Preview Button URL not using menu item pointing to the item

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4 years 1 month ago - 4 years 1 month ago #78010 by iamrobert
I have started from scratch with new Joomla and fresh FLEXIcontent. Its been several years - so what am I missing?

My page SEF URL is:

/expertise

When I click on the preview button in administrator its not going to the correct URL:

/content_page/english/expertise/expertise?lang=en&preview=2

This URL content seems to match the:

/templates/articles/category_items.php

As a result the design doesn't match the frontend menu link.

Switching off SEF the preview works:
index.php?option=com_flexicontent&view=item&cid=11:expertise&id=4:expertise&Itemid=117&lang=en&preview=2

2. I have set article to 'Route to FC item view' but doesn't make a difference:



3. If I set it Remove IDs from URLs - it seems to go away:



BUT::
/iam/content_page/item/4-expertise
<link href="http://localhost/iam/content_page/item/4-expertise" rel="canonical" />


/expertise
<link href="http://localhost/iam/expertise" rel="canonical" />

Now I have 2 URLS with the same canonical.

Any ideas?
Last edit: 4 years 1 month ago by ggppdk.

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4 years 1 month ago - 4 years 1 month ago #78013 by ggppdk
Hello

this is not related to preview URL it is for redirecting or rerouting Joomla article views:

> 2. I have set article to 'Route to FC item view' but doesn't make a difference:

About your question the preview URL
- will use the menu item only if it is possible
a. correct language and of correct access, (this applies for all parent menu items up to the root menu item)
- the extra variable &lang=...&preview=... are always appended to make sure no language switching occurs via associations


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Last edit: 4 years 1 month ago by ggppdk.

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4 years 1 month ago - 4 years 1 month ago #78016 by iamrobert
Thanks, ggppdk - that gave me clues to solve it as I hadn't set up the site correctly.

As the site is multi-lingual - I was setting the items and menu to English, but I hadn't set the site to multi-lingual as Chinese comes later. So - it was creating 2 URLs.

Setting the menu and language to ALL made it redirect to the correct URL or enabling the language plugins seems to fix it.

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Last edit: 4 years 1 month ago by ggppdk.

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