The default urls generated by Joomla tend to be long and cryptic and not helpful to allowing the search engines an easy way to understand what each page on your site is all about. Luckily, the Joomla developers understood that this was a problem for their users and created a built-in search engine friendly (SEF) URls function. The bad news is that it takes a step or two to configure. That’s what this Joomla video tutorial is all about!

We do want to explain that this video tutorial has instructions specifically for those whose Joomla installations are hosted on Linux/Unix running Apache. This is the most common server setup. If you are not sure what your server software is, please confirm with your webhosting provider what server software your site is using. If you are running Windows, check with your provider for resources on configuring your Joomla installation to allow .htaccess files.

Skill Level: Intermediate

PDF class sheet: Creating Search Engine Friendly URLs class sheet

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