ECWID Ecommerce Sites. No Custom URLS?
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Is there any way possible to be able to name product urls in website that use ECWID for their ecommerce? They have long and "dirty" urls. For example this running boards site: http://www.runningboards4less.com/general-motors#!/~/product/category=6593890&id=28043027
Isn't this hurting the overall SEO of the site? Especially product pages?
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I would suggest Prestashop, but I am not partial by any means. I develop exclusively with it and I am one of their moderators. Magento is also good too. I think one of the biggest considerations is what the store does in business, how many products, and what features do they need that are not in the default package of the e-commerce program. All platforms have good features, but everyone has features others do not.
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What would you suggest as an alternative to ECWID? One of the web design companies we partner with uses them. I am seeking alternatives to recommend.
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Honestly I don't know. I really thought development had stopped on it a couple of years ago, but apparently it hasn't. I honestly don't know if they have the ability to change it since it would be a huge core modification for them.
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Thank you for taking a moment to answer my question. I gave you a thumbs up and "Good Answer". Why do people use ECWID with such a disadvantage? You would think that ECWID would change that. Oh well. I guess I will just have to go on being frustrated. It would also be nice if you could have descriptions under items for ECWID pages. "Short" descriptions on the multi product pages. But with ECWID it only allows a link and Sku....
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I would consider it important, but unfortunately Ecwid does not support it because of how the software uses ajax to build pages. The best tip I can give is to try to rewrite the urls manually and see if the software still works.
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