Comments on: Rename osCommerce Files

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 03:17:04 +0000

Thanks guys…perhaps I was mis-interpretting the link shown…perhaps it was the currency/language item froom above?

Anyways, I'll likely proceed with changing the OSCsid and directory names. Every little bit has got to help.

By: Xpajun

Xpajun — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 18:37:13 +0000

Gary, my problem is Google – storing pre 2.3 links with OSCsid and separate links for each currency and language – now language I can understand but currency… especially when Google decides that your product in $ is the same as the ones in £ and € which equates to duplicate or multiple content ::)

Just wish Google was resetable

By: Gary

Gary — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:06:15 +0000

Dredging up old posts, is a good thing.

As Juls points out, you should never have the oscsid on an outside link. If they are, it can cause issues in certain curcumstances.

Changing the oscsid is not a big deal, won't affect your store workings, but may help to hide it's "osc" origin – change it in application_top if I recall correctly.

Juls – set "recreate sessions" to true should help.

By: Xpajun

Xpajun — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:09:34 +0000

Rob, the OSCsid shouldn't be in any external link, it is unique to each customer – does happen though, especially with 2.2xx

May be interesting, Gary, if you could come up with a way to strip an incoming link of a OSCsid (if one were present) while preserving the given OSCsid when a customer is browsing

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 03:06:15 +0000

Hello Gary.

Dredging up a thread from the past…hope you don't mind.

In regards to renaming the OSCsid, is there any harm in doing this to an existing store? What about any links that might have been posted by customers in forums or such, linking to a product, and in which the OSCsid is present in the link?

Thanks
Rob