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[perdu Friend perduJoin date: June 2007Posts: 227Downloads:0Uploads:26 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 20 times in 1 posts]

#144250

There is a serious bug in the module which is really bad for SEO and is throwing 404’s with sef switched on. It’s displaying the wrong links to the sections causing duplicated content:

From the demo (no sef):

World:
http://templates.joomlart.com/ja_teline_iii/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=13:world&layout=blog&Itemid=457

http://templates.joomlart.com/ja_teline_iii/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=457

in my case with the joomla sef switched on:
mysite.com/section/41-section/ (wrong and throws 404)
mysite.com/section (should be)

[ukfraternite Friend ukfraterniteJoin date: May 2008Posts: 294Downloads:0Uploads:44 Thanks: 61 Thanked: 10 times in 1 posts]

#317475

do u have a link to ur site for clear illustration?

[perdu Friend perduJoin date: June 2007Posts: 227Downloads:0Uploads:26 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 20 times in 1 posts]

#318050

I don’t have a link as I’m working on it locally, in any case a link isn’t needed as you can look at it on the demo:

http://templates.joomlart.com/ja_teline_iii/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=13:world&layout=blog&Itemid=457
http://templates.joomlart.com/ja_teline_iii/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&layout=blog&id=13&Itemid=457

Both links are the same page but with different urls, the top one has the word ‘world’ added to it and is the link created by the ja news module when you click on the ‘World’ section. The bottom link is from the main menu ‘World’.

When the default joomla sef is turned on Ja-news messes up the section links as i said above:
e.g.
normal link: mysite.com/travel (correct link from the main menu)
ja news section link: mysite.com/37-travel (causes a 404 as the link’s wrong – there are a few posts now complaining about this)

Having more than one page of the same content with different url’s is bad – people end up linking to both, diluting page rank and causing other seo problems. The ja-news module should use the default joomla links not make up additional ones! Is a fix going to be released for this and when?

[sushismb Friend sushismbJoin date: October 2008Posts: 370Downloads:59Uploads:24 Thanks: 86 Thanked: 8 times in 1 posts]

#318056

Yeah I have the same problem and posted this inquiry but I have not received a reply from anyone yet.

http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/ja-news-ii-modules-installation-guide/

[mizushobai Friend mizushobaiJoin date: September 2009Posts: 11Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 6]

#318921

@perdu, sushimb,

I use sh404SEF 1.5.0.250 and the URL’s work nicely.

[kalibs112 Friend kalibs112Join date: September 2009Posts: 68Downloads:0Uploads:2 Thanks: 22 Thanked: 3 times in 4 posts]

#319049

Yea…I occassionally experience similar huddles but I hope I will manage to get over them….

[sushismb Friend sushismbJoin date: October 2008Posts: 370Downloads:59Uploads:24 Thanks: 86 Thanked: 8 times in 1 posts]

#319182

<em>@mizushobai 146696 wrote:</em><blockquote>@perdu, sushimb,

I use sh404SEF 1.5.0.250 and the URL’s work nicely.</blockquote>

Does that mean we all have to use sh404SEF??? There is no indication on the instructions that we need to.

I’d appreciate if anyone could confirm this.

Thank you!

[perdu Friend perduJoin date: June 2007Posts: 227Downloads:0Uploads:26 Thanks: 10 Thanked: 20 times in 1 posts]

#319214

It’s been fixed at last: http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/ja-news-2-section-hyperlinks-do-not-work/ 🙂

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