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I have a template group “main”. It is set as the default template group.

So, when I visit domain.com I get main/index.

My internal links to the site root are <a href=”{path=main}”> which should return
domain.com/
but it actually returns
domain.com/main

So, the same content is showing up under two different URIs, I’m paying a google duplicate content penalty, and people sharing links will be sharing ‘wrong’ links.

How can I sort this out? I’m assuming a rel=canonical will eventually fix google, but what about correcting the internal links? Should I hardcode links to the root?

htaccess or iis/apache hard redirect?

Using {path="main"} would return domain.com/main, as it is calling it. Just becuase it is the default template group does not mean the name of the group will be ignored.

You want to use {path=""}

More at: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/user-guide/templates/globals/path.html

Hi Solent,

does zizther’s answer help you out? You could also use <a href=”{site_url}”> or do what I typically do which is <a href=”/”>

Sean

Yes, thank. Between zzither and iPixel’s responses I can do what I need.

solent.

That’s great. I’m going to close out this thread, but feel free to post again when you have more questions.

Sean