Product URL Canonical & Product doesn't exist

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.4
-- Joomla version -- : 3.3.6
-- PHP version -- : 5.328
-- Browser(s) name and version -- : Fire Fox 32.0.3

Hi There,

I'm trying to put the site right for SEO but I'm struggling with some bugs, so I created this post so you can help me solving this:

Problem 1.
I have this category with products but when I click on the product to see it, I get a Error Message saying "Product doesn't exist"
www.clima-eco.com/loja/cortina-de-ar


Problem 2.
I created 2 menus (one for each categorie and other for brands) and I have one HikaShop Content Module showing categories but all the url's are different even I put "Use Canonical URL and generate if missing"

The first menu is
www.clima-eco.com/loja

and all the links and products url stay this way:
www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/CATEGORY_NAME

www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/CATEGO...EF_NAME/PRODUCT_NAME

This is the right way and how I want it.

The second menu is for brands
www.clima-eco.com/informacoes/marcas

all products links stay this way:
www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/PRODUCT_SEF_NAME/PRODUCT_NAME

So the category misses


The "HikaShop Content Module" is showing links this way:

www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/CATEGO...F_NAME/CATEGORY_NAME

www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/PRODUCT_SEF_NAME/PRODUCT_NAME

And some of the Categories won't work, the just go to the All Categories Page

How can I put every url working right without this, because Xmap is send to Google both Urls
www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/PRODUCT_SEF_NAME/PRODUCT_NAME
www.clima-eco.com/MENU_NAME_ALIAS/CATEGO...EF_NAME/PRODUCT_NAME


Problem 3.
In this Category
www.clima-eco.com/loja/assistencia-tecnica

I have no products but only info in the Category editor Box that I want to show, but since I put the "Use Canonical URL and generate if missing" the info stop working. Including a 404 for the middle one...


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I know it's a bit long post but it's everything I need to fix to deliver it to customer.

Thanks for all the help,
Tiago

Hi,

The 1 and 3 problems were solved easily with the alias, thanks.

The point 2 is not that simple, I found out that some canonicals were generated wrong and I create a Mass Action to clean all canonicals from Products and Categories but I guess I need to clean all canonicals from brands too but I cannot do it using the Mass Action.

I don't know but this is a bit strange, let me look ate it with calm.

Thanks

Hola
tengo el mismo problema. He intentado de todas las formas posibles solucionar el problema de la URL /hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing/categories/cars.html pero no me ha sido posible. Ayuda porfavor

Quiero quitarle la url hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing he cambiado el alias y activado las URL Canonica inclusive vaciado la cache de joomla pero no he tenido exito.

Hay alguna forma de solucionar este problema

hi
I have the same problem. I tried all possible ways to solve the problem of URL /hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing/categories/cars.html but has not been able to. Help please

I want to remove the url HikaShop-menu-for-listing-categories have changed and activated the URL alias Canonica even emptied the cache of joomla but have not been successful.

Is there any way to fix this problem

Hi nicolas,

I tried again but it seams that some products get an URL like this:

www.clima-eco.com/Menu/Category/Product_SEF/Name_of_the_product

others like this

www.clima-eco.com/Menu/Product_SEF/Name_of_the_product

The URLs work fine when I have one Category only, but when I have a Sub Category, the url loses the Category in the URL.


Another thing that I don't get it is if the Canonicals URLs are generated one time only or every time I see different pages, if it's a one time only I thing I need to delete everyone again, then go to the Menu to Category page, then open Category by Category and show all products (limit to 18 products for page, so the ones that don't appear could have the canonical generated when I open a different menu).

My idea is to have all URL's of products like this:

www.clima-eco.com/Menu/Category/Product_SEF/Name_of_the_product

and this

www.clima-eco.com/Menu/Category/Sub_Cate.../Name_of_the_product

Thanks

Hi nicolas,

I removed all the canonicals from products and categories to generate new ones, to do this I unpublish all modules and then refresh this page
www.clima-eco.com/loja

I open category by category, showing all products to generate everything right and it works more or less.

the problem was that all subcategories didn't go to the URL of the product and I get something like this

for the products
site_url/menu_alias/category/product_sef/product_name

for the categories
site_url/menu_alias/category
site_url/menu_alias/sub_category

So I had the subcategory url but no product with that reference.


My last idea was to create a sub menu item for each subcategory and then do everything again to generate all canonicals. Now I have this:

for the products
site_url/menu_alias/category/product_sef/product_name
site_url/menu_alias/category/sub_category/product_sef/product_name

for the categories
site_url/menu_alias/category
site_url/menu_alias/category/sub_category

This is what I want and I done it, great

My problem now is that I have only one link for each product, OK... but two urls for the categories and I don't want this, something like this

www.clima-eco.com/loja/ar-condicionado/multi-split (This is OK)
www.clima-eco.com/loja/categoria/multi-split (NOT OK)

categoria is the Category SEF from HikaShop and I think is created by the Categorias Module on the right side of the page.

So, how can I prevent this urls to be create? My Xmap is send those to Google too and I don't want it.

www.clima-eco.com/index.php?option=com_x...&tmpl=component&id=2

Thanks for your help

Hi nicolas,

I tried to change each one but when I save it, the Canonicals will generated again in the wrong way.

For instance, I put
/loja/ar-condicionado

and after save the canonical goes like this, where categoria is the Category_SEF from hikashop
/loja/categoria/ar-condicionado

Thanks

Hi Jerome,

Hi there,

I tried to remove the "category SEF name" and I done it but now it seams that every single Category works but every SubCategory don't work and the menus itens are not assign properly..

If you go here: www.clima-eco.com/loja/aquecimento-domestico
You see that every SubCategory work but without menu item, so the sidebar don't appear. But the "Infravermelhos" give me a 404 Error although the Canonical is right.

You can check the menu on top "Categorias | de produtos" where every Category and SubCategory is generated.


If you want I can give you access to the site but not in this forum.

Thanks

Hi Nicolas,

Sorry for all the trouble, just want this to work fine.

The menus now work, I thought I had check the subcategories too, but no... The Infravermelhos had the Root category chosen in the menu item instead of Infravermelhos.


Now I just have the Module Content from HikaShop that is not working fine with the SubCategories and all the Brands gives me a 404 Error... Do I need to create a Menu item for each brand?

Check everything in here:
www.clima-eco.com/informacoes/marcas

Hi there,

Do you have news about this? I sent you the credentials, did you get it?

Thanks