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#6488 – sh404SEF & Existing links

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Monday, 15 January 2018 09:35 UTC

DJBenz

I'm currently looking at purchasing sh404SEF for my site, which has over 5000 articles. If I install this extension, what happens with the structure of the links?

Currently I am using Joomla's own SEF links, so my URLs look like this: http://www.mysite.com/category/1234-article-title.html

I know that Joomla will still find the correct article if the link is http://www.mysite.com/category/1234-anything-here.html

But what happens when I install sh404SEF? If the URL becomes http://www.mysite.com/category/article-title.html (or similar) surely all existing links out 'in the wild' will point to http://www.mysite.com/category/1234-article-title.html - will the URL still be found?

Also, I use the Google Structured Data plugin by Tassos.gr - I assume I can just switch off the Structured data facility in sh404SEF so it doesn't affect what I have set up currently?

Monday, 15 January 2018 16:46 UTC

wb_weeblr

I know that Joomla will still find the correct article if the link is http://www.mysite.com/category/1234-anything-here.html

Yes, a bad SEO issue in Joomla router: it will consider valid many URLs that are in fact not valid and should trigger a 404.

But what happens when I install sh404SEF? If the URL becomes http://www.mysite.com/category/article-title.html (or similar) surely all existing links out 'in the wild' will point to http://www.mysite.com/category/1234-article-title.html - will the URL still be found?

You can configure com_content URLs to be like this if you so desire, so the URLs can be the same in that case.

In the general case, URLs from Joomla SEF will not always be like that, those with a direct menu item link will take that link alias. sh404SEF will do a 301 redirect from Joomla SEF URLs to sh404SEF URLs, if they are different.

Also, I use the Google Structured Data plugin by Tassos.gr - I assume I can just switch off the Structured data facility in sh404SEF so it doesn't affect what I have set up currently?

Everything in sh404SEF can be disabled. If you have things in that extension that are not available in sh404SEF, then you can always disable them in sh404SEF.

Rgds

Monday, 15 January 2018 16:51 UTC

DJBenz

sh404SEF will do a 301 redirect from Joomla SEF URLs to sh404SEF URLs, if they are different.

Oh, that's great! I assume I will also have to disable the Joomla SEF urls in my Admin area and remove the relevant lines from the .htaccess file? (I am comfortable doing this if necessary).

Monday, 15 January 2018 17:02 UTC

wb_weeblr

I will also have to disable the Joomla SEF urls in my Admin area

No, sh404SEF is an "add-on" to Joomla SEF, that uses the Joomla API.

remove the relevant lines from the .htaccess file? (I am comfortable doing this if necessary).

Likewise, sh404SEF does not change anything to the requirements to your webserver. Your .htaccess should be configured to allow URL rewriting. Once set for Joomla SEF, the same .htaccess will apply to all kinds of URLs.

Rgds

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