How to Separate Home Page SEO from CAT & Product pages?

balinor · #11 11-03-2007, 09:44 AM

You don't need to upload them, you can enter them directly in the admin as well. Trust me, this is what you want.

carpeperdiem · #12 11-03-2007, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by inboxnews

I don't mean to be argumentative, I just want to solve this problem once and for all. That being said, your link takes me to what I beleive is the wrong product. Here is the product description:

"This mod uses X-cart Extra Fields to be able to retrieve keywords, descriptions, and titles for products. This allows you to upload your product keywords, description and titles via csv when you import your products."

I'm not uploading or importing products via CSV. What I am attempting to do is provide each and every one of my pages with a unique meta description and keywords, including the home page.

I'll continue my search for a solution.

You don't HAVE to use csv to update the fields... you could sit there in the admin and enter them one at a time -- this mod puts the input fields into the modify product page -- you can populate the fields in the manner you prefer. If you want to type them in manually in the admin - great. If you want to do these all at once as a csv import, great. There are some stores where the admin is not the copy writer or SEO expert... so it is useful to be able to take what the copy writer or SEO geek gives you, and upload all at once. It's your choice. But this IS the mod you must have for unique page titles.

inboxnews · #13 11-09-2007, 08:24 AM

Ok, so I purchased the software, and I'm modifying the files. I'm stumped. The software instructions says the following:

3. Upload the files named product_keywords.php, product_keywords.tpl, and product_meta.php into their appropriate directories.

No mention as to where the 'appropriate directories' are. How about a clue?

Thanks.

balinor · #14 11-09-2007, 08:32 AM

Those would be the corresponding folders to the one in the zip file you received. If it is not in a folder, that means it goes in the root directory.

inboxnews · #15 11-09-2007, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by balinor

Those would be the corresponding folders to the one in the zip file you received. If it is not in a folder, that means it goes in the root directory.

Balinor,

I don't think so. There are six (6) files in the zip file. None of them are in directories. If I'm understanding you correctly, they should all go into the root directory. One of those files is meta.tpl. That file is not in the root directory. So I'm confused.

Can you do a search on your system and tell me what directories the following files are located, thanks. They are:

product_keywords.php, product_keywords.tpl, and product_meta.php

balinor · #16 11-09-2007, 09:13 AM

My files have always come in a zip with directories...I'm looking at one right now that that is indeed the case...are you sure you have your zip software set to uncompress it using the directories?

inboxnews · #17 11-09-2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by balinor

My files have always come in a zip with directories...I'm looking at one right now that that is indeed the case...are you sure you have your zip software set to uncompress it using the directories?

Yeah, I'm using WinZip. All "my" files are in one directory, no directory paths. It is possible BCS made a mistake when zipping my file.

balinor · #18 11-09-2007, 09:29 AM

Possibly, but I have never seen that happen. In any event, product_meta.php goes in the root, meta.tpl goes in skin1 (but you don't replace your current file, you amend it with what is in the new meta.tpl) product_keywords.tpl goes in skin1/admin/main, and product_keywords.php goes in admin.

carpeperdiem · #19 11-09-2007, 09:34 AM

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All "my" files are in one directory, no directory paths. It is possible BCS made a mistake when zipping my file

Why would BCS make a different version for you than everyone else? I will wager your winzip settings do not preserve directory paths... try unzipping other archives.

inboxnews · #20 11-09-2007, 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by carpeperdiem

Why would BCS make a different version for you than everyone else? I will wager your winzip settings do not preserve directory paths... try unzipping other archives.

Not trying to be smart but, do you want a screenshot? I've been using WinZip since Windows95. I'm using Vista now for this project. I have the current WinZip version 11.1 (build 7466). I've also looked at the file using Windows zip util and in WinRAR.

Once again, not trying to be smart. I just want to get the job done.

Did they spin a different version for me? Maybe. How do I know that? File name is unique to me.