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

Jon · #**151** 05-11-2009, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by retrtrtrytrutru

Final question before I make the purchase, should I uninstall XC SEO v1.4.0 or just disable it from the backend (Modules Section). Thanks!

Since the developer of xcseo has shown very questionable ethics and has routinely accessed peoples websites and making unauthorized changes for self promotion, I highly recommend removing xcseo completely as for me his encrypted code is questionable.

Jon · #**152** 05-11-2009, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by steve.thompson

Hi Jon.

Just had a thought. Does this RewriteRule mean that search engines will think that /shop/ is still valid and continue to list it, or do they take the redirect to mean that /shop/ is no longer available and eventually remove the errors?

Also, Google Webmaster Tools is still showing some /cc/ link errors from when I was running CubeCart about a month ago. Will these eventually disappear?

Thanks, Steve.

The R=301 component of the rewrite rule indicates that the page has moved. This will tell search engines to update the link to the new url, and transfer all associated SEO ranking. The /cc/ link errors will eventually disappear but it may be appropriate to do 301 redirects on them also, i.e.:

Redirect 301 /cc/old-url.html http://www.example.com/new-url.html

You can also use google webmaster tools to request the removal of urls, though where possible 301 redirects are preferable.

COSMICKITES · #**153** 05-14-2009, 08:07 AM

hello Jon
our SEO guy installed this for us because he said it was essential to seo friendly url's etc. seems really cool, however, we have an issue that i am not sure how to handle.

every year we redo every single product in our store. we go into xcart admin and change titles, and descriptoins and pictures of items along with price etc.

it seems really overwhelming to make a title change in xcart admin and then have to go into cdseo and do the same change.

the process that normally takes us a few hours will be easily doubled as we have to type in 2x the information.

why is there no auto update between product titles in admin and cdseo?

is there a workaround to facilitate this process?

for us to create all new products is way too labor intensive, that is why we take existing ones and just tweak them.

thank you in advance

Jon · #**154** 05-14-2009, 08:26 AM

You could install the x-cart admin addon so you can modify the SEO information at the same time (http://www.x-cart-seo.com/cdseo-pro-for-x-cart/xcart-admin-addon.php), or you could request a customization to synch your information every time a product is saved.

COSMICKITES · #**155** 05-14-2009, 10:26 AM

GENIUS. You are AWESOME. You literally made an amazing mod AWESOME.
This will save us so much time and energy. I can now SEO modify everything right in Admin (categories, subcategories, products, etc.)

THANKS THANKS THANKS

steve.thompson · #**156** 05-14-2009, 09:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

You could install the x-cart admin addon so you can modify the SEO information at the same time (http://www.x-cart-seo.com/cdseo-pro-for-x-cart/xcart-admin-addon.php), or you could request a customization to synch your information every time a product is saved.

Hi Jon.

I tried installing this. I'm running x-cart 4.2.1 and had a few problems / questions.

Code:

OPEN skin1/modules/Manufacturers/manufacturers.tpl
Find:
<tr>
<td colspan="2"> </td>
<td><input type="submit" value=" {$lng.lbl_save|strip_tags:false|escape} "{$disabled} /></td>
</tr>

Couldn't find this exact string. So I added the code before:

Code:

<tr>
 <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
 <td class="SubmitBox"><input type="submit" value=" {$lng.lbl_save|strip_tags:false|escape} "{$disabled} /></td>
</tr>

Presume this was correct?

Code:

OPEN admin/pages.php
Find:
func_header_location("pages.php?pageid=$pageid");

This string occurs twice. Which occurance are we looking for?

Thanks, Steve.

retrtrtrytrutru · #**157** 05-14-2009, 11:15 PM

Hi Jon,

I've installed CDSEO Pro on our test server but ran into the first problem. We have some custom mods installed for our store and I suspect they're interfering with CDSEO Pro. When I select a product on our test server the links are generated but I get a 404 error:

Code:

The requested URL /cdseopro.php was not found on this server.

But of course the file is on our server, 100% sure. And also I think this is suspicious, the link is generated as:

Code:

Acer-PD100-lamp-EC.J2101.001.html?&manid=1100

but if I try the link without the addition &manid then still I get a 404 error. Any ideas? I can provide a FTP link but this test server is well protected and it's hard to login.

Thanks,
Dennis

EDIT, I think I have located where the &manid addition comes from in the URL, in home.php I have:

Code:

if ($manid) {
    $cat_is_man = func_query("SELECT $sql_tbl[manufacturers_categories].manufacturerid, $sql_tbl[manufacturers_categories].categoryid, $sql_tbl[categories].category FROM $sql_tbl[manufacturers_categories], $sql_tbl[categories] WHERE $sql_tbl[categories].categoryid=$sql_tbl[manufacturers_categories].categoryid AND $sql_tbl[manufacturers_categories].manufacturerid='$manid' ORDER BY $sql_tbl[categories].category");
    $_categories = array();
    if (!empty($cat_is_man))
        foreach($cat_is_man as $key => $value) 
            $_categories[$value['categoryid']] = $value['category'];

    $smarty->assign("_categories", $_categories);
    $smarty->assign("manid", $manid);
}

Don't ask me what it does though..

steve.thompson · #**158** 05-15-2009, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon

You could install the x-cart admin addon so you can modify the SEO information at the same time (http://www.x-cart-seo.com/cdseo-pro-for-x-cart/xcart-admin-addon.php), or you could request a customization to synch your information every time a product is saved.

Hi Jon.

I installed this x-cart admin addon, but it doesn't do what I was expecting. It just provides CDSEO fields within the X-Cart product update page. So, I've carefully backed out through the install document.

However, the replacement of -p with _p in the url is happening again. I've installed the patch that you gave me before:

Code:

UPDATE wcm_cdseo set cdseoUrl = replace(cdseoUrl,'_p','-p');

but the _p replacement is still happening.

Suggestions please?

Thanks, Steve.

steve.thompson · #**159** 05-15-2009, 12:18 AM

I misunderstood the use of the patch. I thought that it was a one-off.

Seems that the patch needs to be applied whenever I create a product with a "<space>p" in the title. Can I edit CDSEO so that it does not do the "-p" to "_p" replacement? Or do I need to run the patch every time?

Thanks, Steve.

Jon · #**160** 05-15-2009, 08:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve.thompson

Presume this was correct?

Correct.

Quote:

Originally Posted by steve.thompson

Code:

OPEN admin/pages.php
Find:
func_header_location("pages.php?pageid=$pageid");

This string occurs twice. Which occurance are we looking for?

Thanks, Steve.

On 4.2.x find the second occurrence of:

Code:

func_header_location("pages.php?level=$level&pageid=$pageid");