[Skip to main content](#vessel-content) # Profile for patpac ## [![patpac's Avatar](https://www.hikashop.com/media/kunena/core/svg/person.svg)](/forum/user/47233-patpac "View patpac's Profile") **[ Offline](/forum/user/47233-patpac)** - **User Type:** User - **Register Date:** 19 Jan 2017 - **Last login:** 9 years 4 months ago - **Time Zone:** UTC +0:00 - **Local Time:** 00:21 - **Posts:** 2 - **Profile views:** 73 - **Gender:** Unknown - **Birthdate:** Unknown - Posts # patpac's recent posts (2 messages ) All Since last visit 4 Hours 8 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours 48 Hours Week Month Year All Since last visit 4 Hours 8 Hours 12 Hours 24 Hours 48 Hours Week Month Year | [ ](#forumbottom) | Subject | Replies / Views | Last Post | [ ](#forumtop) | |---|---|---|---|---| | [](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423) | [Hikashop creating multiple pages for a single product in ALL categories](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.5 -- Joomla version -- : 3.6.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.5.24 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox and Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : 404 error Hikashop is creating multiple pages for a single product in ALL categories!! Multiple pages are definitely a NO, NO for Google!!! As our site is HOT on Google, we suggest we find a fix for this ASAP to prevent being penalized by Google. My Webmaster has been maintaining the site for approx 3 months now since Google identified a 404 error and sent an email. We have activated the “Redirects component” in Joomla. In that time, www.airsoft-hq.co.za has generated approx 1,500, occurrences of 404 error pages to be redirected. These are only the pages that we have “unpublished” in our shopping cart!!! What about the published pages?? Is Hikashop is creating multiple pages for ALL of our products??? Multiple pages are definitely a NO, NO for Google!!! If you go to the admin page of your Joomla database www.airsoft-hq.co.za/shop/administrator/index.php?0nline199 (Please advise how to send you a UN & PW. ) Go to “Components” – “Redirects”. Search – Google. All of the pages that have been clicked on Google will come up. This is only for 3 months now. see attached screenshot: 404 error-Google-redirects.jpg These pages are indexed on Google’s database. Now Search – 194 U will note the page 194-ca26-pistol-ca033m comes up multiple times, each time in a different category airsoft-hq.co.za/shop/index.php/bags-bac...4-ca26-pistol-ca033m This is happening with all of the pages that we have “unpublished” in our shopping cart. see attached screenshot: 404-error-Redirects-194product.jpg Please refer this problem to Nicholas from Hikashop support. We hope this is just a Hikashop configuration setting problem. Thanking You How can I give my webmaster, Patrick Pac, access to this forum on my behalf? Can I get him a login so he can communicate directly with you?") Category: [General Talk about HikaShop](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop "Suggest your feature requests and ideas for HikaShop") Topic started 9 years 9 months ago, by [MoverShaker](/forum/user/31575-movershaker "View MoverShaker's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423 "Hi Nicholas As u state, "If the URL generates a 404 it means that it is wrong". The sitemap generating program ( www.check-domains.com/ ) is picking up these 404 errors. Also, see "Redirects". When u search for check-domains (see check-domains-screenshot). Re "HikaShop doesn't create invalid URLs by itself". Please note that these are the "unpublished" products so the 404 redirects are valid. BUT, only 2 or 3 and not a 404 error page for every category in the database. See "Redirects". Search for "193". There are 48 (3 pages) 404 pages of that single "unpublished" product "193-Classic-army-1911a1". 