Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs

[moozoo]

Hi,

I have observed that "Remove IDs from URLs" option does not have impact on Category View page. I'm still getting URL with ID value in it. Can it be fixed somehow or it is a well known issue?

Thank you.

[moozoo]

Sorry for bumping it up, just a clarification. So, I'm getting ".../index.php/download/category/2-dac" URL instead of ".../index.php/download/category/dac" despite setting Remove IDs from URLs option.

I found an article https://docs.joomla.org/J3.x:Supporting ... _component that describes it:

Using a router that works according to the principles we've seen so far, the route that is produced is dogs/21-fido, or with some additional work /dogs/fido.

So, is it possible that "some additional work" needs to be done on Phoca Download to have nice URLs?

[Jan]

Hi, I think, there must be completely written new router for Phoca Download working with Joomla! router without ID.

For now, there is no much demand for router without IDs because for SEO, it is better to use Urls with IDs, e.g. because:

[moozoo]

Thanks Jan for your reply.

Joomla offers both cases, with and without IDs. That can be switched with "Remove IDs from URLs" option, so users can decide which one suits better for them. But that option must be supported by the component. Any chance to include that feature in Phoca Download?

[Jan]

Hi, it is in feature request list, so I plan to take a look at it but for now really no idea when I will be able to take a look at it because there are many other tasks

And of course if there is someone who will take a look at it, I am open to implement such solution immediately.

Jan