Sorry for any confusion.

The problem isn't being caused by JoomSEF - it existed before JoomSEF and was hoping JoomSEF could remedy issue.Let me try again.

I have a website that I want certain components (i.e. PhocaDownload) to use a different template than the site's default template.
If I do not use Joomla's SEF (shut off the 2 settings), the new template shows fine on my PhocaDownload, however it gives the long URL with ID #'s (not something I care for).
If I turn on Joomla's 2 SEF settings, the PhocaDownload component works, but with the default template (even though I have not changed the component to use it).

My understanding was that there was an issue with Joomla's default SEF settings making it difficult to use the templates in the way I desire. I was led to believe that JoomSEF was a solution to allow the templates to show correctly by somehow fixing the SEF issue. In my flawed logic I could see shutting off Joomla's SEF and using JoomSEF to bypass it (like JoomSEF was supplementing the code) but I read that both Jooomla's and JoomSEF should be on. What settings they should be and how they relate to adding/removing ItemID's.... uhhh.... yeah. sure. not a clue :)

I honestly have a basic understanding of how the SEF stuff works, and an even smaller understanding of PHP.
If need be I'm more than happy to give you access dajo to check out how much I might have screwed stuff up. hehehhe
I'm just trying to get my wife's website running so she can sell her artwork.
Thanks again for your support. Sorry it's taking so long..... time differences suck for tech support. :)

I think I might have confused the issue talking about HikaShop.

I also have the same problem with my downloads section (PhocDownload).
How about we figure out how to get that working (I have the template set different than the default template for PhocaDownload also).
If I shut off Joomla SEF the new template shows. But when I turn it on.... just the default template shows.

How do we go about figuring out PhocaDownload. I already went in and ticked what I thought should be on in the JoomSEF settings for the extension.
And I forgot to mention before, thanks for all this help.

Ok.

I've done those things.
What do I do next? All pages still show default template (I have both SEF settings on Joomla as still on).

Hello.

Recently purchased JoomSEF 4 because I read it was the best to deal with my situation - but I'm not sure how to set it up for what I need.

Info before JoomSEF Install:
I have a HikaShop installation that I want to have a separate template to be used for the store than the main site's template.

When I have SEF settings turned off (Search Engine Friendly URLs & Use URL rewriting), I have the ability to see the different template assigned to different menus (not just HikaShop).

However, when I turn on SEF settings, it just goes with the default template.

After JoomSEFT Install:
I changed all the functions, deleted SEF URLs, and everything I could think of - no go for any expected outcome.
I've tried to shutoff Joomla's SEF and try making a URL specific - didn't think it would work, and it didnt.


I'm confident that if I could get the URL issue resolved, I could get the HikaShop issue working fairly easily.
I'm sure it's something simple that I havent set up correctly. Please assist.


System Stats:
Joomla: 2.5.9
Server:
Apache version: 2.2.23
PHP version: 5.2.17
MySQL version: 5.5.30-log
Architecture: x86_64
Operating system: linux
JoomSEF: JoomSEF 4