48, 404 error pages for assorted categories in the database. Also, the last listing (incorrect category) is indexed in Google's database (see 193-screenshot). Is this is a problem with Hikashop working with Joomla redirects. Re "When you let HikaShop generate the URL and not set a canonical URL, you can indeed end up with several URLs". That mean that a canonical URL is ESSENTIAL to avoid creating multiple pages in all categories??? Again, Is Hikashop is creating pages in every category for ALL "published" products??? I cannot say for sure that this product had a canonical URL but i advised Paul 2 years ago to make certain the canonical URL is there. Anyway, it seems as if all "unpublished" products, with or without a canonical URL are listed in multiple categories. Also, auto canonical URLs were activated in Hikashop approx 2 years ago. Re "you won't be penalized by Google and it will deindex the other URLs leading to that page". As long as u are sure that Google will not penalise this site, I am happy. Thanking You Patrick Pac") 9 years 9 months ago by [patpac](/forum/user/47233-patpac "View patpac's Profile") | Replies:10 Views:1456 | [Last Post](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423 "Hi Nicholas As u state, "If the URL generates a 404 it means that it is wrong". The sitemap generating program ( www.check-domains.com/ ) is picking up these 404 errors. Also, see "Redirects". When u search for check-domains (see check-domains-screenshot). Re "HikaShop doesn't create invalid URLs by itself". Please note that these are the "unpublished" products so the 404 redirects are valid. BUT, only 2 or 3 and not a 404 error page for every category in the database. See "Redirects". Search for "193". There are 48 (3 pages) 404 pages of that single "unpublished" product "193-Classic-army-1911a1". 48, 404 error pages for assorted categories in the database. Also, the last listing (incorrect category) is indexed in Google's database (see 193-screenshot). Is this is a problem with Hikashop working with Joomla redirects. Re "When you let HikaShop generate the URL and not set a canonical URL, you can indeed end up with several URLs". That mean that a canonical URL is ESSENTIAL to avoid creating multiple pages in all categories??? Again, Is Hikashop is creating pages in every category for ALL "published" products??? I cannot say for sure that this product had a canonical URL but i advised Paul 2 years ago to make certain the canonical URL is there. Anyway, it seems as if all "unpublished" products, with or without a canonical URL are listed in multiple categories. Also, auto canonical URLs were activated in Hikashop approx 2 years ago. Re "you won't be penalized by Google and it will deindex the other URLs leading to that page". As long as u are sure that Google will not penalise this site, I am happy. Thanking You Patrick Pac") by [patpac](/forum/user/47233-patpac "View patpac's Profile") 9 years 9 months ago | | [](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#259807) | [Hikashop creating multiple pages for a single product in ALL categories](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#259807 "-- HikaShop version -- : 2.6.5 -- Joomla version -- : 3.6.5 -- PHP version -- : 5.5.24 -- Browser(s) name and version -- : Firefox and Chrome -- Error-message(debug-mod must be tuned on) -- : 404 error Hikashop is creating multiple pages for a single product in ALL categories!! Multiple pages are definitely a NO, NO for Google!!! As our site is HOT on Google, we suggest we find a fix for this ASAP to prevent being penalized by Google. My Webmaster has been maintaining the site for approx 3 months now since Google identified a 404 error and sent an email. We have activated the “Redirects component” in Joomla. In that time, www.airsoft-hq.co.za has generated approx 1,500, occurrences of 404 error pages to be redirected. These are only the pages that we have “unpublished” in our shopping cart!!! What about the published pages?? Is Hikashop is creating multiple pages for ALL of our products??? Multiple pages are definitely a NO, NO for Google!!! If you go to the admin page of your Joomla database www.airsoft-hq.co.za/shop/administrator/index.php?0nline199 (Please advise how to send you a UN & PW. ) Go to “Components” – “Redirects”. Search – Google. All of the pages that have been clicked on Google will come up. This is only for 3 months now. see attached screenshot: 404 error-Google-redirects.jpg These pages are indexed on Google’s database. Now Search – 194 U will note the page 194-ca26-pistol-ca033m comes up multiple times, each time in a different category airsoft-hq.co.za/shop/index.php/bags-bac...4-ca26-pistol-ca033m This is happening with all of the pages that we have “unpublished” in our shopping cart. see attached screenshot: 404-error-Redirects-194product.jpg Please refer this