[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # \[SOLVED\] How to shorten the product part of URLs? ## - **[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")** - [![Ludwig von Mises's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises) Less More - Posts: 11 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 3 months ago - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58248](#58248) by [Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") *[\[SOLVED\] How to shorten the product part of URLs?](/forum/4-how-to/58248-solved-how-to-shorten-the-product-part-of-urls#58248 "My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration?")* was created by *[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")* My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration? Last edit: 14 years 3 months ago by [Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile"). Reason: solved Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzU4MjQ4LXNvbHZlZC1ob3ctdG8tc2hvcnRlbi10aGUtcHJvZHVjdC1wYXJ0LW9mLXVybHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86292 - Thank you received: 14270 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58330](#58330) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: How to shorten the product part of URLs?](/forum/4-how-to/58248-solved-how-to-shorten-the-product-part-of-urls#58330 "My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration?")* The URL field of the product allows you to enter an external URL to the manufacturer website which will be displayed on the product page. The product name is automatically taken for the URL alias. There is actually no option to set a different alias. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzU4MjQ4LXNvbHZlZC1ob3ctdG8tc2hvcnRlbi10aGUtcHJvZHVjdC1wYXJ0LW9mLXVybHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")** - [![Ludwig von Mises's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises) Less More - Posts: 11 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58349](#58349) by [Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") Replied by *[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")* on topic *[Re: How to shorten the product part of URLs?](/forum/4-how-to/58248-solved-how-to-shorten-the-product-part-of-urls#58349 "My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration?")* Great! Thanks for the clarifiaction. I thought that URL was for the product itself. ![:(](/media/kunena/emoticons/5.png ":(") Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzU4MjQ4LXNvbHZlZC1ob3ctdG8tc2hvcnRlbi10aGUtcHJvZHVjdC1wYXJ0LW9mLXVybHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")** - [![nicolas's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/avatars/resized/size144/users/avatar63.png)](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") - [ Away](/forum/user/63-nicolas) Less More - Posts: 86292 - Thank you received: 14270 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#58410](#58410) by [nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile") Replied by *[nicolas](/forum/user/63-nicolas "View nicolas's Profile")* on topic *[Re: How to shorten the product part of URLs?](/forum/4-how-to/58248-solved-how-to-shorten-the-product-part-of-urls#58410 "My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration?")* No, that's the role of the SEF systems. You will find some SEF extensions for Joomla which allow you to modify URLs on the fly in order to do that. Here is a list of SEF related extensions for Joomla: [ extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/sef](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/sef) Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzU4MjQ4LXNvbHZlZC1ob3ctdG8tc2hvcnRlbi10aGUtcHJvZHVjdC1wYXJ0LW9mLXVybHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. - **[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")** - [![Ludwig von Mises's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") Topic Author - [ Offline](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises) Less More - Posts: 11 - Thank you received: 0 - - 14 years 3 months ago [\#59050](#59050) by [Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile") Replied by *[Ludwig von Mises](/forum/user/2825-ludwig-von-mises "View Ludwig von Mises's Profile")* on topic *[Re: How to shorten the product part of URLs?](/forum/4-how-to/58248-solved-how-to-shorten-the-product-part-of-urls#59050 "My products have the following URL structure: domain.com/nfl/buy/6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags where: nfl is the category (I successfully shortened this url in the config. It used to be nfl-cornhole-bags) buy is what I replaced product with in the config 6-pittsburgh-steelers-cornhole-bags is the product's url, which matches the product title. I entered pittsburgh-steelers into the URL field in the product options but it doesn't do anything. Is there any way to shorten the product part of the URL? Did I miss something somewhere in the configuration?")* > nicolas wrote: No, that's the role of the SEF systems. > You will find some SEF extensions for Joomla which allow you to modify URLs on the fly in order to do that. > > Here is a list of SEF related extensions for Joomla: > [ extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/sef](http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/site-management/sef) Thanks for the tips. I prefer not to use URL rewrite extensions as they can be heavy on the SQL queries, not to mention that they can be problematic and frequently break on Joomla! and extension upgrades. My motto is to use as few extensions as possible on sites. Since HikaShop products do not use the core Joomla! article content component I guess you guys probably had to code all the SEO stuff yourselves, and we are pretty happy with it. This must be due to the complexity of shopping cart scripts. Page speed is a huge issue with my client and we want to keep the site as "no-frills" as possible. Please [Log in](/login?return=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaGlrYXNob3AuY29tL2ZvcnVtLzQtaG93LXRvLzU4MjQ4LXNvbHZlZC1ob3ctdG8tc2hvcnRlbi10aGUtcHJvZHVjdC1wYXJ0LW9mLXVybHM/dG1wbD1tYXJrZG93bg==) or [Create an account](/component/users/registration?Itemid=101) to join the conversation. 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