SH404SEF & Virtuemart V2 - not playing well together

[dave collerton]

Happy Christmas all....

I have just upgraded to V2 which I use with joomla 1.5.25 and the latest version of SH404SEF (   2.4.5.1028). My shop - http://www.sofasonlineltd.com - is working except for a cart problem (reported in this forum elsewhere) and a problem with the URL strings for virtuemart related categories and products.

Firstly, SH404SEF is working fine with other components e.g. DJ Catalog 2, K2 etc - a typical SEF URL delivered is http://www.sofasonlineltd.com/index.php/item/3-contemporary-sofas/6-alban-3-seater-sofa.html. No problem there.

However, since upgrading to V2 my shop urls are wrong - yes, I have purged and refreshed, cleaned cache etc etc. What I get with SH404SEF activated for virtuemart is http://www.sofasonlineltd.com/index.php/buy-sofas.html?view=productdetails&virtuemart_category_id=5&virtuemart_product_id=11 which is clearly a non SEF URL. I can only assume then that, for some reason, SH404SEF is unable to translate the virtuemart string to SEF form.

Am I doing something wrong here? Is there a plugin I need to load perhaps to make the two play nicely together?

Grateful for some advice.

Kind regards
Dave

[jenkinhill]

SEF for VM2 works fine in Joomla 1.7 using the native Joomla functions, a third party SEF tool is not necessary. I guess that SH404SEF would need a plugin/mod to work with VM2 in J1.5

[dave collerton]

Am I too assume form your answer that there isn't an SH404SEF plugin for J.15 / VirtueMart V2?

Has anyone here had success with SH404 and V2 - it seems very unlikely that I am the only person to have this problem.

Regards
Dave

[AH]

sh404sef does not work with vm2 and why do you need it?? vm2 creates sef urls!

[dave collerton]

Thanks Hutson but clearly from the example I provided, it doesn't create SEF URLS in J1.5 - I tried disabling SH404SEF to see what happened - same URL's as with it enabled. This implies that it needs an sef plugin perhaps to get it to work, unfortunately, something I am not capable of doing.

Thanks for the comment though - appreciated.

Regards
Dave

[mandingueiro]

Joomla's core SEF is low on possibilities. The sh404SEF guys should write a plugin for VM2 sometime soon.

[Venkko]

Hi!

I have VM2 and J1.5.23

I get these url:s
http://www.lastentavarat.fi/component/virtuemart/vauvan-nukkuminen/swaddlepod-vetoketjullinen-kapalo-luonnonvalkoinen-detail

Everything else than "component/virtuemart" is just fine if thinking SEF
Vauvan nukkuminen is category name and swaddlepod-vetoketjullinen-kapalo-luonnonvalkoinen is product name.

And for removing that "component/virtuemart" text I believe that I have seen forum topic for this. I just have't got time to find it yet.

[dave collerton]

Hi!

I have VM2 and J1.5.23

I get these url:s
http://www.lastentavarat.fi/component/virtuemart/vauvan-nukkuminen/swaddlepod-vetoketjullinen-kapalo-luonnonvalkoinen-detail

Hi Venkko - are you saying that V2 and SH404 do work together? Your URL looks like an sef url. If yes, can I ask what you did to get the two working together.

Many thanks
Dave

[PRO]

Hi!

I have VM2 and J1.5.23

I get these url:s
http://www.lastentavarat.fi/component/virtuemart/vauvan-nukkuminen/swaddlepod-vetoketjullinen-kapalo-luonnonvalkoinen-detail

Everything else than "component/virtuemart" is just fine if thinking SEF
Vauvan nukkuminen is category name and swaddlepod-vetoketjullinen-kapalo-luonnonvalkoinen is product name.

And for removing that "component/virtuemart" text I believe that I have seen forum topic for this. I just have't got time to find it yet.

http://forum.virtuemart.net/index.php?topic=88977.0

[Venkko]

Hi Venkko - are you saying that V2 and SH404 do work together? Your URL looks like an sef url. If yes, can I ask what you did to get the two working together.

Many thanks
Dave

Hi Dave!

I do not have SH404 installed and that is why it works

[Studio 42]

Integrated Sef router work whel on virtuemart.
Why you wan't use sh404 and slow down your server ?

[PRO]

Integrated Sef router work whel on virtuemart.
Why you wan't use sh404 and slow down your server ?

^^^ the joomla sef and virtuemart works perfect.

[AH]

SH404SEF kills the server speeds!!

How negatively will this impact your google rankings? (the reason you installed sh404sef in the first place!)

[jan suhr]

sh404SEF will let you create your own TITLEs which is the first thing Google looks for.

Even if it slows down the server a lot of other Joomla stuff do that too, joomla itself to start with.

Full sh404SEF support is a mandatory thing for a Joomla webshop if it wants to be a player. So someone has to write a sh404SEF plugin for VM2, I know that the folks at Anything digital will not do it, it is a task for the VM-crew.

As I see it there are a few things still missing in VM2 for it to be a full featured webshop alternative for Joomla.


Jan

[PRO]

sh404SEF will let you create your own TITLEs which is the first thing Google looks for.

Even if it slows down the server a lot of other Joomla stuff do that too, joomla itself to start with.

Full sh404SEF support is a mandatory thing for a Joomla webshop if it wants to be a player. So someone has to write a sh404SEF plugin for VM2, I know that the folks at Anything digital will not do it, it is a task for the VM-crew.

As I see it there are a few things still missing in VM2 for it to be a full featured webshop alternative for Joomla.
Jan

Its not hard to change the vmart code to change category title, and product page title.

and SEF is not mandatory for a site to do well. I dont use SEF on my 1.1 site