EasyBlog5 upgrade broke all our Smart Search URLs for blog posts
By Sean Carney on Saturday, 09 January 2016
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Our search engine at DrCarney.com returns all 404 errors for results that are EasyBlog posts.

I have tried to clear the index and reindex. That did not help. I tried using the two different settings for Routing Behavior for SEO in the hopes that I could clear my search index then reset the routing behavior and then reindex.

I used Default and I used Use Specificc Menu id with a Menu ID of 317.

I believe I want to use Default. I think the 317 was a setting from our EasyBlog version 3.

Is there some new plugin that I might be missing to make sure that Smart Search works with EasyBlog 5?
Hey Sean,

Can you give this a try again? I have applied some fixes for you on the site.
Mark
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Monday, 11 January 2016 16:41
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Hey Sean,

Can you please elaborate more on this issue please? Please provide the steps to replicate this issue.
Mark
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Saturday, 09 January 2016 12:46
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Certainly. Here is a way you can see this. Go to the page at http://www.drcarney.com/blog

Enter the word "Beans" into the search field (without the quotes)

Any of the results that are EasyBlog results will give a 404 ERROR.

For example. One of the titles is "Can Low-Carb Diets Impair Brain Function?"

The url is http://www.drcarney.com/blog/entry/can-low-carb-diets-impair-brain-function

But, it is being converted to http://www.drcarney.com/blog/entry/can-low-carb-diets-impair-brain-function&highlight=WyJiZWFucyJd

This page gives a 404 Error.

Thanks!
Sean Carney
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Sunday, 10 January 2016 09:42
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Hey Sean,

The ftp access is not working for me. Can you please advise? The problem seems to be related to the way Joomla is appending the &highlight=xxx in the URL. As soon as this is removed from the URL, it works.
Mark
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Sunday, 10 January 2016 14:20
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That is exactly what I am seeing as well. Any idea why Joomla would start adding all that to the strings after upgrading to EasyBlog5?

I will open a new ticket to give you the corrected FTP instructions.

Sean
Sean Carney
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Monday, 11 January 2016 10:30
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OK. I set up the site access for this site at http://stackideas.com/dashboard/site

I am afraid I gave you the FTP access instructions for my other site that uses EasyBlog before. The access I just put in for my Site Access now is for this site with this problem.

Sean
Sean Carney
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Monday, 11 January 2016 10:39
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Those urls did not change but they no longer give 404 errors so I thank you for fixing this. It is good to go now.
Sean Carney
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Tuesday, 12 January 2016 04:06
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Hey Sean,

Yes, the url is supposed to be this way because the highlighter plugin will actually highlight contents on the page.
Mark
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Tuesday, 12 January 2016 12:33
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