Start

1.Setting up the Joomla! 1.5 base installation
*TEMPLATE – template was optimized for SEO?

2.Check if you can set all the SEO options in the Global Configuration and rename your htaccess.txt to .htaccess, so it works in the standard mode.
[Test these settings first and get them to work before you install and configure any SEF component.]

*.htaccess – takes care of creating great looking, search engine friendly, and easy to remember URLs for your web site.

There are also some hosting providers that don’t allow you to have your own .htaccess file because of
its potential security risk. ???

If you have a hosting package that uses IIS (Internet Information Services) or even Apache on Windows, you will see that you will not be able to use the .htaccess file and you should use another option such as sh404SEF.

*Basic rules in the .htaccess file for Joomla! that should always be
in place:
########## Begin – Joomla! core SEF Section
#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/
[^.]*)$ [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* – [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
#
########## End – Joomla! core SEF Section
These lines make sure that your URL rewrite function is working if you renamed the file from htaccess.txt to .htaccess.

*Common problems :

-if you get 500 or 404 errors

Locate the following line in your .htaccess file:
Options +FollowSymLinks

And change it to the following:
# Options +FollowSymLinks

If you have your Joomla! installation done in a subdirectory, you need to activate and change this setting to the following:
RewriteBase /subdirname

Your .htaccess file should always be in the root of your domain. If you don’t have your site in a subdirectory, you might still need to activate this setting and change it to the following:
RewriteBase /

These settings will be the cause of 80 to 90 percent of all problems in getting your .htaccess file to work.

3.Installing the SEF patch.

4.sh404SEF component
[The component will show you which files need higher permissions to install the full component. You will need to tweak the .htaccess file a little, to enable support for a third-party component. ]

*Site is online
-Unable to Find Install Package – site/global configuration/FTP Settings/Enable FTP set to NO!
-Warning! – Failed to move file – using FZila set premissions to 777, set var $tmp_path = ‘/tmp’ in configuration.ini. Go Help/System info/Directory Permissions all status should be writable.

If it is the first time you use sh404SEF, it has been installed but is disabled right now. You must first edit sh404SEF configuration (from the sh404SEF Components menu item of Joomla backend), enable it and save before it will become active. Before you do so, please read the next paragraphs which have important information for you. If you are upgrading from a previous version of sh404SEF, then all your settings have been preserved, the component is activated and you can start browsing your site frontpage right away.

IMPORTANT: sh404SEF can operate under two modes :WITH or WITHOUT .htaccess file. The default setting is now to work without .htaccess file. I recommend you use it if you are not familiar with web servers, as it is generally difficult to find the right content for a .htaccess file.

Without .htaccess file: simply go to sh404SEF configuration screen, review parameters, and save config. You can now browse the frontpage of your site to start generating SEF URL.

With .htaccess: you must activate this operating mode. To do so, go to sh404SEF configuration, select the Advanced tab, locate the “Rewrite mode” drop-down list and select ‘with .htaccess’. Then Save configuration and answer Ok when prompted to erase URl cache. However, before you can activate sh404SEF, you have to setup a .htaccess file. This file content depends on your hosting setup, so it is nearly impossible to tell you what should be in it. Joomla comes with the most generic .htaccess file. It will probably work right away on your system, or may need adjustments. The Joomla supplied file is called htaccess.txt, is located in the root directory of your site, and must be renamed into .htaccess before it will have any effect. You will find additional information about .htaccess at extensions.Siliana.com/.

*Basic sh404SEF SEF basic .htaccess standard – you will need to check if you need FollowSymLinks set to Off and Rewritebase On.

5.Installing and configuring a sitemap
[Xmap ,use the sitemap link in your robots.txt file to promote your sitemap to all Search Engine Robots that come along]

*Setting your rules for robots –

-commands:
Allow: /folder1/myfile.html
Disallow: /folder1/
Sitemap: http://www.gstatic.com/s2/sitemaps/profiles-sitemap.xml

-Disallow: /images/: this is one line that you need to remove.

*Make sure your site is secured to prevent hacking – make sure the following files are set to read only: configuration.php, .htaccess, index.php, robots.txt

Znam da je ovaj tekst manje komercijalan, i da je uze strucan, ali znam da ima svoju publiku.

Ja sam i dalje WP fan, i predlažem svima da čim krenu sa blogom postave strukturu permalinkova /%postname%.html

Inače, zanima me, da li nakon postavljanja SEF plugina u Joomla i poboljšavanja izgleda linkova i stari (ružni) linkovi vode na istu stranicu, ili postoje greške…???