Category and Subcategory URLs
By David on Wednesday, 21 June 2017
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A user just posted an Easyblog post in the category Ecosystems and under a subcategory Toolangi. The category Ecosystems has an associated menu item so if I just leave the post under the parent category, the url will be:
https://ea..com/ecosystems/alias

If I add it to a subcategory, or multiple categories, the url changes to the more generic:
https://ea..com/pages/alias

There is also the option of choosing a primary category, but as soon as more than one box is ticked, the primary category does not have any effect and the url changes to .../pages/...

I think the easiest way to get around this problem is to eliminate category from the URL altogether, so the url will simply be:
ea..com/alias

I could add a new menu item for each page but this will make the menu system massive very quickly and will take extra time for each new page.

Is there an existing way to automate this with EasyBlog or do I need to use another component (Simbunch ProfileURLs works for profiles but not sure about Easyblog pages)?
Hi David,

Kindly find my response for your inquiries below:
A user just posted an Easyblog post in the category Ecosystems and under a subcategory Toolangi. The category Ecosystems has an associated menu item so if I just leave the post under the parent category, the url will be:
https://ea..com/ecosystems/alias

If I add it to a subcategory, or multiple categories, the url changes to the more generic:
https://ea..com/pages/alias

-> I believe you're referring to the url format for entry view? If yes, as you choose simple format
https://www.screencast.com/t/0QTyW9uwvw
where the structure is
http://yoursite.com/menu/title

when there is no category menu assign it will fallback to use easyblog-frontpage menu (which is in your case - pages) (unless you make the easyblog-frontpage as your homepage)

There is also the option of choosing a primary category, but as soon as more than one box is ticked, the primary category does not have any effect and the url changes to .../pages/...

-> You actually need to choose primary category on top of the composer: https://www.screencast.com/t/wrPnDS2L so the entry view will refer to the primary category menu that you've choose. https://www.screencast.com/t/EnakhM31KPkP

Is there an existing way to automate this with EasyBlog or do I need to use another component (Simbunch ProfileURLs works for profiles but not sure about Easyblog pages)?

-> Unfortunately, there is no existing way to automate this with EasyBlog. For the other component honestly I'm not quite know, perhaps you can look at JoomSEF if it meet your need.
Muhammad Fadhli
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