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--- joomla:sef [2016/11/24 14:30]
eServices Greece
+++ joomla:sef [2019/04/16 13:41] (current)
eServices Greece
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+{{tag>joomla sef seo rewrite htaccess guide}} {{howhard>1}}
 ====== Joomla Enable SEF ======
 To enable SEO for your Joomla site:
-  * Login to administration (i.e. https://domain.tld)
+  * Login to administration (i.e. https://domain.tld/administration)
   * In the top left click on System and then Global Configuration
 {{ :joomla:system-menu.png?nolink& |}}
   * In the SEO Settings section enable "Search Engine Friendly URLs" & "Use URL Rewriting"
 {{ :joomla:sef.png?nolink |}}
-  * Enabling "Adds Suffix to URL" will add .html to most pages (this will depend on the MIME type), for example https://domain.tld/index.html or https://domain.tld/index.php
+  * Enabling "Adds Suffix to URL" will add .html to most pages (this will depend on the MIME type), for example https://domain.tld/index.html or https://domain.tld/index.php (<wrap em>Not Recomended</wrap>)
-  * Enabling "Unicode Aliases" will use the exact text in the alias of each object instead of using transliteration for non ANSI aliases.
+  * Enabling "Unicode Aliases" will use the exact text in the alias of each object instead of using transliteration for non ANSI aliases. (<wrap em>Not Recomended</wrap>)
-  * Final step for this to work you need to rename the file htaccess.txt to .htaccess in the root of your web folder.
+===== Create .htaccess =====
+You will need to create or modify .htaccess in your plan.
+==== Command Line ====
+After you login:
 <sxh>
-mv htaccess.txt .htaccess
+cd public_html
+touch .htaccess
+cat htaccess.txt  >> .htaccess
 </sxh>
+Please note that this will just append the contents of the default Joomla htaccess.txt to the current .htaccess if it exists or create a new one if it does not exist
+==== cPanel ====
+  * Go to the File Manager
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-icon.png?200|}}
+  * Go to the public_html directory
+  *  From the top right click on Settings
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-settings.png?400|}}
+  *  On the Pop Up make sure the option **Show Hidden Files (dotfiles)** is Selected
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-settings-popup.png?200|}}
+  *  Open the htaccess.txt file (Right Click -> Edit -> Edit) and select its contents <key>CTRL+'A'</key> and copy them <key>CTRL+'C'</key>
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-htaccess-txt.png?200|}}
+  *  Close the Editor from the top Right button (Close)
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-close.png?400|}}
+  *  Open the .htaccess file and paste the contents you copied in the end of the content in the file <key>CTRL+V</key>
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-dot-htaccess.png?200|}}
+  *  Click on Save Changes on the top right
+{{:joomla:cpanel-fm-close.png?400|}}
+This is the default htaccess for Joomla 3+ {{ :joomla:htaccess.txt |}} if you need it.