Upgrade to 7.0.4 and "C" is in the URL

[kwikstand]

I just upgraded from V7 to 7.0.4. Now I am getting the "C" in my URL again.

I thought this was fixed in 7.0.4. I installed all patches including 8754. How do I get rid of this?

I did some customization for this quite a while back and tried it, but the page doesn't seem to work with this version. It seems that only the basic category.aspx page works, but then the sort order is all wrong and the category description doesn't show.

I need to use the "Grid" style category page and the category description MUST show. (Grid4)

Any help on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott

[kwikstand]

I just checked for the Canonical Link Tag, and it is there. But it doesn't seem to work because the "C##" is still in the URL.

Why doesn't it work on my site?

Any body have any ideas?

Thanks in advance,

Scott

[mazhar]

Did you remember any thing about the customization you made to fix it in past. May be its something because of those changes.

[kwikstand]

I am quite sure it was this:
viewtopic.php?f=42&t=7034&hilit=duplicate+url&start=25

But the upgrade has all new Category pages. The old page won't work at all. Must be because of the version change.

PageHelper.cs was also updated with he upgrade. My pages have the new Canonical Link Tag in the source code.

You can see an example by clicking on a product from this category: http://www.contractors-solutions.net/Wo ... s-C11.aspx
The Brawny pants product has the canonical link tag in the source: <link rel="canonical" href="http://www.contractors-solutions.net/Bl ... -P405.aspx" />
but it still has the C## in the URL.
It is interesting to note that this doesn't happen when I use the Category Grid (Deep Item Display) (Category.aspx) option.

[kwikstand]

I am now having customers telling me they are having difficulty checking out. They get a message saying Bot Activity Detected!

I will post this issue as a new thread.

[jmestep]

What category display page are you using? I had thought the links were all fixed to not use C.

[kwikstand]

I am currently using CategoryGrid4.aspx. It is the page I have been using all along and is laid out the way I need it including the sort order. The only page that works without the "Cxxx" is Category.aspx.

The source code from my product pages shows that the Canonical Link Tag is there, but for some reason, it is doing the job.

Thanks for replying,

Scott

[jmestep]

You are correct- I had it in my mind that Able had fixed all of that, but hadn't checked all the pages.

[kwikstand]

The only page that I have that works correctly is Category.aspx. I thought the problem was with my upgrade. So, I guess you are saying that it really hasn't been fixed at all? I don't understand why they say it has been fixed when in fact it is not. I must be missing something.
Google has already reported many duplicate pages for my site. I was hoping to avoid all of that.

I need to use CategoryGrid4.aspx because I need to have the category description as you can see here: http://www.contractors-solutions.net/Ka ... s-C44.aspx. Previously, we had done a work around, but that page doesn't seem to work in v7.0.4. At least it doesn't work for me.

Is there any way to make this work with 7.0.4?

[jmestep]

What you would need to do is make a conditional section where if the object being displayed is a product, you use the productUrl instead of the catalogNodeUrl
You can see in the section where Able creates some display elements only if it is a product, like the retail price

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 //OUTPUT RETAIL PRICE IF AVAILABLE
                if (catalogNode.CatalogNodeType == CatalogNodeType.Product)
                {
                    Product product = (Product)catalogNode.ChildObject;

so you would need to get the productUrl
string productUrl = this.Page.ResolveClientUrl(product.NavigateUrl);
then use that

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 //OUTPUT LINKED NAME
                itemTemplate1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(string.Format("<a href=\"{0}\" class=\"highlight\">{1}</a><br />", productUrl, product.Name)));

  //OUTPUT LINKED THUMNAIL
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(product.ThumbnailUrl))
                {
                    string thumbnail = string.Format("<a href=\"{0}\"><img src=\"{1}\" alt=\"{2}\" border=\"0\" class=\"Thumbnail\" /></a><br />", productUrl, ResolveUrl(product.ThumbnailUrl), product.ThumbnailAltText);
                    itemTemplate1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl(thumbnail));
                }
                else
                {
                    itemTemplate1.Controls.Add(new LiteralControl("<br />"));
                }

[kwikstand]

Thanks for the help.

Is this modification to be made to the CategoryGrid4.aspx ?

Because, I can't find anywhere on my CategoryGrid4.aspx that looks like that.

Thanks,
Scott

[mazhar]

You need to do this in ConLib/CategoryGridPage4.ascx file.

[jmestep]

It's actually the CategoryGrid4.ascx.cs file.

[kwikstand]

Thanks Judy and Mazhar,

How do "get the productUrl"?

[jmestep]

It would be something like string productUrl = Page.ResolveClientUrl(product.NavigateUrl).

[kwikstand]

Thanks, but where would it go?

I already tried that and it didn't work. I don't think I placed it correctly.

[kwikstand]

It would be something like string productUrl = Page.ResolveClientUrl(product.NavigateUrl).

Any body know WHERE this is supposed to go?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance, (I hope)

Scott

[mazhar]

you need to use this where you have product information available in your code. What is the scenario where you need product URL.

[kwikstand]

You need to read this post. I need to get the "C##" out of the URL. Able was supposed to have fixed this problem with the canonical link meta tag it does NOT WORK.

It says right in the upgrade instructions that this has been fixed in v 7.0.4

I thought maybe I did not do something right when I upgraded, but Judy says

You are correct- I had it in my mind that Able had fixed all of that, but hadn't checked all the pages.

WHY DO THEY SAY THIS HAS BEEN FIXED IN 7.0.4, WHEN IN FACT IT IS NOT!!!

Sorry if I seem agitated, but quite frankly, I am. Why is the support at Able so lame? They have a great product for the most part, but do everything possible to avoid support. They push everything to this forum, which sometimes is a great help and I thank all of you who do help. But other times it is just a hope and a prayer.

[mazhar]

EDIT control file name corrected
Please try following quick workaround. Edit your ConLib/CategoryGridPage4.ascx.cs file and locate following code

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string catalogNodeUrl = this.Page.ResolveClientUrl(catalogNode.NavigateUrl);

and update it with

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string catalogNodeUrl = this.Page.ResolveClientUrl(catalogNode.ChildObject.NavigateUrl);

save the file and then test again.

[Shopping Cart Admin]

Hello,

Why is the support at Able so lame?

When we lowered the price of the product from $2995.00 to $995.00 it was with the understanding that we can only afford to offer install support for 30 days.

As a long time customer I'd guess you would know that paid priority support via our case system is readily available?

We provide solid support, it's just paid. Our developers are very active in the forums providing helpful samples and much more. I'm sorry you're frustrated, but you'd not 'contacted support' until just this morning when you opened your case.

[jmestep]

When I said "fixed", I meant a change in the page code. I think the "fix" for canonical links means that with that info, the search engines that look for it will use the canonical link instead of the one that has a "Cxx" in it.