Remove SEO by Artio link in JoomSEF 3.2.3

That pesky SEO by Artio link jumps straight back in when you do an update or install the latest version of Artio’s JoomSEF for Joomla 1.5.x. Here’s how you get rid of it!

(This fix works for most versions of JoomSEF, however the actual line for the fix may differ slightly.)

Jump into the file:
components/com_sef/joomsef.php

On line 757 (or thereabouts) the following string will be added to the end of your content ($buf is your content so far):

?View Code PHP
757

$buf.='<'.'d'.'i'.'v'.'>'.'<'.'a'.' '.'h'.'r'.'e'.'f'.'='.'"'.'h'.'t'.'t'.'p'.':'.'/'.'/'.'w'.'w'.'w'.'.'.'a'.'r'.'t'.'i'.'o'.'.'.'n'.'e'.'t'.'"'.' '.'s'.'t'.'y'.'l'.'e'.'='.'"'.'f'.'o'.'n'.'t'.'-'.'s'.'i'.'z'.'e'.':'.' '.'8'.'p'.'x'.';'.' '.'v'.'i'.'s'.'i'.'b'.'i'.'l'.'i'.'t'.'y'.':'.' '.'v'.'i'.'s'.'i'.'b'.'l'.'e'.';'.' '.'d'.'i'.'s'.'p'.'l'.'a'.'y'.':'.' '.'i'.'n'.'l'.'i'.'n'.'e'.'"'.' '.'t'.'i'.'t'.'l'.'e'.'='.'"'.'I'.'n'.'f'.'o'.'r'.'m'.'a'.'t'.'i'.'o'.'n'.' '.'s'.'y'.'s'.'t'.'e'.'m'.'s'.','.' '.'d'.'a'.'t'.'a'.'b'.'a'.'s'.'e'.'s'.','.' '.'i'.'n'.'t'.'e'.'r'.'n'.'e'.'t'.' '.'a'.'n'.'d'.' '.'w'.'e'.'b'.' '.'a'.'p'.'p'.'l'.'i'.'c'.'a'.'t'.'i'.'o'.'n'.'s'.'"'.'>'.'S'.'E'.'O'.' '.'b'.'y'.' '.'A'.'r'.'t'.'i'.'o'.'<'.'/'.'a'.'>'.'<'.'/'.'d'.'i'.'v'.'>';

To ensure nothing is appended to the end of your content, simply replace that line with this:

?View Code PHP
757

$buf.='';

And voila… link gone!

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16 Responses to “Remove SEO by Artio link in JoomSEF 3.2.3”

  1. phantom2000 says:
    February 1, 2009 at 1:54 pm

    your solution not working on joomsef 3.2.3 ,

  2. Chris Duell says:
    February 1, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    It sure does… I created this fix for http://www.ensuitesontow.com.au and documented it here. What is the issue that you are having?

  3. stardaug says:
    March 24, 2009 at 5:12 am

    sweet! worked like a charm! Thanks.

  4. Stargate says:
    April 12, 2009 at 3:32 am

    I found several tips but this one is fast and working. Thanks.

  5. rgie says:
    April 20, 2009 at 1:17 pm

    This is quick. Sweet..Thanks!

  6. Ashby says:
    May 19, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    Sweet wasnt at the line you said but i think thats to do with formatting that shitty dreamweaver does. Still found it via Ctrl+F :) Now to post it on Artio forum or not to post that is the question

  7. Carole Galassi says:
    June 7, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    A BIG THANK YOU! Works Great!

  8. herodaddy says:
    June 14, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Indeed it did work. It was on a different line but I knew what I was looking for thanks to you.

    Cheers!

  9. Human Test says:
    July 23, 2009 at 1:36 pm

    Sweet!!!!!!!!! I discovered the code to be removed on my own, but your article assured me of what to do. Good Work!

  10. hookdump says:
    November 12, 2009 at 8:54 am

    Thank you so much!

  11. DS says:
    December 5, 2009 at 7:07 am

    They changed it in 3.5.

    to disable the link in 3.5 look around line 1645

    or search for $cacheBuf2

    replace it with $cacheBuf2 =”;

    Cheers, DS

  12. Chris Duell says:
    December 7, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    Cheers, I’ve actually been meaning to write another small post about the latest version.

  13. beyond says:
    December 12, 2009 at 2:09 am

    Above didn’t work for me with version “3.5.1″

    To remove the link look for:

    $doc->$cache($cacheBuf . base64_decode($cacheBuf2), ‘component’);

    Comment that line out – so replace with:

    //$doc->$cache($cacheBuf . base64_decode($cacheBuf2), ‘component’);

    No more link.

  14. Eugen says:
    June 16, 2010 at 12:09 pm

    Thanks a lot, it worked perfectly.

  15. Maarten says:
    July 7, 2010 at 3:31 am

    For Joomsef 3.6.5 remove Artio link like this:

    Open root/components/com_sef/joomsef.php

    comment line 2213 :: $doc->$cache($cacheBuf . base64_decode($cacheBuf2), ‘component’);

    You can comment it using //

  16. Brasmaster says:
    July 8, 2010 at 4:01 pm

    Remove SEO by Artio link in JoomSEF 3.6.3
    Search in line 2156 archiv components/com_sef/joomsef.php

    $cacheBuf2 =

    \\\\replace for

    $cacheBuf2 =”;

    ok thanks

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