Menu/Routing/SEO Issue
By Andre on Wednesday, 17 December 2014
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Hello team,

I must be missing or misunderstanding something that is driving me insane as is making module display management within Easyblog impossible to set. Will try to be as clear as possible...

I have set several categories on Easyblog (for news and workshops) and wish to have posts under News categories under http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-info/latest-news and workshops categories under http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture, http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/health and etc.

So far so good and when I access posts via menus, I can control module display and get the correct URLs.

Problem is that when I access blog posts displayed on the home page http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/ via Gavick's News Show Pro GK5, Joomla (or Easyblog?) is not pointing to the menu based URL and points to URLs like http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/component/easyblog/?view=entry&id=43.

If I click on the link via homepage and from entry view click on the category link for example, the system now uses http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-info/latest-news/categories/arts-culture (and therefore displays modules set for menu "festival-info or latest-news) when it should be http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture (that would obviously display the correct modules).

What do I have to in order to;
1 - have home page posts pointing to SEO based URLs
2 - stop Easyblog from routing posts to http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-info/latest-news and respect Joomla's menu

I have attached a few images that may help you troubleshoot this.
Hello Antonio Calarco,

It seems like you're using this Gavick's News Show Pro GK5 module,
Can you provide us with your Joomla backend and FTP access so we can help you check on this?
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:41
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Hi Arlex,

Do I inform backend and ftp access via Site Details tab? Is it safe and unaffected by partner's site hack? I'm asking this before posting as my name on profile is Andre and you have replied to Antonio Calarco. I have changed my password and re generated API Key, but doesn't hurt to make sure it's all good before I disclose sensitive information here.

Thanks,
Andre
Andre
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 12:56
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Hello Andre ,

Opps, I'm really sorry for that

Yes, that was very secure that if you put your site details login credential in "Site Details" tab.
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 13:06
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Hi Arlex,

No worries, as long as my account hasn't been compromised I'm happy...Access info sent, I look forward to hearing back from you.

Thanks,
Andre
Andre
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 13:29
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Hello Andre,

Sorry for late reply to this,
I come back after lunch then hitting this when i trying to access in your Joomla backend :


You are a spammer, hacker or an otherwise bad person.

This is my IP address -> 210.195.25.171
Please advise.
Arlex Wong
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Wednesday, 17 December 2014 17:01
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Hi Arlex,

That would have been our firewall, probably because the session expired while you were away. I've released your IP but advise you to log off if you are going to be away for more than 15 minutes.

Sorry about that.

Thanks,
Andre
Andre
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Thursday, 18 December 2014 05:14
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Hello Andre,

I've fixed it for you in this file: ../modules/mod_news_pro_gk5/helper.php. Please give it a try.
Nik Faris
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Thursday, 18 December 2014 10:22
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Not quite. I've seen that you've added a code to line 18 and now the links at the home page are showing a friendly URL which is nice, but the routing issue remains. A few examples;

1 - If you mouse over any URL on the right module called "Workshops 2015" at the home page you will notice that they point to http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-info/latest-news/WORKSHOP_NAME when the should point to http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/WORKSHOP_CATEGORY/WORKSHOP_NAME. For some reason I cannot figure out the system is assuming that anything on the home page belongs to /festival-info/latest-news.

2 - Now head to http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture and mouse over any URL on the right module called "Workshops 2015". You will notice that any post starts with http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture/WORKSHOP_NAME. For some reason I cannot figure out the system is assuming that any post belongs to the current menu/category, in this case arts-culture

3 - If you repeat step 2 with any workshop menu under main menu Luminate 2015 you will easily notice that the module "Workshops 2015" always use the current menu/category regardless of the true post category which is not only really bad for seo and social media sharing but also makes granular module display control impossible.

Thanks,
Andre
Andre
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Thursday, 18 December 2014 12:06
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Hello Andre,

I saw your menu items and it seems like they are all linked with the type of "Frontpage blog layout". Is it possible for you to change these menu items by "category" instead? I could add some hacks so that the itemid is retrieved depending on the category menu for News Show Pro. I have also provided a hack on their forums and requested our customer to upload the hacked file.
Mark
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Friday, 19 December 2014 01:29
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Hi Mark,

1 - I have changed all WORKSHOPS categories menus to Single Category Layout
2 - have kept menu "Browse All" as Frontpage Blog Layout where I display all WORKSHOPS categories posts

http://awesomescreenshot.com/083427f76e

3 - have kept menu ""Latest News" as Frontpage Blog Layout where I display all NEWS categories posts

http://awesomescreenshot.com/031427f961

Do you think it will work like this which is the ideal or I'll have to set 100% of the menus as single category?

