I received two nearly identical questions about the content item module, one of which I quote here:
Im using the module on the front page in joomla 1. When I press the read more… link it opens the article, but it stays on the front page. So things I have displaying only on the front page are still there, and the breadcrumb system doesnt work.
Since I haven’t had time to look thoroughly into it I haven’t submitted this to the FAQ, but it’s most likely a problem with the changes as per Joomla 1.0.12 in the way itemids are handled. I think Joomla 1.0.13 has a compatibilty backward setting for itemids, so you should try that first if you have the same problem.
UPDATE: My guess was correct and this has been submitted to the FAQ. Alas that means there’s no easy solution for 1.0.12 (which lacks the compatibilty setting), anybody who cannot update from 1.0.12 to 1.0.13 should contact me (I won’t bother to think of a fix unless I’m asked to).
Hi Avihai,
the point was that you cannot fix this from inside the module. FWIW, Mark has also posted a fix in the comments to the download page at http://diebesteallerzeiten.de/blog/joomla-content-item-module/#comment-1821.
Comment by Eike — December 20, 2007 @ December 20, 2007 12:09 pm
You can easily fix that by:
1. Open the file content.html located on root->components->com_content
2. go to line 596 and change it to look line this:
$row->link_on = sefRelToAbs( ‘index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=’ . $row->id );
3. save it and check it out
Comment by Avihai — December 20, 2007 @ December 20, 2007 11:56 am
thanks a lot eike…i appreciate it
Comment by tim — October 4, 2007 @ October 4, 2007 10:10 pm
Hi Tim,
this is a problem with a change in the Joomla core in version 1.0.12 (since this broke a lot of sites 1.0.13 introduced a setting for backwards compatibility). Since it looks like there a couple of people who cannot easily upgrade I will think of something (will take a couple of days).
– eike
Comment by Eike — October 4, 2007 @ October 4, 2007 8:35 pm
I’m having the same trouble. When I press the read more link it opens the article, but it stays on the front page. So things I have displaying only on the front page are still there. I cannot update. Does this have something to do with the menus? thanks a lot.
Comment by tim — October 4, 2007 @ October 4, 2007 8:02 pm