How to create SEO friendly URL ?

Hi Opencart Community,
I am adding products in my site and the opencart is creating its own numeric url instead of SEO friendly URL.

For example, If I am placing product - 'fossil watch' : I would like to have
www.domain.com/fossil-watch.php or html..........instead of www.domain.com/category&path=48....

I don't know how to do this in Opencart, is there any settings in admin panel for url or seperate plugins for this ....Can anybody help me on this PLEASE ??

I would like to know how to place SEO friendly url for my products.

I would appreciate, if you could please help me on this.

Sincerely,
JOHN , NY

Hi John,

This is done whilst setting up the products, you need to fill in the SEO Keyword box.
Then enable seo urls from the settings page.

Steve...

SteveSherry wrote:Hi John,

This is done whilst setting up the products, you need to fill in the SEO Keyword box.
Then enable seo urls from the settings page.

Steve...

i did exactly what you said and yes it shows the SEO Friendly URL link, but when i click the link of that product i get the 404 eroor

did i miss something here?

ok, just to check....
you have enabled seo urls in the admin>settings page

You have renamed htaccess.txt to htaccess

you need to rename .htaccess.txt to .htaccess

Xsecrets wrote:you need to rename .htaccess.txt to .htaccess

i did already, but no luck

SteveSherry wrote:ok, just to check....
you have enabled seo urls in the admin>settings page

You have renamed htaccess.txt to htaccess

yes
i am on free hosting, would that matter anyways?

what is the store URL?

SteveSherry wrote:what is the store URL?

here
choose the 1st product (20 Kenyan)

possibly because the catagory doesn't have seo urls as well?
If this doesn't solve it, please PM me a login for your admin

SteveSherry wrote:possibly because the catagory doesn't have seo urls as well?
If this doesn't solve it, please PM me a login for your admin

i think its due to the free host
i added SEO to the category but when i click the category link i ger an error. take a look (Click FLOWERS category)

Is there a specific option on the serve that allows running SEO friendly url?

It is all controlled by the setting page within the admin and also the htaccess file.

Can you try the following in htaccess:
Find:
OptionsFollow+Symlinks
Change to:
#OptionsFollow+Symlinks

Maansy wrote:Is there a specific option on the serve that allows running SEO friendly url?

I think you need mod_rewrite enabled. Some hosts don't have this.
Otherwise, as Steve says, it's controlled by store settings working with .htaccess. There's one more thing: your shop is in a subfolder, /store. Does your htaccess read

RewriteBase /store/ ?
.. I missed that myself the first time.

Right, got it,
SEO urls have to be unique, they cannot be duplicated either as a product or as a category.
Your store has the following structure
Flowers
Roses
Lillies
Tulips
All of these categories and subcategories have the same seo url of flowers.

Doing this causes a problem with using seo urls

You can see this when you go to this page http://lafloria.0fees.net/store/index.p ... ry&path=35 and hover over the 3 subcategories.

SteveSherry wrote:Right, got it,
SEO urls have to be unique, they cannot be duplicated either as a product or as a category.
Your store has the following structure
Flowers
Roses
Lillies
Tulips
All of these categories and subcategories have the same seo url of flowers.

Doing this causes a problem with using seo urls

ok. i deleted the seo for the main category (Flowers) and i only added seo: roses to the Roses category.
but still give me an error.

Moggin wrote:

Maansy wrote:Is there a specific option on the serve that allows running SEO friendly url?

I think you need mod_rewrite enabled. Some hosts don't have this.
Otherwise, as Steve says, it's controlled by store settings working with .htaccess. There's one more thing: your shop is in a subfolder, /store. Does your htaccess read

RewriteBase /store/ ?
.. I missed that myself the first time.

i believe its enabled

Moggin wrote:

Maansy wrote:Is there a specific option on the serve that allows running SEO friendly url?

I think you need mod_rewrite enabled. Some hosts don't have this.
Otherwise, as Steve says, it's controlled by store settings working with .htaccess. There's one more thing: your shop is in a subfolder, /store. Does your htaccess read

RewriteBase /store/ ?
.. I missed that myself the first time.

yes. this did the trick
i added store:
RewriteBase /store
thank you Moggin god bless you

Maansy wrote: yes. this did the trick
i added store:
RewriteBase /store
thank you Moggin god bless you

You're welcome, glad to help