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[munders Friend mundersJoin date: November 2008Posts: 375Downloads:0Uploads:37 Thanks: 50 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#165085

Hi there

I have created a site in JA Droid, which is a great template. My only problem is that the URL structure does not includes the category.

A URL example is http://www.mywebsite.com/index.php/ipad

I don’t want the ‘index.php/’ but instead need the category name, for example, Apple.

How do I do this please Joomla experts?

Thanks

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#395807

This is based on how to you setup your SEF links. Please try SH404SEF. That will help you in this case.

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#395811

Post your .htacess file here

[munders Friend mundersJoin date: November 2008Posts: 375Downloads:0Uploads:37 Thanks: 50 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#396081

There is nothing in the .htaccess file. I do have a htaccess.txt file aswell in there. Not sure why there is both but thats how the template downloaded it I guess.

Here is the text within the other file…

##
# @version $Id: htaccess.txt 20196 2011-01-09 02:40:25Z ian $
# @package Joomla
# @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 – 2011 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE.txt
##

##
# READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE!
#
# The line just below this section: ‘Options +FollowSymLinks’ may cause problems
# with some server configurations. It is required for use of mod_rewrite, but may already
# be set by your server administrator in a way that dissallows changing it in
# your .htaccess file. If using it causes your server to error out, comment it out (add # to
# beginning of line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef url’s. If they work,
# it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need it set here.
##

## Can be commented out if causes errors, see notes above.
Options +FollowSymLinks

## Mod_rewrite in use.

RewriteEngine On

## Begin – Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
# If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
#
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*(.*)
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C).*script.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|{0,2})
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|{0,2})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
#
## End – Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.

##
# Uncomment following line if your webserver’s URL
# is not directly related to physical file paths.
# Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root).
##

# RewriteBase /

## Begin – Joomla! core SEF Section.
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/component/)
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|.php|.html|.htm|.feed|.pdf|.raw|/[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* –
#
## End – Joomla! core SEF Section.

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#396140

Have you Done the following ?

Step 1. change the htaccess.txt to .htaccess from the directory where Joomla CMS is installed.
Step 2. Go to Site>Control Panel
Under the tab of “Server” change the settings of “Use Apache mod_rewrite” from “No” to “Yes”.

[munders Friend mundersJoin date: November 2008Posts: 375Downloads:0Uploads:37 Thanks: 50 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#397051

I tried that Chavan but it produced 404 error pages. I might have to look at installing SH404SEF

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