Turn off SEF for one module (Search) ?

[gripped]

Now that I finally have my migrated (from 1.1.9) VM site working as I want it (it's been a fun six weeks !) I return to one issue I put on the back burner.

With the VM Search module , if Joomla SEF is enabled I have this issue when searching.

• Special user logged in works
• Normal user logged in goes to 404 page
• Not logged in asks user to login

This is not a core problem as when I reverted to the standard vm_beez template on my test server it worked. The template I'm using is Shape5 - Vertex.
As soon as SEF is disabled it works.

So my thinking is if I can disable SEF for this module only, it might fix the issue.
Or if anyone has any other idea fire away.

For the time being the Search Module is disabled.

[GJC Web Design]

if it's only with that template then one assumes the mod is being over -ridden - try with it disabled (just change the folder name in the html folder)

[gripped]

Thanks for the input but I should have said.
There is no mod_virtuemart_search folder in the templates html folder so I don't think it's to do with an override ?

[GJC Web Design]

Hard to see then how a template can have the effect you mention.... there has to be something different between the two search routines

it just sends a GET with a few params

keyword   xxxx
limitstart   0
option   com_virtuemart
view   category

[gripped]

OK I was wrong. It is happening with vm_beez.

I did test it before , as I said, and it worked but I guess I must have been logged in as admin / special.

So maybe this is a bug in VM ?

Question remains. Is there a way to turn off SEF for a module ?

[GJC Web Design]

Question remains. Is there a way to turn off SEF for a module ?

think far better to fix the problem - works perfectly on a std install with full SEF - so somethings no right on your site

checked conflicting aliases on ALL menu items (incl. hidden, unpublished, trashed et ) some thing is conflicting with the normal generated url

std url with full sef if - e.g. root menu to VM is products
products/search?keyword=shovel&limitstart=0&option=com_virtuemart&view=category

is yours?

if you change the form line in the search mod default template to

Code Select Expand

<!--<form action="<?php #echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&search=true&limitstart=0&virtuemart_category_id='.$category_id ); ?>" method="get">-->
<form action="<?php echo 'index.php?option=com_virtuemart&view=category&search=true&limitstart=0&virtuemart_category_id='.$category_id ; ?>" method="get">

you get

index.php?keyword=shovel&limitstart=0&option=com_virtuemart&view=category

[gripped]

OK I've fixed it.

Your talk of Menu items helped, though there were no conflicts.
I created a new menu item 'VM Search' of type VirtueMart » Category Layout in a hidden menu.
The id was 279 so I put 279 in Set ItemID of the search modules settings.
Now it works. Not sure why but it does