Set a default ItemId if the Itemid missing in the URL?
 

My problem is quite simple...

I want Joomla to use a default ItemId when it�s missing in a URL.

The base of the problem is that i want to show articles in a different view then it shows i the "home" menu.

When I disable some modules from being used with the hole site they vanish when I want to read an article that's originate from the "frontpage" because the "frontpage" missing the Itemit as default in the URL.

So I want to some way tell Joomla that if itemid missing to use Itemid=99 as default, then I can build the modules for Itemid=99 direct in the database.

Regards,
Fredrik Gidensk�ld

Hi - When you encounter this situation currently, what do you see, a 404 error page? Or something else?

Hi,

If you go to www.bagskytte-online.se (can be slight slow, nightly backups) and click on "Brady Ellison wins Arizona Cup 2009 ". You will get the article in "full screen" but that is not what i want.

If i add Itemid=99 (that's manual database hack I did) to the URL: Brady Ellison wins Arizona Cup 2009

The I got the view that I want...

If I did not use VBullitine I could use the module settings to show ALL on these modules.

Regards,
Fredrik Gidensk�ld

In basic what you are after is to build up the usage of different modules pr article? Since some articles might not have a menu item you can link the modules up to.
And the articles will be shown at frontend trough a module?

Yes, I want to use some type of default menuitem (Itemid) for artcles that not has one.

If Itemid = '' then Itemid = '99' :)

Regards,
Fredrik Gidensk�ld

Any idea!?

I did some quick testing here local regarding this,but no success so far.
What could be an easier solution would be to exlude left/right modules when visiting the jfusiion link if that is something that could work for you?

Do you know what module that makes the URL? Could I not simple change the code: that if the query string dose not includ Itemid it�s simple adds &Itemid=99 to it?

It�s not a pretty fix buts it�s should solve my problem.

Regards,
Fredrik Gidensk�ld