Just tried that - but no dice :- still says :-
https://www.mydomain.com/shop/home.php?cat=54
but at least when I follow te link it does go to
https://www.mydomain.com/shop/friendlyurl/
The weird thing is that static pages are fine as are product pages - they have friendly urls - it's just the categories that dont
my week goes from bad to worse, last week my partner crashed the car (couldnt be repaired), on Monday my partner broke her arm, yesterday I get this xcart / cdseo issue and this morning I get a parking ticket - Ive had better weeks .....