Joomla 3 with k2 sef url issue

Question

I have an issue with k2 sef settings. I want all items to have no category structure, example:

http://example.com/cat1/cat2/item1 -> http://example.com/item1

I found the setting: Prefix for item URLs and it is set to no.

But it still shows the category structure, also i noticed that modules in the item page showing related items have an issue: If I am in the page

http://example.com/cat1/cat2/item1 

showning an item from cat3 the link will still be

http://example.com/cat1/cat2/item1

and the item also works under the wrong category. I suspect something being wrong with Jroute functionality.

I'm updating this site from 1.5 to Joomla 3 with all newest versions of CMS and extensions.

Any guidance in troubleshooting this issue is highly appriciated!

Gr,

Answer 1

Disable SEF, and check the Itemid to find which K2 feature is answering the request

From my experience, to avoid cat levels, you have to define a menu item for each article "Item" (Create a menu item linking directly to an item in K2).

There is no standard way to define all SEF articles to K2 single item feature.

Answer 2

In my experience, the best way to remove categories from your URL, both for K2 and regular Joomla articles, is to use a third-party SEO extension. There are many available at the Joomla Extensions Directory, both free and paid.

Personally I often use sh404sef (paid extension), but I just noticed the free "Direct Alias" plugin that seems to be able to do exactly what you want: remove categories and menu aliases, and leave you with a simple url like "http://example.com/item1".

Answer 3

I ended up installing sh404sef wich did the job out of the box, I think the updating caused some db tables to be corrupted..

Thx for the help all!