Topic: Search Engine Optimization in Joomla Contrib

[polarair]

Hi,
I installed the contrib for Joomla, great it works but when i switch over to SEO i loose all my reference pages.
I get page not found errors. When i switch back all worked again.
1: Is this a Htaccess problem i should fix ? How to fix
2:Is the Joomla Contrib by some reason faulty
3: Is SME changing something i cant control

I need to get SEO working please help
Cheer
Mike

[Franco]

If you're familiar with joomla you should know that SEO on joomla is widely known as buggy, hence the reason for so many pluggins that will do the job. There are free and commercial pluggins and they're listed on joomla's website.

[Normando]

rename the file htaccess.txt to .htaccess
Then activate SEO under Site Configuration.

Before setting your Joomla you must activate AllowOverride All in the ibay DB configuration. If you not make this change, Apache not search for any .htaccess file.

More info about ibays DB conf here:

http://wiki.contribs.org/DB_Variables_Configuration#Apache_server_ibay_specific_.28httpd-e-smith.29

[fpausp]

Is this working with joomla when it is installed under /opt/joomla ?

fpausp

[Normando]

Is this working with joomla when it is installed under /opt/joomla ?

Yes, you are correct, sorry for my mistake.

Polarair.
Modify the file /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf/97joomla to:

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-------------------------------------------------------------------
#   Joomla
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
Alias       /joomla         /opt/joomla

<Directory /opt/joomla>
    AllowOverride all
    order deny,allow
    deny from all
    allow from all
    AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .php3 .phtml
</Directory>

#-------------------------------------------------------------------

I add "AllowOverride all" for apache read .htaccess file

Then expand and restart

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expand-template /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
/etc/init.d/httpd-e-smith restart
Then, rename the file under your joomla dir from htaccess.txt to .htaccess

Edit .htaccess file and uncomment the line #RewriteBase / and change to:

RewriteBase    /joomla

Then activate the SEO and enjoy.

Can anyone update the joomla wiki?

[cactus]

Then, rename the file under your joomla dir from htaccess.txt to .htaccess

Edit .htaccess file and uncomment the line #RewriteBase / and change to:

RewriteBase    /joomla

Then activate the SEO and enjoy.

It think it would be better that the author of the contrib would incorporate the contents of the .htaccess file directly in the Joomla template, that is what the templates were for intentionaly.

[Normando]

It think it would be better that the author of the contrib would incorporate the contents of the .htaccess file directly in the Joomla template, that is what the templates were for intentionaly.

Yes, I have informed the author of this contrib about this issue
http://wiki.contribs.org/Talk:Joomla