.php'); // set the type of request (secure or not) $request_type = (getenv('HTTPS') == 'on') ? 'SSL' : 'NONSSL'; // set php_self in the local scope if (!isset($PHP_SELF)) $PHP_SELF = $HTTP_SERVER_VARS['PHP_SELF']; if ($request_type == 'NONSSL') { define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', DIR_WS_HTTP_CATALOG); } else { define('DIR_WS_CATALOG', DIR_WS_HTTPS_CATALOG); } // include the list of project filenames require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'filenames.php'); // include the list of project database tables require(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'database_tables.php'); // customization for the design layout define('BOX_WIDTH', 193); // how wide the boxes should be in pixels (default: 225) // include the database functions require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'database.php'); // make a connection to the database... now tep_db_connect() or die('Unable to connect to database server!'); // set the application parameters $configuration_query = tep_db_query('select configuration_key as cfgKey, configuration_value as cfgValue from ' . TABLE_CONFIGURATION); while ($configuration = tep_db_fetch_array($configuration_query)) { define($configuration['cfgKey'], $configuration['cfgValue']); } // if gzip_compression is enabled, start to buffer the output if ( (GZIP_COMPRESSION == 'true') && ($ext_zlib_loaded = extension_loaded('zlib')) && (PHP_VERSION >= '4') ) { if (($ini_zlib_output_compression = (int)ini_get('zlib.output_compression')) < 1) { if (PHP_VERSION >= '4.0.4') { ob_start('ob_gzhandler'); } else { include(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'gzip_compression.php'); ob_start(); ob_implicit_flush(); } } else { ini_set('zlib.output_compression_level', GZIP_LEVEL); } } // set the HTTP GET parameters manually if search_engine_friendly_urls is enabled if (SEARCH_ENGINE_FRIENDLY_URLS == 'true') { if (strlen(getenv('PATH_INFO')) > 1) { $GET_array = array(); $PHP_SELF = str_replace(getenv('PATH_INFO'), '', $PHP_SELF); $vars = explode('/', substr(getenv('PATH_INFO'), 1)); for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($vars); $i<$n; $i++) { if (strpos($vars[$i], '[]')) { $GET_array[substr($vars[$i], 0, -2)][] = $vars[$i+1]; } else { $HTTP_GET_VARS[$vars[$i]] = $vars[$i+1]; } $i++; } if (sizeof($GET_array) > 0) { while (list($key, $value) = each($GET_array)) { $HTTP_GET_VARS[$key] = $value; } } } } // define general functions used application-wide require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'general.php'); require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'html_output.php'); // set the cookie domain $cookie_domain = (($request_type == 'NONSSL') ? HTTP_COOKIE_DOMAIN : HTTPS_COOKIE_DOMAIN); $cookie_path = (($request_type == 'NONSSL') ? HTTP_COOKIE_PATH : HTTPS_COOKIE_PATH); // include cache functions if enabled if (USE_CACHE == 'true') include(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'cache.php'); // include shopping cart class require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'shopping_cart.php'); // include navigation history class require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'navigation_history.php'); // check if sessions are supported, otherwise use the php3 compatible session class if (!function_exists('session_start')) { define('PHP_SESSION_NAME', 'osCsid'); define('PHP_SESSION_PATH', $cookie_path); define('PHP_SESSION_DOMAIN', $cookie_domain); define('PHP_SESSION_SAVE_PATH', SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY); include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'sessions.php'); } // define how the session functions will be used require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'sessions.php'); // set the session name and save path tep_session_name('osCsid'); tep_session_save_path(SESSION_WRITE_DIRECTORY); // set the session cookie parameters if (function_exists('session_set_cookie_params')) { session_set_cookie_params(0, $cookie_path, $cookie_domain); } elseif (function_exists('ini_set')) { ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', '0'); ini_set('session.cookie_path', $cookie_path); ini_set('session.cookie_domain', $cookie_domain); } // set