thanks for getting back Stephen.

yes - i want to show module on article 4 [and possibly others]

VM:
NO module on this page
http://prague.directrouter.com/~ilovewo … p;Itemid=3

NO module on this page
http://prague.directrouter.com/~ilovewo … p;Itemid=1

YES module on this page
http://prague.directrouter.com/~ilovewo … p;Itemid=1

So i require the module on all VM pages except the main categories.

I hope this makes more sense!

Thanks.

Products are still being added, so eventually there will be a parent category, a sub category and then the products within the sub category eg. 1. World Drinks [category], 2. Fruit & Juice Drinks [sub category], 3. products.

So could we sum this up by saying: if there are products showing on this browse page, then show the module. If there are no products, only categories or subcategories, showing on the browse page then don't show a module?

Cheers,
Stephen

Ok, I just did some investigation of host to count the number of items on the page without having to do a full database query... luckily VM keeps these in memory so I can just count them.

So here's a mini-recipe just for counting the number of "real products" showing on a browse page, and including a module only if there are some products appearing on that page. Therefore, if it's on a page with only a list of subcategories and no actual products, MetaMod won't place a module on that page:

if ($option == "com_virtuemart" and JRequest::getVar('page') == 'shop.browse' ) {

  $num_items = (int)@count(@$GLOBALS['product_info']);

  if ($num_items > 0) return 101; /* replace 101 with module id to display */

}

You also wanted to be able to place the module on particular article pages. Just add the following rule directly after the previous one, in the same MetaMod:

if ($option == "com_content" and $view == "article" ) {

  $id = (int)$id;

  if ($id == 4) return 101; /* replace with module id to show on article id 4 */

  if ($id == 5) return 102; /* replace with module id to show on article id 5 */

}

Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Stephen