This feature will generate folders and HTML files for
Categories, Products, News and Blog. The generated HTML files will then be
automatically used as a friendly and meaningful URL in your store for search
engine optimization.
For example, instead of displaying category or
productlinks in the store; e.g. :
http://yoursite.com/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=3&cat=Dining
http://yoursite.com/shopexd.asp?id=11
With SEO Dynamic, it will be rewritten to more relevant-looking links; e.g. :
http://yoursite.com/products/c3-Dining/
http://yoursite.com/products/11-Classic-Wood-Dining-Table/
Definition:
“products” = the products folder (default)
“3” = category id
“dining” = category name
“11” = product id
“classic-wood-dining-table” = product name
With this friendly URL display, search engines will easily
recognize your products.
You can also apply SEO Dynamic Generator for
News and Blogs in your store.
This feature can be an alternative to using
ISAPI rewrite, becausethat involves installing the component in your server and
you need to write complex ISAPI codes.
With SEO Dynamic Generator,
VPCART generates all the folders based on your categories name and products name
and then automatically applies the friendly URL linksin your store without
involving server-related changes.
To enable the SEO Dynamic Generator, please follow these steps below :
1. In the top menu select Modules, thenclick SEO from the dropdown menu.
2. Click SEO Dynamic Configurations.
3. Make sureyou set xSEODynamicEnablevalue to Yes, then click Continue.
Below is the explanation of configurations used for SEO
dynamic HTML:
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xSEODynamicCatBlogDirectory |
The directory to be used while generating blogs via SEO Dynamic Generator. Default is blogs. The "blogs" folder need to have a read & write permissions set from your server.
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xSEODynamicCatNewsDirectory |
The directory to be used while generating news via SEO Dynamic Generator.Default is news. The "news" folder need to have read & write permissions set from your server.
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xSEODynamicCatProductDirectory |
The directory to be used while generating product categories and products via SEO Dynamic Generator. Default is products. The "products" folder needs to have read & write permissions set from your server.
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xSEODynamicEnable |
Set this to Yes to enable SEO Dynamic. Categories, products, contents, blogs, news will be generated as meaningful URLs for SEO. After enabling this option, please run SEO Dynamic Generator to generate the SEO folders and files. Set this to No to disable the SEO Dynamic. |
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xSEODynamicBlogsEnable |
Set this to Yes to enable SEO Dynamic for blog. You need to switch xSEODynamicEnable to Yes as well. Blog will be generated as a more meaningful URL for SEO. After enabling this option, please run SEO Dynamic Generator to generate the SEO folders and files. |
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xSEODynamicNewsEnable |
Set this to Yesto enable SEO Dynamic for news. You need to switch xSEODynamicEnable to Yes as well. News will be generated as a more meaningful URL for SEO. After enabling this option, please run SEO Dynamic Generator to generate the SEO folders and files. |
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xSEODynamicProductsEnable |
Set this to Yesto enable SEO Dynamic for products. You need to switch xSEODynamicEnable to Yes as well. Products will be generated as a more meaningful URL for SEO. After enabling this option, please run SEO Dynamic Generator to generate the SEO folders and files. |
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xSEODynamicCategoriesField |
The field which is located in theCategories table as part of the SEO dynamic directory name for products. Default value is catdescription. |
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xSEODynamicProductsField |
The field which is located in the Products table as part of SEO dynamic directory name for products. Default value is cname. |
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You will be able to choose what needs to be enabled for the SEO dynamic and choose what fields (generating SEO for products and categories only) will be part of the directory.
After you have enabled SEO Dynamic through the configurations, you can now start to generate SEO Dynamic folders and files for your categories, products, blog and news.
To generate SEO Dynamic, please follow these steps below
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1. In the top menu select Modules, then SEO from the dropdown menu.
2. Click the SEO Dynamic Generatortab.
3. To set this up, use the form below:
Please note that if you have products in multiple categories, the generator will create multiple product pages based on the number of categories the product are in.
From (catalogid), to (catalogid): You can select the range of product catalogid to generate SEO dynamic. Leave both blank for ALL products.
From (blogsid), to (blogsid): You can select the range of blog IDs to generate SEO dynamic. Leave both blank for ALL blogs.
From (newsid), to (newsid): You can select the range of news IDs to generate SEO dynamic. Leave both blank for ALL news.
4. Click
Create SEO Directory Structure to start generating SEO
Dynamic.
After generating SEO Dynamic, a message will be displayed
similar to the one below:
Generate SEO Dynamic on Categories / Products
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Count: 21
(Note : This means 21 records of products + categories have been created for SEO dynamic)
Generate SEO Dynamic on Blogs
Count: 1
(Note : This means 1 record of blog have been created for SEO dynamic)
Generate SEO Dynamic on News
(Note : no Count displayed means no records generated
for news)
To view the changes, you can go to your storefront to browse
the categories and products. The changes are automatically applied to all links
for your categories, products, news and blog.
Note : If you add or
edit any products in your store, VPCart will automatically regenerate the
SEO Dynamic.
Also note, if you are upgrading from v7 or v8 to v9 and
using SEO dynamic, you will need to copy entire “products” folder or any
folder name you set in the config “xSEODynamicCatProductDirectory”, to be
copied from v7 or v8 site into v9 site. This is to make sure the categories and
products url redirection to work correctly.