{"id":38875,"date":"2015-01-26T08:20:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T13:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=38875"},"modified":"2017-08-01T06:31:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T10:31:18","slug":"joomla-3-x-remove-time-date-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/joomla-3-x-remove-time-date-url.html","title":{"rendered":"Joomla 3.x. Remove time and date from the URL"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This tutorial is going to show you how to remove time and date from the URL in Joomla 3.x.<\/p>\r\n

Joomla 3.x. Remove time and date from the URL<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Due to an incorrect alias or a non-English character in your category names, Joomla may replace the category name with a time stamp like 2014-10-06-17-53-05<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n

We created a new menu item with the "Test" title (External URL<\/strong> menu type) and added a submenu for it with the "New" title (Single Article<\/strong> menu item). On the screenshot below you can see that the submenu URL contains a time stamp:<\/p>\r\n

\"joomla_remove_time_and_date_from_the_URL1\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n

To remove time and date from the URL, you should perform the following steps:<\/p>\r\n

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    Log in your Joomla admin panel and navigate to Menus -> Main Menu<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n

    \"joomla_remove_time_and_date_from_the_URL2\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Select a required main menu item from the list and open it. In our case it is "Test" menu that adds the time stamp to the "New" submenu URL.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Near the Menu Item Type<\/strong> option click Select<\/strong> button. In the pop-up window click System Links<\/strong> menu and select Text Separator<\/strong> type from the drop-down list:<\/p>\r\n

    \"joomla_remove_time_and_date_from_the_URL3\"<\/a>\r\n <\/li>\r\n

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    Then, near the Menu Title<\/strong> field you will see Alias<\/strong> field. Here you can replace the time and date with your alias:<\/p>\r\n

    \"joomla_remove_time_and_date_from_the_URL4\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Change menu item type back to External URL<\/strong> and in the top left menu click Save<\/strong> button to save the changes. <\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Now open the Home page on your site and then open the page you performed the changes for. You can see the time stamp was replaced with your alias.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

    This is the end of the tutorial. Now you know how to remove time and date from the URL in Joomla 3.x.<\/p>\r\n

    Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n

    Joomla 3.x. Remove time and date from the URL<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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