SEO Module for ver 4.0 question

[cwp +]

I came across the following page-

http://www.68classifieds.com/extensi...ndly_URLs.html

and was wondering if this module did anything besides change the urls around, and is it recommended for ver 4.0

Thanks,
chris

[Eric Barnes +]

We have it available for both v3.1 and v4.

In v4 it rewrites your categories from:
category.php?cat=animals-and-pets
to
categories/animals-and-pets

It rewrites the viewlisting from:
viewlisting.php?view=13
to
listing/13/the_ad_title.html

You can see it in action in our extensions directory:
http://www.68classifieds.com/extensions/

It also changes some other links but these are most notable.

[cwp +]

How hard is it to make the listing url have the categories within the link. Currently the SEO module does this ->

http://www.68classifieds.com/extensions/listing/24/Belmont_Home_Sales.html

This listing is in the category: Categories -> Extensions -> Templates & Themes

So have it show something like this (without showing the first level, "categories") -->

http://www.68classifieds.com/extensions/templates-themes/listing/24/Belmont-Home-Sales.html

An example of a 3 level category URL -> (Let's say you add a new category under Templates & Themes called Real Estate)

Categories -> Extensions -> Templates & Themes --> Real Estate

Here's what the URL would look like.

http://www.68classifieds.com/extensions/templates-themes/real-estate/listing/24/Belmont-Home-Sales.html

From what I've read Google looks in URL's for keywords, so it can't hurt.

[Eric Barnes +]

Something like that would be possible with the developer edition although you would have to run a few extra queries to get the category title out.

I would recommend looking at the includes/classes/kernel/Listings.php file which calls getListingById inside this is where the link is created.