[SOLVED] Friendly URL's

[george4711]

Hi,
Because I am pretty new to e-shops, could you please someone explain what are friendly URL's, what is their usage in prestashop?

Thanks in advance.

[rocky]

Friendly URLs are used for Search Engine Optimisation purposes. It makes the URL more readable by putting the category name and product name in the URL. For example, the friendly URL on my site is http://www.nethercottconstructions.com/prestashop-modules/8-ajax-accordion-sliding-categories.html instead of the default http://www.nethercottconstructions.com/product.php?id_product=8.

[george4711]

Judging from your answer, this is not important for the shop administrator nor for the shop owner. Do I have right?

[rocky]

Friendly URLs are important to shop owners who want their site to appear high in the Google rankings. When creating new categories, products and CMS pages, the shop owner should enter appropriate keywords to make their content easier to find on Google.

[george4711]

Thank you for this info

[Prinfor]

Friendly URLs are important to shop owners who want their site to appear high in the Google rankings. When creating new categories, products and CMS pages, the shop owner should enter appropriate keywords to make their content easier to find on Google.

But why if i put on the frindly urls the photos disapear from the website? Do i have to regerate the photos? Thanks in advance for the help

[rocky]

You need to upload a blank .htaccess file to the root of Prestashop of your server and give it chmod 666 permissions. Then go to Tools > Generators and choose "Generate .htaccess file".

[Prinfor]

You need to upload a blank .htaccess file to the root of Prestashop of your server and give it chmod 666 permissions. Then go to Tools > Generators and choose "Generate .htaccess file".

Ok, i will do that, but you think my htacess is ok?:

# .htaccess automaticaly generated by PrestaShop e-commerce open-source solution
# http://www.prestashop.com - http://www.prestashop.com/forums

# URL rewriting module activation
RewriteEngine on

# URL rewriting rules
RewriteRule ^([a-z0-9]+)\-([a-z0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /publico/img/p/$1-$2$3.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)(\-[_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([_a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.jpg$ /publico/img/c/$1$2.jpg [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /publico/product.php?id_product=$3&isolang;=$1$5 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /publico/product.php?id_product=$2&isolang;=$1$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /publico/category.php?id_category=$2&isolang;=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /publico/product.php?id_product=$2$4 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)\.html(.*)$ /publico/product.php?id_product=$1$3 [L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /publico/category.php?id_category=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^content/([0-9]+)\-([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /publico/cms.php?id_cms=$1 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)__([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /publico/supplier.php?id_supplier=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)_([a-zA-Z0-9-]*)(.*)$ /publico/manufacturer.php?id_manufacturer=$1$3 [QSA,L,E]
RewriteRule ^lang-([a-z]{2})/(.*)$ /publico/$2?isolang=$1 [QSA,L,E]

# Catch 404 errors
ErrorDocument 404 /publico/404.php

Thanks Rocky, you rules, thanks for all

[rocky]

Your .htaccess file looks fine. Perhaps it is a server configuration issue. Do you use Apache or IIS? The .htaccess file that PrestaShop generates only works with Apache.

[Prinfor]

Your .htaccess file looks fine. Perhaps it is a server configuration issue. Do you use Apache or IIS? The .htaccess file that PrestaShop generates only works with Apache.

Thanks for your response, it uses apache, when i put on the option friendlys urls, i also create a new .htacess, but 50% of the produtcs dont show up the photos, and even when i click in one product without photo, it shows "product unavaible", this is strange, maybe i have to regerate all the photos? I beeing desperate with this, can you help me? Thanks a lot

[rocky]

Can you check whether the images actually exist? Look in your img/p directory for a file with the ID of product that isn't displaying its images. If the images are there, it must be a URL rewrite issue. If there is only one image with that product ID are there are no thumbnail images, then you'll need to regenerate your thumbnails. If there aren't any images at all that start with the product ID, then you'll need to edit the product, delete the missing images and then reupload them.

[ladivito]

Hi,
i tried but my product url still show http://www.xxx.com/product.php?id_product=11 ???

which step i miss out ???

thanks for helping

[rocky]

Did you go to the Preferences tab and change "Friendly URL" from "No" to "Yes"?

[ladivito]

problem solve...... thanks

[george4711]

Hi rocky,
Your information is really very important for me.
Do I need the generating of the files above, every time I add a new product or category?

[rocky]

No, you only have to generate the .htaccess file once. The product name is copied into the friendly URL field as you type it. You can manually edit the friendly URL yourself and change it so that it is different for each language.

[george4711]

Do you mean that I can have the same friendly URL for two different languages within a common .htaccess file. Could please give me an example?
Thanks in advance

[guest*]

Your .htaccess file looks fine. Perhaps it is a server configuration issue. Do you use Apache or IIS? The .htaccess file that PrestaShop generates only works with Apache.

I have the same problem and I use IIS7. .htaccess is the same as shown here before. All links are broken, what shall I do ?