[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Content Module links not working ## - **[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")** - [![danshand84's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/27187-danshand84) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147528](#147528) by [danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147528 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* was created by *[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")* -- url of the page with the problem -- : [ dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids](http://dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-for-categories-listing/category/12-useful-travel-aids) -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")** - [![Jerome's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar80.png)](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/80-jerome) - HikaShop core developer Less More - Posts: 26394 - Thank you received: 4078 - - [](http://obsi.dev) - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147542](#147542) by [Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") Replied by *[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147542 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi, Please deactivate the option "Remove products and categories id in URLs" in your HikaShop Sef options. Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. The following user(s) said Thank You: [TerryHikashop](/forum/user/31464-terryhikashop "View TerryHikashop's Profile") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")** - [![danshand84's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/27187-danshand84) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147545](#147545) by [danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Replied by *[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147545 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi Jerome, Thanks for your quick reply. Actually that option was already deactivated (set to no). Either way doesn't make a difference. I even tried deactivating all 3 sef yes/no choices and still no luck. Thanks Dan Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")** - [![Jerome's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar80.png)](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/80-jerome) - HikaShop core developer Less More - Posts: 26394 - Thank you received: 4078 - - [](http://obsi.dev) - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147546](#147546) by [Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile") Replied by *[Jerome](/forum/user/80-jerome "View Jerome's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147546 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi, I have just realized that, opening your link show a problem with your template which does not handle SEF urls. It breaks all CSS and Javascript inclusions. Please test it using another template (like the default Joomla template). Regards, --- Jerome - Obsidev.com HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")** - [![danshand84's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/27187-danshand84) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147549](#147549) by [danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Replied by *[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147549 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi Jerome, I tried with beez2 and atomic and same problem. I also have a problem with checkout now. This is more important. I have manual shipping method published. Very simple just $3.00 for shipping for all products. It's the only shipping method I have published. For payment I'm using paypal standard with the paypal sandbox. I had this working on my other site with no problems. Now I'm getting stuck in shipping on checkout. The manual shipping method is automatically selected when I get to that step (makes sense since it is the only one). When I click Next I stay on same page - no error. Payment/Discount step is next. If I click on the payment link at the top line with all the steps I get a 403 forbidden error default error page from webhost. Can you tell me what is wrong? Thanks Dan Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")** - [![danshand84's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/27187-danshand84) Less More - Posts: 15 - Thank you received: 0 - - 12 years 7 months ago [\#147551](#147551) by [danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile") Replied by *[danshand84](/forum/user/27187-danshand84 "View danshand84's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#147551 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi Jerome, Update on Forbidden error I am getting: I removed the Shipping step from the checkout and re-tried. When attempting to go to the payment step I am getting the forbidden error. I am running this site on a free host and didn't realize there may be restrictions that don't allow this process. Based on their documentation I just found out the following: 1. Outgoing Connections are enabled but for trusted sites only (e.g. Facebook, Wordpress, Joomla, Twitter etc.) 2. HTTP(s) outgoing connections are disabled. 3. The following PHP functions are disabled : allow_url_fopen, fsockopen, pfsockpen, getrusage, get_current_user, set_time_limit, getmyuid, getmypid, dl, leak, listen, chown, chgrp, realpath, link. So is the free host the cause of this problem and not hikashop? Thanks Dan Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")** - [![Xavier's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar4105.png)](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") - [ Offline](/forum/user/4105-xavier) Less More - Posts: 13201 - Thank you received: 2322 - - - - [](http://www.kidiweb.fr) - 12 years 7 months ago [\#149061](#149061) by [Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile") Replied by *[Xavier](/forum/user/4105-xavier "View Xavier's Profile")* on topic *[Content Module links not working](/forum/26-product-category-display/866488-content-module-links-not-working#149061 "-- url of the page with the problem -- : dmmendoza.com/index.php/hikashop-menu-fo...2-useful-travel-aids -- HikaShop version -- : com_hikashop_starter_2.3.0_2014-03-05.zip -- Joomla version -- :2.5.18 -- PHP version -- :5.3.28 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox 27.0.1 -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : Article not found Hi, I am getting the same error that you describe in you're faq: The links of my HikaShop content module don't work (error 404) when SEF is activated. Turning off SEF fixes the problem. I have a Categories listing menu item. Listing the categories works fine, but when I click on one of the category links when SEF Friendly URLs is set to yes, I get an error page which states on the bottom: #404 Article not found. I tried looking for a Hikashop Hidden menu, but I don't have one. I loaded Hikashop and went through the wizard, but no hidden menu for hikashop was created. Is this my problem? I also changed the menu option of my associated module to categories listing and made sure access was public, but this did not fix it. I now have the site set to not use sef friendly urls because I need to build the rest of it so you won't get the error, but I attached screen prints and can give you backend access if you need it. I have another site that is running Joomla 3.1.5 and maybe a slightly earlier version of hikashop that works find and it's set up more or less the same. It does have a hikashop hidden menu but that menu only has one menu item of type checkout. Thanks Dan")* Hi, Indeed it seems to be the free host the problem. Too many restrictions to allow to reach the payment site. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzI2LXByb2R1Y3QtY2F0ZWdvcnktZGlzcGxheS84NjY0ODgtY29udGVudC1tb2R1bGUtbGlua3Mtbm90LXdvcmtpbmc/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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