FAQ
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Why not just let search engines index the filtered pages?
Section titled “Why not just let search engines index the filtered pages?”The core SEO add-on marks every filtered category page noindex and points its canonical link to the plain category, for good reason: thousands of filter combinations would be thin duplicate pages. This add-on makes only the combinations you choose indexable, with their own URL, heading and text, and keeps all other combinations noindex.
Does it change the core SEO names or redirects?
Section titled “Does it change the core SEO names or redirects?”No. Landing page URLs are recognized before the core SEO add-on looks at the URL, and the add-on keeps its own table. Core SEO names, redirects, canonical rules of other pages and the robots.txt are not changed.
What happens to existing links to the filtered URLs?
Section titled “What happens to existing links to the filtered URLs?”With the default setting they redirect (301) to the landing page, so their ranking signals move to the new URL. Sorting and paging parameters are kept.
Does it work with SEO Pro Suite and SEO Meta Templates?
Section titled “Does it work with SEO Pro Suite and SEO Meta Templates?”Yes. The landing page sets its own meta data after SEO Meta Templates, and SEO Pro Suite reads its canonical link, title and index rule, so the social cards and structured data describe the landing page. The template syntax is the same in both add-ons.
Does it work with Multi-Vendor?
Section titled “Does it work with Multi-Vendor?”Yes. Landing pages are created by the marketplace administrator and work on every storefront where their category is shown. Vendor pages (the vendor’s own product list) are not changed.
Does it work with CS-Cart Ultimate storefronts?
Section titled “Does it work with CS-Cart Ultimate storefronts?”Yes. A page belongs to the storefront of its category, and the settings can differ per storefront.
Which CS-Cart versions are supported?
Section titled “Which CS-Cart versions are supported?”CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x on PHP 7.2.5 – 8.3 (as your CS-Cart version supports).
Will it slow down my store?
Section titled “Will it slow down my store?”No. A landing page is a normal category page with a few extra texts; the lookups are cached and invalidated when you edit a page. Nothing is written while customers browse, so the 4.21 full page cache keeps working.
How do I get updates?
Section titled “How do I get updates?”Updates are free during your updates and support period (12 months, extendable). Download the new version from your account on cs-cart.kaviolabs.com or install it from the Upgrade center, and upload it over the installed one. Pages and settings are kept.
What happens without a valid license?
Section titled “What happens without a valid license?”Without a valid license (no key after the 14-day start period, an invalid or revoked key, a domain the license does not cover, or no successful check for 14 days), landing page URLs redirect to the normal filtered category pages, so no link breaks; their texts, meta data, canonical and index rules, the “Popular searches” links and the sitemap entries are switched off. Your pages are kept, and everything is back once the license is valid again.
The admin panel shows a license notice.
Section titled “The admin panel shows a license notice.”Open Add-ons → Manage add-ons → SEO Filter Landing Pages: the License card at the top says what is wrong. Fix it on the License tab and click Check now. See License.
Does the add-on work on my staging copy?
Section titled “Does the add-on work on my staging copy?”Yes. Subdomains of your licensed domain and local development hosts (localhost, private IP addresses, *.local, *.test) are covered by the same license.
What happens if your license server is down?
Section titled “What happens if your license server is down?”Nothing changes for 14 days: the add-on keeps working and retries every hour. Only if no check succeeds for 14 days is it switched off until the next successful check.
Does the license check slow down my storefront?
Section titled “Does the license check slow down my storefront?”No. The check runs only in the admin panel or from cron, at most once a day, never while customers browse or check out.
Still stuck?
Section titled “Still stuck?”Work through the troubleshooting guide, then contact support with your CS-Cart version, edition, PHP version and the add-on version (1.0.0).