Search Engine Friendly URLs with CubeCart and Zeus

Published on 27th Mar 2009
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Update Apr 2009: Thanks to Alistair Brookbanks at CubeCart for looking and updating the rewrite.script – updated script below. They are looking to make next major release of CC more Zeus compatible :) .

I think the pain and misery of Zeus is now behind me and I sat and converted the CubeCart .htaccess into a Zeus rewrite.script in ten minutes. Previously, it would have involved a minor breakdown and tears. Anyhow, here it is and I hope you find it useful:

NB: this is for an install into a subfolder of /shop/, just edit the ‘Root Relative Path’ as required

RULE_0_START:
 
## Written by James www.realisingdesigns.com
## Thanks to Alistair @ CubeCart for the updated script
 
RULE_0_START:
## set original URL
set SCRATCH:ORIGINAL_URL = %{URL}
## Set Root Relative Path set SCRATCH:ROOT_REL = /shop/
## check for query string and set accordingly
match URL into $ with ^(.*)\?(.*)$
if matched then
 set SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING = $2
endif
RULE_0_END:
 
RULE_1_START:
## check for Category e.g. /my-category/cat_3.html
match URL into $ with /cat_([0-9]*)\.html
if matched then
    set SCRATCH:INV_ID = $1
    set URL = %{SCRATCH:ROOT_REL}index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=%{SCRATCH:INV_ID}
    goto RULE_2_START
endif
## check for Product e.g. /my-category/my-product/prod_3.html
match URL into $ with /prod_([0-9]*)\.html
if matched then
    set SCRATCH:INV_ID = $1
    set URL = %{SCRATCH:ROOT_REL}index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=%{SCRATCH:INV_ID}
    goto RULE_2_START
endif
## check for Document e.g. /my-page/info_3.html
match URL into $ with /info_([0-9]*)\.html
if matched then
    set SCRATCH:INV_ID = $1
    set URL = %{SCRATCH:ROOT_REL}index.php?_a=viewDoc&docId=%{SCRATCH:INV_ID}
    goto RULE_2_START
endif
## check for tell-a-friend e.g. /tellafriend/tell_3.html
match URL into $ with /tell_([0-9]*)\.html
if matched then
    set SCRATCH:INV_ID = $1
    set URL = %{SCRATCH:ROOT_REL}index.php?_a=tellafriend&productId=%{SCRATCH:INV_ID}
    goto RULE_2_START
endif
## Check for Sale Items Category e.g. /saleitems/cat_saleItems.html
match URL into $ with /saleitems/cat_saleItems.html
if matched then
    set URL = %{SCRATCH:ROOT_REL}index.php?_a=viewCat&catId=saleItems
    goto RULE_2_START
endif
RULE_1_END:
 
RULE_2_START:
## Check for Query String and append if required
match SCRATCH:ORIGINAL_URL into % with \?(.*)$
if matched then
 set URL = %{URL}&%{SCRATCH:QUERY_STRING}
endif
goto END
RULE_2_END:

If you are unfamiliar with Zeus and your site is hosted on it, you need to save the file as “rewrite.script” and upload it to your website root. Any problems, then just leave a comment below.