Globally Insert Canonical Links into Miva Merchant 5.5

Insert the following code into the “Head Tag Content/CSS” area of Miva Merchant 5.5. This area is global and will automatically insert the correct canonical links into all of your Miva Merchant pages. You do have to configure these links to work with your particular store links.

<mvt:if expr=”g.screen EQ ‘PROD’”>
<link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.domain.com/product-pointer/&mvta:product:code;.html” />
<mvt:elseif expr=”g.screen EQ ‘CTGY’”>
<link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.domain.com/category-pointer/&mvta:category:code;.html” />
<mvt:else>
<link rel=”canonical” href=”http://www.domain.com/&mvta:global:Screen;.html” />
</mvt:if>

Miva Merchant Store Morph Technology (SMT)

Mark from Miva Merchant posted a pretty good primer on Store Morph Technology (SMT) for Miva Merchant.

SMT gives you the ability to manipulate Miva Merchant on a page by page basis. You can change virtually any page within Miva Merchant and manipulate the dynamic data that is displayed with the use of conditionals and variables.

Check it out here: Miva Merchant: A Store Morph Technology Mini-Primer

Which button works better?

Google has created a way to do a controlled AB experiment with Miva Merchant. (more…)