Hi
I simply delete the existing alias and save to see what the result is.
OK, I get it now, there's a confusion. LIke I mentioned above, the alias is done by Joomla, sh404SEF has no bearing on it. If you indeed use "Title Alias", then you'll always get that but simply because the alias is made by Joomla and that's just how they handle it.
To change that, you need to switch Title alias to No. Instead of using the alias as built by Joomla, sh404SEF will then build its own alias,
starting with the title. That's when the "Strip characters" and "Replacement list" kick in (actually they always kick in - but when using joomla alias, the apostrophe has been removed by Joomla before it gets to sh404SEF).
I tested that with that article:
- added a menu to it on the main menu
- change config to NOT use TItle alias
- added apostrophe to the list of "Strip characters" (it's not there by default)
- deleted previous URL from the SEF URL manager
- reloaded home page
URL is now https://xxxx.org/apostrophes-test
Best regards