Template menu assignment not working?

Chris Davenport · **Posted:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:32 pm

I must be doing something stupid, because I'm sure this used to work....

Install 1.5.9 with sample data.
Extensions -> Template Manager
Click a non-default template, say JA_Purity.
Under Menu Assignment, click Select from List and select a menu from the list, say "Extensions".
Click Save.

Now on the front-end, click "Extensions" and ......

Hmm. I was expecting to see this item with the JA_Purity template, but it still shows with the default template.

Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug?

Regards,
Chris.

Chris Davenport · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 12:18 pm

This has been bugging me, so I looked into it a bit further....

The problem appears to be that in the getTemplate() method in /includes/application.php line 290 onwards:

Code:

      // Get the id of the active menu item
      $menu =& JSite::getMenu();
      $item = $menu->getActive();

      $id = 0;
      if(is_object($item)) { // valid item retrieved
         $id = $item->id;
      }

the $menu->getActive() call is not returning the active menu object, so $id is always set to 0 and you only ever get the default template.

Can anyone else replicate this?

Chris.

nanunanu · **Joined:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:35 pm **Posts:** 37

I'm having the same issue with 1.5.8. All I get is the default template on all the pages, even though I have assigned my other templates to specific pages (menu assignments)

Robin · **Joined:** Thu Aug 18, 2005 10:41 am **Posts:** 15089

Hi Chris,

I got a sample install 1.5.9. as well and briefly tested, but I am able to assign and see ja-purity when I assign this to the extension menu item.

This menu item has an Itemid = 40 and when I echo that $id it does return 40.

Here is my sys info:

Quote:

PHP Built on: Windows NT ROBIN-LAPTOP 6.0 build 6001
Database Version: 5.0.51b-community-nt
Database Collation: utf8_general_ci
PHP Version: 5.2.6
Web Server: Apache/2.2.8 (Win32) PHP/5.2.6
Web Server to PHP interface: apache2handler
Joomla! Version: Joomla! 1.5.9 Production/Stable [ Vatani ] 9-January-2009 23:00 GMT
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-GB; rv:1.9.0.5) Gecko/2008120122 Firefox/3.0.5

You do not have anything installed, or configured after the install of J!?

nanunanu · **Joined:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 7:35 pm **Posts:** 37

It appears my issue was connected to the TCdropdown extension I had installed, which when I deactivated it my menu assignments worked as they should. So I guess I will have to try another dropdown menu extension which hopefully will not interfere with Joomla! 1.5.8. (

Shame --- because I liked how the extension functioned and looked and it was supposed to work with 1.5)

Chris Davenport · **Posted:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:22 pm

Okay, I've found the problem and it was my fault. :-[

I was using a checked out version of 1.5.9, but I had a file in the SVN directory where I was hacking some code ages ago. I completely forgot about it. When I exported a test copy it included the bad file.

All working as expected now. Thanks for checking it out Robin. Sorry to have troubled you.

Regards,
Chris.

eagleshout · **Joined:** Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:08 pm **Posts:** 42

I'm having a very similar problem with 1.5.9, although I'm not sure which build I'm using or how to check.

Basically I had switched up the default template a couple times and reverted back to my target template and now get no template on all but the homepage. I even switched off my target template reset menu assignments to all and then reactivated as defualt but I'm still getting this:
http://biosreviva.com/index.php/phyto-news

Any help or feedback would be appreciated.

eagleshout · **Joined:** Thu Nov 16, 2006 8:08 pm **Posts:** 42

I figured out SEF settings caused this. With htaccess activated and the necessary configs set I'm back in business: The following posts helped:
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=544&t=364097&p=1561628&hilit=seo+settings+htaccess#p1561628
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=428&t=365212&p=1561800&hilit=seo+settings+htaccess#p1561800
http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=544&t=364097&p=1562047&hilit=seo+settings+htaccess#p1562047

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