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12 years 5 days ago - 12 years 5 days ago #113270
by Peter Grube
SEF URL Help Please !!! was created by Peter Grube
Hi everyone,
I have just created a k2 item and also Joomla Menu K2 Category menu item, I am getting the following url
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I would like to make it a bit more SEF friendly is there a way to remove the { item/63- ] part of the url.
Settings Joomla 2.5.11, K2 2.6.6
Joomla SEF
Search Engine Friendly URLs = yes
Use URL rewriting = Yes
Adds Suffix to URL = Yes
K2 Parameters Advanced settings
Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs = No
I have tried creating a hidden Joomla K2 Menu Item but this didn't help. I would prefer not to use a 3rd part sef extension.
Thx in advance Pete.
I have just created a k2 item and also Joomla Menu K2 Category menu item, I am getting the following url
Link
I would like to make it a bit more SEF friendly is there a way to remove the { item/63- ] part of the url.
Settings Joomla 2.5.11, K2 2.6.6
Joomla SEF
Search Engine Friendly URLs = yes
Use URL rewriting = Yes
Adds Suffix to URL = Yes
K2 Parameters Advanced settings
Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs = No
I have tried creating a hidden Joomla K2 Menu Item but this didn't help. I would prefer not to use a 3rd part sef extension.
Thx in advance Pete.
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12 years 5 days ago #113271
by Krikor Boghossian
Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Hello Peter,
You need to enable the advanced SEF settings in order to strip the item part. I would leave the ID in, in your position.
You need to enable the advanced SEF settings in order to strip the item part. I would leave the ID in, in your position.
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12 years 5 days ago #113272
by Peter Grube
Replied by Peter Grube on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Thx Krikor, that's what I was thinking.
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12 years 4 days ago #113273
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K2 > Parameters > Select Advanced tab
Set Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs to Yes to remove /item
Set Use the item ID in the URL to No to remove ID
ex: vietpublic.net/services/application-server-deployment.html
Set Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs to Yes to remove /item
Set Use the item ID in the URL to No to remove ID
ex: vietpublic.net/services/application-server-deployment.html
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12 years 4 days ago #113274
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Replied by VietPublic on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
I think if your site have too much items you can set ID to faster route.
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12 years 3 days ago #113275
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do you mean setting the id not to appear?
how fast these changes get active?
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VietPublic wrote: I think if your site have too much items you can set ID to faster route.
do you mean setting the id not to appear?
how fast these changes get active?
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12 years 3 days ago #113276
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Replied by Mike on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
I did as you suggested but i do not see any change to my url
is there sth extra needed to be done so that to optimize the urls?
thx!
is there sth extra needed to be done so that to optimize the urls?
thx!
VietPublic wrote: K2 > Parameters > Select Advanced tab
Set Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs to Yes to remove /item
Set Use the item ID in the URL to No to remove ID
ex: vietpublic.net/services/application-server-deployment.html
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12 years 2 days ago #113277
by Peter Grube
Replied by Peter Grube on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Hi Krikor, I just want clarify this, in a url like this (our-blog/item/63-restaurant-website-seo-search-engine-optimization.html) is the (/item/63-) part still regarded as SEF by Search Engines ? because I do have sh404sef but it's a bit off a hassle to use and I would rather create content instead of wasting time with pointless SEF ?Krikor Boghossian wrote: Hello Peter,
You need to enable the advanced SEF settings in order to strip the item part. I would leave the ID in, in your position.
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12 years 2 days ago #113278
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Replied by Krikor Boghossian on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Hello Peter,
I am no SEO expert but I am pretty sure that /item/63- will not harm SEO in any way.
Item shows that you are on a single post and I think Google prefers a unique ID.
I am no SEO expert but I am pretty sure that /item/63- will not harm SEO in any way.
Item shows that you are on a single post and I think Google prefers a unique ID.
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12 years 2 days ago #113279
by Peter Grube
Thx Krikor, I just wanted to make sure once & for all, I thought as much "I noted a lot of pretty big sites leave it in"
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Krikor Boghossian wrote: Hello Peter,
I am no SEO expert but I am pretty sure that /item/63- will not harm SEO in any way.
Item shows that you are on a single post and I think Google prefers a unique ID.
Thx Krikor, I just wanted to make sure once & for all, I thought as much "I noted a lot of pretty big sites leave it in"
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11 years 1 month ago - 11 years 1 month ago #113280
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Replied by Odin Mayland on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
I see in the tooltip for "Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs" that it states that you should use this for K2 sites with only a "few hundred" items.
