sh404sef url dont use alias / add no item-id

Glad it helped. I have also played with the acesef plugin which sh404 now supports which also works well. I have attached it for anyone that needs it.

Acesef author recently modified there plugins so they wouldn't work with sh404 but the one attached is the premodified version. Its a free plugin.

Acesef plugin has nice feature in that it can always use the primary url and itemid. problem is this doesn't preserve the user experience as a user may jump to another part of the site unknowingly.

I also recently exchanged some emails with sh404 author and sent him some files as well. We discussed the issues surrounding the multiple categories and he deducted the best way to handle it was to publish all the links as is but add cononical tags to solve the duplicate issue.

This preserves the experience and solves the duplicate issue. The solution though is very challenging as to how to know which one is the should be the right urls should have the canonical tags added to them.

Hopefully that means a solution is in the works.