"SEOhide + technical implementation services" documentation

Overview

Features

General information

This addon allows to hide page content part from search robots with SEO-hide technology help.

Compatibility

Available add-on version	CS-Cart/Multi-Vendor compatible versions
`v1.14.0`	4.11.3 – 4.12.1
`v1.13.0`	4.10.1 – 4.11.2
`v1.12`	4.3.3 – 4.9.3

Add-on is compatible with the following Themes:

YoupiTheme (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
UniTheme2 (compatible with correspond CS-Cart version);
Responsive.

Support

General technical support conditions are available at this link (be sure to review these conditions, all solutions from the AlexBranding development team come with limited technical support).

In order to use our technical support, you need to:

Log in with your order owner account on https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com;
Go to the page My Account → Orders;
Find the corresponding order with the problem add-on in the orders list and pass to its details;
Find the “Support” link next to the corresponding add-on name (near you can find Documentation link also) and click on it;
Fill in the data with the problem, provide access to your CS-Cart installation (path to the administration panel, admin mail, admin password + FTP access) and create a ticket (after you will create the ticket, you will receive an e-mail and a special code to track the ticket in the future);
Wait for the specialist answer in accordance with the regulations of the technical support service and the priority of your ticket.

If you didn't receive an answer within the deadlines, according to the chosen ticket priority, send e-mail info@alexbranding.com with the ticket number, for which you did not receive an answer in time, and the team manager will solve the problem in compliance with regulations.

Technical support by telephone calls and direct e-mails is not provided. Any help comes through tickets and helpdesk. Carefully learn documentation and technical support conditions before creating a request.

Demo

You can test the addon work with admin access using our demo server Demos for CS-Cart solutions from Alexbranding by choosing it in Addons list or just follow the link.

Restrictions and warnings

We recommend to note general restrictions:

All solutions from AlexBranding developers team require pre-installation of the AB: Addons Manager service addon. It is delivered free of charge and is responsible for such services: installation, upgrades, license verifications. Excluding this service addon usage is not possible;
Addon files may have a closed (encoded) part, in which only a license check is located;
The addon will work only on those domains, that are specified in the user's license. If you try to use the solution on CS-Cart installations, whose domains are not included in the license, the addon will be automatically turned off;
Local installation is not possible, so that the addon works on the additional domain (subdomain), enter this domain (subdomain) in the Domain field, when ordering (or write to info@alexbranding.com) - adding technical domains for the developing or for testing is always free.

Usage

Installation

After your order has been processed by our manager, it will be transferred to Completed state, you will receive an email to your mailbox with ordered add-ons license numbers (usually it takes from 15 minutes to 8 hours depending on the day time and week day).

Then follow the steps below, which differs depending on your version of the CS-Cart platform:

If you have CS-Cart 4.16.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.13.1 and newer version

If you have CS-Cart 4.12. *

If you have CS-Cart 4.11.5 and an earlier version

You can also install the add-on with a standard installation for CS-Cart. To do this, download the appropriate archive with an add-on version compatible with your version of the CS-Cart platform.
Go to the website cs-cart.alexbranding.com, log in under the account of the order holder and go to the page My Profile → Orders → Relevant Order, go to details and you will see a list of available archives for the ordered add-on. Download the version (archive) you need and make the installation (standard for CS-Cart installation: Add-ons → Downloaded add-ons and in the gearwheel menu select Manual installation).

Service add-on AB: Add-ons Manager must be installed and have Active status.

Add Hook-s

To get correct add-on work, adding hooks is required.
This is a special markup in the templates, which allows you to dynamically change the resulting HTML-code of the page.

Code adding in the system files

1) In the file /design/themes/[theme]/templates/common/sorting.tpl add string:

{hook name="ab__so_seohide:sorting_link"}{/hook}

Result must be next:

2) In the file /design/themes/[theme]/templates/views/products/components/sorting.tpl add strings:

a) {hook name="ab__so_seohide:layout_link"}{/hook}
b) {hook name="ab__so_seohide:items_per_page_link"}{/hook}

Result must be next:

3) In the file /design/themes/[theme]/templates/blocks/my_account.tpl add strings:
a) {hook name="ab__so_seohide:my_account_title"}{/hook}
b) {hook name="ab__so_seohide:my_account_menu"}{/hook}
c) {hook name="ab__so_seohide:my_account_buttons"}{/hook}

Result must be next:

4) In the file /design/themes/[theme]/templates/blocks/product_filters/original.tpl add string:

