Add a module to a component , but not every page of the component

Question

i'm working on a joomla 1.5 for a university project (when it started 2.5 wasn't out :D). What i'm trying to do is to assign a module to my custom component , but not every page of it. The 2 different pages of my component is a page that shows every product , but the other one needs an id to work. In order to assign the module just to a page i think i need to assign every page my component has to a menu item. But my problem is that i don't know how to assign my page that shows a specific product the variable id to make it work.

Answer 1

The Joorthodox way, i guess, would be to control the module availability from the module manager in administator page, where you can assign it to certain pages/menu items only. Thus summarizing, create a menu item type for that page assign it to a menu item which in turn will be your module control switch for that page.

Another approach could be a control directly to the joomla module renderer. An example can be found here: joomla-is-there-a-module-render-plugin-event

Answer 2

One method would be to set the module to be hidden on that page using CSS.

Go to views/view_name/tmpl/default.php and within the tags at the top, add the following code in:

$doc = JFactory::getDocument();
$doc->addStyleDeclaration(" #element_id { display: none; } ");

You will need to inspect the module using a tool such as Firebug, Chrome Dev Tools or another tool depending on which browser you're using, and change element_id to whatever suits your needs.

Hope this helps

Answer 3

Just use Advanced Module Manager and assign your module by URL's not just by the menu link, it works for me to hide and show a module inside the different pages of the same component