Hi, I've uncovered a very serious bug with Joomsef v3.2.11, though I'm still unsure as to how it can be reproduced.

We currently run 3 different blog sites, all of which have the Joomsef component installed. After a set period of time, the links to these articles will not only pull up the articles but also modules which I've associated with the "Home" menu item.

I've seen this occur many-many times already so I know that I'm not the only one experiencing this issue and I definetely have reported it already a few months ago. Up until now our only viable solution has been to periodically clear the redirect cache then reindex the site using Xenu Link Sleuth. Is there any chance that this bug will be fixed?

Hi,

thanks for this report, but without more details, it is difficult to say it is bug and how or when it can be fixed.

Plese, try to provide more information on this.
Examples of URLs, how they have changed, when, etc.

Basically, I think that change of valid Itemids may cause this. (this can occur e.g. when you redefine your menu - then purging of the related URLs may be needed). However, I do not see a reason and way how JoomSEF would be changing already generated URLs just with no reason. It is piece of code, not AI. :-)

I've recently updated to the latest version of joomsef. If it occurs again I'll be sure to take a screenshot; I'm really not sure what you meant by changing the itemIDs though.

Aren't those IDs associated with each content item within the database so that they would remain unique? How could making a change to the menu cause this id to change? And since the correct article itself is still being displayed, I again don't see how the two are related. Maybe I'm thinking of the wrong ID?

The menu itself seldom undergoes any major changes, usually we'll notice this bug by clicking on a blog item or via some module (News Show GK3). Usually these are items which had previously displayed correctly without pulling in modules associated with the "Home" menu item.

I guess we'll just cross our fingers for now though.

:(

alright, here's a link. You'll notice that this particular item is uncategorized.

theprogressiveaccountant.com/privacy-statement.html

when you scroll to the bottom of the page, modules associated with the Home menu item are displaying when they shouldn't. If I clear the cache I can temporarily solve this problem, however I'm certain it's just going to occur again on another content item.

I've also included a screenshot since I obviously can't leave our privacy statement in this condition for very long. Let me know what you think, I've been watching this happen multiple times across 3 different versions of Joomsef. A patch/solution would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
John

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