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Overview

Activating "Add Store Code to Urls" in Magento back office will let your main URL available, even without store code.

This extension checks, only for the home page, if the store code is in URL. If it is not, it redirects (301) to "base URL + current website's default store view code".

This extensions does only manage home page, not internal pages, because for them, Magento automatically adds store code in URL.

Compatibility

Tested on Magento CE 1.6 - 1.9

Notes

Free and open source
Fully configurable
Bundled with English and French translations

Installation

No Magento files will be modified, no extended class, no overridden method.

With modman

$ modman clone https://github.com/aurmil/magento-force-store-code.git

Manually

Download the latest version of this module here
Unzip it
Move the "app" folder into the root directory of your Magento application, it will be merged with the existing "app" folder

With composer

Adapt the following "composer.json" file into yours:

{
    "require": {
        "aurmil/magento-force-store-code": "dev-master"
    },
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "composer",
            "url": "http://packages.firegento.com"
        },
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "git://github.com/aurmil/magento-force-store-code"
        }
    ],
    "extra": {
        "magento-root-dir": "./"
    }
}

Install or update your composer project dependencies

Usage

In System > Configuration > General > Web > Url Options, this extension adds a new option: Force Store Code in Urls

Select "No" to stay with the Magento basic behavior
Select "Yes" (default value) to activate the extension

Note: HTTP redirection may be cached by your browser if you had previously activated the extension so clean your cache after selecting "No" if redirection keeps being done.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

aurmil / magento-force-store-code

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