We use cookies for various purposes including analytics. By continuing to use pastebin, you agree to our use of cookies as described in the cookies policy. Hello, drupal 7 is creating a canonical tag using blah rather than domainblah. Jul 21, 2018 it is defined by canonical xml specification. I want to either 1 fix the issue, or 2 disable altogether so i can enable the global redirect module and do it properly. Ive been assigned to edit the canonical urls rel canonical found in the headof about 600 posts on a clients site.
With the way drupal is set up i am using the meta tag module and the global redirect module, if i put a canonical link in the product 1 page to cascade to the top level products page and then do the same thing on product 2 page, the products page will have more than 1 canonical link which will cause search engines to ignore the canonical. In most of my drupal 6 sites, i use pathauto, xmlsitemap and nodewords. Adding a relalternate link in drupal 7 compilation. I am working on a website where some pages link to a pdf. It is described in rfc 6596, which went live in april 2012.
I took this patched version out for a spin to test it out. Hes a digital marketer, developer and an open source fanatic. What is the best way to get canonical links on all urls in d7. This should be a good thing, but when you look for the keyword combination joomla 3 canonical url, you encounter a lot of blogposts on the forum, discussing incorrect setting of canonical urls. Here is the highlevel description of the current set up. A canonical url lets you tell search engines that certain similar urls are actually the same. Metatag link relcanonical results in two relcanonical. Currently there are a few options in in which you can approach canonical tags. Newest canonicalurl questions webmasters stack exchange. Now is your opportunity to influence the direction of drupal. Comment permalinks and duplicate content drupal groups. What is canonicalization issue canonical tag seo youtube. Jan 04, 2014 drupal seo settings configuring the basics all about hiding the node january 4, 2014 4 comments ok so here is the roadtrip to optimal seo settings and best practice for drupal, going from setting the urls to be search engine friendly, creating url aliases, creating default templated url aliases, setting up redirects from older url aliases. Metatag, two relcanonical links on term pages drupal.
For webpages which may duplicate some or all of their content with other pages for legitimate reasons, the canonical url is the url of the page which search engines should link to. Oct 27, 2018 it is also recommended to add a canonical link from the mobile page to the desktop version post navigation previous post. Canonical, by styleware joomla extension directory. I suggest you use path and pathauto modules and configure site frontpage path on site configuration to the panel path. Canonical for tag with own menu would sometimes be incorrect virtuemart. A canonical tag is found in the html header of a webpage and tells search engines if there is a more important version of the page. For example, if a page has the following in the element. There are a few reasons this is interesting, but one that people should be aware of is the security implications. There is an unofficial patched version released which you can find here. Nov 14, 2009 or add canonical links to phpbb mod its enough. Ive been assigned to edit the canonical urls relcanonical found in the headof about 600 posts on a clients site. Canonical url in the link rel tag code from default component supported manage supported components and import additional components. Newest relcanonical questions wordpress development. Unset the canonical tag in drupal 7 stack overflow.
And then it runs along letting the normal drupal nodecomment mechanisms render the rest of the page based on the fakery from step 2. Its worth noting that the canonical header also works cross domain. Not all of the posts will use the same canonical url. Canonical links and drupal 7 posted on july 2019 by amitav roy recently when i was reading about canonical links and its support with drupal 7, and i was really happy to see that as always drupal handles these issues perfectly rather almost perfectly out of the box. Since version 3, it fixes the homepage canonical, article canonical, category canonical, redirects tag to a single page, removes all joomla. You should be able to assign one alias as the preferred url though in case of multiple aliasses to 1 node. It then adds a canonical link in the header which points to the real version of the page.
Canonical links for joomla, k2, virtuemart and easyblog. On node pages and perhaps pages for other entities, drupal core adds a relcanonical link as an attachment to the build array. Ive been using a canonicalization app on all of my joomla 2. When the metatag module also adds a canonical link, this results in. Having a static url for each product in your catalog and using that as the canonical for every dynamic variation is surely the best way to go. How to configure meta tags module in drupal digitalnadeem.
Canonicalization in xml eliminates white space within tags, sorts namespace references and eliminates redundant ones, and uses particular character. Aug 16, 2019 i need to remove link rel canonical from the head of my website because it will interfere with traffic results for a paying advertiser. This helps to prevent being punished for delivering duplicatecontent and to concentrate pagerank to the main url, if a page can be reached from different urls. Drupal core distributions modules themes metatag issues. Canonical urls in page templates should be absolute drupal. As you establish canonical urls across your site, you need to remember that your internal links are one of the most important canonical signals. Mar 25, 2011 hello, drupal 7 is creating a canonical tag using blah rather than domainblah. The canonical link tag is now available to avoid duplicate content. Dec 15, 2012 you should configure fiendlyclean urls. Drupal seo settings configuring the basics all about. Think it would be nice to implement this in a future release. Now when i load the frontpage, i am seeing more than one canonical tags, like below i tried in meta tags under global and front page but nothing solves the issues. The exact structure of the canonical url depends on your menu structure.
I need to remove link rel canonical from the head of my website because it will interfere with traffic results for a paying advertiser. And getting duplicate canonical metatags as a result. Is the canonical link enough to avoid duplicate content with this page. Stack overflow for teams is a private, secure spot for you and your coworkers to find and share information. If i enable the global redirect module at the moment, i get 2 canonical links, one pointing to blah and the other pointing to domainblah, which isnt good. Canonical url, by cmsplugin dev joomla extension directory.
A canonical link element is an html element that helps webmasters prevent duplicate content issues in search engine optimization by specifying the canonical or preferred version of a web page. Use absolute paths rather than relative paths with the relcanonical link element. The caveat is that it creates an update nightmare as you have to remember to change the canonical if the alias of the page ever changes. Canonical url is the best solution for duplicate urls in your website. It is also recommended to add a canonical link from the mobile page to the desktop version post navigation previous post. Wrong metatag link relcanonical in views paginator. Hi all, i have created one node for front page and set alias to home and assigned this node in the settings. I like having canonical tags for all pages, as an added layer of protection against having duplicate content. Sometimes you have products or content that can be found on multiple urls or even multiple websites, but by using.