I notice some of the lines of my post are exceeding the text frame, just let me know if you want me to repost without the code brackets if you are not able to read well.

Alex

I have contacted my hosting and my php memory limit is already at the maximum which is 64/64MB possible.

Here's my phpinfo: http://www.quebecguitare.com/phpinfo.php

Let me know what you think. Do you want access to the joomla backend or else?

Thanks, Alex.

Thanks Stephen, you should have the info for your id in your email box.

Cheers,
Alex

Here's the url in case the automated email is not pointing at the correct one: http://guitarweb3.com/administrator/

Hi Stephen, I've reversed engineered my whole new site until the SEF worked properly.

It seems that my .htaccess file was not configured properly. It had something to do with the fact that the live_site in configuration.php was set with "www" before the url, but I was testing the site without the "www". It might have caused the component sh404sef to glitch as it was referring to the url under live_site in the configuration.php file in its global configuration.

Prior to that I've upgraded both component sh404sef to version 2.1.9.787, as well as joomfish to the latest V2.1.3.

I've red that a lot of users have had issues with both those components after updating, so far I don't have any issue.

The only problem I had was that the images url have been somehow messed up and images weren't showing outside the homepage. I could fix that problem by enabling the system plugin under joomla extension/plugins "System - SEF".

Moreover I have activated the option "enable template switcher" under sh404sef/configuration/seo configuration/mobile configuration. I don't know weather or not it's gonna conflict with metatemplatepro. Please comment on that if there are known issue over that.

I still have more testing to do.

Here is my actual .htaccess file running smootly under the url "http://www.guitarweb3.com/":

##
# @version $Id: htaccess.txt 10492 2008-07-02 06:38:28Z ircmaxell $
# @package Joomla
# @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
# @license http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU/GPL
# Joomla! is Free Software
##

#####################################################
#  READ THIS COMPLETELY IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE THIS FILE
#
# The line just below this section: 'Options +FollowSymLinks' may cause problems
# with some server configurations.  It is required for use of mod_rewrite, but may already
# be set by your server administrator in a way that dissallows changing it in
# your .htaccess file.  If using it causes your server to error out, comment it out (add # to
# beginning of line), reload your site in your browser and test your sef url's.  If they work,
# it has been set by your server administrator and you do not need it set here.
#
#####################################################



##########BEGIN PHPCORE FILE

# Lets deny some users
# deny from xx.xxx.xxx.xxx

# Use Options
Options +FollowSymLinks
Options -Indexes

#  mod_rewrite in use
RewriteEngine On

#  Uncomment following line if your webserver’s URL
#  is not directly related to physical file paths.
#RewriteBase /

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^quebecguitare\.com
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.quebecguitare.com/$1 [R=permanent,L]

#Redirect moved pages
Redirect 301 /old-link.html http://www.quebecguitare.com/new-link.html

#Rewrites
RedirectMatch    ^/somedir(/)?$   http://www.quebecguitare.com/index.php? … ecomponent

ServerSignature Off
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD}  ^(HEAD|TRACE|DELETE|TRACK) [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST}     ^.*(\\r|\\n|%0A|%0D).* [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER}    ^(.*)(<|>|’|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_COOKIE}     ^.*(<|>|’|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI}     ^/(,|;|<|>|”>|”<|/|\\\.\.\\).{0,9999}.* [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^(java|curl|wget).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(winhttp|HTTrack|clshttp|archiver|loader|email|harvest|extract|grab|miner).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(libwww-perl|curl|wget|python|nikto|scan).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^.*(<|>|’|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}    ^.*(;|<|>|’|”|\)|%0A|%0D|%22|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).*(/\*|union|select|insert|cast|set|declare|drop|update|md5|benchmark).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}    ^.*(localhost|loopback|127\.0\.0\.1).* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}    ^.*\.[A-Za-z0-9].* [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING}    ^.*(<|>|’|%0A|%0D|%27|%3C|%3E|%00).* [NC]


########## Begin - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits
## If you experience problems on your site block out the operations listed below
## This attempts to block the most common type of exploit `attempts` to Joomla!
## Block out any script trying to set a mosConfig value through the URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} mosConfig_[a-zA-Z_]{1,21}(=|\%3D) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to base64_encode crap to send via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} base64_encode.*\(.*\) [OR]
# Block out any script that includes a <script> tag in URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} (\<|%3C).*script.*(\>|%3E) [NC,OR]
# Block out any script trying to set a PHP GLOBALS variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} GLOBALS(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2}) [OR]
# Block out any script trying to modify a _REQUEST variable via URL
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} _REQUEST(=|\[|\%[0-9A-Z]{0,2})
# Send all blocked request to homepage with 403 Forbidden error!
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
########### End - Rewrite rules to block out some common exploits

########## Begin - Joomla! core SEF Section#
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (/|\.php|\.html|\.htm|\.feed|\.pdf|\.raw|/[^.]*)$  [NC]
RewriteRule (.*) index.php
RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization},L]
########### End - Joomla! core SEF Section

########## Block bad user agents
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EyeNetIE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^FlashGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetRight [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GetWeb! [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go!Zilla [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Go-Ahead-Got-It [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^GrabNet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Grafula [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HMView [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} HTTrack [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Stripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Image\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Indy\ Library [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^InterGET [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Internet\ Ninja [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JetCar [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^JOC\ Web\ Spider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^larbin [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LeechFTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mass\ Downloader [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MIDown\ tool [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mister\ PiX [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Navroad [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NearSite [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetAnts [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Net\ Vampire [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^NetZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Octopus [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Explorer [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Offline\ Navigator [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PageGrabber [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Papa\ Foto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pavuk [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^pcBrowser [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^RealDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ReGet [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SiteSnagger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SmartDownload [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperBot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^SuperHTTP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Surfbot [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^tAkeOut [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Teleport\ Pro [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VoidEYE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Image\ Collector [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Web\ Sucker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebAuto [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebCopier [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebFetch [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebGo\ IS [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebLeacher [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebReaper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebSauger [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ eXtractor [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Website\ Quester [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebStripper [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebWhacker [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WebZIP [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Widow [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWWOFFLE [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Xaldon\ WebSpider [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus
RewriteRule ^.* - [F,L]


#########END PHPCORE FILE


RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^translationturkey.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.translationturkey.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.translationturkey\.com\/public_html\/_duy_transturkey" [R=301,L]

AuthUserFile "/home/queb7736/.htpasswds/public_html/passwd"
AuthName "/home/queb7736/public_html/__online_maps_qg2009/test_joanie"
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^alexandretherrien.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.alexandretherrien.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^coursguitare.ca$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.coursguitare.ca$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^docteurguitare.ca$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.docteurguitare.ca$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^quebecguitare.ca$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.quebecguitare.ca$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^quebecguitare.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.quebecguitare.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^quebecguitar.com$ [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.quebecguitar.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ "http\:\/\/www\.quebecguitare\.com" [R=301,L]


-END OF FILE


Cheers.
Alex.