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10/24/2012 7:34 AM
 
Hello all - 

I was reading through the Smith Cart online user manual, when I came across this section:

URL Keywords – The keywords entered in this field will be dynamically added in the URL of the product detail page. If you have configured friendly URL’s in your portal or are using the iFinity URL module then the value you enter in this field will be the page name when the user navigates to the product details page for the product. For example, if you have a product titled Halo4 and you enter "Halo4" as your product page name the product detail page URL would be the following:

yourdomain.com/halo4.aspx

I am curious how one would achieve this amazingly sexy URL. I assumed that this could only be accomplished by using the iFinity URL Master module, so I downloaded a test version, and installed it on my temp site.

After doing a bit of research, it would seem that the only way to remove the "/ProductID/2" or "/CategoryID/2" portion of smith cart URL's is to develop a custom Smith Cart URL provider for the iFinity module. Is this true? Does a Smith Cart URL provider already exist somewhere? Is there an easier way of accomplishing this?

Thanks guys!
Alex
 
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11/5/2012 11:36 PM
 
Hi Alex,
Redarding, "I am curious how one would achieve this amazingly sexy URL. I assumed that this could only be accomplished by using the iFinity URL Master module, so I downloaded a test version, and installed it on my temp site."

Please refer to the other thread about ifinity Url Master http://www.smith-consulting.com/Forum...

Product Listing Page URL - The "CategoryID/2" shows in the url only when using the category menu module on a different page then the buynow module.  When the category module is on the same page as the buynow module no /CategoryID/2" is shown in the url.  From the store admin menu category management page you can define url keywords for your categories and achieve the url as follows:

yourdomain.com/store/categoryid/2/guitars.aspx

This is a short url with a good seo keyword in the url and will work nicely for SEO.

Product Details Page URL - The "/ProductID/2" shows in the url whenever you navigate to the product details page.  From the store admin menu category management page you can define url keywords for yourproducts and achieve the url as follows:

yourdomain.com/pd/ProductID/1/gibsonguitar.aspx

This is a short url with seo keywords in the url and will work nicely for SEO.

In addition to the SEO features in Smith Cart, I recommend using the iFinity URL Master module to crank up your SEO.  The iFinity URL Master module has a ton of SEO benefits and is only $120.

Here's the link:
http://store.dotnetnuke.com/home/product-details/ifinity-url-master-26---total-dotnetnuke-url-solution







Scott Kelly
Project Manager
DotNetNuke Consulting, DotNetNuke Store and DNN Ecommerce
 
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