[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Hikashop Canonical url for deleted aliases ## - **[Cedwyn](/forum/user/31495-cedwyn "View Cedwyn's Profile")** - [![Cedwyn's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/31495-cedwyn "View Cedwyn's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/31495-cedwyn) Less More - Posts: 28 - Thank you received: 0 - - 11 years 1 month ago [\#214162](#214162) by [Cedwyn](/forum/user/31495-cedwyn "View Cedwyn's Profile") *[Hikashop Canonical url for deleted aliases](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/879276-hikashop-canonical-url-for-deleted-aliases#214162 "Dear developers, You need a button somewhere, or a mass action, that checks if a products canonical url is correct. If you delete an alias (menu, module, etc.) that is used in a canonical url, the resulting canonical url leads to a 404. I changed a bunch of alias on the backend for various modules. This resulted in a bunch of products leading to 404. When I checked the database __hikashop_product, under the column product_canonical, I was greeted to a huge mess of old/non-existing canonical urls from way back when I was first testing hikashop, doh. I updated the table and set all product's canonical urls' to blank. Perhaps when you update a alias (delete/modify), you check all products canonical urls and update them if needed. (ie. delete = set canonical url to blank; modify = set canonical url to new alias). Also a button would be nice, or a mass action as said above that can regularly check if canonical urls are correct / aliases used in a canonical url is available.")* was created by *[Cedwyn](/forum/user/31495-cedwyn "View Cedwyn's Profile")* Dear developers, You need a button somewhere, or a mass action, that checks if a products canonical url is correct. If you delete an alias (menu, module, etc.) that is used in a canonical url, the resulting canonical url leads to a 404. I changed a bunch of alias on the backend for various modules. This resulted in a bunch of products leading to 404. When I checked the database __hikashop_product, under the column product_canonical, I was greeted to a huge mess of old/non-existing canonical urls from way back when I was first testing hikashop, doh. I updated the table and set all product's canonical urls' to blank. Perhaps when you update a alias (delete/modify), you check all products canonical urls and update them if needed. (ie. delete = set canonical url to blank; modify = set canonical url to new alias). Also a button would be nice, or a mass action as said above that can regularly check if canonical urls are correct / aliases used in a canonical url is available. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzg3OTI3Ni1oaWthc2hvcC1jYW5vbmljYWwtdXJsLWZvci1kZWxldGVkLWFsaWFzZXM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png?1793428657)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86322 - Thank you received: 14281 - - 11 years 1 month ago [\#214176](#214176) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Hikashop Canonical url for deleted aliases](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/879276-hikashop-canonical-url-for-deleted-aliases#214176 "Dear developers, You need a button somewhere, or a mass action, that checks if a products canonical url is correct. If you delete an alias (menu, module, etc.) that is used in a canonical url, the resulting canonical url leads to a 404. I changed a bunch of alias on the backend for various modules. This resulted in a bunch of products leading to 404. When I checked the database __hikashop_product, under the column product_canonical, I was greeted to a huge mess of old/non-existing canonical urls from way back when I was first testing hikashop, doh. I updated the table and set all product's canonical urls' to blank. Perhaps when you update a alias (delete/modify), you check all products canonical urls and update them if needed. (ie. delete = set canonical url to blank; modify = set canonical url to new alias). Also a button would be nice, or a mass action as said above that can regularly check if canonical urls are correct / aliases used in a canonical url is available.")* Hi, Thank you for your input. Checking if a canonical URL is correct or not with a button is not really possible as it's impossible to generate all the possible URLs of a product page, and sometimes, you want to configure a canonical URL that isn't one of the generated ones. HikaShop doesn't generate the canonical URLs unless you tell it to. So if you fill the canonical URL with a wrong URL it's your responsability. Best is to leave that field empty unless you know what you're doing. And if you want to clear all the canonical URLs in a go, it's possible with a mass action with an action "update the values" on the "product_canonical" column. There are probably things we could improve with the current situation in order to make the system more foolproof, but it's not easy to have a one size fit all check on that. Otherwise, we wouldn't need a canonical URL field at all if we could guess what the canonical URL should be ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzg3OTI3Ni1oaWthc2hvcC1jYW5vbmljYWwtdXJsLWZvci1kZWxldGVkLWFsaWFzZXM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[erickb](/forum/user/4069-erickb "View erickb's Profile")** - [![erickb's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/4069-erickb "View erickb's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4069-erickb) Less More - Posts: 2697 - Thank you received: 74 - - 11 years 1 month ago [\#214196](#214196) by [erickb](/forum/user/4069-erickb "View erickb's Profile") Replied by *[erickb](/forum/user/4069-erickb "View erickb's Profile")* on topic *[Hikashop Canonical url for deleted aliases](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/879276-hikashop-canonical-url-for-deleted-aliases#214196 "Dear developers, You need a button somewhere, or a mass action, that checks if a products canonical url is correct. If you delete an alias (menu, module, etc.) that is used in a canonical url, the resulting canonical url leads to a 404. I changed a bunch of alias on the backend for various modules. This resulted in a bunch of products leading to 404. When I checked the database __hikashop_product, under the column product_canonical, I was greeted to a huge mess of old/non-existing canonical urls from way back when I was first testing hikashop, doh. I updated the table and set all product's canonical urls' to blank. Perhaps when you update a alias (delete/modify), you check all products canonical urls and update them if needed. (ie. delete = set canonical url to blank; modify = set canonical url to new alias). Also a button would be nice, or a mass action as said above that can regularly check if canonical urls are correct / aliases used in a canonical url is available.")* I do that job directly with MySQL 1) I create the alias 2) I create canonical from alias Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzItZ2VuZXJhbC10YWxrLWFib3V0LWhpa2FzaG9wLzg3OTI3Ni1oaWthc2hvcC1jYW5vbmljYWwtdXJsLWZvci1kZWxldGVkLWFsaWFzZXM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. 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