Search Engine Friendly URLs

To enable the SEF functionality in your osCommerce, you need to install a SEF contribution. There are several SEF contributions for osCommerce, but in this tutorial we'll focus on installing  Ultimate SEO URLs. You can download Ultimate SEO URLs contribution here. The latest version is compatible with osCommerce 2.2 and 2.3.1.

After downloading the .zip archive on your local computer, please extract it in a directory of your choice.

Please make sure you backup up your files and database before installing the contribution. Find more information on how to backup your files and database here.

Then you should upload the files from the upload folder to your osCommerce directory, overwriting the existing files. Please note that if your shop is highly modified, overwriting the existing files may break your osCommerce installation.

After that you should follow the detailed installation procedure included in the docs folder of the contribution package.

Once you complete the files modifications proceed with the database update. Clear the cache of your web browser and reload the web site's front page. Click on several products to verify the new SEO URLs. The database will be automatically updated.

Now you should login to your osCommerce admin area. Under Configuration you will have a new link - SEO URLs. Click on it to configure your newly installed SEF contribution: