this is not really a complete list but you can see what is all about.. errors are only shown when site is opening for too long.. and of course then I get 500 internal error.. i contacted godaddy hosting they said they are still working on smth (but really don't know what).. if you have any solutions I would really appreciate it. Ande yes, after enabling SEO, my site is working, but when you click on any other item it will only show the same item.. i can give you ftp account or opencart login if you can help me out.. this is really frustrating for me. and I am working with this for a couple of months now.
I struggled a great deal with Godaddy for many years. I worked for a company that chose GD as their host of choice. After quite the struggle with GD support (or lack thereof) and many emphatic discussions with my boss, we finally moved off of GD for good. I can't emphasize how much I dislike GD but I can tell you their hosting is abysmal and their support is lacking.
I recommend building your business on a professional hosting company... and GD is not that.
I recommend building your business on a professional hosting company... and GD is not that.
Luckily I have very little hair to pull-out but I am having issues with this.
I have given each product and each category a unique seo name, I have switched to 'use SEO URLs', I have added a .htaccess into the root folder (same as config.php etc):
I keep getting 'Forbidden You don't have permission to access...' and my hosting company state "You can use mod_rewrite code in htaccess file it is available on all servers." I'm using Opencart 5.1.4. Everyone seems to be suggesting (especially SEO 'experts' that this is easy to to but from my experience, and judging by the many queries in forums such as these, I fail to see how it can be!
Cheers
I have given each product and each category a unique seo name, I have switched to 'use SEO URLs', I have added a .htaccess into the root folder (same as config.php etc):
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# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.
# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
# php_flag register_globals off
# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M
# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value post_max_size 999M
# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_execution_time 200
# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_input_time 200
Cheers
Last edited by straightlight on Sun Jul 31, 2016 2:50 am, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Added code tags.
Reason: Added code tags.
I had a strange case the other day and I had to blockout the RewriteBase / line by putting a # before it. Try this and see if your issue is fixed or not.
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I had problem with featured section at homepage. When i click on manufacturer it would lead me to localhost. This is how I solwed it.
1. Rename ".htacces.tnx" to .htacces. You can find it in root,under the admin,catalog etc. folders.
2.This is what .htacces should contain
3. In setings turn SEO URL to "No" (sounds strange but it working for me).
4.Make sure your URLs at banner window are formed like this (example) : "index.php?route=product/manufacturer/product&manufacturer_id=13" (make sure id number at the end is correct).
I hope it helped,good luck.
1. Rename ".htacces.tnx" to .htacces. You can find it in root,under the admin,catalog etc. folders.
2.This is what .htacces should contain
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# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
<FilesMatch "\.(tpl|ini|log)">
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.
# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
php_flag register_globals off
# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
php_value upload_max_filesize 999M
# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
php_value post_max_size 999M
# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
php_value max_execution_time 200
# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
php_value max_input_time 200
# 7. disable open_basedir limitations
php_admin_value open_basedir none4.Make sure your URLs at banner window are formed like this (example) : "index.php?route=product/manufacturer/product&manufacturer_id=13" (make sure id number at the end is correct).
I hope it helped,good luck.
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.example.com? [R=301,L]
www.example.com needs to be your site
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteRule ^download/(.*) /index.php?route=error/not_found [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ https://www.example.com? [R=301,L]
www.example.com needs to be your site
Here is the solution of this problem.
First go to .htacess file and the put these two lines :
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
It will automatic redirect to http to https
Here is the code of my htacess file:
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
First go to .htacess file and the put these two lines :
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
It will automatic redirect to http to https
Here is the code of my htacess file:
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} ^80$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{SERVER_NAME}%{REQUEST_URI} [L,R]
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
For redirects to HTTP always use:
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RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !^on$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [L,R=301]The Ultimate OpenCart SEO which brings your site up on Google (Magic SEO URLs for OpenCart thread).
I had an issue in my html (apache) config file with a default setting which was preventing the .htaccess file from being read
As mentioned earlier if you populate a .htaccess file with " aloud of crap" this should cause a 500 error in apache as long as it saved in the the correct directory of your open cart shop.
If you don't see this check you apache http.conf file ( or similar in your apache version)
In my case we use a subdirectory under the root /var/www/html filer called shop
so in /etc/httpd/confhttpd.conf file I should have had
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin emailme@mydomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/eshop
<Directory /var/www/html/eshop>
Options Indexes
# AllowOverride none
AllowOverride All
DirectoryIndex index.php
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
But instead AllowOverride none was set and any changed I made to .htaccess made no differnce
Obvious when you know why !
thought i'd share this incase anyone else is scratching their head why their SEO isn't working on open cart
As mentioned earlier if you populate a .htaccess file with " aloud of crap" this should cause a 500 error in apache as long as it saved in the the correct directory of your open cart shop.
