[vQmod] No common/home links 1.5.X

Hi all

This simple little vQmod removes all of the common/home links on your site, replacing them with the default url
Note that this only works when SEO urls are turned on

Simply upload to your vqmod/xml/ folder

Enjoy!

Can this be done to remove the category name from the URL when you click on products when SEO URL setting is turned on ?

Example:

Current:
opencart.com/category/product-info

Change it to:
opencart.com/product-info

Its just better for SEO this way. I know the canonical url works but this is the proper way to do it.

dony_b wrote: Its just better for SEO this way. I know the canonical url works but this is the proper way to do it.

well there are plenty of "SEO Experts" that will disagree with you who say that you need to have the category in the URL. I know because I suggested it be done the way you suggested a long time ago and the thread got flooded with "SEO Experts" having a conniption.

Really?? Who the hell are these SEO experts that make absurd suggestions.

Look at some of the top online ecommerce retailers like Zappos who rank very well in search engines.

Do a search for "womens shoes" and see who shows up first and look at zappos URL structure.

http://www.zappos.com/womens-shoes ( category )

then you click on a product

http://www.zappos.com/sperry-top-sider- ... ?zlfid=111 (product)

Thats the way it should be and I dont understand why people are objecting to this since its also how search engines want you to have it as well.

Isnt there a way to do this ..has anyone figured this out as I searched the forums but wasnt able to find anything ?

The truth of the matter is that it makes little difference what your url structure is for SEO. Google mainly works off content and backlinks. If you're ranking highly in the search engines for womens shoes or whatever it will be for good content and lots of backlinks, not for having your url a certain way
Regardless of this, yes it's possible to do what you suggest, but its not something you can quickly change and it work from that mod

dony_b wrote:Really?? Who the hell are these SEO experts that make absurd suggestions.

Look at some of the top online ecommerce retailers like Zappos who rank very well in search engines.

Do a search for "womens shoes" and see who shows up first and look at zappos URL structure.

http://www.zappos.com/womens-shoes ( category )

then you click on a product

http://www.zappos.com/sperry-top-sider- ... ?zlfid=111 (product)

Thats the way it should be and I dont understand why people are objecting to this since its also how search engines want you to have it as well.

Isnt there a way to do this ..has anyone figured this out as I searched the forums but wasnt able to find anything ?

Well pick anything that any "SEO Expert" has ever said and I can find you a different "SEO Expert" that says the exact opposite and claims the first doesn't know what he's talking about. It's all just snake oil sales if you ask me no one really knows what works other than google.
As far as making the changes to the way you want it just search the forums it's been outlined how to do it a few times.

dony_b wrote:Can this be done to remove the category name from the URL when you click on products when SEO URL setting is turned on ?

Example:

Current:
opencart.com/category/product-info

Change it to:
opencart.com/product-info

Its just better for SEO this way. I know the canonical url works but this is the proper way to do it.

I believe opencart does that by defual when SEO is enabled and product SEO is defined.
Check here:
http://www.opencartstuff.com/all_templates/Paris_15
You get same thing using also this:
http://www.opencartstuff.com/Paris_15

Is this what you are wondering about?

No Dony_b wants to force URLs to not have the category even if you come through the category page

Yes I am just looking to change the URL but I couldn't find anything specifically in any forums.

It's actually a super easy change:

IN: REPLACE THE FIRST INSTANCE OF: WITH: If you want sub-categories to not show their parent categories in the URL, then replace both instances of that line with the replacement.

Boom, done.

Johnathan wrote:It's actually a super easy change:

IN:

Code: Select all

1.4.x: /catalog/model/tool/seo_url.php
1.5.x: /catalog/controller/common/seo_url.php

REPLACE THE FIRST INSTANCE OF:

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$url .= '/' . $query->row['keyword']; 

WITH:

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$url = '/' . $query->row['keyword']; 

If you want sub-categories to not show their parent categories in the URL, then replace both instances of that line with the replacement.

Boom, done.

Thanks a lot Johnathan and it works great with your price mod too.

Cool, that's always good to know.

cool

how can we move index.php?route=

like http://www.okmarket.com/index.php?route ... on/contact

to http://www.okmarket.com/contact

thank you again

Doesn't seem to work for me. Can you confirm it works with 1.5.3?

jordan wrote:Doesn't seem to work for me. Can you confirm it works with 1.5.3?

Scratch that. It was an issue with my vqmod.