Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi, Jon,

After a couple of months since my initial post urls that were generated by the mod, then changed manually in the mod admin are still returning an error 404 instead of redirecting (301) to the new url. It used to be that when an url was changed it would automatically redirect to the new one. I can't think of what else to do, would you have any suggestions? There are 308 urls with this problem, they all show on Webmaster tools in Google and Bing. The site has almost 2,000 unique urls.

Thanks again!

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi Mate,

I put a support ticket in on the 12th it's been 5 days now, have you had a chance to have a look at this yet?

Cheers

D-A

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi David-Allan,

Our support desk is all up-to-date as of today so if you haven't received a response as of yet please shoot me a private message with your ticket id.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Can you provide some recent example urls that are not 301 redirecting?

Re: Removing https from search engine
 

In your x-cart admin under General Settings -> Security, uncheck Do not redirect customers from HTTPS to HTTP:

Test to make sure your https:// urls redirect to the http:// version properly. If they don't, then you may need to follow this KB entry: https://www.websitecm.com/support/default_import/Knowledgebase/Article/View/44/0/why-is-my-site-not-redire...sing-cdseo-pro

In our very next CDSEO release we are going to have an option to force http:// on canonical links.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

In 4.4.x and up you also have to modify https.php and comment out

$https_scripts[] = array(
'help.php',
"section=contactus"
);

and add

$https_scripts[] = 'contact-us.html';

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Thanks for the update Steve.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hm it doesn't seem to make the html page https but at least it doesn't redirect to help.php?section=contactus.... I wonder if this works on scripts only or there is more to change somewhere else?

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

You could always use .htaccess to force https on the contact page.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

True. I guess that would be the way then since https.php doesn't seem to do it

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hello,
We have a fairly large site that we are upgrading to 4.4.5 and we currently use DSEFU. Is it fairly painless to convert over to CDSEO without losing current page rankings? We have about 10,000 products. What is involved in migrating from DSEFU to CDSEO?

Thanks!

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Upgrading from DSEFU is fairly painless and if installed properly, all of the SEO ranking will be transferred over and improved by CDSEO.

The steps are to:

1) Uninstall DSEFU.
2) Install CDSEO.
3) Ensure product.php, home.php, pages.php and manufacturers.php are not blocked in your .htaccess (this is so the pages will redirect).
4) Implement the original DSEFU .htaccess code after "RewriteEngine On" in the CDSEO code.

DSEFU then tries to access the default urls which CDSEO 301 redirects automatically, so all your previous links are redirected in an SEO friendly manner.

We also offer CDSEO + DSEFU removal installation if you want to ensure it's done correctly.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Jon,
Thank you very much for your detailed reply. So, on a newly upgraded site, does it make sense then to NOT install DSEFU to begin with (other than copying the code in the .htaccess file as you have described) and just install CDSEO from the start?

The one thing that that confuses me by your reply is that you say to uninstall DSEFU in step 1 then say this "DSEFU then tries to access the default urls which CDSEO 301 redirects automatically." Do you really mean that Apache tries to access the default URLs via the code that was copied from the DSEFU .htaccess file since DSEFU has been technically uninstalled? I'm not trying to nitpick, I just want to be clear about how to go about this and make sure I understand.

Then how do I verify that the installation has been done correctly? I'd like to tackle myself then have some way for me or you guys confirm it was done correctly.

Thanks!

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

You're welcome. You are correct that it makes sense not to install DSEFU to begin with other than copying the code in the .htacccess.

Sorry I wasn't more clear. You are correct, that I meanted that apache will parse the DSEFU rules.

After installation you can confirm the redirects are working by using this in google: site:example.com

This will show you all your links and you can click to make sure they are redirecting. You can also use http://www.web-sniffer.net to ensure the redirects show the proper urls and headers through the process.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Jon,

I need to see the changes is there instructions somewhere for 4.5.2 as i am redoing my template files, also had a help desk ticket as well so not sure which will get answered quicker

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi Jon,

Can you point me to the steps on setting up disabled URLS in the CDSEOpro admin screen?

Nothing I try 'KEEPS' the disabled URL setting I enter after a short period of time (current logon - or running auto-populate?)

If I setup a disabled URL
a) for either an already DISABLED URL (eg, qty 0 on the current SKU and 'disabled' selected on X-cart admin screen,

or

b) on a SKU with low quantities to have it setup in CDSEOPro once I run out of stock and disable the URL in X-cart,

Then from the Admin CDSEO Pro Panel->Modules->Autopopulate-> Delete and re-populate all CDSEO fields (WARNING: Not reversible!)->select Product Meta Priority "Long Description"

the setting disappears.

I also entered question http://forum.x-cart.com/showthread.php?t=64434 on this topic.

Thanks for any ideas.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

I've updated that thread.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi Jon,
what is your plans regarding CDSEO for X-Cart Next?

