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N.B. This page appears to be mostly about SEFURLs (although that is SEO related) rather than search engine optimization. Another page here Search Engine Friendly URLs has the start of how SEFURLs are currently working in Tiki.

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Open

Rating Subject Submitted By Importance Easy to solve ? Priority Category Volunteered to solve Created Modified
(1) metatag description broken Niel Hirjee 10 10 99
  • Regression
 30 May 17 08 Oct 21
(0) domain redirect from *.tikiwiki.org to *.tiki.org is not working Marc Laporte 9 9 81
  • Regression
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
 11 Jun 13 06 Jul 24
(0) Scheduler failing to create sitemap (no commands defined in the "sitemap" namespace) Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 9 7 63
  • Regression
 12 Dec 21 20 Jan 22
(1) SEF forum thread drsassafras 6 9 54
  • Consistency
 manivannans 27 Apr 14 27 Apr 14
(0) Wrong URL at tiki-admin_sitemap.php for submitting a Tiki generated sitemap (manual VS console) ? Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 10 5 50
  • Consistency
 07 Dec 21 12 Dec 21
(0) Simple way to tell search engine robot to index or not a Tiki site Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 7 7 49
  • Developer Training
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
  • Feature request
 08 Nov 21 06 Jul 24
(0) Disallow printing links to be indexed by search engines Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 7 7 49
  • Developer Training
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
  • Feature request
 08 Nov 21 08 Nov 21
(0) In dev.org : search bug, old problem(s) not solved in sorting a filtered list. nobody? 8 40 10 Aug 11 10 Aug 11
(0) Tighter integration with Apache's > .htaccess (error messages, etc.) Marc Laporte 8 5 40
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Feature request
 04 Dec 08 09 Feb 18
(0) To show Links with no Permission for anonym - turns external Sitemap creation in a disasterarea 302 artbody 7 5 35
  • Usability
  • Feature request
 07 Apr 09 04 Nov 13
(0) Google shouldn't returns edit page link to create a new page Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 7 5 35
  • Bug
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
 31 Oct 21 31 Oct 21
(0) Tracker items: nice URLs and Canonical Marc Laporte 8 4 32
  • Consistency
  • Feature request
 03 Nov 13 04 Nov 13
(0) SEFURL with parameters in URL path Frank Guthausen 6 5 30
  • Error
 09 Nov 12 28 Oct 13
(0) SEFUrl needs to be updated shtepawski 6 30 02 Mar 10 02 Mar 10
(0) Issue with hreflang tag in the page header Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 5 5 25
  • Bug
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
 11 Aug 25 11 Aug 25
(0) Allow redirect plugin to use fragment identifiers (section/anchor ids) (patch included) lbmaian 25 20 May 09 07 Jun 09
(0) Find a way to block robots from indexing in PHP, and configurable from Tiki Marc Laporte 8 3 24
  • Feature request
 21 Aug 13 01 Nov 13
(0) SEF URL for article topics Nelson Ko 4 20 07 Dec 09 07 Dec 09
(0) Canonical for forum posts (print post and print all) Marc Laporte 2 8 16
  • Feature request
 manivannans 03 Apr 14 03 Apr 14
(0) Equivalent characters for page linking, backlinking, searching, etc (ex.: space, underscore, period) Marc Laporte 3 15 29 Oct 08 04 Dec 08
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  • 1 (current)
  • 2

