Even if you have Search Engine Friendly Urls turned on for your Joomla site, not all of your articles may have SEF urls. This video shows you a way to ensure all your Joomla articles have SEF urls - not just some.
00:00 - Introduction and Sponsor
00:19 - Overview of the Issue with Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF URLs)
01:18 - Identifying the Problem with Articles Not Having SEF URLs
01:52 - Fixing the Issue by Creating a Menu Item
02:27 - Creating a New Menu and Adding a Menu Item
03:34 - Verifying SEF URLs for Articles Under the Menu Item
04:06 - Pro Tip: Ensuring SEF URLs for All Articles by Linking Them to Menu Items
04:45 - Conclusion
Summary
In this video, Tim Davis addresses the issue of Joomla articles not having search engine friendly URLs (SEF URLs) and provides a solution to ensure all articles have SEF URLs. By creating a menu item for categories without menu items, Joomla administrators can ensure that all articles have SEF URLs, thereby improving their site's search engine optimization (SEO) performance. Tim emphasizes the importance of linking articles to menu items to guarantee SEF URLs for all content on a Joomla site.
Introduction and Sponsor: Tim Davis introduces the video and acknowledges the sponsor, MySites.Guru, offering free site audits for Joomla sites.
Overview of the Issue with Search Engine Friendly URLs (SEF URLs): Tim addresses the problem of not all Joomla articles having search engine friendly URLs, despite having SEF URLs enabled for the site.
Identifying the Problem with Articles Not Having SEF URLs: Tim demonstrates how articles assigned to categories without menu items do not have SEF URLs, causing them not to be search engine friendly.
Fixing the Issue by Creating a Menu Item:
Tim explains the need to create a menu item for the category without a menu item to enable SEF URLs for its articles.
He creates a new menu named "junk drawer" and adds a menu item for the "uncategorized" category.
Creating a New Menu and Adding a Menu Item:
Tim demonstrates how to add a menu item for the "uncategorized" category, choosing the category blog menu item type.
Verifying SEF URLs for Articles Under the Menu Item: Tim verifies that articles assigned to the "uncategorized" category now have SEF URLs by previewing them.
Pro Tip: Ensuring SEF URLs for All Articles by Linking Them to Menu Items: Tim emphasizes the importance of linking all articles to menu items to ensure they have SEF URLs.
Conclusion: Tim concludes the video by encouraging viewers to subscribe for more Joomla-related content and wishing them well with their Joomla sites.
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