SOBI2 extension and Alpha-Index

[cazzani]

As an happy user of SEF Advance, I would like to use it also for a directory section on my site to be built with SOBI2.

The SEF Advance Extension for SOBI2 seems to works fine except for the Alpha-Index.

For instance, when clicking 'C' on the SOBI2's alpha index (without sef), it passes the parameter ?letter=C.

Enbling SEF Advance, the parameter letter get lost making the Alpha-Index not usable.

Is a limitation of the current SEF Advance Extension or is a mistake in my configuration?

I am using:
SEF Advance v.1.5.4
SEF Advance SOBI2 Extension v1.1
SOBI 2 RC 2.9.0.1
Joomla V 1.5.7

Thanks in advance Emir for any suggestion you may have.

Stefano

[Saka]

It could be a limitation of the extension for SOBI2, I will take a look.

[kram]

Hello Saka,

I am having a similar problem with SEF URL's & Sobi2
I have just tested this on my Local Machine with alternate version of Sobi2

RC 2.9.0.1
RC 2.8.7.2
SEF Advance 1.6.8

In both cases, the SEF URL's for the Alpha Index & The Pagination do not work.
I have tried to find answers in the Sigsu.net forum but nothing.

For me the Pagination is the most import, as we have +30000 listings in our directory.
I can get away with not using the ALPHA index for now.

It would be greatly appreciated, if you could find the time, to help us out on this one.

Regards,
Kram
http://www.schoolguide.co.za

[kram]

Hiya SAKA,

Any news on a resolution?
would really ove to get this off the books and proceed with my.

Regards,
kram

[Saka]

Have patience please. I hope I don't have to remind you that 3rd party components are not covered by support, the extensions are provided unsupported. I will have a look when I get some time over.

[Saka]

Please send a mail with FTP info. I am working on the extension but need to test and it takes too much time to replicate locally. Thanks.

[Saka]

The alpha index for SOBI2 extension has been fixed now. Please update your extensions for SOBI2: http://www.sakic.net/content/scripting_files/sobi2_sefa_ext.zip

The problem with pagination was caused by SEF Advance 2008 itself, it has been fixed too so upgrade to the latest version.

[kram]

Hiya Saka,

Thanks so much for your time and effort!
I have tested this on my default sobi2 install & 2x clones and it works perfectly!

 

Regards,

Kram
http://www.schoolguide.co.za

[cazzani]

It worked for me as well.
Many thanks Emir. 

[cazzani]

The alpha index for SOBI2 extension has been fixed now. Please update your extensions for SOBI2: http://www.sakic.net/content/scripting_files/sobi2_sefa_ext.zip

The problem with pagination was caused by SEF Advance 2008 itself, it has been fixed too so upgrade to the latest version.

Actually, there still seems to be an issue with pagination.

You can see an example on my test site:
 
For instance, the category listing page "multimetri", originally
http://j2.vertigonet.it/direct?catid=10 is correctly translated to
http://j2.vertigonet.it/directory/multimetri/
 
However, the pagination link on that page (for instance to page 2)
 
http://j2.vertigonet.it/direct?catid=10&start=10
is translated to
http://j2.vertigonet.it/directory/2/
the category is missing and you land on the "search for letter '2'" result page instead of the second page of the listing.

[Saka]

Are you using the latest SEF Advance and latest extension for SOBI2?
If yes then please send the FTP info on mail and I will have a look.

[cazzani]

Are you using the latest SEF Advance and latest extension for SOBI2?
If yes then please send the FTP info on mail and I will have a look.

I upgraded SEF Advance from 1.5.4 to 1.7.2 and the problem is still the same. I am using the latest SOBI2 extension v1.2 (05-Nov-2008).

Just emailing to you the FTP info.

[cazzani]

I upgraded to SEF Advance 1.7.3 and the problem is fixed now.

Thanks a lot Emir.
Stefano