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Rating Subject Submitted By Importance Easy to solve ? Priority Category Volunteered to solve Created Modified
(0) _htaccess should know which version of Tiki it is for Marc Laporte 9 high 8 72
  • Feature request
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 koth 25 Dec 09 16 Apr 12
(0) Cannot Reply to a Comment on Wiki page psue 9 high 8 72
  • Error
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 16 Sep 09 14 Jan 10
(0) nofollow on hyperlinks Marc Laporte 8 8 64
  • Feature request
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 28 Feb 08 23 Aug 10
(0) tiki-all_languages.php needs canonical Marc Laporte 8 8 64
  • Feature request
 manivannans 19 Nov 13 13 Feb 14
(0) site_title_location should default to "After current page's descriptor" Jeff 5 10 50
  • Usability
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 18 Mar 23 11 Apr 23
(0) Pollution of URLs by sending relative links to inexisting subdirectories Marc Laporte 7 7 49
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Error
 koth 16 Oct 12 28 Oct 13
(0) Date of article in the sitemap article xml are wrong Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 7 7 49
  • Error
  • Regression
 06 Dec 21 05 Oct 22
(0) Disallow tiki-tell_a_friend.php in robots.txt Jan Krohn 6 8 48
  • Usability
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 11 Mar 10 05 Feb 11
(0) period (.) in page names conflicts with Short URLs rewrite rules Marc Laporte 9 high 45 01 Nov 08 16 Jan 09
(0) Canonical URL Tag Marc Laporte 9 high 45 03 Apr 09 23 May 11
(0) page names with colon, like user:person not working when SEFURL is on Nelson Ko 8 40 09 Nov 10 05 Jan 11
(0) Adding some examples in htaccess Marc Laporte 5 8 40
  • Documentation (or Advocacy)
  • Less than 30-minutes fix
 08 Mar 08 26 Dec 10
(0) Ability to use a structure as a menu {menu structureId=1} homunq 8 40 homunq 05 Apr 07 14 Jan 10
(1) Site Map for visitors and search engines (Sitemap Protocol) Marc Laporte 8 5 40
  • Feature request
 09 Mar 08 17 Dec 17
(0) SEF URL Search Engine Friendly URL artbody 8 40
  • Usability
  • Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
  • Feature request
  • Patch
 artbody 18 May 06 06 Jul 24
(0) Saving page with SEFURL on creates 404 error mrisch 8 40 16 Aug 08 16 Aug 08
(0) Add canonical for tiki-slideshow2.php Marc Laporte 4 10 40
  • Feature request
 manivannans 03 Dec 13 09 Dec 13
(0) Google reject Tiki generated sitemap Bernard Sfez / Tiki Specialist 7 5 35
  • Regression
  • Easy for Newbie Dev
 13 Sep 21 07 Dec 21
(0) Group home pages do not work under sefurl Gergely 7 35
  • Conflict of two features (each works well independently)
  • Usability
 27 Jan 11 30 Jun 26
(0) Full screen mode: Error on first click on dev.tw.o and doc.tw.o nobody? 7 35 19 Apr 09 05 Jan 11

Discussion on IRC about SEFURLs

[+]

Some tips from Dima

Dima is a developer in contact with Regis & Marc and who will join the Tiki community in February 2013

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> Also I'm sending you some seo-recomendations:
> 1 ) It would be better to make redirects (for example from
> http://info.tiki.org/Join+the+Community to
> http://info.tiki.org/Join+the+Community/) All urls should be in one format.
> 2) In robots.txt directive Crawl-Delay should be at the bottom of the file
> 3) Indexing search should be forbidden by placeing Disallow:
> /tiki-searchresults* into robots.txt
> 4) <h1> tags should be without any attributes, such as id, class etc.
> 5) As I can see, main page is http://tiki.org/tiki-index.php but
> http://tiki.org/ redirects to http://info.tiki.org. It's not good :)
> 6) Also I've never seen directive Exclude in robots.txt before.
>


Huh ? I do not understand this:

Dima wrote:
4) tags should be without any attributes, such as id, class etc.

- why ? — luci

Tricky

    • http://doc.tiki.org/Wiki-Syntax+Text -> OK
    • http://doc.tiki.org/wiki-Syntax+Text -> not OK because of this rule RewriteRule ^wiki-(A-Za-z0-9+) tiki-index.php?page=$1 QSA,L, but complicated what to do with this rule, backward compatibility suggest we keep it. But it's a rule that don't even support non-alpha in pagename


