Hello,
Maybe is already posted but cannot find. Is it possible to have the url like
site.ext/category/product-name.html
I mean add the category in the url?
Thanks!
Hi David
Sorry for the double post, please edit/ delete which one you want.
I am trying to use the category in the product url and have it all lower case.
I have got this almost working for 12/10A by using the .htaccess mod and by modifying tapestry.php with
return $config_baseHREF.(strtolower(tapestry_hyphenate($product["category"])))."/".urlencode(strtolower(tapestry_hyphenate($product["normalised_name"]))).".html";
I have also done the sitemap.php
$sitemapHREF = urlencode(strtolower(str_replace(" ","-",$row["category"])))."/".urlencode(strtolower(str_replace(" ","-",$row["normalised_name"]))).".html";
The urls are looking like I want them to on the browser status bar / source, but when I click on the on the link
the product is not found. Am I missing one fix or my syntax/code wrong?
Thanks
Ben
Hi Ben,
If using the category name in place of /product/ which it looks like
you are doing from the mod to includes/tapestry.php (which looks fine)
The corresponding change in .htaccess would also need to include
checks for the file / directory not existing. To do this, look
for the existing /product/ rule at line 7 as follows:
RewriteRule ^product/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$1&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]...and move this line to the very end of your .htaccess, modified as follows;
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$1&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]Cheers,
David.
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Hi David
Thank you for the reply.
Unfortunately, I have tried that and it still does not work.
The browser status bar is showing correctly i.e
http://www.mydomain/ptdirectory/category/product.html , ( I am using with with a cms) but for some reason the .htaccess is not finding it and the product page is not found.
As soon as I flip back to the normal settings without the category in the url it works fine. Is there anything else you can suggest? I enclose the code I am using in includes/tapestry.php in format below
Thanks for your help.
Ben
return $config_baseHREF.urlencode(strtolower(tapestry_hyphenate($product["category"])))."/".urlencode(strtolower(tapestry_hyphenate($product["normalised_name"]))).".html";
}Hi Ben,
I just spotted an error in the modification to .htaccess that I posted above,
in place of:
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$1&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]...this should be:
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$2&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L](using $1 would have meant it was passing the category name as the product
name which wouldn't have worked!)
Cheers,
David.
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Hi David
Works a treat.
Thank you so much for your excellent help as always.
Ben
Sorry to bother you on this one again, but the only urls that are not working are the featured and related.
They are both showing
mydomain.com/ptdirectory//productname.html
I assume I have to edit html/related.php and html/featured.php and change or add something similar to search.php which has
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = tapestry_productHREF($product);,<?php print $product["productHREF"]; ?><?php print $product["tapestry_productHREF"]; ?>Hi Ben,
Both related and featured products in the latest version use the call to tapestry_productHREF() but it's possible that you are using modifications that don't...
Rather than referring to the html/ files, the relevant code is actually in index.php (featured products) and products.php (related products). In index.php, check for this line:
$featured["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF."product/".tapestry_hyphenate($product["normalised_name"]).".html";...and REPLACE with...
$featured["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = tapestry_productHREF($product);And in products.php, check for
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF."product/".tapestry_hyphenate($related["normalised_name"]).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = tapestry_productHREF($related);Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.
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Hi David
Your right. I have been trying to update and managed to combine the old and the new incorrectly.
Thanks for the brilliant support as always
Ben
Hi,
Sure - it's actually straight forward but I know you've been a Price Tapestry user for several years so i'll give instructions for both distributions.
In both case, in .htaccess first of all CUT line 7:
RewriteRule ^product/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$1&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]...and then move it (PASTE) into the END of the file, edited as follows:
RewriteRule ^(.*)/(.*).html$ products.php?q=$1&rewrite=1&%{QUERY_STRING} [L]It is important that this rule goes last so that it is not confused with the category/merchant/brand index pages.
Original Distribution (01/06A)
Look for the following code beginning at line 166 of search.php:
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = "product/".tapestry_hyphenate($product["name"]).".html";if ($rewrite) $searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = "../../".$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"];
...and REPLACE with:
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF.tapestry_hyphenate($product["category"])."/".tapestry_hyphenate($product["name"]).".html";In reviews.php, look for the following code at line 47:
$rows[$k]["productHREF"] = "../product/".tapestry_hyphenate($row["name"]).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$rows[$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF.tapestry_hyphenate($row["category"])."/".tapestry_hyphenate($row["name"]).".html";In sitemap.php, look for the following code at line 16:
$sql = "SELECT name FROM `".$config_databaseTablePrefix."products` WHERE merchant='".database_safe($_GET["merchant"])."' LIMIT ".$start.",".$limit;...and REPLACE with:
$sql = "SELECT name,category FROM `".$config_databaseTablePrefix."products` WHERE merchant='".database_safe($_GET["merchant"])."' LIMIT ".$start.",".$limit;and finally look for the following code at line 32:
$sitemapHREF = "product/".urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["name"])).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$sitemapHREF = urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["category"]))."/".urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["name"])).".html";Latest Distribution (11/09A)
Look for the following code beginning at line 272 of search.php:
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF."product/".tapestry_hyphenate($product["normalised_name"]).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$searchresults["products"][$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF.tapestry_hyphenate($product["category"])"/".tapestry_hyphenate($product["normalised_name"]).".html";In reviews.php, look for the following code at line 47:
$rows[$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF."product/".tapestry_hyphenate($row["normalised_name"]).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$rows[$k]["productHREF"] = $config_baseHREF.tapestry_hyphenate($row["category"])."/".tapestry_hyphenate($row["normalised_name"]).".html";In sitemap.php, look for the following code at line 16:
$sql = "SELECT normalised_name FROM `".$config_databaseTablePrefix."products` WHERE filename='".database_safe($_GET["filename"])."' LIMIT ".$start.",".$limit;...and REPLACE with:
$sql = "SELECT normalised_name,category FROM `".$config_databaseTablePrefix."products` WHERE filename='".database_safe($_GET["filename"])."' LIMIT ".$start.",".$limit;and finally look for the following code at line 32:
$sitemapHREF = "product/".urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["normalised_name"])).".html";...and REPLACE with:
$sitemapHREF = urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["category"]))."/".urlencode(str_replace(" ","-",$row["normalised_name"])).".html";Hope this helps!
Cheers,
David.