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[Sarkara]

Ok guys i have a question. i'm using joomla and i need to change the urls from looking like:

index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1 
index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=13 
index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=1

to nice looking html extensions...I'm relativlely new to htaccess and sort of a noob at this..

any help will be much appreciated

[shadowx]

Here we go:

http://www.webweaver...direction.shtml

The first little example is what you need

Just type something like:

Redirect 301 /blog index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1 
Redirect 301 /contact index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2 
Redirect 301 /about index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3

Then if i go to yoursite.com/blog it will send me to yoursite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1

Note: Search engines dont like 301 redirects.... So it wont be the best method for your SEO but for a user it is so much better to remember /blog than /index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1 etc...

Edited by shadowx, 09 February 2010 - 04:18 PM.

[shadowx]

Ah ok, its something ive only used once as a little test to run a .htm page as a .php, but this link should see you straight: http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/sitemanageme...ml#introduction

[Sarkara]

Unfortunatly what i need is a rewrite and not a redirect. I need to follow seo protocols for the company i'm working for. Any tips or help on rewrite?

[Sarkara]

I've looked at this website yesterday and it to doesn't give me the information i need. i'm using RewriteRule ^([^.]+)\.html$ $1.php [L] to rewrite the php of these urls:

index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1
index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=13
index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=1

to look more like a html hierachrical structure.. :/index.php/en/component/content/article/6-web-marketing/75-organic-website-submission-and-search-engine-optimization-seo.html

maybe what i'm trying to is more complicated because i'm using a cms.

[Sarkara]

ok finally i'm trying to use these rewrite rules:

RewriteRule index/option/(.*)/view/(.*)/id/(.*)/catid/(.*)/Itemid/(.*)/lang/(.*)/ index.php?option=$1&view=$2&id=$3&catid=$4&Itemid=$5<=$6
RewriteRule index/option/(.*)/view/(.*)/id/(.*)/catid/(.*)/Itemid/(.*)/lang/(.*) index.php?option=$1&view=$2&id=$3&catid=$4&Itemid=$5<=$6					
RewriteRule index/option/(.*)/view/(.*)/id/(.*)/ index.php?option=$1&view=$2&id=$3
RewriteRule index/option/(.*)/view/(.*)/id/(.*) index.php?option=$1&view=$2&id=$3

but they don't seem to be working as i want them to...any clues?

[BuffaloHelp]

According to a search, Joomla has builtin friendly URL setting.

Read this article http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/joomla...mla_sef_url.htm and see if you can fix your situation. Delete any alteration or modification you have performed and try the suggestion.

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