How to make URLs in Joomla search engine friendly



1) Login to your FTP.
2) Find htaccess.txt file (normally in public_html folder) and rename it to .htaccess
3) Go to Joomla! admin panel => Global Configuration => Site
4) Change select yes to all three SEO options. The action of the three parameters is as follows:

  • Search Engine Friendly URLs. Converts the URLs from the native Joomla! format to the SEF format.
  • Use Apache mod_rewrite. Uses the Apache “mod_rewrite” function to eliminate the “index.php” portion of the URL. If you don’t want to use mod_rewrite, set this to “No” and don’t rename the htaccess.txt. The SEF URLs feature will still work. The only difference is that you will see “index.php” in the URL, for example, http://www.yoursite.org/index.php/faq.html.
  • Add suffix to URLs. Adds “.html” to the end of URLs.

Done! Now your site will have search engine friendly URLs.
Enjoy!

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2 Responses to “How to make URLs in Joomla search engine friendly”
Damarsakty Posted on March 13, 2010 at 4:42 pm

It has been extremely helpful, the information provided by you is very good, thanks.

Ebris Posted on June 18, 2010 at 8:25 pm

Thx man, this info realy helped me with my urls.

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