Hi there,

Thanks for contacting us. Sorry for the inconvenience. Can you share an screencast video about the full scenario?

-Thanks

Hi Toufiq, sorry, I was out! https://youtu.be/51xIaI9cz7s

So there you have it. The problem is that, when pointing to the same article in the new website, the link is different. It's a good link because still friendly, but still it's not the same that appears in the old one... That happens everywhere... So just afraid that might not keep the SEO of the old website...

Thank you

Hi Nilo.

On your 2nd site, where the links are not OK, check:

1. if you have .htaccess file
2. and enabled SEO in Global Configuration
3. And all articles are assigned to category view that it's inside Menu as menu item!

This is the main reason why links are displayed in a long form. SPPB does not generate links only Joomla does.

For Links redirect it's also good to use Akeeba Tools (Core/Pro) it has redirect option that in my opinion works much better than default Joomla.

1. If you can share link (URL) to subpage where is a LONG LINK - I can find a source of mistake.
2. In Buttons Addon always use short links taken from Menu item "Alias" field. Than you can be sure that sort URL will be used or ... Error404 when you disable it.

Hi Paul, thanks you too for answering, yes, SEO is enabled, I got .htaccess, etc. Let's try something:

So here you have a link to a video I uploaded on YouTube, I explain the problem with one article and one menu item. The problem is with all, but maybe it's more understandable like this... https://youtu.be/xQ_FfzRej_k

So I just imported the website into the new installation and added SPPB, Helix Ultimate and working with that... But the articles, etc. Remains the same in almost all cases. For example the article showed in the video, the difference is that I redesigned it using SPPB, but using the article itself, so didn't touch the nickname or created a new one, etc... So the URL I get it's friendly, it's nice, but it's just different from the old website, so I'm just afraid this means this is not keeping the SEO, right? Because the URL is different... That's what I mean. In the video is well shown I think.

Let me know then if you need anything more... Thank you very much.

Q: What is difference between OLD site and NEW site, new Joomla, new Joomla settings - or just a new hosting?

Becuase as you may noticed (or not?) In Article Options - Inetgration - Routing : Modern/Legacy

it make big difference also with option "Remove IDs from URLs"

Helix template do not change links, it's on Joomla level only, it just use what Joomla generate.

Menu alias are the most important - not aliases from Article edit page.

Gracias for VIDEO.

1. I think you changed menu structure
2. About "missing" .html in alias URL -- it's from Joomla Global Configuration - SEO - Add Suffix to URL: Yes

Is possible to get access to both sites, so I will be able to record you a short video what is missing, where is mistake.

Hi Paul, thanks again! ;-)So the old website is Joomla 3 and quite old, I was not the developer then. Now I am redesigning it following the graphic design from the graphic team. So we use Ionos hosting, the old site is in Ionos Dedicated Server and the new one is in a Ionos Expert hosting.... When the new site is ready we will change to invertirenbolsa.info (like the old and current) instead of pruebasieb.info.So we migrated the website and upgraded to Joomla 4, deleting the deprecated things, etc. The new things are the new server, Helix Ultimate template and SPPB.... So we have created 2 super users, one in pruebasieb.info/administrator (new site) and the other in invertirenbolsa.info (old and current website). Both have the same credentials:Thank you very much for your help! I think that will be the best. (By the way, add suffix was activated, yes...)Hi Paul, thanks again! ;-)So the old website is Joomla 3 and quite old, I was not the developer then. Now I am redesigning it following the graphic design from the graphic team. So we use Ionos hosting, the old site is in Ionos Dedicated Server and the new one is in a Ionos Expert hosting.... When the new site is ready we will change to invertirenbolsa.info (like the old and current) instead of pruebasieb.info.So we migrated the website and upgraded to Joomla 4, deleting the deprecated things, etc. The new things are the new server, Helix Ultimate template and SPPB.... So we have created 2 super users, one in pruebasieb.info/administrator (new site) and the other in invertirenbolsa.info (old and current website). Both have the same credentials:Thank you very much for your help! I think that will be the best. (By the way, add suffix was activated, yes...)

Thanks, Found.

On old website you have installed component "sh404SEF" it's advanced URL links manager, it allows you control aliases of subpages (menu items) and change even default one created by Joomla itself. And as I checked some links from menu were overriden/customized by this extension (and webmaster choices). Example from "Libros Gregorio Hernández" (open image in new window to see details)

So now you have two options:

1. Export-Import sh404SEF settings from old site to new one
2. Or create a new links structure, add 301 redirections, and update website sitemap to Google

For sure it's beyond us, and it never was issue made by our software. As I told you before, only Joomla and extra extensions can manage links, not template nor SPPB. I hope now is more clear. You're welcome.

Hello again, thanks for everything! ;-) Yeah they didn't want to use sh404SEF anymore and use the Joomla Redirect. So importing the settings would be just useful if using the same component I guess. Ok gonna look at what to do as I'm not quite sure now... Any advice? Thank you very much Paul.

If no SH404 then Tip 2) and Google have to update site links structure.

Or/and consult with SEO expert.