I need to find a way of changing the canonical link that CDSEO sets for the category and manufacturer pages > 1.
I'm following the guidance provided by Google with regard to a series of content
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/view-all-in-search-results.html For category and manufacturer pages I have a "view all" page (first_page_url/?show_all), which contains the super-set of content for the entire category, and the guidance states that each page > 1 should have a canonical pointing to the URL of the first page - currently cdseo sets the canonical to the pages own URL.
I don't wish to open a can of worms regarding the "correct" use of canonicals and whether I should be using rel="next/prev" although I know people have strong views on this, I am simply following the instructions of our SEO company who wish our pages > 1 to have a canonical pointing to the first page.
Any ideas on how to set the canonical for pages > 1 to be the URL of the first page? I had a go at making the changes in home.php but CDSEO Pro over-rides my code!!