Can you hide virtuemart_product_id Url ?

[Pcwolf]

Hello,

For my, isn't so professional because people can see the 'Virtuemart' url and i don't want that.
Is there a solution for to to hide it ?

This is when peoples want to search products: http://localhost:62812/index.php/badkamer/view/category/virtuemart_category_id/8
and this is when there click on a item: http://localhost:62812/index.php/badkamer/view/productdetails/virtuemart_product_id/28/virtuemart_category_id/8

,Pcwolf

[Maxim Pishnyak]

You didn't turn on seo links option in Joomla configuration/Virtuemart configuration. Maybe you don't have .htaccess file in web site root.

Also it isn't so professional to construct web shop on localhost.

Virtuemart could work with errors when webmaster use http://localhost instead of http://www.site.com

[jjk]

Concerning ...://localhost... Maybe Pcwolf uses xampp to develop his website, which would be very professional 
@Pcwolf
See here: http://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search_Engine_Friendly_%28SEF%29_URLs_on_Apache

[Pcwolf]

Thank you 

I have enable the seo in vm but now i get this when i click on items: http://localhost:62812/index.php/component/virtuemart/badkamer/bedden/gordijnen-26-detail?Itemid=0
In vm example sites they are nice with: site.com/product/item
not more and thats what i want 

This is my .htaccess file in my root website:

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## Mod_rewrite in use.

RewriteEngine On

# Make sure the requested URL isn't a file or directory
# Why you'd create a directory called index.php, but best to be sure
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f

# Use a reg-Ex to find URL's where index.php is followed by something.
# If so, create a redirect to whatever followed the slash
RewriteRule ^index.php/(.*)$ /$1 [R=301]

## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.
# If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
# This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
#
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode data within the URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode[^(]*\([^)]*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (<|%3C)([^s]*s)+cript.*(>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL.
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Return 403 Forbidden header and show the content of the root homepage
RewriteRule .* index.php [F]
#
## End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits.

## Begin - Custom redirects
#
# If you need to redirect some pages, or set a canonical non-www to
# www redirect (or vice versa), place that code here. Ensure those
# redirects use the correct RewriteRule syntax and the [R=301,L] flags.
#
## End - Custom redirects

##
# Uncomment following line if your webserver's URL
# is not directly related to physical file paths.
# Update Your Joomla! Directory (just / for root).
##

RewriteBase /

## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section.
#
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
#
# If the requested path and file is not /index.php and the request
# has not already been internally rewritten to the index.php script
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index\.php
# and the request is for something within the component folder,
# or for the site root, or for an extensionless URL, or the
# requested URL ends with one of the listed extensions
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /component/|(/[^.]*|\.(php|html?|feed|pdf|vcf|raw))$ [NC]
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical file
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
# and the requested path and file doesn't directly match a physical folder
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# internally rewrite the request to the index.php script
RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
#
## End - Joomla! core SEF Section.

I use webmatrix, joomla 2.5
i Enabled the sef settings in joomla and Use URL rewriting but when i use Use URL rewriting then i get a iss 8.0 error when i click on vm products, vm items, all pages.... but not the homepage 

[Maxim Pishnyak]

I have enable the seo in vm but now i get this when i click on items: http://localhost:62812/index.php/component/virtuemart/badkamer/bedden/gordijnen-26-detail?Itemid=0

Did you creat menu link to Virtuemart?

I use webmatrix, joomla 2.5
i Enabled the sef settings in joomla and Use URL rewriting but when i use Use URL rewriting then i get a iss 8.0 error when i click on vm products, vm items, all pages.... but not the homepage 

Why struggle to make sef works on localhost?
More direct way is to use real shared hosting.
It's not simple for me to imagine web master that hasn't own web site (portfolio/personal blog).
Transfer your project from localhost to a subfolder or a subdomain of your personal website.
Test your prototype in REAL web environment.

