Google and Miva

Getting static and dynamic pages to work in Miva Merchant

[JezWebb]

I understand that to get really good results with search engines when yoy use Miva Merchant, that you should consider adding some static pages. Well, I have done this but have run up against a problem.

Because the pages are static, it seems impossible to me to keep a "session" going, and so jump from dynamic to static and still keep the contents of your shopping cart! Has anyone else noticed this?

For example I go to dynamic pages, buy some stuff, then alight upon a static. If I now click Shopping cart - it's empty.

How can I get around this?

Jeremy

[FourDegreez]

How is it maintaining the session? Is the session ID in the URL or a cookie? If it is in a cookie, then it shouldn't drop after passing through some static pages. If it is in the URL, that is a problem for Google.

Google seems a little screwy with the .mv extension, sometimes. But I have .mv pages that rank very well. Then again, I'm not using Merchant, just straight Mivascript for fun stuff.

[JezWebb]

Yes, the session is maintained through the URL. Is it possible to change the way Miva Merchant handles sessions to using a cookie? (Clutching at straws now methinks!)