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 +__N.B.__ This page appears to be __mostly__ about SEFURLs (although that is SEO related) rather than ''search engine optimization''. Another page here ((Search Engine Friendly URLs)) has the start of how SEFURLs are currently working in Tiki.
 ! Wishlist ! Wishlist
 +* ((Machine Learning for SEO and SEM))
 * ((Sitemap)) * ((Sitemap))
 * ((SEO Panel)) * ((SEO Panel))
 !! Top dogfood priorities !! Top dogfood priorities
 * --{wish id=4560}-- fixed * --{wish id=4560}-- fixed
 * {wish id=4950} * {wish id=4950}
 * ((Areas Perspective Multi-domain dogfood)) * ((Areas Perspective Multi-domain dogfood))
-** Areas: http://suite.tiki.org/Tiki+vs+eyeOS should not have <link rel="canonical" href="https://suite.tiki.org/Tiki+vs+eyeOS">. It should redirect or at least put a canonical to the domain with ''suite'' in it. +** Areas: http://suite.tiki.org/Tiki+vs+eyeOS should not have <li<x>nk rel="canonical" href="https://suite.tiki.org/Tiki+vs+eyeOS">. It should redirect or at least put a canonical to the domain with ''suite'' in it.
 !! Top priorities !! Top priorities
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 **** Super. Can we have title of threads like we do for blog bosts? http://tiki.org/forumthread45664-http-500-internal-server-error **** Super. Can we have title of threads like we do for blog bosts? http://tiki.org/forumthread45664-http-500-internal-server-error
 **** This [http://tiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_offset=0&comments_threadId=0&comments_parentId=44308&comments_threshold=0&thread_sort_mode=commentDate_asc&topics_offset=0&topics_find=&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&topics_threshold=0&forumId=6&time_control=86400&display=&fullscreen=&PHPSESSID=|example found in Google search results] doesn't have a canonical **** This [http://tiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_offset=0&comments_threadId=0&comments_parentId=44308&comments_threshold=0&thread_sort_mode=commentDate_asc&topics_offset=0&topics_find=&topics_sort_mode=lastPost_desc&topics_threshold=0&forumId=6&time_control=86400&display=&fullscreen=&PHPSESSID=|example found in Google search results] doesn't have a canonical
-**** http://tiki.org/forumthread45962&display=print, also found in Google, doesn't have a canonical +**** http://tiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?display=&comments_parentId=50955&forumId=26&fullscreen=&PHPSESSID= also found in Google, doesn't have a canonical

**** "https://tiki.org/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=52156&display=print" was found in a search result. Perfect candidate for a canonical URL
 ## {wish id=4862} ## {wish id=4862}
 ## calendar - too tricky, the sefurl is messy and has too many rewrite rules, needs tidying up ## calendar - too tricky, the sefurl is messy and has too many rewrite rules, needs tidying up
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 * --Canonical should link to http version because better for SEO-- Done r40833 * --Canonical should link to http version because better for SEO-- Done r40833
 * tags for pages such as: http://doc.tiki.org/tiki-browse_freetags.php?tag=+cms&sort_mode=name_asc&broaden=y * tags for pages such as: http://doc.tiki.org/tiki-browse_freetags.php?tag=+cms&sort_mode=name_asc&broaden=y
-* directory: http://tiki.org/tiki-directory_browse.php?parent=36 vs http://tiki.org/directory36&print=y +* directory: http://tiki.org/tiki-directory_browse.php?parent=36 vs http://tiki.org/directory36?print=y

 !! Notes !! Notes
-* inform robots not to index error messages (ex.: db connection issue) +* Inform robots not to index error messages (ex.: db connection issue)
 ** but added meta generator? ** but added meta generator?
 ** Error 503 or something ** Error 503 or something
 +** http://doc.tiki.org/Meta+Tags
 +** http://antezeta.com/news/avoid-search-engine-indexing
 * inform robots not to index machine translated pages like: http://info.tiki.org/tiki-index.php?machine_translate_to_lang=fa&no_bl=y&page=About+Tiki * inform robots not to index machine translated pages like: http://info.tiki.org/tiki-index.php?machine_translate_to_lang=fa&no_bl=y&page=About+Tiki
 * http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769 * http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769
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 * Should we use absolute URLs for canonicals? * Should we use absolute URLs for canonicals?
 ** Answer: yes ** Answer: yes
 +* What about: https://github.com/piwik/piwik/issues/2974
 !!! Open !!! Open
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 (8:44:33 AM) Redhatter: marclaport1, Sounds sane :-) (8:44:33 AM) Redhatter: marclaport1, Sounds sane :-)
 (8:45:19 AM) Yoni left the room (quit: Client Quit). (8:45:19 AM) Yoni left the room (quit: Client Quit).
-(8:46:02 AM) marclaport1: Redhatter: http://dev.tikiwiki.org/Search+Engine+Friendly +(8:46:02 AM) marclaport1: Redhatter: http://dev.tiki.org/Search+Engine+Friendly
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 (8:48:55 AM) jcyrisse: anyone had any success posting to tw blogs with ScribeFire? (8:48:55 AM) jcyrisse: anyone had any success posting to tw blogs with ScribeFire?
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 (8:57:55 AM) sylvieg: marclaport1: if the group are on the main - no (8:57:55 AM) sylvieg: marclaport1: if the group are on the main - no
 (8:58:16 AM) marclaport1: hmmm (8:58:16 AM) marclaport1: hmmm
-(8:58:37 AM) marclaport1: I would like to dogfood to make project groups on dev.tikiwiki.org +(8:58:37 AM) marclaport1: I would like to dogfood to make project groups on dev.tiki.org
 (8:59:13 AM) marclaport1: If people sub to the slave, their groups will be overwritten at their next login (I think) (8:59:13 AM) marclaport1: If people sub to the slave, their groups will be overwritten at their next login (I think)
 (8:59:32 AM) luciash [n=luci@rtvrtv.pol.bezdrat.net] entered the room. (8:59:32 AM) luciash [n=luci@rtvrtv.pol.bezdrat.net] entered the room.
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 ! Tricky ! Tricky
-**http://doc.tikiwiki.org/Wiki-Syntax+Text -> OK

