#1120 – Problems with the same alias URLs in different languages.

Hello, we have the following problem: We have the same menus for different languages, e.g. www.domain.com/de/partner.html, www.domain.com/en/partner.html, www.domain.com/it/partner .html. For Joomla it is no problem to use the same URL if the links are in different languages. Installing Route66 causes a 404 error. Is this due to a special setting? What can I do?
We didn't have this problem in Joomla 3. We've only had the errors since Joomla 4
Regards Robert

Hi Robert,

Are you using any URL patterns in Route 66? If yes, then try to update them, since when multi-language is enabled Route 66 will ask you for a URL pattern for each active language.

Regards

I don't use URL patterns. I haven't made any settings here.

Hi Robert,

Which version of Route 66 are you using?

Hi Lefteris,
Of course I had to install the latest version (1.9.10.) for the migration to J4.
Can you please help us faster? We urgently need a solution.

Hi Robert,

No, unfortunately I cannot help you faster.
I just made some tests and everything works fine for me. I setup a multi-language site in latest Joomla 4 using Route 66 1.9.10.
I installed the Multilingual Sample Data that Joomla provides. I edited both those articles and I entered a common alias for both. I used "partner".
I have set Route 66 URL pattern for articles to {articleAlias} for both languages. Everything worked fine.

Finally, I removed URL patterns to match your case and it still works fine for me.

So a few questions. Have you set your site properly for multiple languages? You can always use "Multilingual Status" administrator module to see if everything is correct.
Is there a chance you have any custom rules in your web server configuration?

Regards

Hi Lefteris,
The problem appears in the menu - not in the blog articles. So it's not about article aliases, but about menu aliases: We have 5 menus for 5 languages. If the menu item has the same name and therefore the same alias, we get a 404 error:
www.domain.com/de/partner.html (works)
www.domain.com/en/partner.html (404)
www.domain.com/it/partner.html (404)

If i disable Route66 the pages can be displayed without errors

Just tested again with menus. Still, everything works fine for me with Route 66 installed.
I am not able to reproduce the issue. I created two menu items pointing to two different articles. I used the same alias for both menu items.
I have selected for each menu item and for each article the corresponding language. I also have set the associations.
Everything works fine. Do you have any menu related options enabled under Route 66 options?

No, I haven't activated anything for the menus. I only find this setting: "Add suffix to menu links". And that's set to "no". Wouldn't it be easier if you took a look at our website? Can I send you a login?

Hi Robert,

Yes, you can send me login credentials in a private ticket.

Hi Robert,

You are right, there was an issue in Route 66. The issue has been fixed. The update will come out in a few days.
Thank you for reporting this.

Regards