How to replace joomla blog layout page with NSP module

Hello,

I love how the NSP modules preview content on my website (http://www.thechristianbeat.org/ - see "new stories" "new videos" etc). I was hoping to do away with the standard joomla blog layout on category pages (example: http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news) and instead have the category page just display a NSP module. It sounded simple enough, but when I assign a NSP module to "news" for example, it displays the module on all news item pages and not just the root category page. Is it possible to have the module act as a category page and only be displayed on the category page and not on all individual news items of that category as well?

Thanks so much!

Hi

Try simply publish NSP module in "mainbody" module position. This should replace component with module.

Some pages cannot use this feature, so also using "mainbody_bottom" module postition and setting in category options to show 0 articles should do the trick.

Hey there,

Thanks for the help! I tried assigning it to mainbody and it didn't show up anywhere, so I instead tried the mainbody_bottom. My issue is that when I assign it to "news" under main menu options, it appears on all news articles and not just on the news category page. Any way to just have the module appear on (http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news) and not on every news item page too?

Hi

I'm afraid this is how joomla works, but there is extension called Advanced Module Manager where You can extend publishing option to ctegory or item layout only.

Hey there,

Thanks for the reply! The Advanced Module Manager did the trick!

The only issue I ran into is pagination does not appear.
For example: http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news
I have it set to display 6 rows of stories with pagination so readers can flip to older stories as well, but the pagination does not display?

Hi

I cannot check website currently. There is a message "The web service to this account has been limited temporarily!" when I follow Your link. Please let me know when site will be live again.

I apologize for the delay. The site is back up and running!

Hi

I can see Your site now, but please tell me which module You have in mind. I can see couple, but the ones set to multiple pages has pagination already.

For example, on the news page (http://www.thechristianbeat.org/index.php/news), the module titled Latest News with the 6 rows of content... I'd like at the bottom of the module for there to be arrows so readers can load older stories as well. Page 1, page 2, page 3 etc similar to the option in joomla blog layout.

Hi

I can see it now, but it doesn't looks to be configured to use pages yet, so please send me an access to joomla panel and I'll change it so You will be able to use it's settings as examples.

Thanks for offering to help with this. I have supplied login info via private message.

Hi

I have used "News" menu item to show an example for You.

1. Create NSP GK5 module, configure it to show articles from category News and to display only on News page in "mainbody_bottom" module position.

2. In menu item settings select category layout, but hide showing all article.

3. Create a custom html module with content:

Code: Select all

<style type="text/css">
.nomainbody #gkMainbodyBottom { display: none; }
</style>


Module should be attached to any page You wish to replace content with module and used only on article layout. This will hide NSP module when looking at article.

Hi there,

I appreciate your continued help! When I created the custom HTML module and made it public, it made the NSP module disappear. In any case, I have already solved the issue of having the NSP module only appear on the category page and not on individual articles, thanks to the advanced menu manager you suggested.

My issue is the pagination. I am trying to get arrows like the ones seen in attachment to display at the bottom of the NSP module on News category page.

Thanks again!

I’m afraid that modifications such as this require extensive changes to the theme’s code; I do apologize but such large changes are custom work that are beyond the scope of our technical support.

No worries, thanks for the info!

Hi

Sorry I cannot help more. I'm closing this thread for now.