Over the last few weeks I have been working with OpenCart, a free Open-Source Shopping Cart. And so far I have been loving it!
However it was not long until I hit a road block with the software, after enabling the clean SEO URL’s feature and setting up my “SEO Keywords” for all my products, categories and information pages. I soon realised there was no options to set this up for the Contact Us, Sitemap and various other pages!!
I soon figured it out though, and I will explain how to do this for the contact us and site map pages below:
First modify /catalog/controller/common/seo_url.php
add:
//custom SEO url's
if ($url[0] == 'contact') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/contact';
}
if ($url[0] == 'sitemap') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/sitemap';
}
after:
if ($url[0] == 'information_id') {
$this->request->get['information_id'] = $url[1];
}
Now you need to insert two URL aliases into your url_alias table with the following values:
| Column: | Value: |
|---|---|
| query | contact=contact |
| keyword | contact |
| query | sitemap=sitemap |
| keyword | sitemap |
Congratulations! It is that simple! You can now link to http://yoursite.com/contact or http://yoursite.com/sitemap.
All you need todo now is repeat the steps above to create URL aliases for any page in open cart.
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Thanks for this you're a boss!
Thanks for this, it's exactly what I'm looking for...
although I've got a slight problem with it - it works fine in that I can use mysite.com/contact to reach the contact page but the system generated urls such as in the footer and in the breadcrumbs are still of the form:
mysite.com/index.php?route=information/contactjust wondered if you had a fix for this?
Just a quick update to my last comment,
adding:
} elseif (isset($data['route']) && $data['route'] == 'information/contact') {
$url .= '/contact';
just before the line:
} elseif ($key == 'path') {
$categories = explode('_', $value);
In /catalog/controller/common/seo_url.php@rewrite() seems to do the trick
Nice write up. Could you, perhaps, go into a little explanation on how the URL relates to the controller/table mapping?
For example, if I wanted the URL to be "/contact-us" instead of "/contact", what bits in the seo_url.php and url_alias table would get changed?
Cheers!
Thanks Fozzy,
You simply set "keyword" to the URL you wish to use.
Hope this helps
Great, thanks for posting this! Glad you sorted things out!!
Hi there, firstly thank you for posting this. Unfortunately am having some troubles with it and is not working for me. Maybe you could help me out? i added this part: if ($url[0] == 'contact') { $this->request->get['route'] = 'information/contact'; } if ($url[0] == 'sitemap') { $this->request->get['route'] = 'information/sitemap'; } but not this as it was already in there: if ($url[0] == 'information_id') { $this->request->get['information_id'] = $url[1]; } - See more at: http://deano.me/2013/07/opencart-clean-seo-urls-for-contact-us-site-map-and-other-custom-pages/#sthash.orsgovZ9.dpuf so this part still is in the file. Finally i went to my db on table: url_alias and added: sitemap=sitemap as query and keyword as sitemap. But still… Read more »
By the way, this is how it looks in my file in general,:
if ($url[0] == 'manufacturer_id') {
$this->request->get['manufacturer_id'] = $url[1];
}
if ($url[0] == 'information_id') {
$this->request->get['information_id'] = $url[1];
}
if ($url[0] == 'contact') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/contact';
}
if ($url[0] == 'sitemap') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/sitemap';
}
Hello Deano I have followed your instructions as described above. But on my side the custom urls doesn't work. And if add a new information text in opencart are they just normal text. E.g. i want to add "my account like this but with a nice url: http://matrix.nicolette.ro/index.php?route=account/account. And if I set "account" in opencart/Catalog/Information then appears just a normal text?! How is it possible to change from .../index.php?route=account/account to .../myaccount? Here you can see my code [seo_url.php] : config->get('config_seo_url')) { $this->url->addRewrite($this); } // Decode URL if (isset($this->request->get['_route_'])) { $parts = explode('/', $this->request->get['_route_']); foreach ($parts as $part) { $query =… Read more »
Excellent post, but just wondering where I edit the url_alias table? Am very new to OC and still finding my feet.
Many thanks !!
Hi thnx for sharing
it works gud when i type mystore.com/contact to show the contact page but urls such as in the footer and in the breadcrumbs are still of the form:
mystore.com/index.php?route=information/contact
mystore.com/contact -- i want this type when i click
Hey Deano, plz help me to create sort url, what you have write not working in OC 1.5.6.1
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Hi there,
I'm able to follow everything except the location of url_alias table. I would appreciate any help. Thanks!
You need to insert 4 rows into your url_alias table through PHPMyAdmin... If you need any more help let me know :)
Great job mate! You saved my day! :)
Hi Mr.Daeno,
am having some troubles with it and is not working for me.
still have mystore.com/index.php?route=information/contact
but i want like this: mystore.com/contact-us
Hey David,
I could offer assistance if you are willing to pay for my time? reach me at: http://deano.me/contact/
Glad I helped :)
Great Working !!!
Thanks Dean
No problem, great to help!
Dear Dean,
I don't know why but I can't get it working for siteŁ http://www.wilek666.vot.pl/index.php?route=information/o-firmie.
I'm using oc 1.5.6.1
I add to seo_url.php:
if ($url[0] == 'o-firmie') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/o-firmie';
}
and to table oc_url_alias
INSERT INTO oc_url_alias (query, keyword) VALUES ('o-firmie=o-firmie', 'o-firmie');
Could you help me ?
Thank you ! Works just fine !
Congrats
Yes i can take a look for you, ill try contact you but if you dont hear from me please fill in my contact form on this site :)
how can i change url "https://mysite.com/index.php?route=account/return/insert" to https://mysite.com/return. please help
Thank U for such a helpful post. it really helped me. i want to re-write search page. can you please help?
Opencart 2.x it is not working for me.
If you want contact-us instead of contact then
seo_url.php
if ($url[0] == 'contact-us') {
$this->request->get['route'] = 'information/contact';
}
url_alia
query contact-us=contact-us=contact-us=contact-us
keyword contact-us=contact-us
Opencart 2.x has many changes to the database, I have been doing allot of optimizations for OpenCart 2.x but unfortunately have not been able to post about this yet but as soon as I have the time I will write an article.
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