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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-5312:
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I must say I'm quite disappointed by Anil's abrupt answer. So far, Parimal and
Sebastian were the only persons to be really interested. They did some tests
and gave us valuable feedbacks. I want to go ahead, so I need feedbacks from
other persons, notably committers. What I like in this feature is it's an
automated way to get SEO friendly URLs for all categories and products. You
don't have to use the content component at all, it simplifies much things and I
find it a good idea.
If ever we can't get an agreement about changing ecommerce, because there
should not be only one way to go, I have an idea about creating a new "ecomseo"
ecommerce component.
This should not be too hard to achieve without changing what currently exists
in trunk HEAD. First, note that the only difference in ecommerce is the
web.xml file, which calls different servlets and filters. So we could use the
same strategy as for ecomclone webapp under ecommerce component. There are also
few changes outside (I don't count new files which have any impact)
* in webapp component (tiny changes)
** RequestHandler.java (rather an improvement)
** freemarkerTransforms.properties (ecomseo can use another file)
* in product component (tiny changes)
** freemarkerTransforms.properties (ecomseo can use another file)
** CatalogMenus.xml and ProductScreens.xml (can be adapted to work in both
cases by using the right ecomLink value
** build.xml (not a problem, framework/base/lib/scripting can be added)
> Proposal: URL-Generation Changes (mostly for SEO reasons but not only)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-5312
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-5312
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: New Feature
> Components: specialpurpose/ecommerce
> Affects Versions: SVN trunk
> Reporter: Jacques Le Roux
> Assignee: Jacques Le Roux
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: changes, ecommerce, friendly, seo, url
> Fix For: SVN trunk
>
> Attachments: OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 -
> ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312
> - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch,
> OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 -
> ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312
> - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch,
> OFBIZ-5312 - ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBIZ-5312 -
> ofbiz-ecommerce-seo.patch, OFBiz-5312-product-ecommerce-seo-20131031.patch,
> OFBiz-5312-product-ecommerce-seo-for-seo-branch.patch,
> OFBiz-5312-product-ecommerce-seo.patch, SeoContextFilter.java.patch
>
>
> [This was proposed by Paul Piper in Nabble 7 months
> ago|http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/Proposal-URL-Generation-Changes-td4639289.html].
> Here is quoted Paul's proposal
> {quote}
> Hey Everyone,
> over at ilscipio (www.ilscipio.com) we developed a set of functional OFBiz
> changes that we believe the entire community could benefit from. The changes
> have been implemented in parts in Syracus (www.syracus.net) for a while now,
> but we figured that some of which are too crucial for ofbiz' success in the
> long run, so we are considering the contribution (as we did with the SOLR
> component).
> As you are probably aware, OFBiz has a pretty uncommon way of generating
> URLs. Most of this has to do with the fact that OFBiz uses a servlet
> (ControlServlet) to handle all requests. The servlet is mounted at /control,
> so that it won't interfere with other servlets. Though functionally valid,
> this has the sideeffect that all urls are actually created on /control, which
> is neither pretty, nor good by any measures of SEO. It also means that a few
> 302 redirects are necessary to forward the user from / to /control/main. It
> also makes requests more complicated, since many forwards are necessary
> whenever somebody wants to move away from this implementation.
> Since this is hurtful to many of the implementers, I wanted to discuss
> whether or not you guys would be interested in the changes we have made. The
> functional changes contain:
> * Removal of /control out of all the urls
> * SEO-friendly URLS
> * Configurable product/category and other URLs
> * Frontpage mapping from /main to /
> It was tested on our end and contains all necessary improvements (Transforms,
> Sample Configuration, Servlets & Filters) for it to be applicable.
> If interested, I would create a new JIRA ticket for this and after a few
> minor internal discussions, we will gladly provide the rest of you with it.
> Regards,
> Paul
> {quote}
> There is even a patch, mostly done by Jinghai Shi, that I attach here. Even
> if it has been already used in [Syracus|http://syracus.net/] since early this
> year, some help would be needed to test it thoroughly in OFBiz.
> Then we should discuss if it's the way to go. I believe it is. Who needs a
> /control/ or /main by default in ecommerce urls? Would you not prefer
> http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/ over
> http://localhost:8080/ecommerce/control/main ?
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