can you give me an example URL of a faulty article and tell me why the SEF URL is wrong so i know what i am looking at.

Also, I would not use .html it is old fashioned.

thanks

Jon

Hi Jon

Many thinks!

Category: staging.valleygreentea.com.au/blog/hot-topics.html (blog-top category; hot topic - subcategory; both linked to menu items)
Item: staging.valleygreentea.com.au/item/71-the-recent-surge-of-pu-erh-tea-prices-in-china.html (the url does not have a category nor subcategory, but 'item/id-'.)

regards

En Jie

Make sure that the item's category is not mapped in another menu item.
Generally having URLs start with /item/ instead of the /parent-menu/sub-menu/ indicate a conflict in the menu items.

Eg: mapping the same category in the home menu item and then in another menu item will produce this issue.

Hello Krikor

Once again, thank you for the message.

When I first saw the message, I thought a side bar menu (a module) with a category list might have caused this. I have since unpublished the module, purged the urls and cleared cache - made no difference.

The current menu (main menu) structure is as such:

blog (parent menu item) ---> VGT blog (K2 top category - the parent category of all other subcategories)
category menu items ---> k2 subcategories under the top category (one menu item to one category)
All items are under the subcategories, only one category for each item.

I must be missing something somewhere?

Best regards

En Jie

Apart from the sidebar issue, you do not need to unpublish the module.
If you need a category to appear in two separate menus, you can use the alias menu item.

purged the urls

Are you using any 3rd party SEO/ SEF extensions?

Hi again

Published and unpublished the side bar module did not make any difference to the urls of concern. I do not need these menu items to appear anywhere else apart from the main menu and the side bar if possible (consistent with the joomla layout of the rest of the site), but happy to turn it off to find out what is causing these undesired urls.

Yes, I use sh404sef on the site with K2 component configured to 'use default handler',

regards

En Jie

Hi again

I have attempted to turn sh404sef off and got urls as:

staging.valleygreentea.com.au/blog/hot-topics/2-current-events-and-hot-topics/the-recent-surge-of-pu-erh-tea-prices-in-china.html

where
'/hot-topics' --> menu title
'/2-current-events-and-hot-topics' --> category title

(both listed where there should only be one)

Best regards

En Jie

I have an Easy SEF extension which was submitted on K2 extends page but it's not approved yet. I think Easy SEF maybe help you change your Urls for the easy way. The extension is available for the both free and subscribe version.

You can download it here: Easy SEF

Thank you Vu Mai for the recommendation.

I would still like to deal with the urls without using an extension at this stage as I am trying not to make the site too complicated.

Will consider it if necessary in the future.

best regards

En Jie

'/hot-topics' --> menu title
'/2-current-events-and-hot-topics' --> category title

Is the current-events-and-hot-topics category mapped in the hot-topics menu item?
Does the hot-topics contain only one category?