Extensions

 

Install a new Extension

You can quickly install a new extension by selecting the ZIP file and subsequently clicking the "Upload file & Install" button.

Toolbar

Edit

Opens the page where you can edit extension parameters.

Uninstall

You can select one or more extensions and uninstall them on the fly. Note that if you perform the install or uninstall action, the URLs of the proper component will be deleted, with the exception of Locked URLs.

Save

Saves the changes you've made with "Router", "Custom Prefix" and "Skip prefix / menu" fields.

Save & Purge

Saves the changes you've made with "Router", "Custom Prefix" and "Skip prefix / menu" fields and purges the URLs of selected components.
This is a fantastic feature of AceSEF. After you've made changes on 1 or more extensions you can Purge the URLs of those components by just selecting them and then clicking on Save & Purge.

Functions

Ext. Status

From this field you can upgrade, get or order an extension. Click here to learn how to upgrade commercial extensions automatically.

Router

AceSEF offers 3 types of URL rewriting and you are free to choose the router that best suits you:
1. AceSEF Extension (recommended)
2. Joomla! 1.5 router.php file written by the proper component developer(s)
3. AceSEF basic rewriting

If you install a new extension, the router will be set automatically to AceSEF extension router type (the recommended one). Joomla! 1.5 router file is written by the proper component developer(s). You can also use AceSEF basic rewriting or if you don't want to rewrite URLs for any component you can select the last option, "disable," so that URLs will remain as the default Joomla! style.

Custom Prefix

If you have pointed your component to a lot of menu items but you want one prefix to be prepended, enter the prefix you prefer to use in this field.

Skip prefix / menu

You can also skip the menu title or prefix so the URLs will start directly with category name.

Extensions Parameters

As you can see there are two parts. One for URL Layout and the other for Meta Tags. Most of these options are not neither sh404SEF nor JoomSEF component. And the best part that definitively neither sh404SEF nor JoomSEF has is that all of these options (titles, alias, meta tags etc.) are for all components.

Numeral Duplicated URLs

If you have different pages with same titles and want to use both of them (not to set which one to be active and other inactive) then you should set to YES this option.

Record duplicated URLs

If set to Yes, all non-SEF URLs that yield the same SEF URL will be recorded. This will allow you to choose which one you prefer, assigning it as Used.

Items per page

Some 1.5 Native components don't no longer use the $limit(items per page) value in URLs. That's why sh404SEF and JoomSEF don't have good pagination systems. But with AceSEF you can define for each component the $limit(items per page) value so you’ll have 100% accurate pagination in your URLs.

Override ItemID

If you’re having problems with multiple ItemID’s for one component you can override the ItemID’s of the proper component's URLs.

non-SEF variables

Variables that will be removed from SEF URL and appended behind. This feature excludes often changing variables from SEF URL and appends them as non-SEF query and will decrease database usage and also prevent duplicate URLs in some components. Enter each variable separated by comma and space like: var1, var2, var3.

disable-SEF Variables

Variables that will prevent the creation of SEF URLs in case of they are included in the Real URL. This feature is useful especially with components that use AJAX, Captcha etc. functions that do not require being SEF'ed. Enter each variable separated by comma and space like: var1, var2, var3.

URL Part

This is one of the best features of AceSEF. You can specify for each component which field will be used in URL, title or alias.

Meta Tags

In this section you can enable, disable or edit the options for automatic meta tags generation.

3rd Party Components

AceSEF has over 180 extensions for 3rd party components. Here you can find the list of the available extensions:

http://www.joomace.net/joomla-extensions/acesef-extensions