ARTIO JoomSEF is a component for Joomla SEO (Search Engine Optimization). JoomSEF will rewrite your Joomla! URLs not to be only Search Engine Friendly (SEF), but also to be human easily understandable. Provides support for multilingual sites using JoomFish. Enables full customization of wide-range of meta tags for any URL in your site! Works with both with Apache and IIS. May be easily updated on-line.
Why is Joomla SEO / SEF Component Important?
Nowadays, SEO (search engine optimization) is a magic formula everyone uses. And there is a reason. Having clean, human readable and understandable URLs will help you to attract more visitors to your site. Optimized URLs are better evaluated by search engine and will help your website to appear on higher positions.
Even when Joomla is very advanced CMS, due to its openess and expandibility, core Joomla SEO capabilities are limited. Goal of JoomSEF is to help Joomla users overcome this and improve their Joomla site SEO rating and make their site search engine friendly (SEF).
JoomSEF Main Features List
- rewrites original Joomla! URLs to be Search Engine Friendly (SEF) and human understandable
- improves your overall Joomla site SEO rating
- provides support for multilingual sites using JoomFish
- URLs internationalization (translated URLs)
- support for multiple formats of URLs when using multiple languages - domain based: en.yoursite.com, de.yoursite.com, ... or path-based: yoursite.com/en, yoursite.com/de
- wide range of editable meta-tags for any URL in your Joomla!
- fully customizable URLs, many configuration options for automatic URL generation
- customizable 404 page
- helps you handle 301 redirects, allow custom 301 redirect definitions
- support for Google News URL format
- works with Apache and IIS, platform independent
- online free! updates (free updates also for the paid versions)
- caching system for improved performance
- modularity - supports 3rd party modules
- adjustable parameters for add-on extensions to customize way of URL appearance
- plug-in system - easily add more extensions for your components
- support for sef_ext.php files written for OpenSEF or SEF Advance (since v1.4.0)
- Joomla 1.0.x (JoomSEF 2) and 1.5 support (JoomSEF 3)
- and many more...
Expandibility, Modules Support
Built-in support of core Joomla modules and JoomFish. Also provides add-on interface, so 3rd party components SEF URL definitions can be added easily. Current there are available JoomSEF SEO extensions which include support of AdsManager, AlphaContent, Datso Gallery, DocMan, EZ Realty, iJoomla Magazine, JEvents, JoomlaBoard, JoomSuite Resource, Mosets Tree, Mosets Hot Property, Marketplace, ReMOSitory, RSGallery2, Seyret Video, SMF (Simple Machine Forums) Bridge, SOBI2, VirtueMart and other Joomla components. If you are interested in support for your module, please contact us.
Some of the extensions are provided for free, either as part of JoomSEF installation package or in downloads section of our website. Others can be purchased from our E-Shop or delivered by 3rd parties.
Compatibility
JoomSEF 3.x releases are fully compatible with Joomla! 1.5 in native mode. 3.x versions are not backward compatible with Joomla 1.0. It also supports JoomFish 2.x and many other Joomla 1.5 native or legacy mode compatible components.
JoomSEF 2.x releases support Joomla! 1.0.x versions and are compatible with JoomFish 1.7-1.8 installed.
Both JoomSEF 3.x and 2.x will run on Windows and Linux systems and they support both Apache and IIS servers (tested on IIS5, IIS6 and IIS7).
Version History
Current version for Joomla 1.5 is 3.3.0. Now as a native 1.5 component. Find more about JoomSEF 3.x series.
Current version for Joomla 1.0 is 2.3.2. For more version details and changelog see extra version history document.
Upgrading to new versions of JoomSEF and its extensions is free both for free and commerial versions.
The free version of JoomSEF may contain links to ARTIO webpages. You can get the latest JoomSEF version without these links by purchasing it from our webshop. If you would like to become JoomSEF sponsor, please This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Support and Bug Reports
If you need help with this component or want to report a bug, please use our FAQs, support forums or send us an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
The free version is only supported via our support forums with no guarantee. Paid versions are supported by special category in forums with priority replies or via our email support. For both free and paid version a commercial support with guaranteed reply times can be purchased.
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If you wish to support further development of this extension, you may use PayPal donations or support the development by purchasing a sponsor link free version.
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