Product to Category 301 redirects via flat file

[Nick]

Actually, we have 61000 products for a brand, and we need to change the codes just for those products by removing them and uploading them with new product codes.

My suggestion would be to use XML Provisioning and update the product codes rather than delete and reupload. Updating the product codes will leave the product URL so there will be no 404 errors. If needed a spreadsheet or XML can be created to create redirects for the products as well.

Here is a link to the XML format needed to update a product code.

https://gist.github.com/steveosoule/...oduct%20Update

It should look something like this:

<!-- Product Update -->
<Product_Update code="current_code">
<Code>new_code</Code>
</Product_Update>

Also here is a link to the XML format to update/add/delete URIs in Miva

https://gist.github.com/steveosoule/...8d4edbcd046be6

Once the files have been created they can be uploaded in the Miva admin under Data Management using the Import Data and Settings in XML Provisioning Format option.

[Shiv]

Actually, we have 61000 products for a brand, and we need to change the codes just for those products by removing them and uploading them with new product codes. So, in order to not come up as a 404 Not found error code on someone's search, we want to do a 301 redirect for all those old URLs to the new URLs (same products but with different codes).
For e.g., an old link would be
guaranteedparts.com/product/VIKINGR-VKPA020041.html
& the new link would be   
guaranteedparts.com/product/viking-pa020041.html

guaranteedparts.com/product/VIKINGR-VKPA020041.html
301 redirect to
guaranteedparts.com/product/viking-pa020041.html

Is it possible to do so? If yes, then how should I do it?

[Shiv]

Actually, we have 61000 products for a brand, and we need to change the codes just for those products by removing them and uploading them with new product codes. So, in order to not come up as a 404 Not found error code on someone's search, we want to do a 301 redirect for all those old URLs to the new URLs (same products but with different codes).
For e.g., an old link would be
guaranteedparts.com/product/VIKINGR-VKPA020041.html
& the new link would be   
guaranteedparts.com/product/viking-pa020041.html

guaranteedparts.com/product/VIKINGR-VKPA020041.html
301 redirect to
guaranteedparts.com/product/viking-pa020041.html

[lesliekirk]

I was so excited when I thought I had this working just like I wanted it to until I discovered that ALL of the products are still "discoverable" via the long-style links. I first noticed it on the SMAP page. Now I have to figure out where my sitemap generator app is finding all of these long links at because they do NOT redirect when clicked on. So what is the fix for this?

[lesliekirk]

It doesn't look like you have enough columns. How would Miva determine what the URI is supposed to be for? Looking at the three columns you have... /W1230SA.html as a URI, but Miva wouldn't know what the URI is for (it can't assume it's for product W1230SA). As said in the previous post, I think the easiest way to do this is to do an export, look at the data you already have, make a copy, and then use the file as a template. That way you can have Miva "Determine Automatically Using Header Row" in import settings.

Yes, I was missing the Category Code - many thanks, all is good. Works like a charm!

[RTHOMASDESIGN]

I put together a quick template that you (or other readers) can download here for importing:
https://rthomasdesign.com/Miva-URI-Template.csv

It should make sense just looking at it :)

[RTHOMASDESIGN]

It doesn't look like you have enough columns. How would Miva determine what the URI is supposed to be for? Looking at the three columns you have... /W1230SA.html as a URI, but Miva wouldn't know what the URI is for (it can't assume it's for product W1230SA). As said in the previous post, I think the easiest way to do this is to do an export, look at the data you already have, make a copy, and then use the file as a template. That way you can have Miva "Determine Automatically Using Header Row" in import settings.

[lesliekirk]

Also, what should the import settings look like?


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[lesliekirk]

Something like this:

URI	CANONICAL	STATUS	PAGE_CODE	CATEGORY_CODE	PRODUCT_CODE	FEED_CODE
/product/your-product-uri.html	No	301		Your-category-code

You can export your current URIs and use what you have in there as a template.

When I create my import file do I also include the Product Code?

[Miss Kate]

While it works great after manually configuring a couple of them in the admin (using the product URI), I need to redirect a lot of products to a category. What does the flat file import look like for something like this? I'm having trouble finding an example.

I had exported the data below and made the changes I wanted at the time & then reuploaded it. Hope this helps.

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[RTHOMASDESIGN]

Something like this:

URI	CANONICAL	STATUS	PAGE_CODE	CATEGORY_CODE	PRODUCT_CODE	FEED_CODE
/product/your-product-uri.html	No	301		Your-category-code

You can export your current URIs and use what you have in there as a template.

[lesliekirk]

While it works great after manually configuring a couple of them in the admin (using the product URI), I need to redirect a lot of products to a category. What does the flat file import look like for something like this? I'm having trouble finding an example.