**http://doc.tikiwiki.org/wiki-Syntax+Text -> not OK because of this rule RewriteRule ^wiki-([A-Za-z0-9]+) tiki-index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L], but complicated what to do with this rule, backward compatibility suggest we keep it. But it's a rule that don't even support non-alpha in pagename		 +**http://doc.tiki.org/Wiki-Syntax+Text -> OK

**http://doc.tiki.org/wiki-Syntax+Text -> not OK because of this rule RewriteRule ^wiki-([A-Za-z0-9]+) tiki-index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L], but complicated what to do with this rule, backward compatibility suggest we keep it. But it's a rule that don't even support non-alpha in pagename
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 * http://schema.org/ * http://schema.org/
 * [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/12/11/seo-the-inconvenient-truth/|The Inconvenient Truth About SEO] * [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/12/11/seo-the-inconvenient-truth/|The Inconvenient Truth About SEO]
 +* https://github.com/PiedWeb/SeoPocketCrawler
 +* https://github.com/ARCANEDEV/SEO-Helper
 +* https://github.com/melbahja/seo + https://packagist.org/packages/melbahja/seo
 +* https://packagist.org/packages/evert/sitemap-php is abandoned so perhaps could be replaced by * https://github.com/melbahja/seo/tree/master/src/Sitemap
 +* https://github.com/eyecatchup/SEOstats/issues/151 (project seems on hold)
 +* https://github.com/marcortola/behat-seo-contexts + https://packagist.org/packages/marcortola/behat-seo-contexts
 -=alias=- -=alias=-
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 * (alias(Clean URL)) * (alias(Clean URL))
 * (alias(Clean URLs)) * (alias(Clean URLs))
-* (alias(SEFURL)) 
-* (alias(SEFURLs)) 
-* (alias(Short URL)) 
-* (alias(Short URLs)) 
 * (alias(SEO)) * (alias(SEO))
-* (alias(Search Engine Friendly)) 
 * (alias(Canonical URLs)) * (alias(Canonical URLs))
 * (alias(Canonical URL)) * (alias(Canonical URL))

History

Information Version
28 Nov 20 03:05 UTC Marc Laporte 106
28 Nov 20 01:47 UTC Marc Laporte 105
20 Sep 19 16:11 UTC drsassafras Mass search and replace 104
20 Sep 19 16:11 UTC drsassafras Mass search and replace 103
20 Sep 19 16:11 UTC drsassafras Mass search and replace 102
20 Sep 19 16:11 UTC drsassafras Mass search and replace 101
10 Aug 17 10:05 UTC luci 100
10 Aug 17 10:03 UTC luci 99
09 Aug 17 17:05 UTC Jonny Bradley 98
09 Aug 17 16:58 UTC Jonny Bradley removing some conflicted aliases 97
16 Oct 14 01:31 UTC Marc Laporte 96
15 Aug 14 19:21 UTC Marc Laporte 95
12 Aug 14 02:27 UTC Marc Laporte 94
30 Jul 14 21:00 UTC Marc Laporte 93
22 Jul 14 19:29 UTC Marc Laporte That was an invalid URL 92
22 Jul 14 19:09 UTC Marc Laporte test edit 91
30 Jun 14 21:47 UTC Nelson Ko 90
29 Jun 14 18:33 UTC Marc Laporte Some options 89
20 Nov 13 01:08 UTC Marc Laporte Now in a wish 88
03 Nov 13 16:36 UTC Marc Laporte Moved to wish 87
03 Nov 13 16:35 UTC Marc Laporte 86
03 Nov 13 07:50 UTC Marc Laporte fixed 85
03 Nov 13 06:31 UTC Marc Laporte Auto-TOC is now activated 84
01 Nov 13 19:39 UTC Marc Laporte 83
01 Oct 13 02:07 UTC Marc Laporte 82
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