Hello,
as regards duplication of content. Mostly there should be no problems, but in several case, the duplication is reality.
The problem is especially related with menus, when the menu URL created by Joomla uses different itemID (= ID of the menu item) and there still exists other way to reach the item (e.g. direct link or newest article list), when the "real" item ID is used. Also often both these items (menu and real content) use the same name. This then leads to "duplicate" URLs, which are in fact not duplicate (because the original URLs are differet), but from the point of user point to the same content.
JoomSEF so far cannot deal with this, because it is quite complicated to find a generally usable solution that would not break many other things. However we try to find a solution for this.
The other similar "duplicates" can also come from certain components, which generate different URLs which point to the same content. E.g. something like xyz?itemID=1 and xyz?itemID=1&offset=0. JoomSEF translates them as individual URLs, because it does not understand that offset=0 and nothing is in fact the same. These case must be dealt with writing a special extension for specific components that will have such information and can ignore the unimportant URL parameters.
As reagrds URLs with -2, -3 etc., they are also often correct, when a pagination of content is in place.
So this is just a basic explanation. We try to prevent such cases as much as it is possible. In some cases there is still some work to be done, in others there always will be some kind of these problems.
Best reagrds,
Michal<br><br>Post edited by: michal, at: 2006/11/02 13:50
