CTGY Page Include Category Code in Product Links

[lesliekirk]

How do I get the category code to include itself in the product link from the category page? I've tried selecting the "Include Category Code" from the Product Links select and updating the CTGY page but it's not including the category code in the product link. I am also trying to use the URI Management - does something need to be changed there too?

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Leslie,

Unfortunately, when you are using URI Management, you can no longer pass the category code in the URL like you could with the Legacy SEO settings. If the product links are currently something like DOMAIN/category_code/product_code.html, then I would recommend setting URI Management to use the product code, generate all the canonical URLs, and add a basic redirect in the htaccess file to take care of the missing category code.

#    Redired old product links containing category codes to current product pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+).html$ /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_code=$2 [L,NC,QSA]

[lesliekirk]

Hi Leslie,

Unfortunately, when you are using URI Management, you can no longer pass the category code in the URL like you could with the Legacy SEO settings. If the product links are currently something like DOMAIN/category_code/product_code.html, then I would recommend setting URI Management to use the product code, generate all the canonical URLs, and add a basic redirect in the htaccess file to take care of the missing category code.

# Redired old product links containing category codes to current product pages
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-s
RewriteRule ^([^/.]+)/([^/.]+).html$ /mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_code=$2 [L,NC,QSA]

And if the store owner still wants the category code in the product URL? Use the Legacy SEO settings?

[Matt Zimmermann]

Correct

[lesliekirk]

I need to come back around to this - is this still the "correct" answer?

[Matt Zimmermann]

Hi Leslie,

To the best of my knowledge, it is.

[lesliekirk]