SEO mod - email a friend not working

[Adam Waxler +]

It seems that my "email a friend" function does not work with the seo mod installed.

Once I installed the seo mod and used the email a friend function, the link to the listing (in the email) looked like this: Listing URL: viewlisting/3.html

This obviously doesn't work...

When I deactivated the seo mod the listing in the email went back to: Listing URL: http:// www. rentifieds.com/viewlisting.php?view=3

Is there a way to have the seo mod and still be able to use the email a friend function?

Thanks,
Adam

[Lhotch +]

Always helps to know what version of the module and what version 68C you are using.

[Adam Waxler +]

Ok...

68C: v4.0.9 Developer

SEO Mod: V2.0.1

[seymourjames +]

Please put your details in your signature. It helps a lot.

Yes it does do this but there is little harm in it as it does go to the correct listing anyway. In general I do not mind if there are php formatted urls behind the login but those which go out externally so to speak should be converted for completeness sake when the SEO mod rewrite is being used. The file to edit appropriately is friendmail.php. Same issue with contact.php and printer.php

[Adam Waxler +]

Yes it does do this but there is little harm in it as it does go to the correct listing anyway.

That's the problem...it does not go to any listing.

If I "email a friend" when the SEO Mod is active, the complete URL that is sent to the friend is: viewlisting/3.html which is not a complete url and sends them to an address is not valid page or simply doesn't go anywhere.

[seymourjames +]

In friendmail.php you should have this at around line 65. This line should not fail

$vars['url'] = URL."/viewlisting.php?view=".$listingid;

It also looks like you have a problem in your .htaccess file where you are rewrting your viewlisting urls. What do you have in your .htaccess?

[Eric Barnes]

Tr this:
Open your .htaccess file and remove this line:

RewriteRule ^listing/([0-9]+)/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)\.html$ viewlisting.php?view=$1 [NC]

Save it and upload it then give it a test. It should work then.

[seymourjames +]

Yup - I think if he wants an html email though the friendmail.php file needs to be changed to test for the SEO module - same with printer.php, external.php and contact.php. Could be wrong here on that. On a site of mine with the SEO mod rewrite module defined, I had to change them to explicitly put in the test and assign.

[Adam Waxler +]

Tr this:
Open your .htaccess file and remove this line:

Code:
RewriteRule ^listing/([0-9]+)/([0-9a-zA-Z_-]+)\.html$ viewlisting.php?view=$1 [NC]Save it and upload it then give it a test. It should work then.

Eric, I tried this, but then when I clicked "view listings" on my website I was only brought to a 404 page

In friendmail.php you should have this at around line 65. This line should not fail

$vars['url'] = URL."/viewlisting.php?view=".$listingid;

It also looks like you have a problem in your .htaccess file where you are rewrting your viewlisting urls. What do you have in your .htaccess?

seymourjames, not sure what you mean by "This line should not fail", but I do have that line in friendmail.php

Also,not sure what you mean by "What do you have in your .htaccess?"

[Adam Waxler +]

As far as I can tell, the Printer-freindly function is working just fine with the seo mod installed. Also, the Contact the owner is working just fine. When I send a Contact the Owner email the url is something like this:
ht tp://w ww.rentifieds.com/listing/3/Large_4_bed_4_bath_home_with_Community_pool.html

However, when I send an email a friend the url is like this: viewlisting/3.html