Question Possible Bug - Hidden Link and Broken Link - Generated By Kunena

Hi Everyone,

I've posted this in templates because I think it possibly pertains to the template php calling a link that should not be called.

I noticed a number of strange broken links today while looking at my site in Google webmaster tools.

There are a number of broken links formatted like this:
<a href="/0"></a>

Displaying on this page:
joomlabear.com/Forum/JoomlaBear-Theme-Showcase/

You need to view source and search for <a href="/0"></a>

This obviously links to: joomlabear.com/0 which is a broken link.

But of more concern is that the link is actually hidden - the link tags are not surrounding any element or text. This makes it a hidden link in Google's eyes and something a site could be penalized for.

The link comes up in the source code right next to the emoticon beside each post.

Any help would be appreciated as I'd like to get rid of the hidden links ASAP (I fear I've already been penalized by Google).

Thx

Bump - anyone have any ideas on this?

Hello,

Thanks for reporting this, I will transmit to the DEVs, they will check this when have time.

Many thanks for that. I appreciate it.

I found a quick fix.

I'm using template default_ex.

In the kunena template directory I found and removed the below from flat.php :

echo CKunenaLink::GetSimpleLink($id);

This is located at line 212 in the larger block of code shown below.

<td class = "td-2" align="center">
<?php echo CKunenaLink::GetSimpleLink($id);
echo $leaf->topic_emoticon == 0 ? '<img src="' . KUNENA_URLEMOTIONSPATH . 'default.gif" border="0" alt="" />' : "<img src=\"" . $topic_emoticons[$leaf->topic_emoticon] . "\" alt=\"emo\" border=\"0\" />"; ?>
</td>

do u have any seo or sef (joomsef , joomseo simpleseo etc etc )
i had same problem with my site before i had more than 5000 article (not use kunena)

i belive its a joomla sef core problem