SEO Canonicalisation Plugin
Version
1.5.1 (last update on Jul 7, 2008)
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
76
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
80168
Date Added
4 July 2008
If this extension is misconfigured it may prevent access to your site. It is recommended that you utilise the "Check Settings" option before publishing the extension. Additionally, you can rename the /plugins/system/canonicalization.php file to diasble the extension temporarily to allow access to the administrator if you have enabled that option.
I use this plugin on my other site, it's a great plugin, thou. somehow i was enter wrong "Correct Host" option in one of my site and i didn't use the check setting first and i still don't have any idea to fix this.
Owner's reply
As noted in the extension description, if you rename the PHP file to something else it will disable the plugin from working and you can make any changes you need in the administrator. When you are done rename it back again to re-enable the plugin.
I've tried and used a lot of extensions - some excellent, some good, some worthless or worse. This one deserves 6 stars out of 5!
Super easy to use and IT WORKS! Download, install, go to Plugin Manager, enter your site address, CHECK it, enable it, and you're done! It only takes a minute or two - really!
Most importantly, it accomplished what the rewritecond and rewriterule in .htaccess didn't - got the "www" out of my site links. (Yes, in most cases the .htaccess was written correctly - copied and pasted, double-checked against other sources.)
It is very important to do the Check, though. The plugin found a couple sites where I had configured the .htaccess rewrite incorrectly (was rewriting TO "www" rather than to the non-www address). If you do the Check, I'd say it's pretty much "fool" proof - even for me. ;)
Thanks for making it available ... and for FREE!
Hope there will be a 1.6/1.7 and 2.5 version of this coming soon.
Super easy to use and IT WORKS! Download, install, go to Plugin Manager, enter your site address, CHECK it, enable it, and you're done! It only takes a minute or two - really!
Most importantly, it accomplished what the rewritecond and rewriterule in .htaccess didn't - got the "www" out of my site links. (Yes, in most cases the .htaccess was written correctly - copied and pasted, double-checked against other sources.)
It is very important to do the Check, though. The plugin found a couple sites where I had configured the .htaccess rewrite incorrectly (was rewriting TO "www" rather than to the non-www address). If you do the Check, I'd say it's pretty much "fool" proof - even for me. ;)
Thanks for making it available ... and for FREE!
Hope there will be a 1.6/1.7 and 2.5 version of this coming soon.
A great plugin, I will use it on all my sites from now on.
Simple to install!
Simple to install!
This extension does exactly what it says.
Just check the plugin before enable it, if everything goes allright the you can use it, best of all not one line of code.
Good job!!!
Just check the plugin before enable it, if everything goes allright the you can use it, best of all not one line of code.
Good job!!!
This plugin was so simple to get working. I had tried various methods of .htaccess rewrite mods but could only get the base url to work - anything more than someone accessing my root domain would get an error but this plugin solved it. Simple but does the job perfectly. What more do you need!
This plugin simplifies the process of redirection, it's less than a minute's work to get URL addresses point to a preferred address.
I am new to Joomla and web developing in general and I was having quite a hard time getting around the proper redirection syntax...apart from seeking advice, I also read lengthy pieces of guides...
Even experienced users out there proposed different codes for achieving redirection, not all worked as they should.
This plugin just makes you mad you were not aware of its existence before. I'd say a must for both experienced and newbies.
Unfortunately the "Redirect for Joomla 1.5" extension which I already had installed, does not include this functionality.
Something that troubled me at first, but proved to be a very simple thing is that you must NOT! enter "http://" in front of the address you want to point to.
I almost got careless and didn't click the check button to test the functionality.
Make sure you do so before enabling the plugin.
I am new to Joomla and web developing in general and I was having quite a hard time getting around the proper redirection syntax...apart from seeking advice, I also read lengthy pieces of guides...
Even experienced users out there proposed different codes for achieving redirection, not all worked as they should.
This plugin just makes you mad you were not aware of its existence before. I'd say a must for both experienced and newbies.
Unfortunately the "Redirect for Joomla 1.5" extension which I already had installed, does not include this functionality.
Something that troubled me at first, but proved to be a very simple thing is that you must NOT! enter "http://" in front of the address you want to point to.
I almost got careless and didn't click the check button to test the functionality.
Make sure you do so before enabling the plugin.
I found this plugin via another website when searching for a solution for my problem. I have several domain names for one site and this caused troubles with sh404sef. I first installed an older version and it didn't work. Now I found the most recent version on JED and it's working. Finally my problem is solved. Thanks to the developpers for this plugin.
Struggled for nearly two hours with my .htaccess file. Still can't understand why it's not working like it does with my other sites, but now I don't have to care :). This works exactly as promised. Thanks for a great plugin.
This is a great plugin! Thank YOU!!!! My issue was that the live site name was no www, the virtuemart config was no www, the affiliate program was no www and if someone typed www in the url, nothing no worky in the cart - this took care of everything pronto. All I had to do was put the .mysite into the box, check the settings with the check settings button & publish. PROBLEM SOLVED IN LIKE A MINUTE! Thanks so much! You ROCK!
Downloaded, installed on three sites, working perfectly all in under 3 minutes! Beautiful!
All the issues the 'www.' and 'no www.' can cause with regard to Site Analytics, sharing and SEO is amazing. One would think that this would resolve itself at all levels, but apparently not.
I guess better to leave people like me in the dark and have some overpriced SEO consultant BS me about all the things he would do for me for thousands of dollars, to fix an 'issue' that has never been one till this change.
Any young guns out there need to remember that having no www in the URL would never work at all years back , so it had no effect on stats etc.
I love the 'change' as it makes it easier to go to a site, but not if my hits and other crucial client site data is being effected!
This plug-in has fixed three sites that were all giving me different results using any direct editing of the htaccess file and or pleading with my hosting company!
Again I thank you!
All the issues the 'www.' and 'no www.' can cause with regard to Site Analytics, sharing and SEO is amazing. One would think that this would resolve itself at all levels, but apparently not.
I guess better to leave people like me in the dark and have some overpriced SEO consultant BS me about all the things he would do for me for thousands of dollars, to fix an 'issue' that has never been one till this change.
Any young guns out there need to remember that having no www in the URL would never work at all years back , so it had no effect on stats etc.
I love the 'change' as it makes it easier to go to a site, but not if my hits and other crucial client site data is being effected!
This plug-in has fixed three sites that were all giving me different results using any direct editing of the htaccess file and or pleading with my hosting company!
Again I thank you!
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