On your demo page http://ectwp.com/, are you using static URLs?
Thanks, Lyn

Hi Lyn, those are dynamic SEO Friendly urls https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/seo/search-engine-friendly-urls-php.asp

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Thanks, Marlene.
I have set this up on www.kennykreations.com
When I click on the product Antique Rose Quilt, I get a blank page:
https://www.kennykreations.com/Antique-Rose-Quilt

This is what I have in includes.php
// SEO Tweeks
$GLOBALS['seodetailurls']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['seocategoryurls']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['seocaturlpattern']='/categories/%s';
$GLOBALS['seoprodurlpattern']='/products/%s';
//$GLOBALS['seourlsthrow301']=TRUE;$GLOBALS['detailnameh1']=TRUE;
//$GLOBALS['menucategoriesatroot']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['htmleditor']="ckeditor";
$GLOBALS['usecategoryname']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['usepnamefordetaillinks']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['detlinkspacechar']='-';

This is the htaccess file:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^categories/([^/.]*)/?$ /categories.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]
RewriteRule ^products/([^/.]*)/?$ /products.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/%postname%/
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ proddetail.php?prod=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

Can you see what I have done wrong? Thanks, Lyn

Lyn, you only need to define the <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> once try it like this:


<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^categories/([^/.]*)/?$ /categories.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]
RewriteRule ^products/([^/.]*)/?$ /products.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/%postname%/
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ proddetail.php?prod=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]

# BEGIN WordPress

RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress


Additional instructions https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/seo/search-engine-friendly-urls-php.asp

In your WordPress admin under Settings > Permalinks, check which setting you have enabled there. If for example you have chosen “Numeric - http://yourstoreurl.com/archives/123”, make sure you add the following to your .htaccess file

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/archives/

Just before the line

RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ proddetail.php?prod=$1 [QSA,nc,L,B]

If you are using a custom structure and not /archives/ substitute that for /archives/ in the line above.

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Thanks, Marlene.
I changed the .htaccess file as you advised.

I am still getting blank pages for both products and categories, e.g. https://www.kennykreations.com/Antique-Rose-Quilt
Lyn

I just checked the .htaccess file we have on ectwp.com and this is is

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^category/([^/.]*)/?$ /categories.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L]
RewriteRule ^product/([^/.]*)/?$ /products.php?cat=$1 [QSA,nc,L]
RewriteRule ^brand/([^/.]*)/?$ /products.php?man=$1 [QSA,nc,L]
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)$ proddetail.php?prod=$1 [QSA,nc,L]
</IfModule>

# BEGIN WordPress
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
</IfModule>

# END WordPress

and this is what we have in includes.php

$GLOBALS['seodetailurls']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['seocategoryurls']=TRUE;
$GLOBALS['seocaturlpattern']='/category/%s';
$GLOBALS['seoprodurlpattern']='/product/%s';
$GLOBALS['seomanufacturerpattern']='/brand/%s';
$GLOBALS['detlinkspacechar']='-';

Can you try it like that and let us know?

Andy

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Hi Andy,
I used the coding you posted.
Still have blank pages for both products and categories - https://www.kennykreations.com/category/Piece-in-the-Hoop
Lyn

In your wordpress admin under Settings > Permalinks do you have this selected

Post name: https://www.yoursite.com/sample-post/

Andy

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yes

I really don't know what's up then. If you'd like to send me on your FTP details, I'll take a look for you.

Andy

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Thanks, Andy.
I have emailed FTP details, Lyn

It seems to be a conflict in the theme. For example this now works

https://www.kennykreations.com/category/Candlewicking

but only if I remove these two lines from the categories.php code

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

and

<?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

The problem is though that causes issues with the sub-header on the category pages.

So unless I can think of anything else at the moment, it's one or the other.

Andy


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https://www.kennykreations.com/categories.php
The problem with the catnavigation that shows on this page is not new.
It was the next thing on my list to try to fix.
Lyn

What I would do then is remove those two lines from products.php and proddetail.php so the URLs work.

For that navigation problem I think I would just turn it off on those three pages via the css file with this in header.php

<?php if(strpos($_SERVER['PHP_SELF'],'categories.php')!==FALSE){ ?<style>
div.entry-header-inner{display:none !important}
</style>
<?php } ?>

Andy

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Thanks, Andy.
I will do this and see what it looks like.
I like the theme, but I would rather have a website that works correctly, so if I have to change themes, it won't be the end of the world.
Lyn

Andy, I have removed the 2 lines from products and proddetail.
If I click on Contact on top menu, it gives a message that this product does not exist; Blog also does something really strange.
Don't know where to go from here! Lyn

The product page works fine for me - what was the URL of the blog before?

Andy

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https://www.kennykreations.com/category/blog/
Clearly, there is now a conflict with category/categories

Sure but should the address be https://www.kennykreations.com/blog/ - is that what is was? If so, try entering that in Appearance > Menus > Custom Link

Andy

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Andy, would it be smarter to use static URLs?
Lyn

It is more labour intensive but from a seo point of view I doubt it makes too much difference.

Andy

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