SEO Urls

• Enable SEO URLs? :: This setting enables/disables the SEO URLs contribution globally. (Default Setting: true)
• Add cPath to product URLs? :: This setting enables/disables the option of adding the cPath parameter to the end of product pages. Eg. some-product-p-1.html?cPath=xx (Default Setting: false)
• Add category parent to begining of URLs? :: This setting enables/disables the option of adding the category parent to the beginning of category URLs. Eg. parent-category-p-1.html (Default Setting: true)
• Filter Short Words :: This setting allows a store owner to filter short words which typically add no value. Don't set this too high! (Default Setting: true)
• Enable SEO cache to save queries? :: This setting enables/disables the query cache engine globally. If disabled each URL generated will take 1 query. (Default Setting: true)
• Enable product cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the products. (Default Setting: true)
• Enable categories cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the categories. (Default Setting: true)
• Enable manufacturers cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the manufacturers. (Default Setting: true)
• Enable articles cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the articles (if installed)(Default Setting: true)
• Enable information cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the information pages (if installed) (Default Setting: true)
• Enable topics cache? :: This setting enables/disables the option of using cache for the article topics (if installed) (Default Setting: true)
• Enable automatic redirects? :: This setting enables/disables the automatic 301 header redirect logic. This sends a moved permanent header for all old URLs to the new ones. This setting is highly recommended for stores that have already been indexed by spiders. (Default Setting: true)
• Choose URL Rewrite Type :: This can only be set to Rewrite
• Enter special character conversions :: This setting allows a store owner to enter a list of special character conversions. (Default Setting: NULL) Please note the format below.
  • FORMAT: char⇒conv, char2⇒conv2, char3⇒conv3 (NOTE: use a comma as the separator)
• Remove all non-alphanumeric characters? :: This setting allows the store owner to remove all non-alphanumeric characters from the URL. This is highly effective and will result in some interesting URLs. For example, some-product-p-1.html will become someproduct-p-1.html (Default Setting: false)
• Reset SEO URLs Cache :: This setting allows the store owner to clear the SEO cache manually. (Default Setting: false)
• Enable SEO URL Validation :: Enable SEO validation on your store URLs.

Open the .htaccess file with the catalog folder of your store using a suitable text editor.

Find this code at the bottom of the file:

# BOF: MOD - Ultimate SEO URLs
## SEO Url's .htaccess file
## If you want to use the Apache Mod-Rewrite method for SEO URL's
## NOTE: This requires that you are on an apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled.

#<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
#Options +FollowSymLinks
#RewriteEngine On

# Change "catalog" to your catalog directory name:
#RewriteBase /catalog/
## If installed to the base home/root directory, uncomment the below code only:
#RewriteBase /

#RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9]+).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-([0-9]+).html$ popup_image.php?pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-([0-9]+).html$ articles.php?tPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-a-([0-9]+).html$ article_info.php?articles_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-([0-9]+).html$ product_reviews.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-([0-9]+).html$ product_reviews_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#RewriteRule ^(.*)-i-([0-9]+).html$ information.php?info_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
#</ifModule>
# EOF: MOD - Ultimate SEO URLs

and change it to:

# BOF: MOD - Ultimate SEO URLs
## SEO Url's .htaccess file
## If you want to use the Apache Mod-Rewrite method for SEO URL's
## NOTE: This requires that you are on an apache web server with mod_rewrite enabled.

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On

# Change "catalog" to your catalog directory name:
RewriteBase /catalog/
## If installed to the base home/root directory, uncomment the below code only:
#RewriteBase /

RewriteRule ^(.*)-p-(.*).html$ product_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-c-(.*).html$ index.php?cPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-m-([0-9]+).html$ index.php?manufacturers_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pi-([0-9]+).html$ popup_image.php?pID=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-t-([0-9]+).html$ articles.php?tPath=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-a-([0-9]+).html$ article_info.php?articles_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pr-([0-9]+).html$ product_reviews.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-pri-([0-9]+).html$ product_reviews_info.php?products_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
RewriteRule ^(.*)-i-([0-9]+).html$ information.php?info_id=$2&%{QUERY_STRING}
</ifModule>
# EOF: MOD - Ultimate SEO URLs

• Example of other store directories:
  • If your store in the public_html folder then use * If your store in the catalog sub directory then use /catalog * If your store in the shop sub directory then use /shop * If your store in the another_example sub directory then use /another_example**

Source: osCMax Forums - Thanks to michael_s