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Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs
Posted: 22 Jul 2018, 19:09
by 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.
Re: Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs
Posted: 24 Jul 2018, 09:01
by 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?
Re: Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs
Posted: 30 Jul 2018, 15:34
by 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:

Re: Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs
Posted: 03 Aug 2018, 13:38
by 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?
Re: Joomla 3.8.8 modern URL routing without IDs
Posted: 07 Aug 2018, 13:47
by 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