Frequently Asked Questions
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1. Does your extension change any core files or the database? Does it add any new columns in existing tables or does it add any new tables in the database? If so can you tell me the columns and tables that it adds?
No changes with core file. Work only via VQMOD injections. About database - Paladin creates a few new tables and adds columns to the product_description, category_description e.t.c.
2. Does your extension affect the performance or the speed of my site? Does it need a lot of server resources?
All test on different sites got a next result:
1. if you use cashe system - Paladin hasn't affect the performance
2. on 80% of sites Paladin hasn't affect the performance (without cache)
3. on 20% of sites Paladin increases time of load page on 1-1.5sec
3. Will your extension and specifically breadcrumbs work with my custom responsive theme? I also use third party review system called Yotpo which I believe might affect breadcrumbs.
Breadcrumbs works perfect with any theme. Yotpo wouldn't affect on it
4. I use a third party sitemap extension (UKSB Sitemaps) and I would like to know whether links created (seo friendly urls, links created through the path manager, cannonical links, seo paginattion,...etc.) by your extension will be inherited or used by any sitemap or not. This is very important and so I want to make sure.
All links created by standard Opencart function "$this->link()". Paladin only changes this function according your setting in the Paladin. XML sitemap it hasn't any relationship to the links.
5. How do your Generators work with import/export tools? For example if I add hundreds of products with excel sheet through some import/export tool, will your generators automatically fill blank seo related fields for the products?
If your import/export module uses standard system of Opencart for save new products - yes Paladin will be fill all fields, if you turn on Autogenerate function. In another case, you can use generator after export
6. Also I do not totally understand the difference between the options "Append to end" and "All items" for the Generators. I understand that "Append to end" will add the items written in the template at the end of each field whether or not it is already filled or empty. But doesn't "All items" option do the same thing? What is the difference between them?
"All items" - this mean rewrite all fields. All your old data will be lose. This is good question and in next version I will change this name of mode on "Rewrite all"
7. If I click Clear button will it clear only the fields generated by this extension or will it also clear the seo related fields of the existing products which were added before this extension was installed? If it clears everything, can you not give following options:
1.clear all
2.clear only that was created by this extension.
Where possible the "Clear function" deletes only data, which was generated from Paladin, look below
- Related products
- URLs (keywords)
- Reviews
- Description
Other seo data, as META Description and keywords, titles, H1, e.t.c will be deleted all.
8. How exactly level of relevance work for related products? What is the logic behind it?
I can't describe you all logic of search related products, but it based on many parameters (price, category, nema, description, e.t.c) and when you change "level of relevance" requirements to these parameters will be changed also and you can get more/less related products
9. Do the script in the template need be to put in quotes like this? "buy !pn, !cn, !pb, !pm, !pu"
or without the quotes like this: buy !pn, !cn, !pb, !pm, !pu
Must be without quotes
10. As for spin, for example, in below template how do we know which product uses which combination? Is it randomly selected by your system?
{buy|cheap|discount on} the !pn {on sale|and free shipping|online}
Yes, random selected.
11. As for additional settings, to make sure that I understand it correctly I have below question.
Does Nt # Pn # Tb for !csd work for only category and brand templates?
When you click on the parameter button, which has additional values, you get a popup window, with setting of additional values. Parameters !csd and !csn works only for category
12. How does your extension handle special characters that might be in product names but are not accepted in seo urls, seo image names,...etc. ?
Paladin uses transliteration function for replace special characters to latin. All special characters will be replaced on equivalent latin characters. Exception: when you use generator in "National mode" - transliteration function don't used, but the text will be still cleared from a, e, i, o, u, u, n, ?, ? and other.
13. Also If product names are pretty long, does it affect the process of changing image names?
Yes, it does.
14. I generated SEO URLs, but in address field I still see route, product_id and other parameters. What do I do wrong?
You must find in main folder of website file .htaccess.txt and rename it to .htaccess
15. I have site in subdirectory. After generating SEO URLs, I got "Page not found...". What I must to do?
ou must find the line:
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
And replace it on:
RewriteRule ^([^?]*) SUBDIRECTORY/index.php?_route_=$1 [L,QSA]
where SUBDIRECTORY - name of your directory, where installed Opencart site
16. How much time I need for SEO improving in SERP(Search Engine Results Page), after generating all items, and switching-on all SEO features?
For acceleration SERP, after SEO optimization, you must:
Generate new XML Sitemap for your site, for example here
Inform Google, Yahoo, Bing and other search engines about new XML map, and invite them spiders on yours website.
After that, you have to wait 2-4 weeks for the results
17. What is the difference between Paladins SEO and Nitro?
This is different modules, and each of it does other work.
Nitro - creates cache for every page for enhance speed of download pages;
PSM - create additional code, HTML and SEO URLs for every page for enhance search engine results page (SERP);
18. Is it possible to do the same URLs that "PACk SEO PRO"?
We can guarantee, that all urls will be same on 95%.
If you have a few languages, URLs will not be same, because PACk SEO PRO adds language code to keyword, but Paladin SEO creates virtual
subdirectory, for example:
PACk SEO PRO (French): mysite.com/category/product-fr.html
Paladin SEO (French): mysite.com/category/fr/product.html
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Paladin SEO Manager
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Installation Instructions:
1). Unzip paladin-seo-manager-ver(X.X.X).zip archive in folder of your choice. After extracting the archive you will find "vqmod" and "upload" folders, readme docs.
2). If you have already VQMod installed, please skip to step 6.
3). If you don't have installed VqMod to your system, please copy vqmod folder which is OUTSIDE "upload" folder to your server root directory.
4). Backup your index.php and admin/index.php files.
5). Open your favorite browser and navigate to your
http://site.com/vqmod/install/index.php to complete the installation.
6). Upload the files from the "upload" folder from paladin-seo-manager-ver(X.X.X).zip (you have already extracted archive in step 1) to your server.
7). Login in your admin panel and navigate to: Extension -> Modules
8). Click on install button of Paladin SEO Manager
9). After installed you can enter into Paladin SEO Manager with two way:
- Main menu -> Extensions -> Paladin SEO Manager
- Main menu -> Extensions -> Modules -> Paladin SEO Manager
