Cannot work with virtuemart products that are listed in multiple categories!

Just did my first 2 virtuemart websites and wanted a SEF extension. sh404 worked well for 1 site, but not for the second.

On the second site, products are often in multiple categories. sh404SEF pulls the new URL from the database, but links to the first loaded category.

Example:

Product: Nokia cell phone
Categories: Cell Phones, Electronics

If the Electronics page is visited first, the URL for the product, no matter where it is linked from, will load the product page showing the category of Electronics. But, because 'Cell Phones' is the first category listed in the database, the URL will be

/cell-phones/nokia-cell-phone

and will load the page

Electronics > Nokia Cell Phone

On my product detail pages, I have the category image display, and it's not good to view a category ( "Cell Phones" in this example), then click on a "Cell Phones" product and be taken to a page in a different category ("Electronics") in this example.

So.. It still works, but now I have to create duplicate, triplicate or more listings for every product that is listed in multiple categories.

Owner's reply:
Hi,

WHat you are doing is generating duplicate content, and sh404SEF tries to avoid it with its default settings. Have you tried simply activating insertion of category id in URL ? THat should make your URL unique, so you'll have the category you like (but two or more URL leading to the same content)

Regards

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