How to put a banner on the front page only

Mr. Horse · 18.09.2004, 17:38

With Mambo 4.5.1 RC4, I've been trying to get the banner module to be displayed on the front page only. I tried to edit the module by selecting just mainmenu / Home as the page on which to show the banner module.

I've seen this method working with user menus and other modules. But with the banner module it seems to be everywhere (or nowhere at all by not publishing the module). Selecting any combination of pages on which to show the banner module all have the same effect: it's shown everywhere...

Did I overlook something here or am I to be the proud (but slightly sad) discoverer of a whole new bug?

Any feedback would be very welcome!

twysm · 18.09.2004, 18:38

I think thats a bug and you may post it on the bugtracker. But you could also do this:

PHP Code:

  <?php
 if($option=="com_frontpage"){
     mosLoadComponent( "banners" );
 }?>

Put that in your template where you want the banner to appear. I hope this could help.

sokratex · 18.09.2004, 18:53

It works in my testsite, just doing what you described.

Mr. Horse · 25.09.2004, 14:34

After some research (and sleep!) I found that the above problem that seemed a bug actually isn't a bug but a feature!!

In the template code, a component is being put in the page, not a module. Therefore, changes in the page placement of the module had no effect. Changing the code to display a banner module did the trick.

So use the code below in order to put a module of the banners on the page and you can use the module controls to determine at what pages a banner is to be displayed:

PHP Code:

<?php mosLoadModules ( 'banner' ); ?>