Tour of sh404SEF - SEO and security for Joomla
- 1. sh404sef, urls, seo and more
- 2. What's the plan ? a - What are we talking about ? b - Why would you use it ? c – Taking a tour before you start getting started backend and main settings d – Where do I find it?
- 3. a - What are we talking about ? A Joomla 1.5.x native extension adds SEO features fix SEO issues improves security
- 4. b - Why would you use it ? Improved search engine ranking and increased traffic: get the shortest, most significant urls for your site and your web rankings remove duplicate URLs customize the page title and page description automatically emphasize all your article titles with "Heading tags" satisify many of the Google recommendations for search engine optimization with just a few clicks
- 5. b - Why would you use it ? Protect your site from common exploits including: cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) malicious page requests flooding attacks robots spamming input forms such as the contact page (using Project Honey Pot) site access from suspicious domains (using IP address white listing and black listing) identification of site software using the 'meta generator' tag
- 6. b - Why would you use it ? Improved site navigation and HTML best-practices: turn error pages into articles containing popular links and/or other relevant content automatically indicate the links on your site that lead to external sites with a small icon automatically convert table-based ouput of core Joomla extensions to the preferred tableless HTML
- 7. c - Before you start : SEF urls why ? Joomla only knows about option=com_content&view=... someone needs to translate what is it ? from : mysite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12 to : mysite.com/seo/best-practices.html
- 8. c - Before you start : Regular urls mysite.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12 Joomla! index.php option=com_content &view=article&id=12 Joomla generated page content Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) internet internet
- 9. c - Before you start : SEF urls Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) /seo/best-practices.html 404 – Page not found error page best-practices.html file does not exist in /seo dir internet internet
- 10. c - Before you start : SEF urls Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) /seo/best-practices.html best-practices.html file does not exist in /seo dir ? Joomla generated page content Send request to index.php anyway rewriting internet Joomla! index.php internet
- 11. c - Before you start : SEF urls Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) /seo/best-practices.html Joomla generated page content Joomla! option=com_content&task=... /seo/best-practices.html internet rewriting index.php sh404sef index.php internet
- 12. c - Before you start : SEF urls Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) /seo/best-practices.html Joomla! option=com_content&task=... /seo/best-practices.html Joomla generated page content internet rewriting index.php sh404sef index.php internet sh404sef
- 13. c - Before you start : Rewriting rewriting is outside of Joomla! Web server software (Apache, IIS,...) rewriting Joomla! Apache .htaccess file (needs mod_rewrite) /index.php/ in url IIS ISAPI module /index.php/ in url built in IIS 7.0 others nginx, Lighttpd, ...
- 14. c - Before you start : SEF urls S earch E ngines F riendly urls today : F riendly URL s for people for search engines
- 15. c - Before you start : SEO S earch E ngines O ptimization complex, many factors on page off page : backlinks, age,... sh404sef : on page optimization #1 factor : page title, not SEF url Good starting point : www.alledia.com
- 16. c - Getting started Installing use Joomla 1.5.x installer packages are all inclusive , only one file beware of permissions/file ownership issues (1.5.x version does not use fully the FTP layer)
- 17. c - Getting started Upgrading use Joomla installer remove old version install new version everything is preserved : urls, settings, ... preserving can be disabled in backend
- 18. c - Getting started Dual-level interface
- 19. c - Getting started Dual-level interface
- 20. c - Getting started Default settings are usually OK review ALL settings before enabling 1 2 3
- 21. c - Getting started Enabling with default settings : SEF urls with /index.php/ (don't require .htaccess) most important seo improvements most important security checks
- 22. c - Getting started if using a .htaccess file (or equivalent) must remove /index.php/ from urls (in extended display mode)
- 23. c - Getting started prompted to "clear the url cache" when saving configuration
- 24. c - Getting started sef / non-sef pairs are stored in database option=com_content&task=... /seo/best-practices.html index.php sh404sef index.php setting does not modify the way URL is built clear URL database setting modify the way URL is built do not clear URL database ex: insert section name in url ON/OFF ex: turn security ON/OFF
- 25. c - backend and main settings prompted to "clear the url cache" when saving configuration
- 26. c - backend and main settings Security stats on main control panel monthly logs rotation stats display updated by clicking on link don't be afraid :)
- 27. d - Where do I find it Where do I find it Main: dev.anything-digital.com/sh404SEF Docs: dev.anything-digital.com/sh404SEF/user-manual.html Forum: dev.anything-digital.com/Forum/39-sh404SEF FAQs: dev.anything-digital.com/FAQs/sh404SEF/