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

We are keeping a close eye on things and will port CDSEO when Next stabilizes and has a solid user base.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Instructions for 4.5 are the same as 4.4:
http://www.x-cart-seo.com/cdseo-pro-for-x-cart/installation44x.php

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi Jon,

Could you send me the latest CDSEO files for 4.5.x

I've put a ticket up yesterday but you might not of received an email or busy or whatever so I thought I'd try my luck on here as I need to get cracking on my new site. :D

Thanks :mrgreen:

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

The files were sent previously, just wanted to follow-up to ensure they were received.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Yeah, all is good, cheers mate! :D

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Jon,
If you or anyone else from your team is out there I need help badly. I have sent two emails about a ticket in the last 26+ hours and have not heard back. We are having problems logging in to the admin page as well as with some static pages giving us a "Access Denied" error. I believe it is connected to the .htaccess file that gets edited. The strange thing is is that you can log in to the admin once then once you clear your cookies out you get redirected to the home page and get get back in. This has happened on four computers. I need help with this pretty urgently.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Jon, I've installed CDSEO on Phils new 'adapt' template but it seems CDSEO is conflicting with the responsive layout on categories, it makes the webpage load in a strange way, e.g the .css is all out, i know adapt is responsive so i'm wondering if you have any idea what would cause this issue? if I disable it, the site works fine. (seems odd as I would of thought URLS have nothing to do with it, but as I say if I disable it the site works perfectly, it's quite an urgent matter as i'm trying to go live asap.

Thanks!

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

I've looked into it with more detail, basically with CDSEO enabled and if the URLS are laid out like this:

www.example.com/category/ink.html

it will try to load .css in this kind of format:

www.example.com/category/skin/css.html

^ above is an example but as you can see it's adding 'category' to where it's trying to pull the .css from so obviously it's not loading, what's weird is that it works on the standard x-cart templates so it's probably not your mod but i'm wondering if you can help with this issue as when i tried the standard x-cart seo module it worked fine so it's kind of a link between CDSEO and the adapt template, if you can help that would be great.

Thanks! :)

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

I've looked into it with more detail, basically with CDSEO enabled and if the URLS are laid out like this:

www.example.com/category/ink.html

it will try to load .css in this kind of format:

www.example.com/category/skin/css.html

^ above is an example but as you can see it's adding 'category' to where it's trying to pull the .css from so obviously it's not loading, what's weird is that it works on the standard x-cart templates so it's probably not your mod but i'm wondering if you can help with this issue as when i tried the standard x-cart seo module it worked fine so it's kind of a link between CDSEO and the adapt template, if you can help that would be great.


Note: if the CDSEO links are like the following: www.example.com/category-ink.html it will work fine, it's only when it's in this format www.example.com/category/ink.html

Thanks! :)

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Issue resolved. :D

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Has anyone heard from Jon in the last couple weeks? I have an email in for him and have not heard back. I know he is working on his new site so didn't want to push him.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Put a support ticket up, I spoke to him in the last few days. :D

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Why CDSEOPRO not working with 4.5.2? the product list page2, page3.. redirect to home.php.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Any idea what's causing this? recently done a site transfer but getting SQL errors sent to my email address, need this fixed ASAP. :(

*update* seems it's just when i use the search function on CDSEO i get an SQL error, although the results show fine, seems very odd!

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Bug. That was fixed with latest version. Ask Jon for the files

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Hi Steve,

I havent had a reply on this ticket yet and its been about a week since I put it in. Could you have a quick look to see if it has been overlooked?

Ticket: ZAA-622-92761

Cheers

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

I would love to but I am not in any way connected to Jon and WebsiteCM :) I'm sure he will reply to your ticket

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Wondering if anyone can help me as it's urgent.

I've imported Data into CDSEO however I'm getting an SQL error and its not working. I've also noticed everytime I do a search through CDSEO I receive an SQL error in my inbox. (Steve pointed out I may need the updated files, which I thought I got)

I've even used the 'Delete and re-populate all CDSEO fields (WARNING: Not reversible!) '

So now I have terrible links and onsite SEO... I thought this worked fine on my development site but obviously something has happened during the transfer maybe? I'm not sure if the site transfer has caused this but something has and it's quite serious. :?

Thanks,

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

What is your SQL error?

**EDIT - Never mind! I see it above**

Carrie

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

I agree you'd have to get new files from Jon. Did you put in an urgent support ticket?

Carrie

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Indeed I have just submitted a ticket, and the SQL error above is another story all together, I could live with that one, but I've just spent days doing this spreadsheet and then tried importing it and it doesn't work. Now I have dodgy URLs all over (Auto-populate ones) and my site gets crawled often by Google so they'll index them and it wont look good. I need this resolved ASAP if possible grr the joys of running a site.

Everytime I import my file it says it's successful (with 2 errors which is odd) but nothing actually changes. I've done clean.php, removed cookies and checked in the settings incase I had my site on cache and everything but it does appear to be an issue with CDSEO. Probably user error as I'm the only one with this issue. Like I say, it seemed fine on my development site, and I only got the files around the start of last month so I thought it was the latest files.

Re: CDSEO Pro - Complete SEO Solution - Custom Urls, Page Titles, Meta Data, Link Anchors
 

Has anyone heard from Jon? It's been over a week since I put a ticket in and he is usually very quick with tickets.

Just worried about him and not so much my ticket as it can wait, just seems odd not to have a had a reply in so long. Hope he is ok.