hi
I use K2, how do I assign a template to a category and items
for example..

index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&task=category&id=40:servicios-en-linea&Itemid=12
and others internal items

Thanks

Hi Matthew,

sorry, I just found a bug in MetaTemplate 1.5. I just released 1.5b with the bug fixed. Can you please download it again and reinstall it? Over the top of the old one is fine.

It might pay to delete the rule you have and start again with a new rule. Hopefully it will work this time!

Best regards,
Stephen

[edited: I originally wrote 1.4 when I meant 1.5]

Hi i've updated to 1.5c but it's still not working. Here's what i'm doing:

I'm using the following under "Advanced"

if ( $content_genius->check("section_id = 5") ) return true;
if ( $content_genius->check("category_id = 6") ) return true;

Then under "SUCCEED Actions" i've set the template I want to be used but still the article pops up with the default template.

Funnily enough even though i've installed 1.5c it still says "MetaTemplate Component 1.5b (26 July 2010)". I've even tried deleting metatemplate (not just installing over previous version) but still says MetaTemplate Component 1.5b (26 July 2010).

Could it be that i'm opening the articles in a rokbox? Although if I change the default template it opens the articles with that template in the rokbox.

Your efforts are greatly appreciated!

Kind regards
Matt

Hi Matt,

The first thing I noticed was that I had made a mistake in the last bit of code I sent - so the reason it never gave the right content_id was because I gave you the wrong code. Now that that's correct, it's giving out the right information.

However, that brings me to the next point. How exactly do you want the template applied to the article displayed in the rokbox? The full template you want to apply to it has all kinds of images etc in it, and they're not going to look good in a rokbox. It's kind of good that it's just a plain background.

In any case it appears that the module you are using, DM Article Titles List PRO, is adding its own parameter to the URL ("tmpl=component") and although MetaTemplate is trying to assign the template that you wanted, it's being overridden by this other blank template. I just read some more about that at http://www.howtojoomla.net/2008072288/h … -joomla-15

So the question again - do you really want the "soa" template applied to the article when it's inside the rokbox? If so, you'll need to get rid of that extra URL parameter being added. I think it's probably hard coded into the dmarticletitleslistpro module.

Even if the article is displayed outside of the rokbox, the fact that it has the same Itemid as the main SOA article, and you have assigned the soa template to the SOA menu item, means that the sub-article is inheriting that template (as long as it doesn't have that "tmpl=component" parameter). So MetaTemplate really isn't needed here at all.

Lastly, I just wanted to check on something. The rule you are using is:

if ( $content_genius->check("section_id = 5") ) return true;
if ( $content_genius->check("category_id = 6") ) return true;

What this does is checks if the section is 5. If so, it will use the new template. Then it checks if the category is 6, and again uses the new template. So the new template will be used for everything in section 5, and everything in category 6. Is this what you wanted? It's an "OR" not an "AND".

If you wanted to include everything that is only in both, then you would need to put:

if ( $content_genius->check("section_id = 5") and $content_genius->check("category_id = 6") ) return true;

Hope that helps,
Stephen