thank for very much for responding. i have that mambot, but do not think it is the issue. ive disabled it and the issue still presents itself. also, ive checked in the sh404sef urls and the link ijoomla produces for that story i showed in the screen shot above is
index.php?option=com_content&Itemid=125&id=70&lang=en&task=view
so it doesnt match the syntax of the one you posted either.
what version is ijoomla at? maybe im outdated? and can people who got theirs from signing up with lunarpages for hosting, get free upgrades like you would if you purchased it outright?