Questions tagged [joomla-sef-urls]

Questions relating to Search Engine Friendly URLs for Joomla

Search Engine Friendly URLs are URLs that are easily readable by both humans ans search engines. SEF URLs can be developed for Joomla on a variety of server platforms including Apache and IIS.

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Joomla - Add Get Variables to Menu Item Link

I made a custom component and I'm trying to make the menu item link add &id=x, however I can't seem to find any documentation on how to make this work. The field is read only, but even then I would still want it to be automated (similar to how…
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Images in my Joomla template

I created a Joomla template by creating the following files:index.php" , "templateDetails.xml","images" and "css". I installed it correctly but the images are not displayed when i am selecting the template. Anyone knows how to resolve this problem?…
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Joomla URL: Using format: www.xyz.com/section/category/article

I'm new to Joomla, and have switched on SEF URLs. However, the issue is that it returns my links in the format: www.site.com/category/article I'd like it to return articles in the format: www.site.com/section/category/article I've searched Stack…
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how to generate sef urls manually without clicking the links in joomla site

we have sh404 sef component installed in my site.when we click any of the link on my site a sef url willl automatically generate and insert in to the databese.but i want to generate all the available sef urls for my site with out clicking all the…
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joomla SEF shows differrent links in Homepage than inner pages !

I'm enabling Joomla SEF , and get the following results when I link to an article from a homepage (frontpage) article: anywebsite.com/component/content/article/26/141-Z1-Z2-Z3-Z4 but when linking from other articles I get the result I want which is…
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Remove Menu Item Alias and Category Alias from single article url

Hi and thanks for reading my problem. I need to remove from single article view URL path, the Menu item Alias and Category Alias. I needed to be like that www.joomlasite.com/id-article-alias I don't know how, but is allready working like i want for…
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Joomla Search returns invalid weblink URLs (SEO Friendly URL's not working)

When the Global_Configuration/Site/SEO_Options are set to: Search Engine Friendly URLs: Yes I come across errors with the weblinks... If you navigate through the menu items to weblink, it will present you with a working…
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Joomla SEF - When enabling SEF urls, will backlinks using non-sef urls still function?

Got a site that due to bad design never had SEFs enabled. Wondering if I enable them, would all the site's current backlinks linking to non-SEF urls still correctly return the pages or would they return 404?
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Ajax URL not working when SEF settings is ON in Global configuration of Joomla

I am passing my data through JQuery.post method in my file. Its working successfully when "Search Engine Friendly URLs" and "Use URL rewriting" is OFF on server in Joomla 2.5 but when both settings is ON then url of JQuery.post is getting changed…
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Why is Joomla exposing every article URL?

I can't figure out why this is happening. I think it's related to SEF URLs, but I'm hoping someone else can explain this to me. So, I have a URL that looks like it should: http://www.domain.com/pagename When I go to this page, it is styled using…
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Joomla 2.5 404 issues

I have a J2.5site set up that uses language. Thus the urls look something like this: https://www.mysite.com/en/ and https://www.mysite.com/en/my-component/ and https://www.mysite.com/en/my-component/my-alias I have also set up a script that…
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Joomla SEF and Jumi URL output

I'm using jumi at the moment to create custom pages for joomla. However, when i try to use JRoute (eg: JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_jumi')) to redirect to a menu item i created for the jumi page, I get the following url…
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Joomla 2.5 + How to display the category in the url

I was hoping someone could help me. I've searched high and low for an answer for this one, and I haven't been able to find the exact answer (even within the forum). How can I display the category name in the url in Joomla (v2.5). I have 2…
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Remove the one part from SEF link joomla

I' trying to make SEF URL in my Joomla site which is root/// something like that. I realize that if I add anything to return value of function MyComponentBuildRoute() in route.php, It always appear on my…
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Joomla search result urls are incorrect

I am using Joomla 2.5.4 and when I search using the Search component, the urls are not what they should be. The expected url should look like this: /desktop-projects/78-projects/76-project ///
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