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#1311 – assigning non sef urls

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Wednesday, 04 November 2015 17:08 UTC

a3618096

Hi

I just typed out a long message only to get an access denied message when posting(!), so here's hoping this works second time around.

When creating a new article (or category list, seemingly anything!) multiple non-sef urls are created despite the layout being set as the sole option, "default". For example:

1 index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=435&id=98&lang=en&view=category
2 index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=2056&id=98&lang=en&view=category
3 index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=2059&id=98&lang=en&view=category

itemid=435 seems to be a clone of the homepage modules and layout, which I don't want at all. 2& 3 seem to be identical to eachother. I would want 2 or 3 to be set as the main non-sef url but currently 1 is always being set as the main non-sef url for the sef url.

I strongly suspect this is a Joomla! behaviour and sh404SEF is just assigning the first URL it is passed, but it's driving me mad and has me baffled. I don;t know why Itemid=435 is being created.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 17:13 UTC

wb_weeblr

I strongly suspect this is a Joomla! behaviour and sh404SEF is just assigning the first URL it is passed,

Yes, Joomla creates all URLs on your site, the non-sef URLs. sh404SEF simply records them and turns them into SEF, then passes them back to Joomla for display or whatever the use can be.

itemid=435 seems to be

435 is the id of one of your menu item. If you look up all your menu items, you'll see which menu item it is.

2& 3 seem to be identical to eachother

Ther correspond to 2 different menu items, but probably you have assigned the same modules and templates to both menu items, so they look identical.

I would want 2 or 3 to be set as the main non-sef url but currently 1 is always being set as the main non-sef url for the sef url.

Well, what happens when you try to set the 2nd or 3rd one as the "Main URL" using the "Duplicates" feature?

Rgds

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 17:51 UTC

a3618096

435 is the id of one of your menu item. If you look up all your menu items, you'll see which menu item it is.
It is the "Home" menu item. However no matter what menu I seem to assign new articles too (and I have tested others), it still shows modules which have been set to only show on "Home". Odd.

Well, what happens when you try to set the 2nd or 3rd one as the "Main URL" using the "Duplicates" feature?
Oh I can change it just fine, but as I have thousands of articles to create I'd rather not have to manually change each one each time(!)

Wednesday, 04 November 2015 18:54 UTC

wb_weeblr

However no matter what menu I seem to assign new articles too (and I have tested others)

What do you mean? How do you "assign" an article to a menu item? If you have thousands of articles, you're not going to have menu items for each, right?

Rgds

Thursday, 05 November 2015 10:58 UTC

a3618096

Hi

That is correct, but my understanding of sh404SEF is that it will only create a SEF url once the link has been passed to it by Joomla!. Therefore the page needs to have been visited or have the non-sef link present initially.

So if I have a menu-item(s) with category lists which automatically include all articles withing that category, this should then allow sh404SEF to create the SEF URL. However, the main non-sef URL being chosen is the one relating to the Home page modules.

I hope that makes sense?

Friday, 06 November 2015 08:58 UTC

wb_weeblr

Therefore the page needs to have been visited or have the non-sef link present initially.

Not exactly. If you actually visit the page directly, you will get a 404 because the URL has never been displayed.

What needs to happen is that link to the page is displayed, not the page itself.

So if I have a menu-item(s) with category lists which automatically include all articles withing that category, this should then allow sh404SEF to create the SEF URL.

Assuming this menu is displayed somewhere on a page, yes, the links would be created.

However, the main non-sef URL being chosen is the one relating to the Home page modules.

We don't choose anything. The first link sent to sh404SEF is considered the "Main" one. This means that on some of your pages, you have links to those categories, pages,.. without an Itemid (ie a menu item identifier). This causes Joomla to append the current menu item. As those links are probably on the home page (a module?), then you get the Itemid of the home page inserted by Joomla in the non-sef link.

Rgds

Friday, 06 November 2015 11:48 UTC

a3618096

I opted to for a poor choice of word when I said "choose". I know you were not choosing the "main" link but just picking up on the first one being sent.
Your information has assisted me, I've resolved my issue. Thank you.

Friday, 06 November 2015 13:15 UTC

wb_weeblr

Hi

Glad to hear that. Closing this ticket now, feel free to open a new one as needed. If you do so, please mention this ticket number in the new one.

Rgds

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