the session ID if it exists if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS[tep_session_name()])) { tep_session_id($HTTP_POST_VARS[tep_session_name()]); } elseif ( ($request_type == 'SSL') && isset($HTTP_GET_VARS[tep_session_name()]) ) { tep_session_id($HTTP_GET_VARS[tep_session_name()]); } // start the session $session_started = false; if (SESSION_FORCE_COOKIE_USE == 'True') { tep_setcookie('cookie_test', 'please_accept_for_session', time()+60*60*24*30, $cookie_path, $cookie_domain); if (isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['cookie_test'])) { tep_session_start(); $session_started = true; } } elseif (SESSION_BLOCK_SPIDERS == 'True') { $user_agent = strtolower(getenv('HTTP_USER_AGENT')); $spider_flag = false; if (tep_not_null($user_agent)) { $spiders = file(DIR_WS_INCLUDES . 'spiders.txt'); for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($spiders); $i<$n; $i++) { if (tep_not_null($spiders[$i])) { if (is_integer(strpos($user_agent, trim($spiders[$i])))) { $spider_flag = true; break; } } } } if ($spider_flag == false) { tep_session_start(); $session_started = true; } } else { tep_session_start(); $session_started = true; } if ( ($session_started == true) && (PHP_VERSION >= 4.3) && function_exists('ini_get') && (ini_get('register_globals') == false) ) { extract($_SESSION, EXTR_OVERWRITE+EXTR_REFS); } // set SID once, even if empty $SID = (defined('SID') ? SID : ''); // verify the ssl_session_id if the feature is enabled if ( ($request_type == 'SSL') && (SESSION_CHECK_SSL_SESSION_ID == 'True') && (ENABLE_SSL == true) && ($session_started == true) ) { $ssl_session_id = getenv('SSL_SESSION_ID'); if (!tep_session_is_registered('SSL_SESSION_ID')) { $SESSION_SSL_ID = $ssl_session_id; tep_session_register('SESSION_SSL_ID'); } if ($SESSION_SSL_ID != $ssl_session_id) { tep_session_destroy(); tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_SSL_CHECK)); } } // verify the browser user agent if the feature is enabled if (SESSION_CHECK_USER_AGENT == 'True') { $http_user_agent = getenv('HTTP_USER_AGENT'); if (!tep_session_is_registered('SESSION_USER_AGENT')) { $SESSION_USER_AGENT = $http_user_agent; tep_session_register('SESSION_USER_AGENT'); } if ($SESSION_USER_AGENT != $http_user_agent) { tep_session_destroy(); tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN)); } } // verify the IP address if the feature is enabled if (SESSION_CHECK_IP_ADDRESS == 'True') { $ip_address = tep_get_ip_address(); if (!tep_session_is_registered('SESSION_IP_ADDRESS')) { $SESSION_IP_ADDRESS = $ip_address; tep_session_register('SESSION_IP_ADDRESS'); } if ($SESSION_IP_ADDRESS != $ip_address) { tep_session_destroy(); tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN)); } } // create the shopping cart & fix the cart if necesary if (tep_session_is_registered('cart') && is_object($cart)) { if (PHP_VERSION < 4) { $broken_cart = $cart; $cart = new shoppingCart; $cart->unserialize($broken_cart); } } else { tep_session_register('cart'); $cart = new shoppingCart; } // include currencies class and create an instance require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'currencies.php'); $currencies = new currencies(); // include the mail classes require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'mime.php'); require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'email.php'); // set the language if (!tep_session_is_registered('language') || isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) { if (!tep_session_is_registered('language')) { tep_session_register('language'); tep_session_register('languages_id'); } include(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'language.php'); $lng = new language(); if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']) && tep_not_null($HTTP_GET_VARS['language'])) { $lng->set_language($HTTP_GET_VARS['language']); } else { $lng->get_browser_language(); } $language = $lng->language['directory']; $languages_id = $lng->language['id']; } // include the language translations require(DIR_WS_LANGUAGES . $language . '.php'); // Ultimate SEO