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Parimal Gain commented on OFBIZ-5312:
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Hi Paul,
I have used the patch as is to test the behavior and use of various classes and
configuration and didn't configure anything, anywhere beyond the patch. As I am
not aware of the architecture of the functionality so these output(mentioned in
above comment) are from your as is patch. If you see the comment, I have asked
for the architecture and pattern to use this patch for various urls.
As I understand the SEO concept of urls till now, the user friendly url
creation and implementation with respect to SEO will be achieved if I can
achieve following things -
1. Removal of /control out of all the url’s
2. SEO-friendly URLS as:
a. URL for home page: http://www.abcde.com/
b. URL for category page level 1: http://www.abcde.com/footwear where
footwear is the name of category
c. URL for category page level 2: http://www.abcde.com/footwear/men where
footwear is the name of level 1 category
and men is the name of level 2 category
d. URL for category page level 3: http://www.abcde.com/footwear/men/shirts
where footwear is the name of level 1
category, men is the name of level 2 category & shirts is the name of
level 3 category
e. URL for product page:
http://www.abcde.com/steelcraft-stainless-steel-bliss-thali-set-1032499 OR
http://www.abcde.com/steelcraft-stainless-steel-bliss-thali-set where
steelcraft stainless steel bliss thali set is the name
of product and 1032499 is the product id
f. URL for search page: http://www.abcde.com/search/rice-cooker where rice
cooker is the keyword searched.
3. Configurable product/category and other URLs
4. Frontpage mapping from /main to /
5. Use only lowercase alphanumeric characters (abc123).
6. Replace spaces, underscores and other word separators with hyphens (-).
7. Remove all special characters, including trademark symbols, exclamation
points, and apostrophes.
8. Remove all encoding that represents special characters, such as %20, %2C.
Please help me to test this behavior/pattern by explaining the architecture of
functionality implemented and how this patch should be used to achieve this and
also please validate me if I missed out something or I'm wrong in any point.
> Proposal: URL-Generation Changes
> --------------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-5312
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5312
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: specialpurpose/ecommerce
> Affects Versions: SVN trunk
> Reporter: Jacques Le Roux
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: changes, ecommerce, friendly, seo, url
> Fix For: SVN trunk
>
> Attachments: OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 -
> ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch
>
>
> [This was proposed by Paul Piper in Nabble 7 months
> ago|http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Proposal-URL-Generation-Changes-td4639289.html].
> Here is quoted Paul's proposal
> {quote}
> Hey Everyone,
> over at ilscipio (www.ilscipio.com) we developed a set of functional OFBiz
> changes that we believe the entire community could benefit from. The changes
> have been implemented in parts in Syracus (www.syracus.net) for a while now,
> but we figured that some of which are too crucial for ofbiz' success in the
> long run, so we are considering the contribution (as we did with the SOLR
> component).
> As you are probably aware, OFBiz has a pretty uncommon way of generating
> URLs. Most of this has to do with the fact that OFBiz uses a servlet
> (ControlServlet) to handle all requests. The servlet is mounted at /control,
> so that it won't interfere with other servlets. Though functionally valid,
> this has the sideeffect that all urls are actually created on /control, which
> is neither pretty, nor good by any measures of SEO. It also means that a few
> 302 redirects are necessary to forward the user from / to /control/main. It
> also makes requests more complicated, since many forwards are necessary
> whenever somebody wants to move away from this implementation.
> Since this is hurtful to many of the implementers, I wanted to discuss
> whether or not you guys would be interested in the changes we have made. The
> functional changes contain:
> * Removal of /control out of all the urls
> * SEO-friendly URLS
> * Configurable product/category and other URLs
> * Frontpage mapping from /main to /
> It was tested on our end and contains all necessary improvements (Transforms,
> Sample Configuration, Servlets & Filters) for it to be applicable.
> If interested, I would create a new JIRA ticket for this and after a few
> minor internal discussions, we will gladly provide the rest of you with it.
> Regards,
> Paul
> {quote}
> There is even a patch, mostly done by Jinghai Shi, that I attach here. Even
> if it has been already used in [Syracus|http://syracus.net/] since early this
> year, some help would be needed to test it thoroughly in OFBiz.
> Then we should discuss if it's the way to go. I believe it is. Who needs a
> /control/ or /main by default in ecommerce urls? Would you not prefer
> http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/ over
> http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/control/main ?
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