Hi, how do you set up the menu for the user pages such that all of them appear the same and with the correct itemID in SH404SEF? Can you manually set the itemID of all user pages? I can't get them all to style correctly and pick up the correct template...
Thanks,
Matt

Hi. The only way to resolve user pages to Itemids is to create menu links for those users. Alternatively you can add conditions in your template code ( like if it's user page show this module position ) .

Is it best to show a user and all their associated items in a module then?
I have a dynamic user base where each user will be creating content, but there's no way i can have a menu for each user as the list will just keep on growing!
Is there no helper or controller that can force an &Itemid=xxx on the end of user URLs in the back end of the template?

Cheers

Any more ideas?
Thanks...

With sh404sef you can have the /user/user_name URLs. Without sh404sef if you do not add menus you need to follow this method (which also affects tags).

Create a menu link to K2 categories and don't select any category. This way, all unresolved links will be assigned to this menu, preventing duplicates.

Hi Krikor,

Thanks for your help...
Does the blank menu link have to be in a hidden menu, otherwise it just displays everything under the alias when clicked on?
I've worked out in the K2 SH404SEF options how to change the URL prefix for the users though.

Also, with K2 and SH404SEF, how did you display the user URL using the username as opposed to the user's Name?

Thanks again,
Matt

Yes, it would have to be on a hidden menu.
If you are using sh404sef you do need to add this menu item.

By default you cannot change the way the user urls are handled.
You can edit the administrator/com_k2/sef_ext/com_k2.php file at your own risk.