We have several page checker tools (link-assistant Website Auditor, WEbmasterWOrld broken image checker, firefox developer tools) that report proddetail URLs as broken images ... we think we got this fixed recently on a different site but can't remember what we did.

Additionally, all review pages are reported as duplicate titles because their title is the same as the proddetail page ... is there some way we could add the word "reviews" to the review pages title?

Thanks!

Tim Gorski

Hi Tim

Not sure I follow, those checkers are mistaking the product detail page for a broken image - is that you mean?

I don't think there is a way to add different text to the review screen I'm afraid.

Andy

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The page reports a broken image, but the image URL is NOT reported as domain.com/prodimages/image.jpg, the image url reported as broken is the PAGE URL.

When we had the same problem several weeks ago, we were able to make a small change "somewhere" that prevented these types of errors from manifesting.

With regard to the SEPARATE problem regarding the Review pages, we don't want to add "review" to the review screen, but to the review page title so it is NOT the an exact duplicate of the proddetail page title ... anything we can do there?

Tim Gorski

Is there any problem reported in your Google webmaster tools console for the URL / Image problem?

Yep, I was referring to the title / meta description tag for the review screen, I can't see a way of changing that.

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SOLVED!

Okay ... apparently we fixed the "broken image" this time AND last time by upgrading to PHP 6.71.

With respect to the reviews, a cart with 23 products resulted in 23 pairs of duplicate page titles and meta descriptions = 92 total errors, i.e., 2 errors for each of the 46 pages

But we fixed the review problem by adding "Disallow: /*&review=true" to our robots.txt and the problem disappeared, so apparently the problem was due to the page used to CAPTURE the review, not the review itself.

Tim Gorski

Another discovery...
The broken images are appearing on any product that is using the "Giant Image".
The code that the cart generates is a URL to the giant image, not a <img src=IMAGEPATH> tag

Even though the page DOES display correctly, it is a problem with various website auditors. I don't believe Google reports this but we have had several website developers (competitors) use these website auditors as a means of showing clients that there are problems on our websites and should move to them instead of us, which also is a indirect reflection on YOUR business as well.

Any input on how this can be changed in your code or maybe a new version upgrade would be GREATLY appreciated.
I have done website audits on other eCommerce platforms and this problem does not exist.

Tim Gorski

Hi Tim
I can have a look into that next week for you if it's a problem.

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Thanks Vince, please do...
Your help is greatly appreciated.

Tim Gorski

Just out of interest Tim, is this the one you are using from WMW http://freetools.webmasterworld.com/tools/online-broken-links-images-tool/

Andy

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No, the one we use frequently is Website Auditor found here... https://www.link-assistant.com/website-auditor/

Tim Gorski

Forgot to mention, there is a free version that you can download, it just doesn't let you save reports.

Tim Gorski

OK, thanks, I'll take a look.

Andy

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About Google Webmaster Tools ... HTML Improvements ... "Duplicate meta descriptions" and "Duplicate Titles" nonsense.

quote:

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all review pages are reported as duplicate titles because their title is the same as the proddetail page ... is there some way we could add the word "reviews" to the review pages title?

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Here is the code fix that solves this issue (I insert upon every new release)...

incproddetail.php (v6.8.0)
AT LINE 285 add: rel="nofollow" to the <a> link
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elseif($numreviews > 0)
$srv.=' (<a class="ectlink" rel="nofollow" href="' . detailpageurl('review=all' . ($thecatid!='' ? '&cat='.$thecatid : '')) . '">'.$GLOBALS['xxShoAll'].'</a>)';
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"Suggestion Forum" thing: Can we add that code permanently please Vince?

Regards, Gary

Thanks ITZAP!! Hopefully this will be included in new version releases.

Tim Gorski

I am still having issues with the giant image links being reported as broken images. The issue is that the links reported are in fact the page url, not the image. This could be fixed if the link to the giant image simply opens as a popup window displaying the image only i.e. url would be Domain.com/prodimages/IMAGENAME.jpg

I just do not know how to accomplish this?

Tim Gorski

Hi Tim, you can use the following parameter in the vsadmin/includes.php

If you are using the giant image linked from the product detail page then to have it appear in a pop-up window, use the following

$giantimageinpopup=TRUE;

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All that does is make a popup with the original URL being listed AS THE IMAGE... not the image name, still reporting as a broken image.
URLs cannot be an image unless it has a /IMAGENAME.JPG at the end of it. THAT is the entire problem.

Also, this is the same on EVERY site that uses giant images. It's been an issue for years. We are to the point that we tell our clients NOT to use the giant image fields. As stated earlier in this thread, there are several website auditors and browsers that report those giant images as broken.

Tim Gorski

The problem is in the code on incpreddetail.php where it says on line 251...
href=""javascript:showgiantimage()""

This should be a link to an actual image like the small and large images. Those work fine because it does not use javascript to display them.

Tim Gorski