[anyone else]

Is anyone else using Joomla + SMF bridge + SEF Advance here?

It's been solved in latest revision. Do you run the latest version of SEF Advance? (5.4.2).

I got an error when trying to import the xml file when upgrading from 5.4.1 to 5.4.2. "There were some import errors: You have an error in your SQL syntax."

Also, is there a changelog available?

That's not good. I will have to take a look on that.

Hi, have you had a chance to diagnose the problem?

Also, I had to disable my .html suffix because it was causing some problems with SMF... but this is not necessarily SEF Advance's fault, probably SMF bridge will need modification as well.

That's not good. I will have to take a look on that.

Great! Let me know if you need admin access. If you sign up for an account on my site you will see first hand the quoting issues, amongst others...

My site was mostly working fine before using SEF Advance, but I'll be glad to help in any way possible to sort out the bug(s) with SMF.

I set SEF Advance to ignore the two... and got some strange generated URLs:

http://www.kaitech.hk/index.php?option,com_smf&/Itemid,71&/board,6.0

Looks like it can't decide if it's SEF or not.

I don't understand your problem at all, sorry. :S Looks like SMF does some kind of falty redirect.
Why don't you just disable SEF for forum if you don't have human friendly URLs anyway?

You mean set SEF Advance to 'ignore' SMF Bridge component?  Should I ignore the SMF registration as well?

OK - do you think my problem relates to SEF Advance?

I've tested without SEF Advance enabled, this is what happens:

http://www.kaitech.hk/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/action,post/quote,6695/topic,1746.0/num_replies,9/sesc,111ea20f9eef31495008cbaca8158a19

http://www.kaitech.hk/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71?action=post;quote=6695;topic=1746.0;sesc=111ea20f9eef31495008cbaca8158a19

Even though the links differ, it still "works"...

Does SEF Advance strip the word component from the URL?  i.e.

www.kaitech.hk/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,71.html

becomes

www.kaitech.hk/option,com_smf/Itemid,71.html

This is normal behavior right?

Please download the latest version (5.4.1) and try.

That was fast! Appears to be working now with single quotes - thanks.

I have the same settings and can't except single quotes either. I will have a look on this issue but for now it's not possible to except single quotes.

OK, I will take off the ' exception for now and hope you'll come up with something in the near future.

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Hi Saka, me again 

Using SEF Advance 5.4.0, SMF 1.1.4, and Orstio Bridge 1.1.7 with J! 1.0.12, I discovered an issue with quotes not working in my bridge SMF forum. I am using your .htaccess file.  Here is the problem:

This is the link generated in the forum:

http://www.kaitech.hk/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/action,post/quote,6690/topic,1755.0/num_replies,0/sesc,dd123760d51bbcf60fa3059b445f3d60.html

However, clicking it and THIS shows up in the address bar, and all I see is my board's index:

http://www.kaitech.hk/option,com_smf/Itemid,71.html?action=post;quote=6690;topic=1755.0;sesc=dd123760d51bbcf60fa3059b445f3d60

After I altered the address URL manually to take out .html? and move .html to the end, change ? to /, = to , --- it works, but am I missing something, and how can I fix this permanently?

http://www.kaitech.hk/option,com_smf/Itemid,71/action,post/quote,6690/topic,1755.0/sesc,dd123760d51bbcf60fa3059b445f3d60.html

[alter jos_content set title_alias = title; <- for joomla]

You can manually copy the contents of the column 'title' into 'title_alias' in the table mos_content.  Just log into mysql and select the database, and issue this command:

alter mos_content set title_alias = title;   <- for mambo
alter jos_content set title_alias = title;   <- for joomla

Couple of questions:

1. Would title alias be easier to use than the Alias & Meta option if I don't need the optional meta data?  Seems easier to me than having to turn off SEF temporarily, copy the URL, then type in an alias - or am I missing something?

2. I tried the above statement to copy title over to title_alias, but got an SQL error:

#1064 - You have an error in your SQL syntax.  Check the manual that corresponds to your MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near 'jos_content set title_alias = title' at line 1

I believe I am using MySQL 4.0.27.

Thanks!

I'm able to add it to the exceptions, but when i do, I get a 404 page on the URL's that then include the apostrophe

I'm getting similar errors with titles with apostrophe's. What should the settings of magic_quotes be?

I see 3 variables named
magic_quotes_gpc (on)
magic_quotes_runtime (off)
magic_quotes_sybase (off)

Thanks.

As for other URLs that generate 404 (when they shouldn't), can you give us a brief outline of things/steps to check for?

For example, these two URL's don't work:

/news/mobile-news/mouse-atc-_-advanced-translational-control.html
/news/mobile-news/it's-official:-dopod-providing-wm6-upgrades.html

I have -=>_ as replacement, and I have added ' as an exception.