[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # canonical URL created automatically ## - **[karel](/forum/user/29326-karel "View karel's Profile")** - [![karel's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/29326-karel "View karel's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/29326-karel) Less More - Posts: 18 - Thank you received: 1 - - 12 years 5 months ago [\#157257](#157257) by [karel](/forum/user/29326-karel "View karel's Profile") *[canonical URL created automatically](/forum/25-install-update/868482-canonical-url-created-automatically#157257 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : mywebsite.com/mypage -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : x.x -- PHP version -- : x.x.x -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message HI , In your update you are stating: "We added a new option to be able to use the canonical URL of the products/categories on listings generated by HikaShop and even generate the canonical URLs automatically if missing so that you won't get duplicate issues any more" Is this something that has to be turned ON or is it automatically going to create canonical URL of the products/categories so I don't have to fill it in on each product and category manually? Thank you for your help. Karel")* was created by *[karel](/forum/user/29326-karel "View karel's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- : [ mywebsite.com/mypage](http://mywebsite.com/mypage) -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : x.x -- PHP version -- : x.x.x -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message HI , In your update you are stating: "We added a new option to be able to use the canonical URL of the products/categories on listings generated by HikaShop and even generate the canonical URLs automatically if missing so that you won't get duplicate issues any more" Is this something that has to be turned ON or is it automatically going to create canonical URL of the products/categories so I don't have to fill it in on each product and category manually? Thank you for your help. 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Karel")* Hi, Yes, you can find the option in Configuration > Features > SEF > Force canonical URLs on listings. ![:)](/media/kunena/emoticons/3.png ":)") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI1LWluc3RhbGwtdXBkYXRlLzg2ODQ4Mi1jYW5vbmljYWwtdXJsLWNyZWF0ZWQtYXV0b21hdGljYWxseT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile")** - [![Flooder's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar23280.png)](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/23280-flooder) Less More - Posts: 263 - Thank you received: 11 - - 12 years 4 months ago - 12 years 4 months ago [\#160141](#160141) by [Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile") Replied by *[Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile")* on topic *[canonical URL created automatically](/forum/25-install-update/868482-canonical-url-created-automatically#160141 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : mywebsite.com/mypage -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : x.x -- PHP version -- : x.x.x -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message HI , In your update you are stating: "We added a new option to be able to use the canonical URL of the products/categories on listings generated by HikaShop and even generate the canonical URLs automatically if missing so that you won't get duplicate issues any more" Is this something that has to be turned ON or is it automatically going to create canonical URL of the products/categories so I don't have to fill it in on each product and category manually? Thank you for your help. Karel")* When I choose « Use canonical URL and generate it if missing », the canonical URL is used if it exists for a category or a product. But if the canonical URL doesn't exist, it is not generated automatically in my products or category. I look in Hikashop backend and the field « url canonique » stay empty for all my visited products/categories.. [ ![hfa0e8a2.png](/forum/attachment/17882) ](/forum/attachment/17882 "hfa0e8a2.png") What do you think about it? Thanks Hikashop 2.3.1 - [ ![hfa0e8a2.png](/forum/attachment/17882) ](/forum/attachment/17882 "hfa0e8a2.png") [ ](/forum/attachment/17882?download=1 "hfa0e8a2.png") Last edit: 12 years 4 months ago by [Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile"). 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Thank you for your help. Karel")* Hi, The canonical URL field will be filled when HikaShop needs to generate a SEF link to that product/category. So if you don't have any listing where HikaShop needs to generate the SEF link of that product/category it won't be generated. This also means that if you use a third party SEF system which doesn't asks HikaShop for the URL, it won't be generated. 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Thank you for your help. Karel")* I m unable to understand which kind of listing should generate the canonical url of a category/product. Would you have an example of a such listing ? 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Thank you for your help. Karel")* That's ok now. I created a new content module for categories and an other one for products. With these new modules, the field « canonical url » is automatically filled by Hikashop. Now, I will study how it is filled. Thanks The following user(s) said Thank You: [Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI1LWluc3RhbGwtdXBkYXRlLzg2ODQ4Mi1jYW5vbmljYWwtdXJsLWNyZWF0ZWQtYXV0b21hdGljYWxseT90bXBsPW1hcmtkb3du) or [Create an account](/register) to join the conversation. - **[Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile")** - [![Flooder's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar23280.png)](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/23280-flooder) Less More - Posts: 263 - Thank you received: 11 - - 12 years 4 months ago [\#160433](#160433) by [Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile") Replied by *[Flooder](/forum/user/23280-flooder "View Flooder's Profile")* on topic *[canonical URL created automatically](/forum/25-install-update/868482-canonical-url-created-automatically#160433 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : mywebsite.com/mypage -- HikaShop version -- : 2.3.1 -- Joomla version -- : x.x -- PHP version -- : x.x.x -- Browser(s) name and version -- : XXXXX x.x.x -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Error_message HI , In your update you are stating: "We added a new option to be able to use the canonical URL of the products/categories on listings generated by HikaShop and even generate the canonical URLs automatically if missing so that you won't get duplicate issues any more" Is this something that has to be turned ON or is it automatically going to create canonical URL of the products/categories so I don't have to fill it in on each product and category manually? Thank you for your help. Karel")* I made some tests... CATEGORY I want this canonical URL for my category : /pt4/la-page-pt/grands-formats/affiches Hikashop generate this URL for my category : /pt4/component/hikashop/affiches?Itemid=734 (I don't have this ID, so I saw the new entry you create in my table Menu of my database) PRODUCT I want this canonical URL for my product : /pt4/la-page-pt/grands-formats/affiches/produit/affiches-petites Hikashop generate this URL for my product : /pt4/produit/affiches-petites I think I will fill myself all the « canonical url » fields of my products/categories (may be with a SQL query). Comments? 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Thank you for your help. Karel")* The canonical URL that is generated is the same one that it generated normally for each page processing, so it uses the options of your menus/modules for that. For example, if you see component/hikashop and Itemid in the URL, it means that the menu that was selected in the options of your module (the menu 734 in your case) is not a HikaShop listing. But yes, you might want another URL than the one which is generated. HikaShop just generate the URL based on the settings of the first module/menu which displays a link to the element. If you need precise URLs, then you'll want to add them manually to your products, with a query, a CSV import, or the interface. 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