How do you change the SEO URL after renaming an existing product?

Business Marketing & SEO
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Hello All.



I created a product and originally named it Bullet. I saved it and have SEO Friendly URLs enabled.



I then decided to rename it to Custom Engraved Guitar Strap and saved it.



The SEO URL is not updated automatically.



Here is the original URL: [url=“http://cscart.myclientpreview.com/bullet.html”]http://cscart.myclientpreview.com/bullet.html[/url]



Is there a way to force it to update? I cant find where to edit it directly.



I would just create another product but this one uses the Product Designer Add-on and has had quite a bit of work put into it. I'd rather not invest that time again if it can be avoided.



Thanks

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[quote name='ticeholdings' timestamp='1351642724' post='148022']

Hello All.



I created a product and originally named it Bullet. I saved it and have SEO Friendly URLs enabled.



I then decided to rename it to Custom Engraved Guitar Strap and saved it.



The SEO URL is not updated automatically.



Here is the original URL: http://cscart.myclie…com/bullet.html



Is there a way to force it to update? I cant find where to edit it directly.



I would just create another product but this one uses the Product Designer Add-on and has had quite a bit of work put into it. I'd rather not invest that time again if it can be avoided.



Thanks

[/quote]

Hi there!



There is a tab on the product editing page called “add-ons”. You can update your SEO url there.



Regards,

Istvan

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Thanks Istvan, I am running CS-Cart 3.0.3 and My Product Tab → Add-ons only has RMA, Best Selling and Reviews. Is there an additional setting I am missing to allow SEO to appear in Add-ons tab?



Thanks

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Also the following link is broken in my Admin → http://cscart.myclientpreview.com/cscart_admin.php?dispatch=seo_rules.manage



That's SEO Rules under Website Tab

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Is your SEO addon installed and Active? Just go to administration => Addons and scroll down to the SEO addon.



Thanks,



Brandon

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[quote name='ticeholdings' timestamp='1351644474' post='148027']

Thanks Istvan, I am running CS-Cart 3.0.3 and My Product Tab → Add-ons only has RMA, Best Selling and Reviews. Is there an additional setting I am missing to allow SEO to appear in Add-ons tab?



Thanks

[/quote]

Then your system has problems, I think. Please check the default functionallity here: http://demo.cs-cart.com/professional/admin.php

And after that check your SEO addon's settings, try reinstalling.

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I moved the site from server to another. Uninstall/Re-install worked.

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Is there any way to have the system update “SEO name” automatically after a change of “Product name” or “Category name” ?

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That functionality is NOT built into the system. Other problem you would have is the old name(s) would generate 404 errors. I think this would be a very bad feature to implement because changing anything in SEO should be a very conscious decision. One could argue that the inital setting should be empty with a notification that SEO is enabled and that it should be set.

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I know that 404 errors are bad but it's not good to change the product name and leave the seo url with the previous name. I always change SEO name manually after any change.



Is there any addon that changes the SEO automatically after a name change?

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None that I'm aware of. It would be a couple of hours to implement and test…

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this will be done through addon. Check the cscartrocks.com and webgraphiq.com who providing SEO addon.