Set Module to frontpage only but appearing on other page?

[qcyzjg]

Hi everyone, I'm using the "frontpage slide show" module to display some items on my frontpage. In the settings for the module I've set the "Menu Item Links" to "mainmenu | Home" which is my frontpage.
Now this works as expected on the front page, however when I view the main body of some of my content items the "frontpage slide show" module appears on those pages too! None of these content items are linked in any menus so I definitely haven't accidentally left those pages selected in the "Menu Item Links" for the module.
So can somebody tell me where is the problem?
Thank you!

[sfraise]

I have this problem also when you click on any thing from the front page on my site. If I try to edit a content item from the front page it overlaps the front page only modules, if I click a cb profile from the front page module it loads it on the front page, and if you click on a video from the front page module it overlaps the video over the front page only modules.

I have a hunch it is pulling these things as a front page item (item=1).

Does anyone know of a way to get around this and to have these things pull as a non front page item?

[skal90]

I also have the same problem cant find help anywhere.....

[erroring]

i have the same problem too. frontpage modules displayed every where (only in google.com i can't see them!)

[str8talkingbob]

This is happening to me too, does anybody have a solution please please please, i have a slideshow that is only assigned to "home" in my main menu and no other menu items and in no other menus, yet it appears on every single page on my site, i really need to sort this out as the slideshow is big and i don't want people to have to scroll down past it on every page before the get to the content they are trying to navigate to. Will PM my site address to anyone that wants to help.

[str8talkingbob]

Solved the problem and it is within Joomsef that the problem is if you're using joomsef then this is how to solve the problem. (From Joomsef forums)

Hello,

This seems like the problem with Itemid not handled correctly. Go to JoomSEF configuration, Advanced page, and check that "Exclude source info (Itemid)" and "Reappend source (Itemid)" are both set to No or both to Yes. You can also try setting the "Ignore multiple sources (Itemids)" option to No.


Don't forget to delete the already created URLs and clear the JoomSEF's cache after the changes in configuration.

Best regards,
ARTIO Support Team

Worked for me, thank god this problem has been doing my head in

[Expi1]

I don't have JoomSEF, how would I solve the problem? with sh404SEF?

[IanE]

With sh404SEF the item id configuration is on the Advanced Tab under "Item id Management".

Setting "Insert menu Itemid if none" to NO fixed this for me. For the record I have all the options under Item id Management set to NO.

Hope this helps someone.

Ian
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[seyi]

Im having this exact same problem. On the front page, other modules that have links are appending the frontpage itemid to their links. So any item that should appear only on the front page also appear when clicking on those module links. I do not have Joomsef or sh404sef installed. How do I fix this without sef urls?

[seyi]

I solved it, but not very easily. I had to go into the template/index.php file and entered an if condition

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<?php
if ( JRequest::getVar('view') === 'frontpage' ) {
// display module
}
?>

[pdowse]

HI Guys,

I found what worked for me was I had to change a setting in my SH404SEF component. (please note this solve might only work if you're using this component)\

I went to

SH404SEF / Configuration / Extensions Configuration and changed

Use Title Alias from yes to no

Once I emptied the URL Cache this fixed my issue.

Hope this helps someone out there cause I was looking for a solution for hours!!!

[seraphimx]

I have the same problem, joomla 2.5. Have sh404sef installed, but none of the advices didn't help. I'm almost in despair. Please, somebody help

[revamper]

This is due to Joomla limitation.
When some articles/categories dont have menu (read item id) they go under frontpage itemid. Disable sef url from Global Config and you'll see the problematic article is using frontpage itemid (menu id).

As Module is assigned to that item id, that module appears in those articles.

To solve this issue, create menu (may be hidden) to the articles or their categories thus they will get another itemid

works in joomla 2.5 with sh404sef

[waltun]

Make a new menu. Choose either "Category Blog" or "Category List" in your Menu Item Type. Then, choose the category you used in the slideshow. That's all.

[online100]

I am using Joomla2.5 and Sh404sef. The problem was solved after I purged all of sef url in sh404 and cleaned cache.

[luiscam]

This is due to Joomla limitation.
When some articles/categories dont have menu (read item id) they go under frontpage itemid. Disable sef url from Global Config and you'll see the problematic article is using frontpage itemid (menu id).

As Module is assigned to that item id, that module appears in those articles.

To solve this issue, create menu (may be hidden) to the articles or their categories thus they will get another itemid

works in joomla 2.5 with sh404sef

The revamper explanation is the solution. I have Joomla 2.5 without any SEF component.

[chiappa]

My problem was related with sh404SEF. On Joomla 2.5x the modules that were set to show up on the main page only were showing up on the 404 page. To fix this:

Under "Error page configuration" there is a item ID setting which was set to 0 and it needs to have a bigger number (see picture).