I read through the documentation and followed the instruction to install and configure JoomSEF closely, but I can't get it to work so far. I mean it generates the new URLs just fine, but I simply can't load the corresponding web page. I always get error 500 which basically indicates that IIS can't find the page.

Here is what I did:

1. Modify .htaccess
It is my understanding that I don't need to uncomment RewriteBase on IIS. The web page is located in the root directory of the web server.

Please note that I also tried it with RewriteBase being uncommented. Same result!



2. Update IIS configuration
The latest version of IIS comes with a URL Rewrite utility. I am using the latest available version of this utility. This version allows me to import my .htaccess file into IIS. It imported successfully.




At this point I am not sure what else I can try. Did anybody get it to work on IIS?

Thanks,
Jens

Oddly enough standard Joomla SEF works just fine for me when I activate Global SEF and Apache mod_rewrite in the global configuration. However, this does not cover any custom components...

It would seem that JoomSEF should work once the standard SEF works, but it doesn't. It now fails with a 404...

Therefore I activated 404 logging in the configuration. It showed me the link that failed. That made things even more confusing. In my browser I am seeing the URL as www.mydomain.com/en/page/1 which is also shown under Manage SEF URLs. However, the log just shows page/1. Note the missing "en"?

I guess I made some progress, but it is time consuming. I am also disappointed that there is no support here. I mean I would surely buy the product if it works for me, but I already bought some extensions that don't work and so I switched to "try successfully before you buy".

Thanks,
Jens

The last problem was caused by JFRouter being enabled. Luckily, this was answered in a different post. :)

I have to do some more testing, but it seems to be working now.

Only question is did I use JFRouter for anything else that stopped working now?

Thanks,
Jens

Hello,

Glad to hear that JoomSEF works for you. We're trying to maintain all the functionality provided by Jfrouter, so there shouldn't be any problems with it disabled.

Best regards,
ARTIO Support Team