URLs v2.2d if ((!defined(SEO_ENABLED)) || (SEO_ENABLED == 'true')) { include_once(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'seo.class.php'); if ( !is_object($seo_urls) ){ $seo_urls = new SEO_URL($languages_id); } } // currency if (!tep_session_is_registered('currency') || isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['currency']) || ( (USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_CURRENCY == 'true') && (LANGUAGE_CURRENCY != $currency) ) ) { if (!tep_session_is_registered('currency')) tep_session_register('currency'); if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['currency']) && $currencies->is_set($HTTP_GET_VARS['currency'])) { $currency = $HTTP_GET_VARS['currency']; } else { $currency = (USE_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE_CURRENCY == 'true') ? LANGUAGE_CURRENCY : DEFAULT_CURRENCY; } } // navigation history if (tep_session_is_registered('navigation')) { if (PHP_VERSION < 4) { $broken_navigation = $navigation; $navigation = new navigationHistory; $navigation->unserialize($broken_navigation); } } else { tep_session_register('navigation'); $navigation = new navigationHistory; } $navigation->add_current_page(); /*** Begin All Products SEO ***/ if (ALL_PRODUCTS_SEO == 'false' && strpos(basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']), FILENAME_ALLPRODS_SEO) !== FALSE) { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT)); } /*** End All Products SEO ***/ // Shopping cart actions if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['action'])) { // redirect the customer to a friendly cookie-must-be-enabled page if cookies are disabled if ($session_started == false) { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_COOKIE_USAGE)); } if (DISPLAY_CART == 'true') { $goto = FILENAME_SHOPPING_CART; $parameters = array('action', 'cPath', 'products_id', 'pid'); } else { $goto = basename($PHP_SELF); if ($HTTP_GET_VARS['action'] == 'buy_now') { $parameters = array('action', 'pid', 'products_id'); } else { $parameters = array('action', 'pid'); } } switch ($HTTP_GET_VARS['action']) { // customer wants to update the product quantity in their shopping cart case 'update_product' : for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id']); $i<$n; $i++) { if (in_array($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i], (is_array($HTTP_POST_VARS['cart_delete']) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS['cart_delete'] : array()))) { $cart->remove($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i]); } else { if (PHP_VERSION < 4) { // if PHP3, make correction for lack of multidimensional array. reset($HTTP_POST_VARS); while (list($key, $value) = each($HTTP_POST_VARS)) { if (is_array($value)) { while (list($key2, $value2) = each($value)) { if (ereg ("(.*)\]\[(.*)", $key2, $var)) { $id2[$var[1]][$var[2]] = $value2; } } } } $attributes = ($id2[$HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i]]) ? $id2[$HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i]] : ''; } else { $attributes = ($HTTP_POST_VARS['id'][$HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i]]) ? $HTTP_POST_VARS['id'][$HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i]] : ''; } $cart->add_cart($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'][$i], $HTTP_POST_VARS['cart_quantity'][$i], $attributes, false); } } tep_redirect(tep_href_link($goto, tep_get_all_get_params($parameters))); break; // customer adds a product from the products page case 'add_product' : if (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id']) && is_numeric($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'])) { $cart->add_cart($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'], $cart->get_quantity(tep_get_uprid($HTTP_POST_VARS['products_id'], $HTTP_POST_VARS['id']))+1, $HTTP_POST_VARS['id']); } tep_redirect(tep_href_link($goto, tep_get_all_get_params($parameters))); break; // performed by the 'buy now' button in product listings and review page case 'buy_now' : if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) { if (tep_has_product_attributes($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])); } else { $cart->add_cart($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'], $cart->get_quantity($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])+1); } } tep_redirect(tep_href_link($goto, tep_get_all_get_params($parameters))); break; case 'notify' : if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id')) { if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) { $notify = $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']; } elseif (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['notify'])) { $notify = $HTTP_GET_VARS['notify']; } elseif (isset($HTTP_POST_VARS['notify'])) { $notify = $HTTP_POST_VARS['notify']; } else { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('action', 'notify')))); } if (!is_array($notify)) $notify = array($notify); for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($notify); $i<$n; $i++) { $check_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as count from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_NOTIFICATIONS . " where products_id = '" . $notify[$i] . "' and customers_id = '" . $customer_id . "'"); $check = tep_db_fetch_array($check_query); if ($check['count'] < 1) { tep_db_query("insert into " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_NOTIFICATIONS . " (products_id, customers_id, date_added) values ('" . $notify[$i] . "', '" . $customer_id . "', now())"); } } tep_redirect(tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('action', 'notify')))); } else { $navigation->set_snapshot(); tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL')); } break; case 'notify_remove' : if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id') && isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'])) { $check_query = tep_db_query("select count(*) as count from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_NOTIFICATIONS . " where products_id = '" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and customers_id = '" . $customer_id . "'"); $check = tep_db_fetch_array($check_query); if ($check['count'] > 0) { tep_db_query("delete from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_NOTIFICATIONS . " where products_id = '" . $HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id'] . "' and customers_id = '" . $customer_id . "'"); } tep_redirect(tep_href_link(basename($PHP_SELF), tep_get_all_get_params(array('action')))); } else { $navigation->set_snapshot(); tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL')); } break; case 'cust_order' : if (tep_session_is_registered('customer_id') && isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'])) { if (tep_has_product_attributes($HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'])) { tep_redirect(tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'products_id=' . $HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'])); } else { $cart->add_cart($HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'], $cart->get_quantity($HTTP_GET_VARS['pid'])+1); } } tep_redirect(tep_href_link($goto, tep_get_all_get_params($parameters))); break; } } // include the who's online functions require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'whos_online.php'); tep_update_whos_online(); // include the password crypto functions require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'password_funcs.php'); // include validation functions (right now only email address) require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'validations.php'); // split-page-results require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'split_page_results.php'); // infobox require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'boxes.php'); // auto activate and expire banners require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'banner.php'); tep_activate_banners(); tep_expire_banners(); // auto expire special products require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'specials.php'); tep_expire_specials(); // calculate category path if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['cPath'])) { $cPath = $HTTP_GET_VARS['cPath']; } elseif (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']) && !isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['manufacturers_id'])) { $cPath = tep_get_product_path($HTTP_GET_VARS['products_id']); } else { $cPath = ''; } if (tep_not_null($cPath)) { $cPath_array = tep_parse_category_path($cPath); $cPath = implode('_', $cPath_array); $current_category_id = $cPath_array[(sizeof($cPath_array)-1)]; } else { $current_category_id = 0; } // include the breadcrumb class and start the breadcrumb trail require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'breadcrumb.php'); $breadcrumb = new breadcrumb; $breadcrumb->add(HEADER_TITLE_CATALOG, tep_href_link(FILENAME_HOME)); /*** Begin Header Tags SEO ***/ // add category names or the manufacturer name to the breadcrumb trail if (isset($cPath_array)) { for ($i=0, $n=sizeof($cPath_array); $i<$n; $i++) { $categories_query = tep_db_query("select categories_htc_title_tag from " . TABLE_CATEGORIES_DESCRIPTION . " where categories_id = '" . (int)$cPath_array[$i] . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' LIMIT 1"); if (tep_db_num_rows($categories_query) > 0) { $categories = tep_db_fetch_array($categories_query); $breadcrumb->add($categories['categories_htc_title_tag'], tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'cPath=' . implode('_', array_slice($cPath_array, 0, ($i+1))))); } else { break; } } } elseif (isset($_GET['manufacturers_id'])) { $manufacturers_query = tep_db_query("select manufacturers_htc_title_tag from " . TABLE_MANUFACTURERS_INFO . " where manufacturers_id = '" . (int)$_GET['manufacturers_id'] . "' AND languages_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' LIMIT 1"); if (tep_db_num_rows($manufacturers_query)) { $manufacturers = tep_db_fetch_array($manufacturers_query); $breadcrumb->add($manufacturers['manufacturers_htc_title_tag'], tep_href_link(FILENAME_DEFAULT, 'manufacturers_id=' . $_GET['manufacturers_id'])); } } // add the products name to the breadcrumb trail if (isset($_GET['products_id'])) { $products_query = tep_db_query("select pd.products_head_title_tag from " . TABLE_PRODUCTS . " p left join " . TABLE_PRODUCTS_DESCRIPTION . " pd on p.products_id = pd.products_id where p.products_id = '" . (int)$_GET['products_id'] . "' and pd.language_id ='" . (int)$languages_id . "' LIMIT 1"); if (tep_db_num_rows($products_query)) { $products = tep_db_fetch_array($products_query); $breadcrumb->add($products['products_head_title_tag'], tep_href_link(FILENAME_PRODUCT_INFO, 'cPath=' . $cPath . '&products_id=' . $_GET['products_id'])); } } /*** End Header Tags SEO ***/ // Begin Article Manager // include the articles functions require(DIR_WS_FUNCTIONS . 'articles.php'); // calculate topic path if (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['tPath'])) { $tPath = $HTTP_GET_VARS['tPath']; } elseif (isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['articles_id']) && !isset($HTTP_GET_VARS['authors_id'])) { $tPath = tep_get_article_path($HTTP_GET_VARS['articles_id']); } else { $tPath = ''; } if (tep_not_null($tPath)) { $tPath_array = tep_parse_topic_path($tPath); $tPath = implode('_', $tPath_array); $current_topic_id = $tPath_array[(sizeof($tPath_array)-1)]; } else { $current_topic_id = 0; } if (isset($_GET['articles_id'])) { $articlesPage = FILENAME_ARTICLE_INFO . "?articles_id=" . $_GET['articles_id']; $pageTags_query = tep_db_query("select page_name, page_title from " . TABLE_HEADERTAGS . " where page_name like '" . $articlesPage . "' and language_id = '" . (int)$languages_id . "' LIMIT 1"); if (tep_db_num_rows($pageTags_query) == 1) { $pageTags = tep_db_fetch_array($pageTags_query); $breadcrumb->add('Articles', tep_href_link(FILENAME_ARTICLES)); $breadcrumb->add($pageTags['page_title'], tep_href_link($articlesPage)); } } // End Article Manager // initialize the message stack for output messages require(DIR_WS_CLASSES . 'message_stack.php'); $messageStack = new messageStack; // set which precautions should be checked define('WARN_INSTALL_EXISTENCE', 'true'); define('WARN_CONFIG_WRITEABLE', 'true'); define('WARN_SESSION_DIRECTORY_NOT_WRITEABLE', 'true'); define('WARN_SESSION_AUTO_START', 'true'); define('WARN_DOWNLOAD_DIRECTORY_NOT_READABLE', 'true'); ?>

