I cannot get the URL rewrite in Magento to work correctly at all. I'm trying to redirect a category to a CMS page and at first try it works fine. After I refresh, it starts to change the URL extensions to something completely different than what's shown for the category URL. I've tried clearing the cache and reindexing the URL rewrite but that seems to change it again!
And if I do try to change the URL rewrite to this new, random, made up one that's being automatically inputted - it changes it again! I'm so confused here..
Fixing weird URL Rewrites
Sometimes when you make changes to your products, or enable a certain extension, Magento might start to rewrite all your URLs to include a suffix "-1" or some other number. Within the URL Rewrites, Magento differentiates between System URLs and Custom URLs. If the System URLs are broken like this, you should not fix this by adding new Custom URLs.
Instead, open up phpMyAdmin, create a backup of your Magento database, and flush the Magento table core_url_rewrite (so that it becomes totally empty). Immediately afterwards, refresh the Catalog Url Rewrites under Index Management. This will regenerate all System URLs.
You can also try to redirect through the .htaccess.
Redirect 301 /site-URL-to-redirect www.site.com/url-destination
There are two ways to redirect your category page to cms.
Using Magento native URL rewrite managment.
In Magento 1.x go to
admin -> catalog -> url rewrite managment -> add new url
select custom in Create URL Rewrite: drop down and then give your categoy url as request and cms page as target.
Using .htaccess file. Add this line of code into the file .htaccess:
Redirect category-url cms-page-url
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I have shifted from live site to local site, the product detail page is showing a 404 page. I tired re-index multiple time.clear cache. check database also but it still displays a 404 page.
There can be several things you can check:-
1. Check for url in core_config_data and also check cookie url.
2. Check on server for mod_rewrite module may be this is not enabled on local, this can also be the reason if you were using SEO friendly url.
Clear the cache once you are done with these. It will be great if you can tell how url for PDP page is been generated on local.
my url is like this
http://localhost/reyassoc/10x-a4-silver-diamond-brochure-island-stand.html
same it working on existing live site
Run below sql query
SELECT * FROM `core_config_data` WHERE path = "web/seo/use_rewrites";
See whether the value 1 or not, if the value is 1, try to change it to 0.
This value is for SEO friendly url, which removes index.php from your store url.
Also, you can replace your .htaccess file with default one in Magento root folder.
Your server may have problem with mod_rewrite module or its configuration, you may re-install it.
I have just moved a magento site from one domain to the new one. Steps so far...
Backup the database and restore the database on the new domain. Change the core_config_base table for secure and unsecure base urls
Upload source files
Update the local.xml with new database information
Cleared cache
Now I can go to the site and everything is showing up fine on the new domain. The main navigation is working as it should. When I click on a product, however, it goes to the old domain. Does anyone know why this might be happening?
Can you verify the links when you hover products are correct or in correct consistently? Is old base URL in all links I mean. Also check htaccess file for any directives containing the old domain. Also check to make sure no custom URL rewrites exist in the Magento admin Catalog → URL Rewrite Management .Once you verify htaccess or custom URL rewrites in Magento admin are not causing it, I can suggest other procedures to fix.
Probably your previous developer didn't follow all Magento standards while coding.
My suggestion is download your code and search for strings that equates to your previous domain.Also check in data base, as use of CMS blocks too might result in previous domain links.
Btw make sure you delete all caches
Rm -rf var/cache/*
Verify base URL and secure URL are correct in all scopes via drop down in Magento system configuration.
I have 1 website for now. Its URL is www.test.com, for example.
I want to create second website on the same domain adding store codes to URLs. So my URLs will be
www.test.com/first/
www.test.com/second/
But as I can see all my previous URLs will show 404 on their open. So if I open
www.test.com/product.html
it will show 404. It is not good because I loose my SEO.
How can I create redirects so if user opens
www.test.com/product.html
he will be automatically redirected to default website, like
www.test.com/first/product.html
Shall I have any issues with such redirects? (Like API will not work)
Or is it possible for URL
www.test.com/product.html
to show product from default website, if exists?
Magento has a very good system for SEO.
For Rewrite Management these are the steps:
1.Loginto Admin.
2.Move mouse over Catalog and you will find a drop down.
3 Select URL Rewrite management.
Catalog >> UrlRewrite Management
4.Then click on ADD URL Rewrite Button.
5.Then on next screen select custom from option provided
Create URL Rewrite : Select Custom
Now following important fields and values that should go:
Request Path (Old URL ) Target Path ( New URL ) redirect (Permanent 301).
Note : This approach will be good if you have few products but if you have too many product then some .htaccess rule is recommended.
I have a slight problem with the Index Management on Magento 1.7.0.2.
I have quite a few custom URL rewrites for categories.
When I re-index the Catalog URL Rewrites it deletes all of my custom rewrites for the categories and sets them back to the system default.
Before re-indexing: http://i.imgur.com/4s1oo.png
After re-indexing: http://i.imgur.com/0U8zE.png
Also on a side note, What are the differences between cache management and index management?
Any help is appreciated, thanks.
Magento is changing those because you didn't change the id_path. If you specify different id_path value for your Custom Category rewrite, Magento will not overwrite it.
Also what you want to achieve could be done with Custom Url Rewrite. For example:
request path: catalog/category/view/id/118
target path: 'corporate'
In this way you're making a destination of system rewrite yours start point.
This was driving me absolutely bonkers until I figured out a nice little work-around.
I create my new object (in my case it was a category for the top nav
I go to URL Rewrite and note the ID Path of the new category
I delete the system generated URL Rewrite
I create a custom Rewrite specifying the ID Path of the deleted object, The request path, and then the path to the desired URL
I then go to phpmyadmin > core_url_rewrite and find my newly created custom Rewrite
I change the store_id to 0 (not changing anything else)
I then go back to Magento and run a reindex. This creates a new system generated Rewrite with a higher url_rewrite_id (see in phpmyadmin > core_url_rewrite table)
I then create my page with the desired path
Reindex / flush caches and presto.. my top nav now has a menu item to my new page.
I am a magento newbie.
I've observed that when I make an installation of magento by copying all contents of the extraction directly to localhost.... i.e (when app, media, skin, index.php etc all pasted directly in localhost) I am unable to access the admin by simply typing in localhost/admin.
Whereas I have to type in localhost/index.php/admin to get into the admin panel.
Also when i click on any category i have the same problem.
I have to append index.php/ before the category name to get the category link working.
Can anyone please tell me how to get them working.
Check your Base URL in the Admin Panel, go to System | Configuration | Web and make sure the Secure and Unsecure Base URL does not include the 'index.php' part.
If you do not have index.php in my secure or unsecure web configuration and this happening on front end and back end, try to enable url rewrites and see if that solves it. You need mod_rewrite enabled on your localhost.
What is your local server?