[ic] problems with canonical

[Gert van der Spoel]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: interchange-users-bounces at icdevgroup.org [mailto:interchange-users-
> bounces at icdevgroup.org] On Behalf Of Steve Bronson
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 17:42
> To: interchange-users at icdevgroup.org
> Subject: Re: [ic] problems with canonical
> 
> 
> > > > > I'm having issues getting canonical to work on my website. Seems
> > > > > to be redirecting to fly pages rather than to the product page.
> > > > >
> > > > > example: my page url:
> > > > > https://www.airdelights.com/zerk-cp--Zurn-EZ-Flush-
> > > > > Retro-Fit-Automatic-Flush-Unit.html
> > > > >
> > > > > shows this when you look at view source.
> > > > >
> > > > > <link rel="canonical"
> > > > > href="https://www.airdelights.com/fly/fly_autoflushers2.html">
> > > > >
> > > > > Any suggestions on how I can fix this?
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the source, but don't see the canonical.
> > > > You removed it/solved it?
> > > > Which version of Interchange are you using?
> > > >
> > > > CU,
> > > >
> > > > Gert
> > > >
> > > > ************************
> > > > I just put the [scratch canonical] back on the top template.
> > > > You can see this problem now.
> > > > Using interchange 5.10.0
> > > >
> > > > Steve B.
> > >
> > > I'm having a look at the git repo of interchange, but I seem to not
> > > be able to find any place where the scratch canonical value is being
> > > set ... Is this something custom to your Interchange install? Could
> > > be that I'm looking in the wrong place, but a scratch variable is
> > > usually not existing by itself. I see one location where canonical
> > > is being set (in strap/results.html), but that does not seem to match your
> code.
> > >
> > > CU,
> > >
> > > Gert
> > > **************************
> > > I believe Josh from Endpoint added this to our site. He is no longer
> > > at
> > endpoint.
> > > Top template has [scratch canonical] All the pages and flypages have
> > > this code:
> > >
> > > [tmp canonical]<link rel="canonical"
> > > href="__SAMPLEURL__/@@MV_PAGE@@[if scratch
> > > mv_add_dot_html].html[/if]">[/tmp]
> > >
> > > Have no idea how this works, where it's pulling data from, or why
> > > it's showing flypage instead of product page. Maybe from catalog.cfg?
> > >
> > > Steve B.
> >
> > Your product page is not a static page on your filesystem I assume,
> > but is a page built from a flypage?
> > https://www.airdelights.com/Xlerator-XL-BW-Hand-Dryers--XL-BW-Xlerator
> > - Automatic-Hand-Dryer-in-White.html for example shows
> >
> > <link rel="canonical"
> > href="https://www.airdelights.com/fly/handDryers_fly.html">
> >
> > http://docs.icdevgroup.org/cgi-bin/online/vars/MV_PAGE.html describes
> > that MV_PAGE gives the current page being served, which is in these
> > cases a flypage .. That the content of it is dynamically filled
> > because of the product that has been selected, still makes it a fly page.
> >
> >
> > https://www.airdelights.com/cat/manual_faucets.html has <link
> > rel="canonical"
> > href="https://www.airdelights.com/manual_faucets/manual_faucets_catego
> > r
> > y.html">
> >
> > Etc .. .
> >
> > So for your flypage you'd have to replace '@@MV_PAGE@@[if scratch
> > > mv_add_dot_html].html[/if]">' with the current url .. maybe a sku or
> > something more SEO-like ... I guess that also depends on your install
> > (I'm not completely into the minute details of all available tags to get this
> done) ..
> >
> > CU,
> >
> > Gert
> >
> > ******************
> > I see what your saying. So, I changed the code to look like this:
> >
> > [fly-list code="[data session arg]"]
> > [tmp canonical]<link rel="canonical" href="__SAMPLEURL__/[item-field
> > sku]">[/tmp] [/fly-list]
> >
> > now the canonical is showing: <link rel="canonical"
> > href="https://www.airdelights.com/zerk-cp">
> >
> > This is improvement, but I don't think this is the solution.
> >
> > What would work is code that would just display the url of the page as
> > it is displayed in the browser url address bar. So if your are on this page:
> > https://www.airdelights.com/Zerk-CP-M--EZ-Flush-Retro-Fit-Automatic-Fl
> > ush-
> > Unit-with-Metal-Cover.html
> >
> > The canonical would say:
> >
> > <link rel="canonical"
> > href="https://www.airdelights.com/Zerk-CP-M--EZ-Flush-
> > Retro-Fit-Automatic-Flush-Unit-with-Metal-Cover.html">
> >
> > Any idea on how I might accomplish this?
> >
> > Steve B.
> 
> Maybe have a look in the code of https://www.airdelights.com/automatic-
> flushers.html
> There it creates the URL to this page, perhaps it can tell you what you need to
> use.
> 
> Else hopefully someone else is more knowledgeable with regard to SEO urls
> and where to find this value with Interchange. And if it is a custom piece of
> code for your site you'll have to get an 'Interchanger' to figure it out for you by
> looking at the code (if you can't find it yourself :) ).
> 
> CU,
> 
> Gert
> **************************
> automatic-flushers.html page is a static page.  Has the same code as dynamic
> pages:
> [tmp canonical]<link rel="canonical"
> href="__SAMPLEURL__/@@MV_PAGE@@[if scratch
> mv_add_dot_html].html[/if]">[/tmp]
> 
> That code seems to work on static pages, but not dynamic.
> 
> Must be a way to show url in the address bar of browser as the canonical.
> Anyone have any suggestions???
> 
> Steve B.

Not in the URL of the canonical, I mean the URL of the link that brings you to the specific product page.
There are on that page several products displayed with links to a flypage ... So see how those are being called and maybe that's the parameter you need to use.