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[#11759] - Hreflang Tag links mismatch
- Closed
- 24 Aug 2016
- Medium
- Build: master
- # 11759
Steps to reproduce the issue
- Create a multi language site with 2 languages
- In global config enable "Unicode Aliases"
- Create a page in 2 languages and associate both the menus and articles
- Make sure the alias of one page has a special character. For instance 'é'.
- View the html source for both pages and compare the hreflang meta tags
Expected result
- The URLs should be identical.
Actual result
- One URL is in UTF-8 the other is URL encoded.
System information (as much as possible)
Joomla 3.6.2 on a Ubuntu server.
Additional comments
The problem appears to be in the languagefilter.php file of the language filter plugin.
Different methods are used to generate the URLs, JUri::getInstance->toString and JRoute. One produces UTF-8 URLs and the other a URL encoded.
I have notice this problem when Google Webmaster Tools highlighted it. It reported the following errors:
- International Targeting | Language > 'es' - no return tags
- 29 Hreflang Tags with Errors
Votes
# of Users Experiencing Issue
1/1
Average Importance Score
3.00
zero-24
- comment
- 24 Aug 2016
So we can close here @infograf768 ?
brianteeman
- comment
- 24 Aug 2016
Closed as we have a pr
| Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2016-08-24 08:08:46 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | brianteeman |
v912485
- comment
- 24 Aug 2016
@infograf768 Thank you! This is indeed the issue and I agree that Google should not report it as an error.
Do you mean:
When the page displayed is in English (no accents), we get
and when the page is in French (with accents)
If this is your case, Google Webmaster Tools is an idiot as both
33-ultimes-vérifications.htmland33-ultimes-v%C3%A9rifications.htmlare the same.We can normalise this in Joomla, for the $base as well as the hreflang.
I will make a patch to always get
33-ultimes-vérifications.html