So I know this is an issue pertaining to sh404 but since Joomlaworks handles the sh404 routing and not the folks at dev.anything-digital I'm posting this here hoping you can help.
Using K2 2.4.1, Joomla 1.5.20 and the latest sh404sef (v. 2.1.4.734).

Even though "Use category alias", "Use section alias" and "Use Title Alias" are all turned on in the sh404 Extensions Configuration panel, all URLs generated for K2 items disregard the alias field and use the title field instead.  Aliases are correctly used when using Joomla SEF just not with sh404.

Trying to decipher the com_k2.php file in the sef_ext folder but I'm afraid this is beyond my limited knowledge of PHP. This is putting a complete freeze on my site conversion to K2 &K2Mart :-(

--Olivier

Hello,

Anybody had an idea how to get around this?

Elefteris, could you confirm if this a bug or as designed behavior?

Thanks for any help you can provide. My K2 Mart store project is completely stuck :-(

--Olivier

Hi. This have been posted again. We modified the code to grab the alias instead of the title. You can try the SVN version and give us some more feedback on this. Thanks.

That's sounds awesome! Thank you.
I'll check it out and report back.

Lefteris Kavadas said:Hi. This have been posted again. We modified the code to grab the alias instead of the title. You can try the SVN version and give us some more feedback on this. Thanks.

Trunk 571 fixed it. Lefteris you rock!
(I know there was a reason that I voted for K2 for the editor's pick and I paid for 3 of your extensions :-)
Thanks again for the quick turnaround!
--Olivier
Lefteris Kavadas said:Hi. This have been posted again. We modified the code to grab the alias instead of the title. You can try the SVN version and give us some more feedback on this. Thanks.

So K2 is now respecting the settings in sh404SEF or always taking the alias?

I just checked (since I never use the title) and even if you select use "use title" in the sh404 Joomla extensions options, aliases are used. Looks like what was checked in was made to match the Joomla SEF implementation (which is to always use the alias and is probably most use cases)

V-man said:So K2 is now respecting the settings in sh404SEF or always taking the alias?

Is the trunk 571 mentioned above available here: getk2.org/svnDownload.php

I would imagine although I grabbed the modified file directly using SVN. There is only one changed file to fix this issue:

571
1 file
12:41 - lefteris.kavadas
Fixed issue with SH404 extension. Now category alias is added on the URL instead of title.
M /trunk/K2/components/com_k2/sef_ext/com_k2.php

--Olivier


Brett Adkins said:Is the trunk 571 mentioned above available here: getk2.org/svnDownload.php

Just some additional info on this:

Running K2 and sh404sef and ran into an issue where item titles in K2 containing a period (which get changed to a dash in the alias) were bringing up a 404. Used the SVN ext_sef file to my K2 install and it fixed the issue by grabbing the alias instead of the title.

Hi, maybe I missed something so forgive me for the question. I had the same problem with K2 2.4.1.and latest version of sh404sef. My URLs which have the form http://sitename/section/category/article-title, had the section, category and title name and not the alias. I downloaded the latest SVN and the problem with the article title alias was fixed indeed but I still have the section and category name instead of their aliases in my URLs. Can this be fixed also or I'm stuck with that?

Hi Daphne.

Did you make sure to purge your sh404 URLs after the change? It works on my site with the SVN version of the sef router. See www.frenchtoday.com/a-moi-paris/a-moi-paris-chapitre-01, the category name title is actually: "A Moi Paris - a Beginner's Novel/Workbook", the alias is a-moi-paris

I'm using the "Show last category" in the sh404 K2 parameters and I'm using K2 2.4.1 & sh404 2.1.5.746

Also one more thing. Were these categories imported via the "Import Joomla articles" function? If you did that, then the category aliases get regenerated and therefore don't keep their custom aliases from the Joomla side (I believe an import after updating the Sef router does actually work but I've not verified it myself).

--Olivier

Oh thank you so much ! I did the most common stupid thing ever: imported sections and categories and forgot to change the aliases. Although I did it for the articles i totally skipped sections and categories. Thanks for your answer, I was about to give up and uninstall sh404sef. Sometimes you get so stuck that you need someone to point you to the obvious direction :)

No problem.Happens to me all the time! :-)

Daphne Christoforidou said:Oh thank you so much ! I did the most common stupid thing ever: imported sections and categories and forgot to change the aliases. Although I did it for the articles i totally skipped sections and categories. Thanks for your answer, I was about to give up and uninstall sh404sef. Sometimes you get so stuck that you need someone to point you to the obvious direction :)