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Hi

I am trying to create a new menu Item but am being redirected to another category.

The problem is with Hotels and Riads on the left menu of my site http://www.justgomorocco.com When you then click on the "Hotels and Riads in Tetouan" link it redirects to "Restaurants in Tetouan"

I am using sh404sef for my sefurls and Joomla 1.0.13.

I have Tetouan repeated a few times in the Categories tables which may be the problem but they are linked to different Sections and contain different content as well.

Any help please 
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I found the solution in sh404sef faq (Alittle bit hidden amongst things) They really do offer excellent support for this product at Siliana. I would have found the solution earlier but I am afraid I am not a programmer or anything and so didn't really know where to look.

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      My modules or templates show on wrong page when sh404SEF is activated, or they don't show

You have been hit by Joomla Itemid. Itemid is a piece of data used by Joomla to decide which module or template should be used on a give page. For background on this, please read (Alledia.com).

The use of Itemid by Joomla will lead many times to the so-called 'Duplicate content' issue, which is rather a duplicate URL issue : the same content can be accessed from various location within your web site, and therefore various URL. This is considered a bad thing by search engines, and will likely results in reduced ranking performance. Please note this happens regardless of whether you are using a SEF component, Joomla SEF URL or even Joomla original non-SEF URL.

sh404SEF tries to fix this issue as much as it can, and is usually quite successfull at that. Sometimes though, this can lead to side-effects such as modules and/or templates being displayed on wrong pages.

To fix this :

1 - Go to sh404SEF configuration (Extended display if using Version 1.3 or more recent), Advanced tab, Itemid management section

2 - Locate the "Guess Itemid on Homepage" and "Insert menu Itemid if none" settings, and set both to "No".

3 - Click on the Save button near top of screen to save this new configuration. When prompted to "Clear url cache", click on the OK button.

4 - Go to your site homepage, and start navigating again to have URL recreated.

Should be fixed. If not, head over to the support forum at http://extensions.siliana.net/forum/