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Search Engine Optimization for ZenCart Shopping Cart

November 24, 2008 by Amit Bhawani

ZenCart SEOAmong the best shopping portal scripts available on the web, ZenCart is one of them which can help you out in developing a professional shopping portal where you can list unlimited products and services and setup the shopping site with multiple payment processors.

By default the eCommerce script Zencart has very complex URL which are not search engine friendly. Hence, you need to make sure that all your URL’s are very much simple and which can be easily remembered.

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Next Extract all the folders and upload all the files and folders through your ftp software and this process can even replace the previous files in your zencart installation. The current SEO Pack works out for the latest Zencart installation version 1.3.8 which is MYSQL 5.0 and PHP 5.0 – Compatible.

1. Copy files from `_zen_cart_folder` to your Zen Cart install
2. Copy (or MERGE if you have made changes) files from v138-specific-files to your Zen Cart install
3. A sample .htaccess file is included. Simply rename to .htaccess and edit the word /shop/ to match your site
4. Config the module in CONFIGURATION – SEO URLS

Once you complete the uploading of all the files through your ftp program you need to activate the MOD through your Zencart admin.

ZenCart SEO

Here are the URL Changes you would find in your Zencart store –

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=24
To: http://yoursite.com/disciples-sacred-lands-linked-p-24.html

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=2_20
To: http://yoursite.com/software-strategy-c-2_20.html

From: http://yoursite.com/index.php?main_page=contact_us
To: http://yoursite.com/contact_us.html

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About Amit Bhawani

My name is Amit Bhawani and here I like to share my internet/tech experience with my online readers. You can follow me on Twitter, Facebook & Instagram at @AmitBhawani

Comments

  1. Amit says

    November 25, 2008 at 10:56 am

    Nice update Amit, I was playing around with the ZenCart script last night and this one will surely come in handy.

  2. Raine says

    February 3, 2009 at 12:42 am

    Why trying a script that is no longer supported and has less features?

    You can peak into http://simple-seo-url.com/ which provides even more features than commercial seo url modules for zencart.

  3. Balaji @ GuideTotech says

    May 16, 2009 at 12:54 am

    nive little script but i have just now started used Interspire tons of features unimaginable features……..

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