Hi!

I would like to redirect the root of my website to a chosen SEO link. I tried several things but none of them worked. I've scanned the forum but I can't see anything related to that that could be useful.

Joomla version: 2.5.7
Joomsef version: 4.2.9 (paid version so the complete one)

The root url I wish to redirect:
www.mysite.com

The new url I wish to have everytime the root is called
www.mysite.com/fr/the-specific-link

Please note that the new url represent the home page actually. It is not a subfolder or else. The change is only for SEO purpose.

What I tried:
In Manage 301 Redirects, I put in
- the Move from url textfield : /
- the Move to url textfield : fr/the-specific-link

Also, in the Manage SEF URLs (filtered to Show links to homepage), there is no link actually. If I click on the Create links to homepage button, this trigger some actions but at the end, nothing really happened.

Thank you for your help!

Hi,

You should be able to achieve this with the SEF URL Alias. In JoomSEF's URLs Manager find "fr/the-specific-link" URL, edit it, and on the Aliases tab set "/" to Alias list field.

Sorry but I'm afraid my request was not clear. Actually, if I use the URL service2000.ca/, I would like it to be redirected automatically to service2000.ca/fr/reparation-electromenager

I do not want to have the service2000.ca/ alone. We always need to have it with the prefix BUT the prefix can change for other pages.

I don't understand now. If you do what I suggested, the service2000.ca/ will be redirected to service2000.ca/fr/reparation-electromenager. What do you mean by the prefix? Please give some example.

I finally got it. You were talking about the tab Alias and I thought you were talking about the alias of the menu (or the article) item. Sorry for that. I should have read your answer twice.

Now, it triggers another question: this alias tab, how does it work exactly? I'm afraid I do not use it only because I do not understand why it is there. Should we use this for multiple urls that go to the same place?

You can set multiple aliases for one SEF URL, and then if any of those aliases is accessed, it will be redirected with 301 code to the SEF URL. The main advantage is that standard 301 redirects support only redirection from one SEF URL to another, but you can use any URL as alias - it may contain query variables, so you can use it to redirect URLs like: somepage.php?show=user&id=52

For more information, see our documentation: www.artio.net/joomsef/documentation#aliases