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Phil ECT Moderator United Kingdom 7858 Posts	Posted - 09/05/2025 : 02:31:34 Hi Vince, quote: The vsadmin/inc/metainfo.asp and vsadmin/inc/metainfo.php files will now populate parameters that can be used for Canonical URLs, such as: canonicalurl / $canonicalurl // The Product Detail page Canonical URL canonicalurlcats / $canonicalurlcats // The Categories page Canonical URL canonicalurlprods / $canonicalurlprods // The Products page Canonical URL Using this parameter you can set a Canonical Tag in the Head section of your page as follows (example for the Product Detail Page)... <link rel="canonical" href="<%=canonicalurl%>"> ' ASP Version <link rel="canonical" href="<?php print @$canonicalurl?>"> // PHP Version You need to use the canonicalurlcats parameter on your categories pages and canonicalurlprods on your products pages. Are there any guidelines for the WP version please with regard to the above. I'm assuming the ECT Store Widget along with the parameters handle this? What about the product detail pages? At the moment all I'm seeing in the source code is <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.mydomain.com/proddetail/" /> *Contact Us* *Buy The PHP Capture Card Plugin* Rate Our Services/View Our Feedback
Vince Administrator 43526 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2025 : 09:22:50 Hi Phil That was actually a complete oversight and the canonical URL wasn't available in the WordPress version. But I've added support for this now so if you get a new version of the ECT Widgets plugin then go to... Appearance -> Customize -> ECT Theme Options you can choose to add the canonical URL there. If you are using Yoast SEO then the ECT Widgets will only produce a canonical URL for the products, categories and detail pages and will replace the Yoast canonical for those pages. Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
Vince Administrator 43526 Posts	Posted - 09/06/2025 : 09:44:42 Hi Phil There is also a change in the vsadmin/inc/metainfo.php file which sorts out a problem with the canonical tag. Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
Phil ECT Moderator United Kingdom 7858 Posts	Posted - 09/07/2025 : 02:55:25 Perfect! thanks Vince *Contact Us* *Buy The PHP Capture Card Plugin* Rate Our Services/View Our Feedback
Phil ECT Moderator United Kingdom 7858 Posts	Posted - 08/27/2026 : 05:39:29 Hi Vince, v7.9.5 Just switched to PHP 8.3 and get the following errors Warning: Undefined global variable $canonicalurlcats in /home/xxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ect-widgets/ect-widgets.php on line 572 Warning: Undefined global variable $canonicalurl in /home/xxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ect-widgets/ect-widgets.php on line 568 *Contact Us* *Buy The PHP Capture Card Plugin* Rate Our Services/View Our Feedback Edited by - Phil on 08/27/2026 06:02:12
Vince Administrator 43526 Posts	Posted - 08/27/2026 : 14:08:24 Hi Phil I think I see why this is happening and I've added a fix to the ECTWidgets plugin so can you get a new copy and see if this helps? https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/free_downloads.asp#wordpress Vince Click Here for Shopping Cart Software Click Here to sign up for our newsletter Click Here for the latest updater
Phil ECT Moderator United Kingdom 7858 Posts	Posted - 08/28/2026 : 00:36:10 Sorted thanks *Contact Us* *Buy The PHP Capture Card Plugin* Rate Our Services/View Our Feedback
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