URL with category

[gigant09]

Hi,

 

I'm running Prestashop 1.5.3.1.

My product URL look like that: www.shop.com/category-name/id-product.html

Route to products: /category/{id}-{rewrite}.html

 

I've imported all table manually to a new 1.5.6.1 installation.

Now my URLs looking like:  www.shop.com/id-product.html

Route to products: {id}-{rewrite}.html

 

I can't change route to products to: /category/{id}-{rewrite}.html

If I do that, prestashop doesn't put the category-name there.

 

My question now, google have indexed the old links, what could i do to avoid url problems??

 

[Er.Ritesh]

Hi enjoy-vietnam

are you use SEO & URLs (Friendly URL )  for shop.

[gigant09]

yes, it's activated on both stores and also working. Just the problem, that the new store (1.5.6.1) is using different urls...without category name

Edited December 24, 2013 by enjoy-vietnam (see edit history)

[Er.Ritesh]

ok then what formate  you want to use for shop.

[gigant09]

same like the old store: www.shop.com/category-name/id-product.html

 

OR

 

If possible the new format: www.shop.com/id-product.html

but then i need to know how to redirect the old urls to the new format because actually I'm getting a 404 if I use the old url format on the new shop...

[Er.Ritesh]

ok, in that case i will suggest you please contact  vekia. 

[gigant09]

I've found the solution.

 

in classes/link.php

 

changed:

if ($dispatcher->hasKeyword('product_rule', $id_lang, 'category', $id_shop))
$params['category'] = (!is_null($product->category) && !empty($product->category)) ? Tools::str2url($product->category) : Tools::str2url($category);

TO:

if ($dispatcher->hasKeyword('product_rule', $id_lang, 'category'))
$params['category'] = Tools::str2url($product->category);

AND:

Preferences SEO & URLs Route to products:               {category}/{id}-{rewrite}.html

 

 

for seo is it better to include the category names in the url?

if I want to use the url without category name, what do i have to do to redirect the old urls?

 

Thank you!

Edited December 24, 2013 by enjoy-vietnam (see edit history)

[gigant09]

still not solved, if i change like that I'm not able to use www.shop.com/id-product.html

 

could someone look into this case please?