New SEO friendly links, can I replace "_" with "-"?

[Zorro67]

Hi all, hav recently upgraded to 3.8.1, and managed to implement SEF links successfully.

 

however, one small issue; the 'replace' character is "_", which anyone with any knowlege of SEO knows joins a word rather than separates it.

 

So google sees "thisisanarticleabouthowtouploademail.htm" instead of "this is an article about how to upload email.htm"

 

I tried the below code (the bold added section is a residual snip from pre 3.8.1), is from knowledbase.tpl, but it don't work.

 

<a href="{if $seofriendlyurls}knowledgebase/{$kbcat.id}/{$kbcat.urlfriendlyname|regex_replace:"_":"-"}{else}knowledgebase.php?action=displaycat&catid={$kbcat.id}{/if}">{$kbcat.name}</a> ({$kbcat.numarticles})</b>

 

Have i got the code wrong, its not do-able, or do i need to put in a FR to Matt to have the urlfriendly link changed from "_" to "-"?

[Zorro67]

Problem solved.

 

it might help if i typed correctly.

I should have typed

|regex_replace:"/ /":"-"

[sparky]

Try this one

{$kbcat.urlfriendlyname|regex_replace:"/[_]/":"-"}

[Zorro67]

Thanks sparky,

 

Also realised that you also have to change the _in your breadcrumb navigation. So in your header tpl file, look for

{$breadcrumbnav}</span>

 

and replace it with

 

{$breadcrumbnav|regex_replace:"/[_]/":"-"}</span>

 

A further longer thread about SEO in WHMCS is located at

http://forum.whmcs.com/showthread.php?p=30233