problem to Nicholas from Hikashop support. We hope this is just a Hikashop configuration setting problem. Thanking You How can I give my webmaster, Patrick Pac, access to this forum on my behalf? Can I get him a login so he can communicate directly with you?") Category: [General Talk about HikaShop](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop "Suggest your feature requests and ideas for HikaShop") Topic started 9 years 9 months ago, by [MoverShaker](/forum/user/31575-movershaker "View MoverShaker's Profile") [Last Post](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423 "Hi Nicholas As u state, "If the URL generates a 404 it means that it is wrong". The sitemap generating program ( www.check-domains.com/ ) is picking up these 404 errors. Also, see "Redirects". When u search for check-domains (see check-domains-screenshot). Re "HikaShop doesn't create invalid URLs by itself". Please note that these are the "unpublished" products so the 404 redirects are valid. BUT, only 2 or 3 and not a 404 error page for every category in the database. See "Redirects". Search for "193". There are 48 (3 pages) 404 pages of that single "unpublished" product "193-Classic-army-1911a1". 48, 404 error pages for assorted categories in the database. Also, the last listing (incorrect category) is indexed in Google's database (see 193-screenshot). Is this is a problem with Hikashop working with Joomla redirects. Re "When you let HikaShop generate the URL and not set a canonical URL, you can indeed end up with several URLs". That mean that a canonical URL is ESSENTIAL to avoid creating multiple pages in all categories??? Again, Is Hikashop is creating pages in every category for ALL "published" products??? I cannot say for sure that this product had a canonical URL but i advised Paul 2 years ago to make certain the canonical URL is there. Anyway, it seems as if all "unpublished" products, with or without a canonical URL are listed in multiple categories. Also, auto canonical URLs were activated in Hikashop approx 2 years ago. Re "you won't be penalized by Google and it will deindex the other URLs leading to that page". As long as u are sure that Google will not penalise this site, I am happy. Thanking You Patrick Pac") 9 years 9 months ago by [patpac](/forum/user/47233-patpac "View patpac's Profile") | Replies:10 Views:1456 | [Last Post](/forum/2-general-talk-about-hikashop/888283-hikashop-creating-multiple-pages-for-a-single-product-in-all-categories#260423 "Hi Nicholas As u state, "If the URL generates a 404 it means that it is wrong". The sitemap generating program ( www.check-domains.com/ ) is picking up these 404 errors. Also, see "Redirects". When u search for check-domains (see check-domains-screenshot). Re "HikaShop doesn't create invalid URLs by itself". Please note that these are the "unpublished" products so the 404 redirects are valid. BUT, only 2 or 3 and not a 404 error page for every category in the database. See "Redirects". Search for "193". There are 48 (3 pages) 404 pages of that single "unpublished" product "193-Classic-army-1911a1". 48, 404 error pages for assorted categories in the database. Also, the last listing (incorrect category) is indexed in Google's database (see 193-screenshot). Is this is a problem with Hikashop working with Joomla redirects. Re "When you let HikaShop generate the URL and not set a canonical URL, you can indeed end up with several URLs". That mean that a canonical URL is ESSENTIAL to avoid creating multiple pages in all categories??? Again, Is Hikashop is creating pages in every category for ALL "published" products??? I cannot say for sure that this product had a canonical URL but i advised Paul 2 years ago to make certain the canonical URL is there. Anyway, it seems as if all "unpublished" products, with or without a canonical URL are listed in multiple categories. Also, auto canonical URLs were activated in Hikashop approx 2 years ago. Re "you won't be penalized by Google and it will deindex the other URLs leading to that page". As long as u are sure that Google will not penalise this site, I am happy. Thanking You Patrick Pac") by [patpac](/forum/user/47233-patpac "View patpac's Profile") 9 years 9 months ago | [](/forum/topics/feed/mode-topics?format=feed&type=rss) Time to create page: 0.052 seconds [Powered by](/forum/credits) [Kunena Forum](https://www.kunena.org)