Always linked back to the home page- problem

Hi, I have a virtuemart problem, and i know this is not your support resposibility. However, I posted this post on the Virtuemart forum a while back, bumped it, but nobody bother to help me. So, since i know you guys here are so nice, i now ask you for your help. Basically im stuck with a site i cant use because of this, and its quite annoying since i really want to start focusing on my core business.

So, here it goes:

I have some problems with the virtuemart connected to my joomla website, it doesnt cooperate 100% with the site. I can work the product organization backoffice nicely, the problem occur on the user stage. I have Virtuemart 1.1.6 installed, but the problem occurred also on previous versions, last 1.1.4. I have not launched my site yet so I don't know if its always been like this or not.

Here are the process that gives the symptoms:

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1a. I add products into shopping cart, and choose the option "Continue Shopping". But when I then click the VM cart, i dont get directed to the shopping cart page, i get redirected back to my site homepage. However, the url in addressbar is:

index.php?page=shop.cart&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

The breadcrumbs on the homepage shows: Shopping cart.

1.b. If i in step 1a choose «go to cart» when i ad a product (not continue shopping) i get directed to the shopping cart overview page, with the url:  index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.cart&product_id=57&Itemid=205

But when i from this product overview page click «go to cart» again, i end up at the front page again, and the url shown is: index.php?page=checkout.index&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&redirected=1&Itemid=1

Breadcrumbs on homepage now shows: Home, but page title field say «checkout step 1 of 4»


2.

When i try to create a new account the message i get is "unable to establish the mail function" (this is directly translated from my language, Norwegian Wink ).

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I can navigate around on my site and find all registered VM products. However, if i click «next or previous items» in the virtue mart product page, i end up on the homepage again. But breadcrumbs still show the product i tried to go to.

I start to feel that the virtuemart is not properly integrated in my system!..?? Since both sign up and shopping cart functions don't work properly i mean, which is all virtuemart actions.

I have tried to be as descriptive as possible in this forum post, hope it makes sense to some of you. Thanks you for your help:)

Xmas bump.. sorry guys, im really stuck on this one

not sure if this will help, but go to VirtueMart Admin "Configuration", click on "Security", make sure your SITE URL or SECUREURL has www within it.

This is all depends on how you have your domain configured (whether it always by default adds www when a user enters http://sitename.com).

Give that a go and let me know if it helps.

Hi,,
I reinstalled my whole site.. A lot of work to rebuild my setup and content, but better then having a site that dont work

I've the same Tormodnor problem:

1.

1a. I add products into shopping cart, and choose the option "Continue Shopping". But when I then click the VM cart, i dont get directed to the shopping cart page, i get redirected back to my site homepage. However, the url in addressbar is:

index.php?page=shop.cart&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1

The breadcrumbs on the homepage shows: Shopping cart.

1.b. If i in step 1a choose «go to cart» when i ad a product (not continue shopping) i get directed to the shopping cart overview page, with the url: index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.cart&product_id=57&Itemid=205

But when i from this product overview page click «go to cart» again, i end up at the front page again, and the url shown is: index.php?page=checkout.index&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&redirected=1&Itemid=1

Breadcrumbs on homepage now shows: Home, but page title field say «checkout step 1 of 4»


Any clues?

Update:

Seem the problem is the SEO options, without mod_rewrite the upper cart works.

With mod_rewrite the link is: /component/virtuemart/?page=shop.cart - and NOT WORKS
Without mod_rewrite the link is: /index.php?page=shop.cart&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=61 - and WORKS

There is a way to use the SEO option ON and make works the upper cart?

Thanks!


New Update:
Seem there is the problem with mod_rewrite off too... How I can make the variable &Itemid=1 become with a number different than 1? with that number not works, if different works... Help!!!!

Please I can know where is the file with the upper cart? I need to change the script to make the "Itemid" different than 1.
Thanks!

you have founded the solution? I have the same problem!