To me "few" means 300 or less. My site currently has 475 and may end up with around 600 when complete.
I want to use the k2 category title alias in conjunction with sh404sef so it appears that I am required to enable "Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs".
Do you still recommend enabling it with a 600 item site?
To me "few" means 300 or less. My site currently has 475 and may end up with around 600 when complete.
I want to use the k2 category title alias in conjunction with sh404sef so it appears that I am required to enable "Enable advanced SEF for K2 URLs".
Do you still recommend enabling it with a 600 item site?
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11 years 1 month ago #113281
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Replied by Lefteris on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
@modernmagic
We say this, because since there is no ID to the URL K2 will have to detect the ID from the alias. This means extra SQL queries. 600 hundred items are not that much but this also depends on the server resources. A decent server would be able to handle this without any issues.
We say this, because since there is no ID to the URL K2 will have to detect the ID from the alias. This means extra SQL queries. 600 hundred items are not that much but this also depends on the server resources. A decent server would be able to handle this without any issues.
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11 years 1 month ago - 11 years 1 month ago #113282
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Replied by Odin Mayland on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Ok. I enabled it and set it up this way:
But the url is showing the item ID with a "-" instead of a "/"
108.163.203.210/~goodwin/packaging-containers/fast-packs/ppp-b-1672d-style-a-type-1-vertical-star-pack/5-xa1.html
I think it would be best to use the / because the item aliases are model names with numbers in them, "xa1". So i don't want to lose any SEO by showing "5-xa1". I think "/5/xa1" would be more google friendly.
Using: Joomla! 3.2.3 with k2 2.6.8 and sh404sef v4
But the url is showing the item ID with a "-" instead of a "/"
108.163.203.210/~goodwin/packaging-containers/fast-packs/ppp-b-1672d-style-a-type-1-vertical-star-pack/5-xa1.html
I think it would be best to use the / because the item aliases are model names with numbers in them, "xa1". So i don't want to lose any SEO by showing "5-xa1". I think "/5/xa1" would be more google friendly.
Using: Joomla! 3.2.3 with k2 2.6.8 and sh404sef v4
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11 years 1 month ago #113283
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Replied by Lefteris on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
What i told you before refers to K2 SEF settings not to SH404SEF. You should use only one of them. Otherwise you are adding extra overhead to your site with no reason. If you want to use SH404SEF disable K2 advanced SEF. Or disable SH404SEF and just use K2 advanced SEF settings.
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11 years 1 month ago #113284
by Odin Mayland
Replied by Odin Mayland on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Lefteris,
Ok I disabled "K2 advanced SEF" so that I could sh404sef.
The url is still showing the item ID so I assume that the router for k2/sh404sef is working.
108.163.203.210/~goodwin/packaging-containers/fast-packs/ppp-b-1672d-style-a-type-1-vertical-star-pack/5-xa1.html
Do I have to get sh404sef or K2's router to change use a "-" instead of a "/" between the item id?
Ok I disabled "K2 advanced SEF" so that I could sh404sef.
The url is still showing the item ID so I assume that the router for k2/sh404sef is working.
108.163.203.210/~goodwin/packaging-containers/fast-packs/ppp-b-1672d-style-a-type-1-vertical-star-pack/5-xa1.html
Do I have to get sh404sef or K2's router to change use a "-" instead of a "/" between the item id?
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11 years 1 month ago #113285
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Replied by Lefteris on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Since you are using SH404SEF you need to check it's settings. I don't know if there is an option to allow you to use a slash or a dash. The settings that K2 provide for SH404SEF are located at the "sh404SEF Integration" section in K2 parameters. The settings above this are only used when K2 Advaced SEF is enabled. So to summarize, if you use K2 Advaced SEF you can choose to have a dash or a slash. If you use SH404SEF you need to look for an option for this. I am pretty sure that SH404SEF can do the same.
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11 years 1 month ago #113286
by Odin Mayland
Replied by Odin Mayland on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
Here is the h404sef support response. LOL
"I`m afraid that`s not possible, the only way probably to achieve that is to modify K2 plugin for sh404sef which is maintained by K2 developers"
oh well..
"I`m afraid that`s not possible, the only way probably to achieve that is to modify K2 plugin for sh404sef which is maintained by K2 developers"
oh well..
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11 years 1 month ago #113287
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Replied by Lefteris on topic Re: SEF URL Help Please !!!
OK that makes sense, if ti can be done by the plugin. We will look into it and might implement it in a future update of K2. Until then disable SH404SEF and use K2 advanced SEF options which already does that.
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