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#41
General / Re: Issue with URL Structure i...
Last post by ColinM - 20.08.2026 21:16:08Hi
Did you create a 'List all Categories' menu item first?
The following article
First Time Installation - jDownloads 4 series -July 2026
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=267
explains that such a menu item is essential. Normally I make that menu item hidden.
ColinM
Did you create a 'List all Categories' menu item first?
The following article
First Time Installation - jDownloads 4 series -July 2026
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=267
explains that such a menu item is essential. Normally I make that menu item hidden.
ColinM
#42
General / Work good the last version in ...
Last post by ArticosDesign - 20.08.2026 16:08:17Hello,
Work good jDownloads 4.1.7 in joomla 5.7.8 ??
Can be update secure?
Regards.
Pedro
Work good jDownloads 4.1.7 in joomla 5.7.8 ??
Can be update secure?
Regards.
Pedro
#43
General / Issue with URL Structure in jD...
Last post by emelialucass - 20.08.2026 13:28:15Hi,
I've just set up jDownload and I'm facing an issue with the URL structure. I created a "Downloads" menu item and it directs me to /downloads.html, which is fine. However, when I created a new category with the alias "media-files," the URL generated is /downloads/category/5-media-files.html.
I expected it to be /downloads/media-files.html.
Strangely, the expected URL works if I type it directly. How can I remove "/category" and the "5-" from the URLs?
Thanks for your help!
I've just set up jDownload and I'm facing an issue with the URL structure. I created a "Downloads" menu item and it directs me to /downloads.html, which is fine. However, when I created a new category with the alias "media-files," the URL generated is /downloads/category/5-media-files.html.
I expected it to be /downloads/media-files.html.
Strangely, the expected URL works if I type it directly. How can I remove "/category" and the "5-" from the URLs?
Thanks for your help!
#44
Bugs! / Re: {cat_link} not substituted...
Last post by incolor - 19.08.2026 19:02:09correction: one unresolved {cat_link} anchor per subcategory
#45
Bugs! / Re: {cat_link} not substituted...
Last post by incolor - 19.08.2026 18:56:30I should mention that this was using the "Standard Bootstrap 5 Subcategories Layout - Multiple Column List v4.1" layout.
#46
Bugs! / {cat_link} not substituted in ...
Last post by incolor - 19.08.2026 18:52:58SUMMARY
On a Category view, the Sub-Categories block emits five literal {cat_link}
placeholders as anchor tags before each subcategory, instead of substituting
the category URL. The placeholder appears in both the link text and the href.
This reproduces on three different layouts, including two stock ones, so it
does not appear to be a layout customization problem.
ENVIRONMENT
jDownloads: [4.1.7]
Joomla: [6.1.3]
PHP: [8.3.33]
Installation: Fresh install of jDownloads. I think Joomla was a fresh install from 6.x (but unsure).
Template: YOOtheme Pro
SEF URLs: On
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Fresh jDownloads installation.
2. Create a parent category, and several subcategories beneath it.
3. Assign a Category-type layout that includes the Sub-Categories block.
4. View the parent category on the front end.
5. View source, or inspect the Sub-Categories area.
EXPECTED
Each subcategory renders with its own resolved URL, for example:
/download-library/category/5-analyzer-apis
ACTUAL
Five anchors per subcategory are emitted with the placeholder unresolved:
/{cat_link}
The site root is prepended, but {cat_link} itself is passed through verbatim.
So the substitution is not running at all, rather than resolving to an empty
value.
THE PRECISE SHAPE OF IT
This seems the most diagnostic part. Within EACH subcategory block:
5 anchors contain the unresolved {cat_link} placeholder
2 anchors - the folder icon and the subcategory title - resolve
correctly to the real category URL
So the same page substitutes the category link correctly in two places and
fails to substitute it in five others, inside the same repeated block. That
suggests the placeholder is valid in one context of the layout and not in
another, rather than being globally broken or misspelled.
The count scales exactly with the number of subcategories:
7 subcategories -> 35 unresolved anchors
8 subcategories -> 40 unresolved anchors
WHAT IT IS NOT
Ruled out by testing, so these should not need to be asked:
- Not a custom layout. First seen on a customized Category layout, then
reproduced on the stock default layout, then again on a second, older
stock layout. Three layouts, identical output.
- Not a single category. Every subcategory in the list is affected, and it
recurred after the category set was changed and re-sorted.
- Not an upgrade artifact. This is a fresh installation, not carried forward
from an earlier jDownloads series.
- Not template-related as far as can be determined. The surrounding markup
renders correctly, and the two working links sit in the same block.
IMPACT
Cosmetically, visitors see repeated /{cat_link} text above every subcategory.
