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SpicyDuck

SpicyDuck

SpicyDuck

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I'm using a heavily modified installation of CubeCart v3.0.17 with an SEO Mod, which changes this:

Code: 
http://localhost/brandnew/index.php?act=viewCat&catId=1

To this:

Code: 
http://localhost/brandnew/test-category/cat_1.html

Which is all very nice, but I'd prefer it without the 'cat_1.html' ending. I've done a lot of searching on Google but found nothing useful, except one article that said, to make such a change, there would be a problem with duplicate products.

So understanding that potential problem, I've settled on the idea that 'test-category/01/' would be a better alternative. But I've yet to find anything that will help me acheive such a result in .htacess.

So I need to rewrite 'cat_1.html' to just '/01/'.

Can anybody help? It would much be much appreciated. :)
 
Oh, and this is the code I have in the .htaccess at the moment.

Code: 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.+) 
RewriteRule cat_(.*).html index.php?act=viewCat&catId=$1&%1 [L]
RewriteRule cat_(.*).html index.php?act=viewCat&catId=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.+) 
RewriteRule prod_(.*).html index.php?act=viewProd&productId=$1&%1 [L]
RewriteRule prod_(.*).html index.php?act=viewProd&productId=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.+) 
RewriteRule info_(.*).html index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=$1&%1 [L]
RewriteRule info_(.*).html index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=$1 [L]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (.+) 
RewriteRule tell_(.*).html index.php?act=taf&productId=$1&%1 [L]
RewriteRule tell_(.*).html index.php?act=taf&productId=$1 [L]
 
Inquisitor said:
This should do the trick:

Code: 
RewriteRule /([0-9]+)/?$ /cat_$1.html

Edit: actually, you'll have to fiddle around with what's already there or it'll be ignored due to the [L] (last rule) directives on the current rules.
Click to expand...

What kind of fiddling around? I really have no idea about .htaccess, as I normally just copy & paste solutions from the web haha.
 
Thank you.

I've found that page, but any values I change results in an 'object not found' page on the newly generated URLs.

I can change the code, and the links are showing how I wish but then I get a 404. Any ideas why this is happening or how to get around it? Thanks. :)
 
Here is the function I've found:

Code: 
function generateCategoryUrl($catid) {

	global $glob, $db, $config, $lang_folder;

	if($config['sefserverconfig'] == 0 || $config['sefserverconfig'] == 3)
		$sefpre = 'cat_';
	else
		$sefpre = 'c_';

	if($config['sefserverconfig'] == 3)
		$ext = '.php';
	else
		$ext = '.html';

	if(is_numeric($catid)) {

		if($config['sefcustomurl'] == 1) $sefcustomurls = "cat_sefurl,";
		$query = "SELECT $sefcustomurls cat_name, cat_id, cat_father_id FROM ".$glob['dbprefix']."CubeCart_category WHERE cat_id='".$catid."'";
		$sef_categories = $db->select($query);
		
		$prevDirSymbol = $config['dirSymbol'];
		$config['dirSymbol'] = '/';
		$prevLang = $lang_folder;
		$lang_folder = $config['defaultLang'];
		$cat = getCatDir($sef_categories[0]['cat_name'], $sef_categories[0]['cat_father_id'], $sef_categories[0]['cat_id'], FALSE, TRUE);
		$config['dirSymbol'] = $prevDirSymbol;
		$lang_folder = $prevLang;
		
		// using custom urls?
		if($config['sefcustomurl'] == 1) {
			if(strlen($sef_categories[0]['cat_sefurl']) > 0) {
				$cat = $sef_categories[0]['cat_sefurl'];
			}
		} 
		
		$cat = generateSafeUrls($cat);				
		$cat = strtolower($cat) . "/". $sefpre . $catid . $ext;
	} else {
		$cat = "";
		$cat = generateSafeUrls($cat);
		$cat = strtolower($cat) . $sefpre . $catid . $ext;
	}

	return $cat;
}
 
Ahhh, I've forgotten that I need to edit the .htaccess, too. Playing around with it at the moment, but it's not working too well. Better results, though.
 
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