Use rel="canonical" link

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suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 10/12/2017 : 10:07:38 Hello, We've added rel="canonical" links to our pages, but get an error when we add it to the "proddetail.php" page. This is what we added <link rel="canonical" href="https://suitsyouswimwear.com/proddetail.php" /> Do we have to add anything else to the link? The reason we are doing this is to get rid of the "duplicate page" errors with http and https. It's working fine on all other pages (example page https://suitsyouswimwear.com/competition-bikinis.php). Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com
Sinbad ECT Moderator USA 65937 Posts	Posted - 10/12/2017 : 11:01:26 Hi Clyde, can you take a look at the post by Itzap here and see if that works for you https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=104554 Winners never quit, quitters never win CSS and Responsive Designs User Manual for Ecommerce Templates
suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 10/12/2017 : 13:40:59 Thank you Simbad, It worked great on SuitsYouSwimwaer.com but not on SuitsYouSexy.com, I assume it's something to do with the setting on the second site, I'll keep working on it. Thank you for the quick reply, much appreciated. Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com
suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 10/13/2017 : 11:23:51 I can't seem to get it working on our other site, example https://www.suitsyousexy.com/proddetail.php?prod=bow-bottom-bikini The settings are the same and both sites are on the same server, any suggestions? Currently we removed the code because it caused more errors (broken links). Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com
Sinbad ECT Moderator USA 65937 Posts	Posted - 10/13/2017 : 11:35:26 Hi Clyde, broken links are using due any number of things such as /incorrect paths/ typos/ .htaccess directives/ Try setting the base url above the code and see if that helps. Winners never quit, quitters never win CSS and Responsive Designs User Manual for Ecommerce Templates
suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 10/17/2017 : 16:02:56 Hi Sinbad, What do you mean by setting the base url above the code? We're adding the following code to the proddetail.php page: <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.suitsyousexy.com/proddetail.php"> Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com Edited by - suitsyou on 10/19/2017 07:38:43
suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 10/20/2017 : 07:18:27 Hi Sinbad, can you explain your last reply? Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com Edited by - suitsyou on 12/06/2017 14:33:56
Sinbad ECT Moderator USA 65937 Posts	Posted - 12/06/2017 : 14:47:14 Hi I meant to move it up in the <head> section so that its before any code that you may be using there for search engines. Winners never quit, quitters never win CSS and Responsive Designs User Manual for Ecommerce Templates
ITZAP Ecommerce Template Guru Australia 1018 Posts	Posted - 12/06/2017 : 21:00:49 If you go back and read this post again ... https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/support/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=104554 Notice that you need to Copy / Paste that php function getCurrentUrl code snippet into the <head> section of your proddetail.php page. Then these 2 lines will print the correct canonical page URL ... <link rel="canonical" href="<?php print getCurrentUrl(true); ?>" /> <meta property="og:url" content="<?php print getCurrentUrl(true); ?>" /> And please note of this critical sentence ... quote: For those who do use the Search Engine Friendly URL's, then the CANONICAL URL entries (last 2 lines) need to be changed from true to false Gary Edited by - ITZAP on 12/06/2017 21:33:11
suitsyou Advanced Member USA 487 Posts Pre-sales questions only (More Details...)	Posted - 04/03/2018 : 19:13:59 We're still having problems with this, we've tried moving it up to the head section. Tried it with "TRUE" and "FALSE" too. https://suitsyouswimwear.com/proddetail.php?prod=pro-bikini-velvet-g Right now, we have it totally removed. Any suggestions? PLEASE Thanks, Clyde http://www.SuitsYouSwimwear.com
dbdave ECT Moderator USA 10448 Posts	Posted - 04/03/2018 : 19:43:14 If I were having this problem, quote: The reason we are doing this is to get rid of the "duplicate page" errors with http and https. I would set a redirect in my htaccess file to always force the visitor to https and then it would be impossible for a search engine to index an http version of your pages and the error would go away.
ITZAP Ecommerce Template Guru Australia 1018 Posts	Posted - 04/03/2018 : 21:12:25 Hello Clyde, Looking at the source code of your "Pro Bikini" page, you do not have dynamic <canonical> or meta og:tag code happening there at all. If you go to: https://itzap.com.au/ecommerce-templates-dynamic-title-meta-description-code.php Download my free WinZip file there (which includes a ReadMe.pdf) that provides all the answers you are looking for regarding Ecommerce Templates Dynamic PHP Page title, meta description and meta og:tag code. Gary
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