I'm new to Joomla so my comprehension of how it all works is a bit incomplete. I'd just like to know whether or not I need to add new menu items with an alias for all short urls used in the application (e.g. http://mysite/shorturl). What bothers me is that:
- Why would I need to make a menu item for an alias if I don't use the item in a menu (why such a relationship between urls and menus).
- If I had 50 articles using short urls (aliases), would I have to make a menu item for every single short url? There's some dependencies I don't like about that.
I thought it made sense to set the alias on an article level.
I read something about having to purchase an extension sh404-something for this - really?
If someone could help me out it would be much appriciated.
Thanks and regards, Kjetil