Sam666 Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 My hosting provider disallows the "Options" command in HTACCESS for security reasons, I tried using Ultimate SEO and SEO-G but they both have the command in the HTACCESS. Is there any way around this? Any alternative? Do I need it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 16, 2007 Author Share Posted October 16, 2007 bump - god damn :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Looks like I won't be using any SEO/SEFS then lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 If you cant use .htaccess and still want to seo up your urls there is really only one option open for you ... look for c-name & p-name in the contributions section... It adds product names and category names to the urls and do not require .htaccess rewrites Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 If you cant use .htaccess and still want to seo up your urls there is really only one option open for you ... look for c-name & p-name in the contributions section...It adds product names and category names to the urls and do not require .htaccess rewrites Ok, i tryed the other SEOs with out the options command and it did not work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Move to a host that supports the package. You are basing your livelihood on this, or I assume so, so you shouldn't place yourself in a bad position because your host doesn't have what it takes to let the shop run at its best. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Ok, i tryed the other SEOs with out the options command and it did not work. cname & pname Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Move to a host that supports the package. You are basing your livelihood on this, or I assume so, so you shouldn't place yourself in a bad position because your host doesn't have what it takes to let the shop run at its best. Jack Not an option atm, i'm low on funds :'( , will it make a lot of difference? cname & pnameI found it thanks, looks an easy install :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 17, 2007 Author Share Posted October 17, 2007 Just installed the cname & pname, works fine apart from the pname, the link to the products isn’t using the new pname, but when your viewing the product page, the "add to cart button" uses the new pname? I noticed it didn't do pnames on the other SEO/SEFs when I tested them, they weren’t working but obviously I could still see the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack_mcs Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Not an option atm, i'm low on funds :'( , will it make a lot of difference?Cname & pname is better than nothing. It doesn't do the job correctly though, which is why it was replaced. If you don't have a choice, then that is the way to go. Jack Quote Support Links: For Hire: Contact me for anything you need help with for your shop: upgrading, hosting, repairs, code written, etc. All of My Addons Get the latest versions of my addons Recommended SEO Addons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Just installed the cname & pname, works fine apart from the pname, the link to the products isn’t using the new pname, but when your viewing the product page, the "add to cart button" uses the new pname? I noticed it didn't do pnames on the other SEO/SEFs when I tested them, they weren’t working but obviously I could still see the link. You can also look at: Ultimate SEO URLs v2.0b Chemo 7 Feb 2005 Its the latest version which also includes cname & pname too..... (Admin switch for rewrite metode) Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 You can also look at: Ultimate SEO URLs v2.0b Chemo 7 Feb 2005 Its the latest version which also includes cname & pname too..... (Admin switch for rewrite metode) What? I tried the latest version and it required the HTACCESS mod, Cname & Pname works but the pname doesn't? It doesn’t change the link like the cname does, and it's still the same link. So why is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 What? I tried the latest version and it required the HTACCESS mod, Cname & Pname works but the pname doesn't? It doesn’t change the link like the cname does, and it's still the same link. So why is that? The version of ultimate seo i mentioned has cname and pname included in the mod....this is so that it could work for servers where mod rewrite were not available..... after install there is an admin setting where you can choose metode of url rewrite , setting this the cname and pname will give you those urls without using htaccess while setting it to rewrite mod will give you ultimate seo style urls but then it requires the .htaccess rewrite too... I mentioned this since you did not have luck with the original cname and pname version.... Some say that the one included with, Ultimate SEO URLs v2.0b Chemo 7 Feb 2005 , is a better version....so it might be worth a try..... (Att...its not included in any of the versions after that one......) Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 The version of ultimate seo i mentioned has cname and pname included in the mod....this is so that it could work for servers where mod rewrite were not available..... after install there is an admin setting where you can choose metode of url rewrite , setting this the cname and pname will give you those urls without using htaccess while setting it to rewrite mod will give you ultimate seo style urls but then it requires the .htaccess rewrite too... I mentioned this since you did not have luck with the original cname and pname version.... Some say that the one included with, Ultimate SEO URLs v2.0b Chemo 7 Feb 2005 , is a better version....so it might be worth a try..... (Att...its not included in any of the versions after that one......) Oh right, but I still get the pname problem with that as well for some reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Oh right, but I still get the pname problem with that as well for some reason? Some points to check... 1. Have you totally removed all the mods from the Search Engine Friendly URLS Contrib from your site? 2. Check if you are hosted on a PHP/MYSQL 5 server, then the code in those contribs might need some fixes to run correctly.... Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 (edited) Just for fun i did a test instal of cname & pname v1.5 on a test site running on PHP/MYSQL 5, it was a very easy install and worked straight out of the box for both products and for categories... Att: the test site used runs MS2.2 060817 and not RC1. Edited October 18, 2007 by toyicebear Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Some points to check...1. Have you totally removed all the mods from the Search Engine Friendly URLS Contrib from your site? 2. Check if you are hosted on a PHP/MYSQL 5 server, then the code in those contribs might need some fixes to run correctly.... 1.) Yes 2.) PHP Version 4.3.6 and MySQL 4.1.11 and i'm using OSC RC1. The cname worked fine for me too but the pname didn't do anything, didn't change the link at all and I have no idea why? And it's not just that package, did it on Ultimate SEOs but the link didn't work then aswell :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Will try on RC1 when i have some free time to spare.... Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 Will try on RC1 when i have some free time to spare....I think it might just be my version because its a heavily modded template, anything obvious that would make the pname not SEO? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 I think it might just be my version because its a heavily modded template, anything obvious that would make the pname not SEO? If the used product links are coded using a non-standard osc link , then they will not be rewritten Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 If the used product links are coded using a non-standard osc link , then they will not be rewrittenHow to check? and what do you mean "used" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Tried it on RC1 and it worked straight out of the box on that one too.... Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 How to check? and what do you mean "used" ? if you use the original modules like new_products.php and product_listings.php and boxes like specials.php and whats_new.php then it should work.... If you use custom versions of these ones, if the product links is not made in the osc way in the php code..they will not rewrite Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam666 Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 if you use the original modules like new_products.php and product_listings.php and boxes like specials.php and whats_new.php then it should work.... If you use custom versions of these ones, if the product links is not made in the osc way in the php code..they will not rewrite Silly me, I just noticed it shows the correct Pname when I hover over the image instead of the details button which is still the same :blush: . Thanks for the help and sorry for being a bit lind :thumbsup: One more question though, regarding this thread "http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=254741" Shall I use the cname & pname and carry out tasks 2-8? About 7 and 8, should I still do them and when you set Prevent Spider Sessions to "True" do you set it back to false after you have done no 8 or leave it off? thanks ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥toyicebear Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 Silly me, I just noticed it shows the correct Pname when I hover over the image instead of the details button which is still the same :blush: . Thanks for the help and sorry for being a bit lind :thumbsup: One more question though, regarding this thread "http://www.oscommerce.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=254741" Shall I use the cname & pname and carry out tasks 2-8? About 7 and 8, should I still do them and when you set Prevent Spider Sessions to "True" do you set it back to false after you have done no 8 or leave it off? thanks ;) You have already done number 1 with cname & pname You can proceed through the rest of the steps from 2 and up... About 7, Prevent Spider Sessions to "True" , it should stay set to "true" permanently.... Quote Basics for osC 2.2 Design - Basics for Design V2.3+ - Seo & Sef Url's - Meta Tags for Your osC Shop - Steps to prevent Fraud... - MS3 and Team News... - SEO, Meta Tags, SEF Urls and osCommerce - Commercial Support Inquiries - OSC 2.3+ How To To see what more i can do for you check out my profile [click here] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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