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[walteis]

I don't remember if I posted this before. I've got a 404.shtml that I use to handle bad/old html catalog links. Say we've renamed a product, or no longer carry it, but some index still has that page indexed.

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--


var fileName = "";

if (fileName.search("category|product")== -1) {

   window.location = "http://yourcartlocation";

}
else {
   fileName = fileName.replace("\.html"," ");
   var keywords = fileName.split("_");
   var searchterms = new Array();

   if (keywords[0].search("category")>1) {
      window.location = "http://yourcartlocation/customer/home.php?cat="+keywords[1];

   }
  
   else {
      for (i=2; i<keywords.length-1; i++) {
      searchterms.push(keywords[i]);  
      }

      var searchstr = searchterms.join("+");
      window.location = "http://yourcartlocation/customer/search.php?substring="+searchstr;
   }
}


//-->
</script>

window.location = "http://www.thingsfromtheattic.com/"

Works on 3.4.x.


Walt

[DogByteMan]

substring does not pass in 4.0.X. For a sec i thought I had it.... I'll work on it. If anyone knows how to pass the keywords in 4.0.X, let us know

[DogByteMan]

This is nothing short of a total bummer...

Finally find a way to have a search404 and because I upgraded 4.0.X I can't use it.

Anybody know how we can pass the variable in 4.0.X?

[Lingerieblowout]

I tried this on 3.4.7 for an item I know I removed and went to google found it and when I click on it in goggle it went to the home page with search string http://www.lingerieblowout.com/customer/search.php?substring= any idea


Michael

[walteis]

You need to make sure that you or your hosting company has Server Side Includes (SSI) turned on. Your 404.shtml will need to be executable as well IIRC.

[Lingerieblowout]

SSI are turned on and the 404 page is set to executable. Its probably because my home page is set to redirect. to /customer

[DogByteMan]

How difficult would it be to change the POST method search in 4.0.x to the GET method found in 3.x.x, so that you could use substring=???

[DogByteMan]

OK let's try the question this way... How difficult would it be to implement the 3.x.x branch search into 4.0.x Version X-Carts so that substring=??? could be used for the 404search and for the ability to link searches.

[DogByteMan]

How can one tell when they have reached the limits of the X-Cart Forum???

Nobody answers your posts any longer

[walteis]

We're just converting to the 4.x branch, so I'll be rewriting this soon. I'll post a new version once that's done.

Walt