sh404sef and Virtuemart 2rc

berghoff · November 23, 2011, 11:56:09 AM

Hi.

I am now studying new virtuemart with joomla 1.7 and I do really like all the work that was to new version of VM.
The subver. M is more or less stable to use it live (as it was said by you) and the only thing I am waiting is sh404support of VM2

Please tell me when the vm2 plugin for sh404sef will be ready?

Thank you.

jjk · November 23, 2011, 15:31:45 PM

VM2 has it's own SEF settings, so there is no need for sh404sef. As far as I know there are currently no plans do a sh404sef plugin.

alatak · November 24, 2011, 09:08:09 AM

Hi,

As mentionned JJK, there is no real need for SEF404.
I confirm that we have currently no plan to do a plugin to sh404SEF. But may be you can ask sh404SEF development team, if they have.

lindapowers · December 07, 2011, 01:41:17 AM

please not that router.php file again which created 2 billion duplicates of VM pages, actually I had to use sh404sef to deal with that.

alatak · December 07, 2011, 09:16:35 AM

Hi,

QuotePlease tell me when the vm2 plugin for sh404sef will be ready?

You should ask the sh404SEF team if they plan to do it, and when.

Studio 42 · December 11, 2011, 13:41:33 PM

Quote from: lindapowers on December 07, 2011, 01:41:17 AM
please not that router.php file again which created 2 billion duplicates of VM pages, actually I had to use sh404sef to deal with that.

Virtuemart 2 use canonical URLS, how find you the duplicate contain ?
In normal case google must not get all your product/cateogries as duplicate contain but must consider it as the same page.

Plz give us the website given you the duplicate contain, to find why.

Thanks

lindapowers · December 11, 2011, 20:10:48 PM

Hi, google webmaster tools marked each vm product page as having duplicated urls.

Also they appear on sh404sef

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The website is www.comenaranjas.com but right now we are using sh404sef.

Maybe duplicates were caused by the carrousel and the categories modules? no idea

Regards

jjk · December 11, 2011, 22:00:11 PM

Looks like there is a small misunderstanding.
The link to Lindapowers' website reveals a VirtueMart 1.1.x shop.

...That's a completely different story...

@Lindapowers - You probably meant that you hope you don't see that old problem in the new VM2 again. However, I know shops who also solved that using VM 1.1.x

lindapowers · December 12, 2011, 05:48:42 AM

yeah jjk, thats exactly what I meant

In our case for vm 1.1.8 we solved it with sh404sef, but if theres no need for that component in VM2 even better.

Studio 42 · December 27, 2011, 11:23:33 AM

Yep jjk seems to be VM 1.1.x.
and sure in this case you have duplicate contain if you do not use another tool or modify your robot file

jan suhr · December 30, 2011, 22:17:33 PM

OK, VM2 has SEF, but what we use sh404SEF for is SEO. If someone has looked at redShop you know what I am talking about. sh404SEF is built in to redShop and the reason for that is SEO. For a webshop SEO is essential for its success!

The settings for SEO in VM2 is a joke and do nothing at all if we talk SEO.

SEF is one thing and SEO is another that in some extent uses SEF.

I really urge you in the VM team to come up with a plugin for sh404SEF, the team at Anything Digital will not do it. It's your job!

Jan

jjk · December 31, 2011, 08:10:25 AM

If you can't do SEO without sh404SEF, you will have to wait for a third party to help you.
The other option is to explain why SEO doesn't work with VM2 and make suggestions for improvement.
I frequently get number 1 or at least first page positions without using sh404SEF

alatak · December 31, 2011, 10:08:30 AM

Hi,

QuoteI really urge you in the VM team to come up with a plugin for sh404SEF, the team at Anything Digital will not do it. It's your job!

Sry, but i don't agree. sh404SEF is a commercial component. Our job is to provide VirtueMart core, modulules and plugins.

The only thing we can do, is to ask them .

jan suhr · December 31, 2011, 16:41:09 PM

Quote from: alatak on December 31, 2011, 10:08:30 AM
Hi,

Sry, but i don't agree. sh404SEF is a commercial component. Our job is to provide VirtueMart core, modulules and plugins.

The only thing we can do, is to ask them .

Well, as I have understand it some of the VM2 plugins that are in the pipeline will be charged for, like the plugin to be able to have pricing based on quantity. I have just got an offer to pay €50 for it and with an additional €150 I would get full support. This for a function that was a standard part of VM1.

I have no problem with paying for a sh404SEF plugin but the coding for it is best done by people from VM.

Jan

jjk · December 31, 2011, 20:38:22 PM

Just for fun - I just looked at some VM2 shops, which are online already, picked one of their product titles from the product details view and copied it into the Google search. Guess what happend - from 7 different ones I tried, 6 came up on No1 position and one still was on page number one - well ahead of ebay or amazon stuff...
Looks like VM2 does a good SEO job without sh404sef!

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