Ok Jack, thank you for your efforts, I can live without this, but could you help me with the other issue I mention regarding the article manager breadcrumb links, in post 1459 I have SEO Urls V 2-2.2d-9 installed, my breadcrumb links are sef throughout the rest of the site but the article manager urls in the breadcrumb trail are the orginal oscommerce urls.

The above code gives the same result Jack, it works if I just enter a link such as www.oscommerce.com without the trailing slash, however as soon as I and a file name such as www.mydomain.com/filename.html it gives the same result as http://www.mydomain.com%2filename.html/

P.S. It works fine on the "Preview" page in the admin back end, but not after I click "Update" and view it from the front of the store.

Thanks for your help Jack, it almost works except I get some funny characters in the url "%2f" and a "/" forward slash at the end of the url like this http://www.mydomain.com%2fproduct-p-67.html/ The above is how the url looks when I view the page source, and is the link produced when I click on it. I have left the code in place for you to view the page.

Jack, I sent you an email with the link information. I know you have a rule about email you for help but I really do not want to post the url here, so I hope you understand and do not mind.

Thanks for the help Jack, I tried as you suggested, I took a screenshot of the settings in admin/seo urls and then turned everything to false, I then tried the link in the articles and it still did not work. I then got brave enough to uninstall seo urls through the admin/seo urls setting. I then tried the link in the articles again and it still did not work. After clicking around the site a bit, I went back to the admin panel, and viola everything was enabled as it was before. I guess I still had the default settings. Anyway I am back to square one, and don't know what to do :(

I did upgrade SEO Urls from previous version. I have c/p my htaccess file Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine On RewriteBase / RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-(.*).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-(.*).html$ popup_image.php?pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-by-(.*).html$ all-products.php?fl=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-(.*).html$ articles.php?tPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-a-(.*).html$ article_info.php?articles_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-au-(.*).html$ articles.php?authors_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-(.*).html$ product_reviews.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-(.*).html$ product_reviews_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-f-(.*).html$ faqdesk_info.php?faqdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-fc-(.*).html$ faqdesk_index.php?faqPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-fri-(.*).html$ faqdesk_reviews_info.php?faqdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-fra-(.*).html$ faqdesk_reviews_article.php?faqdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-i-(.*).html$ information.php?info_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-links-(.*).html$ links.php?lPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-pm-([0-9]+).html$ info_pages.php?pages_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-n-(.*).html$ newsdesk_info.php?newsdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-nc-(.*).html$ newsdesk_index.php?newsPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-nri-(.*).html$ newsdesk_reviews_info.php?newsdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-nra-(.*).html$ newsdesk_reviews_article.php?newsdesk_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} RewriteRule ^(.*)-po-([0-9]+).html$ pollbooth.php?pollid=$2&%{QUERY_STRING} As for the article link redirecting to my homepage, I am entering the full url www.mydomain.com/product-c-21-html. It works fine in the preview page, in the back end, but when I update the page the link on the page uses redirect.php and does it incorrectly.

I am having a couple of problems with Articles Manager V 1.57_4 and I need some help. Fist is I do not have SEF urls, in the breadcrumbs. I do have SEO Urls V 2-2.2d-9 installed, but the urls in the breadcrumb trail are not sef urls, they do redirect to the sef url when click but when you mouse over the link the url is in this format article_info.php?articles_id=26 My second problem is the link to the article url, at the bottom of the article. It does not matter what link I put in there, it redirects to my main index page. (Even if I put a link to yahoo, it redirects to my home page.

I have it working now Jack, I am not sure what the problem was but it is now working. Thanks

If you want to install oscommerce on a local host then "Xamp For Windows" is your best choice. Xamp will give you an Apache web server with MySQL, PHP and Perl. SEO URLS is one of the best contributions out there. It almost works out of the box. The support provided by Jack and others is excellent, and just like the mod the support is FREE. Jack gives his time and trys to help everyone he can. An apology will probably go a long way in helping you to get your shop set up.

I have it sorted out Jack, I neglected to upload the files in the "includes/module" folder, once I did that the links to to articles show up fine. I am however struggling with the rss feed. It is sometimes only showing 2 articles, and other times none. Is there a setting somewhere to control the articles published in the feed? Should there not be a link to the feed in the header of the pages? Note I also have this rss module installed. Could there be a conflict?

Thank you for responding Jack. Yes, the articles are in admin and they are enabled. The link to the article is produced and displayed in the info box, however the links to the articles are not produced in the "All Articles" page, or the "New Articles". I don't understand what could have went wrong since these are new files, not ones that I had to edit. I will reinstall my backup and start over again.