Can I remove index.php from seo links?

[David Henry]

Hi Guys,

No matter what xml site map builder I use (xmap, JSitemap etc.) the output includes index.php in each link, how do I get this out?

for example:
Code:
http://www.example.ie/index.php/About-U ... ekers.html

should be...
Code:
http://www.example.ie/About-Us/job-seekers.html

I've noticed that we have...

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /index\.php(/[^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php(/(.*))?$ /$2 [R=301,L]

in the .htaccess already, I'm not sure why as we already have...

SEO Settings

Search Engine Friendly URLs = Yes
Use URL rewriting = Yes
Adds Suffix to URL = Yes
Unicode Aliases = Yes

If I remove the additional htaccess code all links change to:
Code:
http://www.example.ie/index.php/About-Us/whatever.html

Really stuck on this and the client is getting anxious.

Anyone any clue?

[itoctopus]

I don't know why you have these lines:

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RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^[A-Z]+\ /index\.php(/[^\ ]*)?\ HTTP/
RewriteRule ^index\.php(/(.*))?$ /$2 [R=301,L]

In your .htaccess file. I don't think they should be there at all.

You should download a fresh copy of Joomla and replace your current .htaccess file with the .htaccess file in that copy (rename it from htaccess.txt).

[David Henry]

thanks itoctopus,

that's the first thing i did but then I ended up with all urls including the index.php in the seo friendly url. Like this...

http://www.example.ie/idex.php/About-Us/any-page.html

I think that is the root of the issue but how do I fix it so that it's not in either the SEO links or the sitemaps?

D

[itoctopus]

Hi David,

That shouldn't be the case. Are you sure you're not using another 3rd party extension for URL rewriting? Maybe it's overwriting Joomla's own SEF tool. Are you sure you're not using sh404SEF, for example?

[David Henry]

you hit it on the nail!!!

sh404SEF has a setting to use htaccess or index.php, the later will cause this issue every time.

Problem solved!

David