Thanks,
Andre
Andre
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Friday, 19 December 2014 05:13
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Hello Andre,

Sorry for late reply to this and thanks for getting back to us,
Unfortunately that was not possible to show this similar SEF URL in your homepage GK5 module :
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/WORKSHOP_CATEGORY/WORKSHOP_NAME

That was because you are using "Use Current Active Menu Itemid" for your Easyblog SEO routing behaviour. So that Joomla will show this blog URL in your module -> http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-info/latest-news/WORKSHOP_NAME

If you click on your homepage menu bar menu item -> Luminate 2015 > Arts & Culture
Then it will go to this page -> http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture
Then you will noticed the URL is not show correct as you mentioned in earlier all the different category blog post also show same "Single category layout" menu alias -> example :


#1. http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture/nutritional-anthropology-dr-sam

>> it should show this category alias -> health



#2. http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture/being-in-music

>> it should show this category alias -> healthsoundz

What my suggestion is you should copy/duplicate on this News Show Pro GK5 module and configure (set only show 1 category and display on that "single category layout" menu item ) so that it will expect the current menu item and show correct blog URL.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 19 December 2014 12:56
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Hi Arlex,

This issue is getting really confusing. Let's forget about the News Show Pro GK5 module for now and focus on Easyblog. FYI I have changed Easyblog Routing Behaviour to Default...URL Format for your entry is set to Simple - http://yoursite.com/menu/title

Menus pointing to Easyblog are ok and generating the correct URL, with the exception of Luminate 2015 > Workshops - KISS > Arts & Culture - http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture

If you visit the page and look at the posts URL you will notice that it's generated as;

http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/arts-culture/just-clowning-colin-minney

where it should be

http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture/just-clowning-colin-minney

I have deleted the old menu, emptied trash, cleaned cache, generated a new menu EasyBlog ยป Single Category Layout and the issue persists. Suggestions?

I don't mind which Easyblog SEO setting will be used and accept suggestions, as long as URLs are generated properly...
Andre
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Friday, 19 December 2014 14:04
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Hello Andre,

Sorry for late reply to this,
Based on you set Easyblog default behaviour to default, it will not achieve to show this URL as you mentioned -> http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/arts-culture/just-clowning-colin-minney

Because if you set to "default", which mean that it will only get all the Easyblog menu item like :
-> Single category layout - arts-culture (Alias)
-> e.g http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/arts-culture(single category layout)/just-clowning-colin-minney(blog title)

And it will not get unrelated Easyblog menu item generate to URL.
-> e.g 
festival-2015 - Text Separator (menu type)

inspirational-workshops - Joomla article (menu type)
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 19 December 2014 15:35
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Sorry Arlex, but I'm not getting it. Very simple question; how come all other workshops generate URLs that include /festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/ and arts and culture doesn't? That alone tells me that there's some inconsistency happening. I'll show some example from each menu/category of workshop but you can browse the site and see for yourself.

http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/arts-culture/entry/just-clowning-colin-minney
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/circus/entry/xanthe-naylor-firebugs
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/health/entry/couples-massage-elizabeth-stein
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/holistic/entry/be-a-changemaker-rebekah-goldstein-hawes
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/move/entry/zumba-rhythm-fitness-ngaire-piggott
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/soundz/entry/sound-medicine-journey-sika-rose
http://www.luminatefestival.co.nz/festival-2015/inspirational-workshops/organic/entry/managing-soil-fertility

I guess it's easy enough to notice that there's something different on the 1st URL right?
Andre
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Friday, 19 December 2014 18:04
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hello Andre,

it okay, thanks for take your time to described again.

It seems like you have created the hidden menu for this "Arts & Culture" - Single Category Layout, I have temporary disable this "Arts & Culture" - Single Category Layout from your hidden menu item, it should work fine now.
Arlex Wong
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Friday, 19 December 2014 18:56
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