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ARTIO – Brief Introduction
JoomlaDay Prague, 1.3.2014
Software Development (general) Open-source Implementation & Development Working with Joomla since 2006 Authors of JoomSEF & sevaral other popular
Joomla components www.artio.net
SEF URL
What is SEF?Search Engine Friendly (and human as well)
● good for search engines (keywords in URL)● good for humans – looks better, easier to remember● mirrors site structure● hides system parameters
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SEF URL
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
What is URL?(just kidding)
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Typical Joomla (non-SEF, raw) URL
http://domain.com/index.php?option=com_content& => componentview=article& => viewid=3:welcome-to-your-blog&catid=9& => idsItedmid=101 => menu rel.
URLs In Joomla – Standard Types
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Ugly (non-SEF)
http://domain.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:welcome-to-your-blog&catid=9&Itemid=101
Joomla native SEF (using routers)
no mod_rewrite:http://domain.com/index.php/3-welcome-to-your-blog
with mod_rewrite:http://domain.com/3-welcome-to-your-blog
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URLs In Joomla - mod_rewrite
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Apache mod_rewrite
powerful Apache web server module,allowing URL pre-processing
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URLs In Joomla - Add-ons
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Joomla 3rd Party Add-on Extensions
sh404sef, JoomSEF, AceSEF
http://domain.com/blog/welcome-to-your-blog
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Basic Comparison
No SEF FastConsumes no resources
Not friendly at all
Native SEF Resource not-demanding Include IDFixed FormatNeeds Support by Ext.No Central Management
Add-on SEF Clean URLsVariabilityExt. SupportManageable at one placeAdditional Tools
Needs more resourcesProblematic for begginers
Advantages Disadvantages
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Native VS Add-on (DB) SEF
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Native SEF URLs need to be fully re-translatable, Add-on ones need not (DB use)=> configurability and freedom for users include category? (yes/no) include product name? (yes/no)
Native SEF support needs to be built-in by component developerAdd-on author can add support externally
Add-on SEF URLs may not be suitable for large databases
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How It Works
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Native SEF
URL translation without usage of DBrouter (piece of component code) must be able to translate URL from/to SEF format
non-SEF URL → SEF URL → non-SEF URL Limitations:
SEF URL has to be created according to „translation rules“
Often has to include IDs
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How It Works
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Add-on SEF Use DB storage for generated SEF URLs
→ need not to be able to „understand“ the URL● Create SEF URL
Detect URLs in output code Build a SEF version for the URL Store it to DB
● Load (Process) SEF URL– Look into DB if URL is known– Load the original non-SEF variables
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SEF Add-ons Caveats 1Duplicates
● Duplicate resource names (article-2, article-3)● Additional variables in URLs
(e.g. sorting, switches, layout options, etc.)
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SEF Add-ons Caveats 2Multiple Paths to a Resource
ex.: Article linked from 2 menus, or different places.
● One or more URLs? (SEO point of view)● Want to show different modules? (user view)
?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:welcome-to-your-blog&catid=9&Itemid=101?option=com_content&view=article&id=3:welcome-to-your-blog&catid=9&Itemid=125
Itemid identifies parent menu item.
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SEF Add-ons Caveats 3
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Ignorant Extension Developers
Not using correct Joomla API methods to generate URLs=> URL cannot be SEFed (method JRoute::_())
Leaving unnecessary variables in URLs=> causing duplicities
Using too many formats of URLS=> causing duplicities
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Duplicate Prevention Methods
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Correct Menu Building
● using menu aliases
Non-SEF Variables Definition
virtuemart/list-all-products index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category
index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&sort=price_descvirtuemart/list-all-products-2virtuemart/list-all-products?sort=price_desc
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Additional SEF Add-on Tools
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
301 Redirect Management URL Protection (from deletion) Meta-tags Management Automatic Meta-tag Generation Sitemap Generation Connection to Google Analytics Tools Site Protection (SQL Injections, etc.)
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Component Authors
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Want to have SEF URLs in your component? write a router (native SEF) write a SEF extension for SEF Add-on
Plan desired URLs in advance. Only put to URL what is really important. Limit number of URL types.
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Thank You
Ontologie:
struktura metadat, vzájemné vazby
Thank you for your attention.
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