Hi Angelina,

Could you describe a bit more about what you want to happen for the separate category of products? VM is quite a complex beast and I need to know exactly what you're after!

- Do you want the new template on "category list" pages?
- Do you want the new template on individual product view pages, where the product is in that category?
- What should happen when a product is in that category and also in another category? Which template should it use?
- Which template should be used for cart/checkout pages? (note: please don't ask to make the template dependent on the items in the cart - this is technically possible but a bit too complex for free support!)

Hope to hear from you soon,
Stephen

Sorry to hear about your site... I've just been helping out someone else whose site got attacked over the weekend. Let me know when yours is up and running again.

Cheers,
Stephen

Hi Angelina,

I'm in New Zealand, GMT+12. If you can arrange to be online after 9AM my time on Thursday (may be Wednesday for you depending on where you are) then please send me a PM or e-mail and we can connect. If you want me to go onto your site then can you set up a superadmin account on your server in advance? Thanks.

Cheers,
Stephen

Hi Angelina,

From what you said above, I think you want to use a specific template (your "front page template") for certain VM pages:
- the checkout pages
- any other admin pages that are part of the checkout process
- specifically EXCLUDING all the normal browsing/listing/search pages including the shopping cart.

Is that what you are after?

If so, try this:

if ($option == "com_virtuemart") {
  $page = JRequest::getVar("page");
  if ($page != "shop.browse"
    and $page != "shop.product_details"
    and $page != "shop.search"
    and $page != "shop.cart"
    and $page != "shop.savedcart") {
    return true;
  }
}
return false;

Then, select your "front page" template with the drop-down in the "SUCCEED Action".

Let me know if there are any pages where the new template shows up, where it shouldn't. I think I got all of them but I'm not sure

Best regards,
Stephen

Hi Angelina,

The code should go into the Advanced PHP section of a MetaTemplate rule.

Sorry that wasn't clear,
Cheers,
Stephen