Help with short link vs longer

[entrepre7]

Was wondering if someone would take a look at my link structures below. Having some customers who cannot add more than one item to basket. Some links are using short links and others are not. All of nav bar is using short links and notice that it NEVER shows any cookies when clicking checkout on the nav bar tab. Is this okay?

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(CATEGORY)


Clicking from category tree:


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=DPB&Category_C ode=new_releases&Product_Code=&Search=&Per_Page=&S ort_By=new


Clicking that category from breadcrumb


/page-category-new_releases.html


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(PROD)


clicking from a toolkit function I set up


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SPC9


from CTGY page


/page-product-monthly_specials-BK533.html


from miva basket

/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=DPB&Product_Co de=SPC8


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(BASKET)


From Nav Bar


/page-BASK.html


From mini basket


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=BASK&Store_Code=DPB


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(CHECKOUT)


From Nav Bar


/page-OINF.html


From link on in global footer


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=a89d250d82b39dfc87a55611f6 a67049&Screen=OINF&Store_Code=DPB


from inside basket clicking continue


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=a89d250d82b39dfc87a55611f6 a67049&Screen=OINF&Store_Code=DPB


from minibasket I made


/mm5/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=a89d250d82b39dfc87a55611f6 a67049&Screen=OINF&Store_Code= <---- notice DBP missing is it important?




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(ORHL)


From global header SECURE


/page-ORHL.html


From bottom Unsecure


/page-ORHL.html


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MYREG (wishlist)


Link is unsecure


/page-MYREG.html


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[entrepre7]

Re: Help with short link vs longer

I think I may have solved my basket issues by finding some misc errors. But still curious to know if having both short and non short links can cause issues.

[gsam]

Re: Help with short link vs longer

Using short and non short links should not cause any problems in your store. They are simply different directions to get to the same place.

There are many different way to set up your links. But if your using a newer version of Miva Merchant one of the simplest ways is to use the new cssui_links item. Before this will work you must turn on the item, it should be included in the list of items for each page.

Once it's turned on it works with your stores SEO setting. If you change your SEO settings your cssui_links will automatically use the new settings.

Below is a list of currently available parameters for the CSSUI Links component.
(thanks to Preston Brynie at Miva for the list)

storefront
customer_login
customer_account
affiliate_login
affiliate_account
checkout
basket
search
all_products
sitemap
orderhistory_login
orderhistory
category:code
product:code
screen:code

For example a link to your checkout would be:
<mvt:item name="cssui_links" param="checkout">Checkout</mvt:item>

This example says, if a customer is signed in take them to the order history page, if not take them to the sign-in page:

<mvt:if expr="g.Basket:cust_id">
<mvt:item name="cssui_links" param="orderhistory">Order Status</mvt:item></li>
<mvt:else>
<mvt:item name="cssui_links" param="orderhistory_login">Order Status</mvt:item></li>
</mvt:if>

[entrepre7]

Re: Help with short link vs longer

Gary thanks so much for the great information. Read over the manual but for some reason did not truly understand it till now. The fixes made yesterday should solve my issues then. Very happy!

[Mark Hood]

Re: Help with short link vs longer

I think I may have solved my basket issues by finding some misc errors. But still curious to know if having both short and non short links can cause issues.

You should be implementing the canonical tag as well if you are not already aware.