#2732 – Kunena Forum URLs

Hi

What is the non-sef URL associated with one of those URLs?

Rgds

Hi

It's better to stick to only one example, but we need the SEF to go with it.

Also, you said these seems to be coming from the recent topics module? what are the SEF and non-SEF for the exact same topic then (from another location than the Recent topics module)?

Rgds

Recent topic's SEF and non SEF.

SEF: Activities-Friends/recent-posts

Non SEF:index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=225&lang=en&mode=replies&view=topics

But you said the ones from the "Recent topics" page were the ones with "topics/mode-topics/catid-170"?? confused.

What seems different is the Itemid. Do you know what menu items are 225 and 223?

I am still confused as to where those URLs are seen. Can I access the site? do you have credentials I can use?

rgds

Hi

Sorry, I browsed a few pages on the forum, including the Recent posts page (reached from the menu) but I could not see any of those URLs. Where can they be found?

Rgds

Ah ok, that's different then, and not much of a problem I think. Because we record any URL in the database, you get to see all URLs extensions and Joomla request to create. Some of them might even be created by external requests for (invalid) non-sef URLs (by crawlers, or attempted attacks). It makes sense those were 404s actually.

I would make sure that "301 redirect from non-sef to SEF" is OFF under the "Advanced" tab of sh404SEF configuration, this may be the source of creating URLs.

What setting do you have for Kunena under the "By components" tab of configuration?

Rgds

Hi

I noticed that these strange URLs keep multiplying last 24 hours,

did you recently updated Kunena? added a module or some features?

should I just delete them? Will these URLs stay in my database?

You can certainly delete them, but if Kunena recreates the non-sef they will come back (sh404SEF doesn't create URLs, it only turns them from non-sef to SEF. But that's a good test anyway, and you can't break anything.
If they stay in the database, and unless they turn into thousands of such URLs, that won't hurt either.

Rgds

Hi

Yes, I have changed many of Kunena category names, so SEF URL names have changed though non SEF URLs are not changed.

That can cause some trouble. When you change categories or post names, the old SEF is still in the database (and rightly so, we don't want URLs to change).

So maybe it's only new links to items in those categories that cause a problem? I don't know. But indeed, I would suggest to delete them and seeif, when and how they come back.

Rgds

Hi

I will leave this ticket open in case you need to add something. It will automatically close in 2 weeks, if no further comment is made.

Best regards