If you don't see this check you apache http.conf file ( or similar in your apache version)
In my case we use a subdirectory under the root /var/www/html filer called shop
so in /etc/httpd/confhttpd.conf file I should have had
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin emailme@mydomain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/eshop
<Directory /var/www/html/eshop>
Options Indexes
# AllowOverride none
AllowOverride All
DirectoryIndex index.php
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
But instead AllowOverride none was set and any changed I made to .htaccess made no differnce
Obvious when you know why !
thought i'd share this incase anyone else is scratching their head why their SEO isn't working on open cart
Why is that RewriteBase even there? It's completely unnecessary and prevents SEO URLs from working out of the box when OC is not installed at root. I would recommend simply removing that line. You don't need it except in very unusual circumstances.nashant wrote:If you haven't got it installed to root then make sure you change the rewritebase to /opencart_directory/
Hello to All,
Could help please with clearing of urls.
1. I switched - using SEO url -> to On
2. I renamed the .htaccess file
3. I copied a different code that I had found some of the forum topic, I put that code in the htaccess file. Nothing...
It's intersting, but before everything was okay.
here is the annoying "index.php?_route_="
1.The category is: All-photography/
2./Winter-Road-Snow-Blue-Sky-Picture-Travel-Season-Roman is a picture tag.
https://mysite.com/index.php?_route_=Al ... on-Romance
Here is the .htaccess code
I tried with: http://mywebsite.com? [R=301,L] - no difference
Could help please with clearing of urls.
1. I switched - using SEO url -> to On
2. I renamed the .htaccess file
3. I copied a different code that I had found some of the forum topic, I put that code in the htaccess file. Nothing...
It's intersting, but before everything was okay.
here is the annoying "index.php?_route_="
1.The category is: All-photography/
2./Winter-Road-Snow-Blue-Sky-Picture-Travel-Season-Roman is a picture tag.
https://mysite.com/index.php?_route_=Al ... on-Romance
Here is the .htaccess code
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# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^sitemap.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap [L]
RewriteRule ^googlebase.xml$ index.php?route=feed/google_base [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !.*\.(ico|gif|jpg|jpeg|png|js|css)
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^route=common/home$
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ http://www.mywebsite.com? [R=301,L]This topic may help you to resolve this issue: http://forum.opencart.com/viewtopic.php?f=191&t=165616
Dedication and passion goes to those who are able to push and merge a project.
Regards,
Straightlight
Programmer / Opencart Tester
hi i deleted the file thaccess.txt by accident. so created a new file in coda2 text editor program. i named it thaccess.txt and paste some code that i found in this forum., never thought this was gonna happened now my site does not open anymore after i uploaded to root folder i renamed as .thaccess the file despaired and the site shows this error
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
somebody please help me out fix my site.
this is the code i copied and then pasted in the file thaccess.txt
# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.
# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
# php_flag register_globals off
# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M
# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value post_max_size 999M
# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_execution_time 200
# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_input_time 200
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Additionally, a 403 Forbidden error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
somebody please help me out fix my site.
this is the code i copied and then pasted in the file thaccess.txt
# 1.To use URL Alias you need to be running apache with mod_rewrite enabled.
# 2. In your opencart directory rename htaccess.txt to .htaccess.
# For any support issues please visit: http://www.opencart.com
Options +FollowSymlinks
# Prevent Directoy listing
Options -Indexes
# Prevent Direct Access to files
Order deny,allow
Deny from all
# SEO URL Settings
RewriteEngine On
# If your opencart installation does not run on the main web folder make sure you folder it does run in ie. / becomes /shop/
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule sitemap.xml /index.php?route=feed/google_sitemap
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
### Additional Settings that may need to be enabled for some servers
### Uncomment the commands by removing the # sign in front of it.
### If you get an "Internal Server Error 500" after enabling any of the following settings, restore the # as this means your host doesn't allow that.
# 1. If your cart only allows you to add one item at a time, it is possible register_globals is on. This may work to disable it:
# php_flag register_globals off
# 2. If your cart has magic quotes enabled, This may work to disable it:
# php_flag magic_quotes_gpc Off
# 3. Set max upload file size. Most hosts will limit this and not allow it to be overridden but you can try
# php_value upload_max_filesize 999M
# 4. set max post size. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value post_max_size 999M
# 5. set max time script can take. uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_execution_time 200
# 6. set max time for input to be recieved. Uncomment this line if you have a lot of product options or are getting errors where forms are not saving all fields
# php_value max_input_time 200
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