
No I figured out the problem for myself .. this board has the worst response time in the world!
I was doing everything correct as far as configuring alpha content for my site.. the problem was I was getting was a 404 error. This is because of Smart SEF… which is a problem a lot of people run into. In the read me shows different Url friendly fixes
SEF instructions :
Artio JoomSEF : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = alphacontent
Sef Advance : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = same custom name in settings Sef Advance component
OpenSEF : custom name (AlphaContent menu) = same custom name in settings OpenSEF component
If error : edit the administrator\components\com_sef\core\sef.resolver.php line 390
replace
$this->output .= ($url[0] != '&' ? '&' . $url : $url);
by
@$this->output .= ($url[0] != '&' ? '&' . $url : $url);
Also there is a hack at the Smart SEF web forum to fix it
www.smartsef.org/forum/