how to SEO the index.php?route=common/home

[Johnathan]

.htaccess doesn't change the actual links, it just redirects as the link is being resolved.

[ifyouseek]

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    RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
    RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com? [R=301,L]


This code doesn't work if you want to accept multiple currencies or multiple lang's. Does anyone know a way around this.

[Johnathan]

Alright, I worked for a while today on figuring out how to get around the currency/language switcher issue, and came up with the following solution:

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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com? [R=301,L]   

It's working fine for me so far -- let me know if you run into any problems.

[ifyouseek]

thanks, new code works fine so far

[Joxe]

Hi,

Did not work for me.
My store has 2 languages and it's 1.4.7

[ocs]

Alright, I worked for a while today on figuring out how to get around the currency/language switcher issue, and came up with the following solution:

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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com? [R=301,L]   

It's working fine for me so far -- let me know if you run into any problems.

this is also work if Request Method using GET?

[Johnathan]

Yes, it should work when using GET. It only doesn't redirect on POST, because the language and currency switchers POST the variables to the same page.

Are you using GET on the homepage? What for?

[alex.lin]

insert a keyword for common/home
like "INSERT INTO `url_alias` SET query = 'common/home',keyword = ''home"

it would be easier.

[ocs]

Are you using GET on the homepage? What for?

No, I am not. I just want to know more...

then anyone know how to seo index.php?route= to /
but index.php?route=common/home also seo.

Many Thanks Johnathan

[TAC]

Hi,

I am getting 404 Not Found errors on any page where I have put text in the "SEO Keyword:" box once I turn on the "Use SEO URL's:". I have been searching the forums for a solution but I am getting more confused the more I read.

So far I have done/checked the following:
I have the file named .htaccess not htaccess.txt
I have added (and then removed) bits of code I've found in other posts but I can't go too far with changes because I'm worried about messing everything up. I made a copy of the .htaccess file before I started.
I am using Apache on a Wamp and the rewrite_module is enabled
I am using one language & currency only
I have read the Trouble shooting entry about this problem and think my site is not in a subdomain - as I am using a Wamp my site is http://localhost/

UPDATE 27.11.I0 - I have since moved my site to the host server in a sub domain and done as Xsecrets said above

if your store is in a folder like shop or store you will need to edit the line RewriteBase / to be RewriteBase /shop/

and it works fine now.

[MrKing]

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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com? [R=301,L]   

seems ok here with multiple currencies

Thank you

[Johnathan]

insert a keyword for common/home
like "INSERT INTO `url_alias` SET query = 'common/home',keyword = ''home"

it would be easier.

This doesn't work because the seo_url.php files only take into account products and categories. Hence the .htaccess solution.

[jcgadgets]

Hi,

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but exactly which .htaccess would I want to put this code into? I've got my shop in a folder of the root domain. There is of course an .htaccess in the root domain, in public_html, in the www folder, in my store's folder, etc...


Thanks!
Jared

[JAY6390]

In the same one as your config.php file is in

[jcgadgets]

Hey thanks.

And it really doesn't matter where I paste the code in that file?


Thank you,
Jared

[jcgadgets]

Ok, got that part all figured out - which is GREAT, as Google will no longer be seeing all of those URL's as leading to duplicate content, title tags, description tags, etc...

However - now I'd like to make sure that every product has the proper breadcrumb path and proper URL category path. For example, I've got an iPhone as a featured item, in an all products category, and of course in the iPhone category. I only want the URL to read store/iphones/iphone4, and never store/all-electronics/iphone4 (all products link result) or store/iphone4 (featured link result).

I want to replace / redirect all the following (or at least the last two):
/StoreFront/All-Electronics/Factory-Unlocked-Apple-iPhone-4-32GB (result of the all products category)
/StoreFront/Factory-Unlocked-Apple-iPhone-4-32GB?manufacturer_id=8 (result of selecting the manufacturer link)
/StoreFront/Factory-Unlocked-Apple-iPhone-4-32GB (result of selecting via the "Featured" link)

to:
/StoreFront/Factory-Unlocked-iPhones/Factory-Unlocked-Apple-iPhone-4-32GB.


Any ideas? What do I need to replace QUERY_STRING with?


Thank you again!
Jared

[ivanssss]

im new to editing the .htaccess...anyone there know how apply these in the htacess file so that it could read as
http://www.yourshop.com/index.html and not with index.php?route=common/home?

and also is it possible to automatically SEO the product pages in the .htacess because the store owner sometimes dont bother to fill up the SEO url field when adding a product,

I want a url like this http://www.yourstore.com/index.php?rout ... duct_id=56
to automatically be http://www.yourstore.com/product-electronics-56
using the using code techniques in .htaccess? any brillant .htaccess guru there?

as the easy ways look here http://www.opencart.com/index.php?route ... earch=auto seo&sort=e.date_modified&order=DESC

changes http://www.yourstore.com/index.php?rout ... duct_id=56
to automatically be http://www.yourstore.com/product-electronics-56

[drazen]

Hello,

thanks for code.
I have changed my .htaccess file as suggested and everything works fine in Firefox, and Google Chrome.
But IE8 doesn't want to show home page.

Did I do something wrong, or someone else experienced similar issue.

p.s. sorry for typos

[peteoc]

just to add on to what people have said, a quick and simple fix for this is to edit the header.tpl file for your theme.

Locate the following line, it's line 50 in the default theme

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<div id="logo"><a href="<?php echo $home; ?>">

change it to

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<div id="logo"><a href="<?php echo "/"; ?>">

Obviously if you're working in a sub directory such as domain.com/store then it will be

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<div id="logo"><a href="<?php echo "/store"; ?>">

[cyjambo]

Alright, I worked for a while today on figuring out how to get around the currency/language switcher issue, and came up with the following solution:

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RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} !^POST$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.yoursite.com? [R=301,L]   

It's working fine for me so far -- let me know if you run into any problems.

Cool, thx a lot man! This seem to have worked.

Does anyone happen to know how to change things so they are a bit nicer (I have searched and read suggestions but nothing that works perfectly so far):

I have 3 languages on my site, and would like to do:
http://www.mysite.com/en/product/apple for english,
http://www.mysite.com/de/produkt/apfel for german and
http://www.mysite.com/hu/termek/alma for hungarian.

Is this somehow possible? I know it's quite easy with other cms but i couldn't find out how to do this yet.

Any help would be appreciated!