ARTIO JoomSEF is a Joomla 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 Component Important? How to SEF URLs in Joomla?
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
- capability of meta-data auto generation
- 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
- duplicate URL prevention and management
- .htaccess file easy editing
- works with Apache and IIS, platform independent
- online free! updates (free updates also for the paid versions)
- caching system for improved performance
- automatic updates of existing URLs on configuration change
- 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)
- easy URL imports from sh404sef and AceSEF components
- Joomla 1.0.x (JoomSEF 2) and 1.5 support (JoomSEF 3)
- and many more...
Expandibility, Modularity, Advanced 3rd party Components Support
JoomSEF includes built-in support of all core Joomla components and JoomFish. 3rd party components are supported via a modular and open API. Currently there are about 60 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 component, 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 3.x requires PHP 5.1.0 or newer.
JoomSEF 2.x releases support Joomla! 1.0.x versions. They are also compatible with JoomFish 1.7-1.8 installed.
JoomSEF 4.x releases are compatible with Joomla! 1.6 (beta).
All versions of JoomSEF will run on Windows and Linux/Unix systems and support both Apache and IIS webservers (tested on IIS5, IIS6 and IIS7).
Free vs. Paid JoomSEF
In short, the free version of JoomSEF is freely distributable but contains links to ARTIO webpages, and has somewhat limited functionality and support. The ARTIO links are genenerated in the bottom of your Joomla site main content block.
Paid JoomSEF has more features and contains no links to ARTIO. The license is proprietary, so it cannot be redistributed and its usage is limited to one Joomla installation. Users with paid versions are prioritized in answering support questions and troubleshooting. When purchasing paid version you will get free upgrades for 1 year from purchase.
For details on the differences, please reffer to the full JoomSEF Free vs. Paid comparison.
Support and Bug Reports
We have prepared a packages of support service, such as installation on Apache or IIS systems. You can get these from our webstore. If you need other type of support or customization service you can purchase a paid support time.
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 support@artio.net.
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 (but with no reply time guarantee given) 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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Donate
If you wish to support further development of this extension, you may use PayPal donations or support the development by purchasing a paid version.
If you would like to become JoomSEF sponsor and be listed on this page, please contact us via email.
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