More seriously, each one is a live anchor pointing at a URL that does not
exist, so:
- search engines crawl and index broken links
- screen readers announce five meaningless links before every category
- the page fails link validation
A CSS rule hides them from sighted visitors:
a[href$="{cat_link}"] { display: none; }
But they remain in the served HTML, so that is a workaround rather than a fix.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Offered tentatively, having not read the code: {cat_link} may be a placeholder
that is only resolved within one section of a layout type, while the
Sub-Categories block is rendered by a different handler that does not process
it. The two anchors that do work in the same block would then be built from a
different variable rather than from this placeholder.
If that is right, the stock Category layout is shipping {cat_link} in a
section where it cannot resolve.
Reported by In Color - https://incolor.dev
On a Category view, the Sub-Categories block emits five literal {cat_link}
placeholders as anchor tags before each subcategory, instead of substituting
the category URL. The placeholder appears in both the link text and the href.
This reproduces on three different layouts, including two stock ones, so it
does not appear to be a layout customization problem.
ENVIRONMENT
jDownloads: [4.1.7]
Joomla: [6.1.3]
PHP: [8.3.33]
Installation: Fresh install of jDownloads. I think Joomla was a fresh install from 6.x (but unsure).
Template: YOOtheme Pro
SEF URLs: On
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Fresh jDownloads installation.
2. Create a parent category, and several subcategories beneath it.
3. Assign a Category-type layout that includes the Sub-Categories block.
4. View the parent category on the front end.
5. View source, or inspect the Sub-Categories area.
EXPECTED
Each subcategory renders with its own resolved URL, for example:
/download-library/category/5-analyzer-apis
ACTUAL
Five anchors per subcategory are emitted with the placeholder unresolved:
/{cat_link}
The site root is prepended, but {cat_link} itself is passed through verbatim.
So the substitution is not running at all, rather than resolving to an empty
value.
THE PRECISE SHAPE OF IT
This seems the most diagnostic part. Within EACH subcategory block:
5 anchors contain the unresolved {cat_link} placeholder
2 anchors - the folder icon and the subcategory title - resolve
correctly to the real category URL
So the same page substitutes the category link correctly in two places and
fails to substitute it in five others, inside the same repeated block. That
suggests the placeholder is valid in one context of the layout and not in
another, rather than being globally broken or misspelled.
The count scales exactly with the number of subcategories:
7 subcategories -> 35 unresolved anchors
8 subcategories -> 40 unresolved anchors
WHAT IT IS NOT
Ruled out by testing, so these should not need to be asked:
- Not a custom layout. First seen on a customized Category layout, then
reproduced on the stock default layout, then again on a second, older
stock layout. Three layouts, identical output.
- Not a single category. Every subcategory in the list is affected, and it
recurred after the category set was changed and re-sorted.
- Not an upgrade artifact. This is a fresh installation, not carried forward
from an earlier jDownloads series.
- Not template-related as far as can be determined. The surrounding markup
renders correctly, and the two working links sit in the same block.
IMPACT
Cosmetically, visitors see repeated /{cat_link} text above every subcategory.
More seriously, each one is a live anchor pointing at a URL that does not
exist, so:
- search engines crawl and index broken links
- screen readers announce five meaningless links before every category
- the page fails link validation
A CSS rule hides them from sighted visitors:
a[href$="{cat_link}"] { display: none; }
But they remain in the served HTML, so that is a workaround rather than a fix.
POSSIBLE CAUSE
Offered tentatively, having not read the code: {cat_link} may be a placeholder
that is only resolved within one section of a layout type, while the
Sub-Categories block is rendered by a different handler that does not process
it. The two anchors that do work in the same block would then be built from a
different variable rather than from this placeholder.
If that is right, the stock Category layout is shipping {cat_link} in a
section where it cannot resolve.
Reported by In Color - https://incolor.dev
#47
General / Re: License in batch for all d...
Last post by ColinM - 19.08.2026 12:02:57Hi
Is you problem solved?
ColinM
Is you problem solved?
ColinM
#48
General / Re: License in batch for all d...
Last post by ServiceVerkoop.eu - 18.08.2026 23:08:41 #49
General / Re:cron and special char
Last post by ColinM - 18.08.2026 22:34:50Hi
Have you read article 'Including a license in a Download -July 2026'
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=277
Also Article 'Batch Processing'
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=268
Have you read article 'Including a license in a Download -July 2026'
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=277
Also Article 'Batch Processing'
https://www.jdownloads.net/administrator/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=edit&id=268
#50
General / License in batch for all downl...
Last post by baba - 18.08.2026 11:48:32Hello,
i am on jDownloads Version 4.1.7 Stable and want to assign a licence and make it "must accept" for all existing download in batch. Is there a way to do this? Because i server a lot of files it must be in batch mode!
Thank You - Any help is highly appreciated!
i am on jDownloads Version 4.1.7 Stable and want to assign a licence and make it "must accept" for all existing download in batch. Is there a way to do this? Because i server a lot of files it must be in batch mode!
Thank You - Any help is highly appreciated!