Hi guys,

I've got a bit of a weird problem here which I am hoping you can help me sort out.

On a site running Artio, the following URL appears correctly, with the article taking up the entire space (no right column)

www.rsnonline.org.uk/local-authority/bab...istrict-council.html

However recently created items in the same section are not laid out like this, and I am stumped as to the reason behind this (e.g. see www.rsnonline.org.uk/local-authority/bra...istrict-council.html and www.rsnonline.org.uk/local-authority/bas...istrict-council.html as examples)

I have checked the module assignment and there is nothing that is enabled but not visible (in fact there shouldn't be anything in that column). The only difference I can see is in the SEF url's. When I searched I found that the ones displaying correctly had the following entries:

1 0 local-authority/babergh-district-council-2.html index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=313&view=article&Itemid=272
2 12 local-authority/babergh-district-council.html index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=313&phpMyAdmin=ptY6ZOfk4l2Rm4vVP9O29gOmf5b&view=article


But those which are not displaying correctly have the following:

2 17 local-authority/braintree-district-council.html index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=928&view=article&Itemid=272

1 12 local-authority/bassetlaw-district-council.html index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=927&view=article&Itemid=272

What is the significance of the second link, and why does it have the phpMyAdmin sef URL? I am fairly sure this is the root of the problem - if I visit the former URL (index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=313&view=article&Itemid=272) then it displays with the right hand column in situ, but if I visit the latter (index.php?option=com_content&catid=59&id=313&phpMyAdmin=ptY6ZOfk4l2Rm4vVP9O29gOmf5b&view=article) then it displays correctly.

A bit baffled! Anyone able to advise? We have (and continue to have) all manner of problems with the SEF/iJoomla combination (in that, it mostly doesn't work for sections/categories!) so there is every chance that a setting has been changed which has altered how the SEF url's are being generated, but I'm not quite sure where to start looking!

Kind Regards,

Ruth Cheesley

Hello Ruth,

1. well, the phpMyAdmin variabel within the URL is really weird... no idea where its coming from... you might try URL source tracing function of JoomSEF to detect it.
I should be able to tell more then. It might be either some problem in link generation or some kind of hacking attempt.

2. the problem with showing / not showing of certain modules is most likely related to the ItemID used; there is a few more detailed info in FAQ - see Some modules are not showing when JoomSEF is activated

make sure the Itemid associated with the SEF URL matches the ID of the menu item, which has the correctly configured modules. Then, it should wotk just fine.