#1471 – Short URL not working due to a multingual redirection

Hi

1 - Which version of Joomla and sh404SEF are you using?

2 - What extension is doing this redirect? the Joomla language filter?

3 - Have you tried changing the order of the sh404SEF and language filter system plugins?

Rgds

Yes, it seems it's the language filter: it's a 303 redirect, which is typical.

Can I ask why you have selected to use the /fr/ code in your default language? this makes your home page, xxxx.net, only accessible through a 303 redirect, which is not the most efficient way of doing things.

Please let us know about versions and changing plugin ordering.

Rgds

Hi

3 - Have you tried changing the order of the sh404SEF and language filter system plugins?



nope, never did that.

I was suggesting this as a possible solution, not a question. It seems the language filter redirect kicks in before the sh404SEF shURL redirect. So putting the language filter after the sh404SEF plugin may solve the issue.

2) Can you believe me if I tell you that I did not select /fr/ as the default ? Yesterday, /en/ was the default, 10 minutes ago it was still /fr/ and now...it's /en/ again....

That's not what I'm talking about.

First, I'm not sure what you mean by "yesterday the default was /en/ and today is /fr"

The page you're presented by Joomla upon trying to reach xxxx.net depends on what was your last visit to the site, which language you visited last and what your browser default language is.

i didn't touch the Joomla language filter plugin

You should. Or at least look at the settings there and see what options you have.

From what you say, I think you're not the one who built the site?

Rgds

Hi

Ok, any other idea about how to solve that ?

No, I first need to know if sh404SEF is involved.

Could you please provide us with superadmin credentials to your website. You can create a temporary account, and delete it afterwards, but it must have superuser level.

Thanks and regards

Hi

So this is indeed a problem caused by the language filter. If you have set it up to always insert a language code in your URLs, even for the default language, and you pass a request such as /xx, it will automatically redirect to /en/xx, or whatever is your default language or the last language you used on the site.

I think I have found a workaround for this, at least for Joomla 3.4.+. You can download a new version from this page.

The other option is to set the language filter to "Remove language code on default language". If you do that, the language filter does not do its automatic redirect and the shurls and aliases should work fine.
Note however that you will need to purge URLS after changing this language filter setting, as URL will be different (no language code on default language).

Rgds

Hi

This is happening because you have created an association between the two home page articles (id= 8 & id = 7. Just clear the association and purge URLs in sh404SEF, that should be enough.

Rgds

Hi

It's not so much associating the home pages themselves (ie: the menu items for home page).
What you had is associations directly at article levels. And when you do that, the URL associated is slightly different (it has ...&catid=11&... added by Joomla, and the Itemid is possibly not the same).
So this is not the home page link exactly and we don't recognize it as such any more.

What you did was associating 2 articles, but in Joomla an article is not equivalent to a page. A "page" is really a menu item id. Modules and templates are linked to menu items for instance, not to articles or categories.

Associating the home page menu items would cause no problem.

Rgds

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.


Cheers