Hi,
(sry for my bad English)
This is the default VM SEO order:
menu name - vm category name - product title - vmsuffix
I would like this order:
menu name - vm category name - vmsuffix - product title
Is it possible and don't cause any problems?
I need it, because already have 30.000 + seo link to vm products with this structure (I migrate from VM1 and use 3rd party component, but this is totally bugged in VM2..the basic SEO solution pretty good and enough to me, if i can switch the order.
Thank u!
I'm not 100% shure, but I think 'menu name - vm category name - vmsuffix - product title' will cause problems with the Joomla/VirtueMart routers, especially the VirtueMart router. The VM suffix tells the system that it is a product details view.
In VM2 the built-in SEO works much better than in VM1. From the SEO point of view it's also better to have your important keywords near the beginning of the url instead of at the end. Personally I would go with the new 'menu name - vm category name - product title - vmsuffix' and try to write a rewrite rule which you can place in your .htaccess file. (something like this: http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=655030)
Another option might be to download all your indexed urls from Google's webmaster tools, convert them into the new urls using an editor and then import the old urls and the new urls into the Joomla _redirect_links database table, so that the Joomla redirect manager can take care of this. However, I never tried this myself. It's just another idea.
Quote from: jjk on February 17, 2014, 13:53:59 PM
then import the old urls and the new urls into the Joomla _redirect_links database table, so that the Joomla redirect manager can take care of this. However, I never tried this myself. It's just another idea.
Doesn't work as it should. Should be tested before switching to VM2 somehow. Else it will be to late to seek fix on Joomla forums.