Question Sef Url+kunena+ error 404

Hi Kunena community,

I experience a problem with kunena and enabling the core sef url in joomla. I read a lot of threads and posts in various forums however I didn't find any solution to my problem.

The url of my test website is the following: www.adverteos.com
Currently I set all 3 Sef core button on joomla to on. So you can see the error 404 at this url: http://www.adverteos.com/forum.html

I tried to enable/disable sef button on the kunena config with no success.
Thank you in advance for assisting me to fix this.

Here is my Kunena configuration settings:

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Legacy mode: Disabled | Joomla! SEF: Enabled | Joomla! SEF rewrite: Enabled | FTP layer: Disabled |

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htaccess: Exists | PHP environment: Max execution time: 30 seconds | Max execution memory: 128M | Max file upload: 8M

Joomla default template details : yoo_corona | author: YOOtheme | version: 5.5.9 | creationdate: August 2011

Kunena default template details : Blue Eagle (default) | author: Kunena Team | version: 1.6.5 | creationdate: 2011-07-27

Kunena version detailled: Installed version: 1.6.5 | Build: 5005 | Version name: Babel | Kunena detailled configuration:

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[th]Kunena config settings:[/th]

board_title	Adverteos Forum
board_offline	0
board_ofset	0.00
offline_message	<h2>The Forum is currently offline for maintenance.</h2> <div>Check back soon!</div>
enablerss	1
enablepdf	1
threads_per_page	20
messages_per_page	6
messages_per_page_search	15
showhistory	1
historylimit	6
shownew	1
jmambot	0
disemoticons	0
template	default
showannouncement	1
avataroncat	1
catimagepath	category_images/
showchildcaticon	0
annmodid	62
rtewidth	450
rteheight	300
enableforumjump	1
reportmsg	1
username	1
askemail	0
showemail	0
showuserstats	1
showkarma	0
useredit	1
useredittime	0
useredittimegrace	600
editmarkup	1
allowsubscriptions	1
subscriptionschecked	1
allowfavorites	1
maxsubject	50
maxsig	300
regonly	0
changename	0
pubwrite	0
floodprotection	0
mailmod	0
mailadmin	0
captcha	0
mailfull	1
allowavatar	1
allowavatarupload	1
allowavatargallery	1
avatarquality	65
avatarsize	2048
allowimageupload	0
allowimageregupload	1
imageheight	800
imagewidth	800
imagesize	150
allowfileupload	0
allowfileregupload	1
filetypes	txt,rtf,pdf,zip,tar.gz,tgz,tar.bz2
filesize	120
showranking	1
rankimages	1
avatar_src	fb
fb_profile	fb
pm_component	no
userlist_rows	30
userlist_online	1
userlist_avatar	1
userlist_name	1
userlist_username	1
userlist_posts	1
userlist_karma	1
userlist_email	0
userlist_usertype	0
userlist_joindate	1
userlist_lastvisitdate	1
userlist_userhits	1
latestcategory	0
showstats	1
showwhoisonline	1
showgenstats	1
showpopuserstats	1
popusercount	5
showpopsubjectstats	1
popsubjectcount	5
usernamechange	0
rules_infb	1
rules_cid	1
help_infb	1
help_cid	1
showspoilertag	1
showvideotag	1
showebaytag	1
trimlongurls	1
trimlongurlsfront	40
trimlongurlsback	20
autoembedyoutube	1
autoembedebay	1
ebaylanguagecode	en-us
fbsessiontimeout	1800
highlightcode	0
rss_type	topic
rss_timelimit	month
rss_limit	100
rss_included_categories
rss_excluded_categories
rss_specification	rss2.0
rss_allow_html	1
rss_author_format	name
rss_author_in_title	1
rss_word_count	0
rss_old_titles	1
rss_cache	900
fbdefaultpage	recent
default_sort	asc
alphauserpointsnumchars	0
sef	0
sefcats	0
sefutf8	0
showimgforguest	1
showfileforguest	1
pollnboptions	4
pollallowvoteone	1
pollenabled	1
poppollscount	5
showpoppollstats	1
polltimebtvotes	00:15:00
pollnbvotesbyuser	100
pollresultsuserslist	1
maxpersotext	50
ordering_system	mesid
post_dateformat	ago
post_dateformat_hover	datetime
hide_ip	1
js_actstr_integration	0
imagetypes	jpg,jpeg,gif,png
checkmimetypes	1
imagemimetypes	image/jpeg,image/jpg,image/gif,image/png
imagequality	50
thumbheight	32
thumbwidth	32
hideuserprofileinfo	put_empty
integration_access	auto
integration_login	auto
integration_avatar	auto
integration_profile	auto
integration_private	auto
integration_activity	auto
boxghostmessage	0
userdeletetmessage	0
latestcategory_in	0
topicicons	1
onlineusers	1
debug	0
catsautosubscribed	0
showbannedreason	0
version_check	1
showthankyou	1
showpopthankyoustats	1
popthankscount	5
mod_see_deleted	0
bbcode_img_secure	text
listcat_show_moderators	0
lightbox	1
activity_limit	0
show_list_time	720
show_session_type	0
show_session_starttime	0
userlist_allowed	0
userlist_count_users	1
enable_threaded_layouts	0
category_subscriptions	post
topic_subscriptions	every
pubprofile	1
thankyou_max	10

Third-party components: Jomsocial 2.2.4

Third-party SEF components: None

Plugins: System - Mootools Upgrade: Enabled | System - Mootools12: Disabled

Modules: None

I set up another menu redirecting to the forum index and the sef url works.
www.adverteos.com/forum/index.html

However while i try to click on any post or want to acces a category i get an error 404.
Example: www.adverteos.com/forum/Suggestion-Box.html
www.adverteos.com/forum/Marketing/5-anot...post-here-too.html#5

Besides my main menu also redirecting to the kunena forum index still display an error 404...
EDIT: I fix this by changing the alias in my joomla main menu.

I have to admit that i am confused... still

Kunena doesn't have this kind of URLs so you must be using a SEF component in your site that controls the SEF. Issue is in there -- meybe you're using old version or the Kunena SEF plugin they provide is broken?

Contact SEF component author and give this link to them:
docs.kunena.org/index.php/Developing_Kunena_Router

Hi Matias,

Thank you for your help. I do not use a third party SEF component such as Jomsef but the core SEF settings in joomla.

I use art of users component to create groups maybe that would create my issues. Anyway, i will delete all categories and recreate my forum structure and if it does not work i would uninstall and reinstall Kunena.

I installed my website using Akeeba backup and maybe during the reinstallation something went wrong...

any ideas?

Adverteos wrote: ... any ideas?

Yes. Your Kunena menu structure is not what I would call "standard". Read Kunena menu issues on our FAQs page and simplify your menu structure.

Read Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) carefully and thoroughly. Most people don't read this thoroughly; if you want the "short" version, read >>> this <<<.

To conclude:

(1) Simplify your menu
(2) Make sure you are using standard Joomla SEO properly

Thank you Sozzled,

I read the Kunena menu issues and followed the methodoly there (trashed all existing menus etc...)
Nox everything works fine.

thak you for your assitance to you and Matias, this is greatly appreciated.