Canonical URL Auto populated issue

-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.0
-- Joomla version -- : 3.4.4

Hi,

in my configuration I have set this:

Force canonical URLs on listings = Use Canonical URL if specified

However, my product Canonical URL keeps getting auto populated by the system? Is that normal behavior?

Many thanks.

Hi,

Are you sure that they were all cleared before your tests ?
They should indeed not be this kind of population.

HI,

Yes I have tried clearing out the canonical URL, saving the product then visiting the product on the front of the site. Once going back to the product in the admin the canonical URL has been automatically filled out?

Yes, I can confirm this behavior (Hikashop 2.6.0 / Joomla 3.4.5)

Hi,

If the "Force canonical URLs on listings" setting is not set to generate the URLs and save them, then it won't auto fill the canonical URLs.
The only things left I can think about area:
- a third party plugin/extension filling the canonical URLs automatically for some reason
- a mass action configured to fill the canonical URL automatically. Try to disable them.

I've tried to reproduce the problem on our end but I don't have it. If the option is turned off, I'm not able to have the "canonical URL" filled automatically.

Hi,

I can confirm this happens on more than one installation.

- a third party plugin/extension filling the canonical URLs automatically for some reason.
There are no such third party plugins installed?

- a mass action configured to fill the canonical URL automatically. Try to disable them.
There are no mass actions setup.

Many thanks.

Hi,

Please provide a backend access and a FTP access to the website so that we can look at this.
www.hikashop.com/support/contact-us.html

Hi,

I've removed the canonical URL from the product
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on your website and the canonical URL hasn't been set by HikaShop. And the URL on the products listing is the new URL (that is different from the canonical URL as it is now SEFed).
So I'm not able to reproduce the problem on your website.
Could you provide a precise procedure in order to reproduce the problem ?

Ok I'm not sure you've got the issue.

edit this product:

index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=edit&cid[]=7228

then remove the canonical URL, save and close it.

Then visit the product on the front of the site:

index.php?option=com_hikashop&ctrl=product&task=show&cid=7228&name=reflex-foam-mattress&Itemid=553

Then go back to the admin and open the product again.

Notice the canonical URL has been filled out? Even though the system is set NOT to fill out the canonical URL?

The issue with what you've done in your post is that you've turned on SEF and now all the URLS pick up a new canonical, meaning that when SEF is turned off the products don't work.

Thanks

Hi,

Problem solved ! There was indeed a missing check in the file "components/com_hikashop/views/product/view.html.php", function "show".
We added the fix on your end and will add it to the next release of HikaShop.