{hook name="ab__so_seohide:clear_filter_link"}{/hook}

Result must be next:

5) In the file /design/themes/[theme]/templates/views/auth/login_form.tpl add string:

{hook name="ab__so_seohide:login_form_links"}{/hook}

Result must be next:

Additional hooks for CS-Cart 4.3.3 or lower

Prevent robots from the content file accessing (robots.txt)

Additional hooks for Bright Theme

In the file /design/themes/bright_theme/templates/blocks/my_account.tpl add strings:

{hook name="ab__so_seohide:my_account_title_for_bright_theme"}
{/hook}

Result must be next:

Work with functionality

Code hiding

Permissions

To set access rights to the addon functionality go to the page Administration panel → Customers → User groups, and in the group editing window choose Privileges tab.

How to update

To have possibility to update an add-on, you must have an active subscription period for add-on license.

AB: Add-ons Manager will notify you about available updates (you will see an indicator of new alerts). The recommended way is to update via the CS-Cart Upgrade center (a regular procedure of the platform). This method will allow lossless configuration of the transition to the new add-on version, that is guaranteed to be compatible with your CS-Cart platform version.

Before updating, always make a full database and your store files backup (we recommend backing up using server or hosting tools).

To make updates procedure:

Go to the Administration panel → Administration → Upgrade center;
Find the appropriate update among the available updates and click the Update button;
Follow all the instructions, that will be shown during the upgrade procedure;
Clear CS-Cart cache and start using new add-on version.

If you have an earlier version of the add-on (without the Upgrade center support)

List of releases

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v1.14.0 from 06 March 2020

New features and improvements:
[+] Added compatibility with CS-Cart 4.11.3;
[+] Added compatibility with UniTheme2 version 4.11.*;
[+] Added compatibility with YoupiTheme version 4.11.*;
[+] Added users privileges.

Bug fixes:
[!] Fixed errors of W3C validator;
[!] Fixed 404 error for nonexistent file for the authorized users.

v1.13.0 from 14 June 2019

Feature additions:
[+] added UpgradeCenter/Connector for the next updates;
[+] added hidden add to compares button, product preview button, add new post button, compares list and wishlist links;

Bug fixes:
[!] Fixed bug for authorized users;

v1.12 from 17 Jule 2018

Feature additions:
[+] added compatibility with cs-cart 4.8.x;

v1.11 from 05 June 2018

Bug fixes:
[!] Fixed bug with "clear filter" button on Youpitheme;

v1.10 from 13 November 2017

https://cs-cart.alexbranding.com/en/ab__so_seohide.doc

v1.9 from 10 October 2017

v1.9 October 10, 2017

~ optimized cache storing;

v1.8 June 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with category displaying;

v1.7 May 4, 2017

~ fixed problem with blocks (My account, Category) caching;

v1.6 April 24, 2017

~ removed dependency with user sessions;

v1.5 April 5, 2017

~ fixed problem with double maps init;

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.8 from 14 June 2017

v1.8 June 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with category displaying;

v1.7 May 4, 2017

~ fixed problem with blocks (My account, Category) caching;

v1.6 April 24, 2017

~ removed dependency with user sessions;

v1.5 April 5, 2017

~ fixed problem with double maps init;

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.7 from 04 May 2017

v1.7 May 4, 2017

~ fixed problem with blocks (My account, Category) caching;

v1.6 April 24, 2017

~ removed dependency with user sessions;

v1.5 April 5, 2017

~ fixed problem with double maps init;

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.6 from 25 April 2017

v1.6 April 24, 2017

~ removed dependency with user sessions;

v1.5 April 5, 2017

~ fixed problem with double maps init;

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.5 from 05 April 2017

v1.5 April 5, 2017

~ fixed problem with double maps init;

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.4 from 27 February 2017

v1.4 March 14, 2017

~ fixed problem with js-file caching;

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.3 from 27 February 2017

v1.3 February 27, 2017

~ fixed bug with js-files attachment for 4.4.x versions;

v1.2 November 1, 2016

added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.2 from 01 November 2016

v1.2 November 1, 2016
added changelog;
~ optimized code by using caching;

v1.1 September 13, 2016

added help;
~ fixed bugs with ajax;
v1.1.1 from 28 September 2016

v1.1.November 6, 2016
~ fix translations;
~ add help;
~ remove limit for max PHP version;
~ min version of cs-cart lower to 4.3.3;
~ all hooks rewritten to smarty-function seohide