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Hi Heather,

I tried out the plugin that you recommended and out of the box it needed some function and PHP to get it to work so I bailed. I did find this Plugin that worked from the getgo. It’s named Breadcrumb NavXT and seems to be highly ranked and used.

Getting my BigCommerce site on WP up to snuff so thanks again.

Thank you Topher. I might be able to get by without it now that I know I can change “Products” and “Categories” to whatever I want in the Appearance Customizer and changing the product permalink with SEO settings in Products. I didn’t really want to have to do a automatic 301 redirect inside BC (since it’s now makes it slower) in order to change the permalinks in WP but sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

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Hi Heather,

I did not see any change in the latest update to BigcommerceforWordPress v. 4.6. Permalinks remain uneditable inside Products on the WordPress side. Was there another way that I do not see?

thank you for your help,
Ron

This is how it’s setup inside BC

1. The Main category URL (under BC Category Details) is /tents/ for Nordic Tipi Tents. This is 1 of 6 main categories.

2. The Sub-category URL (under Nordic Tipi Tents) is /tents/tent-camping/ for Safir Tent Series

3. The Product Search Engine Optimization (under BC Products > Other Details) is /tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/. This is how anyone on the world wide web can access this page. Don’t want to touch it… it’s already working, done deal.

I then installed BC4WP and synched up a “Fresh” install of WP, with the existing current BC website. After that I have the below

1. I have a category in WP titled “Nordic Tipi Tents” with the slug
/tents/. If I view page it goes to:
/products/categories/tents/

2. I have a category in WP titled “— Safir Tent Series” under the above Nordic Tipi Tents category with the slug /tent-camping/ . If I view page in WP I go to /products/categories/tent-camping/

3. If I go to the product page Safir-15 CP, it is assigned to the sub category of Safir Tent Series which is a child of Nordic Tipi Tents. The BC product URL for SEO is set too /tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/. If I view page in WP I go to:
/products/tents-tent-camping-safir-15-cp/

What I would like to do is change the permalink so it goes to:
/products/safir-15-cp/ on the WordPress side of this sticky web. This is much cleaner URL and removed some outdated SEO category-naming tactics that worked in 2012. When I go live with the new WP website I will have a 301 redirect in place to handle this transition… i.e.

/tents/tent-camping/safir-15-cp/ redirects to /products/safir-15-cp/

I’d prefer not to add another plugin (that maynot work) to do something that is native to WordPress… which is edit permalinks. Was there a reason why BC development removed that feature? If I promise not to do anything stupid can I get it back?

Add to the above, one cannot change the category names associated with the product CPT either. That ability seems to have been removed as well.

What is the proper way then to make changes to category names and product names that are located inside the BCtoWP CPT?

I have an update to this user scenerio and I’m hopeful this might work so we get a yes to the last question.

1. Member posts a question(post) on the website. As a result all members are notified there is a new members question and anyone knows the answer. (you already said yes)

2. A 2nd member comes in and post their answer. An email is triggered that sends to the original member who asked the question. If the second member checks a box indicating they want to follow the question they then get emailed their answer and any following answers.

3. A 3rd member comes in and post their answer. If the 3rd member checks a box indicating they want to follow the question they then get emailed their answer and any following answers. Original question asker gets emailed as well.

4 In addition, anyone that is interested in the original question can click on the checkbox to follow the question.

Would the above scenerio be possible with BNFW?

Hopefully you mean this… the code in the content box.

<div class=”container clearfix”>
<div class=”float_center”>
<div class=”largest centering_vertical child closebox all-dark-tan”>
<i class=”fa fa-user fa-2x” style=”margin-right:10px;”></i> Personal Info
</div>
</div>
</div>
[text* your-name placeholder “Please enter your full name *”]

<div class=”container clearfix”>
<div class=”float_center”>
<div class=”largest centering_vertical child closebox all-dark-tan”>
<i class=”fa fa-mobile fa-2x” style=”margin-right:10px;”></i> Contact Details</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
[text Phone placeholder "Best phone number"]

[email* your-email placeholder “Enter a valid email address *”]

<div class=”container clearfix”>
<div class=”float_center”>
<div class=”largest centering_vertical child closebox all-dark-tan”>
<i class=”fa fa-comment fa-2x” style=”margin-right:10px;”></i> Your Message
</div>
</div>
</div>
[textarea your-message placeholder “How may we help you?”]
[recaptcha]
[submit “Send Information”]

LOst the formatting, here’s how it supposed to look with indenting.

parent
> child
> > child-child