[franzpeter]

It should be no problem to use sef url on a localhost like xamp for Windows or MAMP for Mac. If you use ISS the configuration might be slightly different. You may take a look on that:http://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search_Engine_Friendly_(SEF)_URLs_on_IIS

[Pcwolf]

I have enable the seo in vm but now i get this when i click on items: http://localhost:62812/index.php/component/virtuemart/badkamer/bedden/gordijnen-26-detail?Itemid=0

Did you created menu link to Virtuemart?

I use webmatrix, joomla 2.5
i Enabled the sef settings in joomla and Use URL rewriting but when i use Use URL rewriting then i get a iss 8.0 error when i click on vm products, vm items, all pages.... but not the homepage 

Why struggle to make sef works on localhost?
More direct way is to use real shared hosting.
It's not simple for me to imagine web master that hasn't own web site (portfolio/personal blog).
Transfer your project from localhost to a subfolder or a subdomain of your personal website.
Test your prototype in REAL web environment.

You mean in Main Menu or just a menu, and choose Menu-itemtype ?
I have choosed for VM view Category and in the right column i choosed already for: Select a category.
So i think al it's perfect in my menu item.

I'm planning to buy a hosting but first i want to test my site without problems.

Thanks!

[Pcwolf]

It should be no problem to use sef url on a localhost like xamp for Windows or MAMP for Mac. If you use ISS the configuration might be slightly different. You may take a look on that:http://docs.joomla.org/Enabling_Search_Engine_Friendly_(SEF)_URLs_on_IIS

Yes i know, normal there should be no problems if you running localhost. But i see the problem, i running iis 8.0 and if you want to use url without index.php you will need iis 7.
But i use Microsoft Webmatrix 3 and they automatic installed iis 8. I tried to uninstalled 8 because i already had installed iis 7. But after that i get many errors if i want to start my joomla website on localhost.

All must be work if i running it in a real website 

Also Thanks!

[Maxim Pishnyak]

Did you created menu link to Virtuemart?

... just a menu, and choose Menu-itemtype ?

Right. You need to have menu item to VM Frontpage or better to VM Categories page in most cases.
Menu module where this menu item is situated could be even unpublished.

I'm planning to buy a hosting but first i want to test my site without problems.

What happened with free web hosting services?

[Pcwolf]

Yes, all is enabled. They are nothing happens with the url.

I created everthing new, new menu item, categories, articles.. but they are the same url

A free hosting ?
Are you sure, i have only a domain so i need to change the dns servers and thats it. Any solutions ?

[Maxim Pishnyak]

A free hosting ?
Are you sure, i have only a domain so i need to change the dns servers and thats it. Any solutions ?

Yep, I'm sure.
You don't need to use your domain for work.
Subscribe to any suitable free web hosting and use provided by them domain as temporary address for your project.
Probably you will need to check a couple free services, before you find one which will be able to work with Demo of Virtuemart.
But it worth do to this.

[Pcwolf]

A free hosting ?
Are you sure, i have only a domain so i need to change the dns servers and thats it. Any solutions ?

Yep, I'm sure.
You don't need to use your domain for work.
Subscribe to any suitable free web hosting and use provided by them domain as temporary address for your project.
Probably you will need to check a couple free services, before you find one which will be able to work with Demo of Virtuemart.
But it worth do to this.

Great thanks!

I had no idea for this. Few weeks used localhost but now i can test it on a subdomain.

I will test all, remove the index.php etc..

[Pcwolf]

- The index.php has removed 

But the vm url not. I read this topic http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=101098.msg335219#msg335219 and this: http://paulmason.name/item/search-engine-friendly-sef-urls-for-virtuemart
I download the router.php file from the website above. And now i getting this: http://6202.cloudaccess.net/badkamer?view=category&virtuemart_category_id=7

Also, my test website is http://6202.cloudaccess.net If you click on the menu item Badkamer, then you will see 3 different categories: the url now is: http://6202.cloudaccess.net/badkamer that's pretty good but when you click on the categories, articles then you see another url 

My website is ready to go online on real website but only i need to change the url.

[Maxim Pishnyak]

Come on, remove that 3rd party router, and we could continue support you on this forum.

[Pcwolf]

All was removed...

You mean the 3rd party extension on the menu ?
Also i have removed the router.php file.