From this forum post
url format:
index.php?option=com_pi_pages_and_items&task=item&sub_task=new&pageId=888&item_type=custom_3&Itemid=63§ion=1&category=40&hide_select=1
version 1.4.6
file:
administrator/components/com_pi_pages_and_items/admin/item.php
line: 55
//check section access. don't check if from frontend, sections and category select will be filtered out
if(!$class_pi->check_section_access_by_pageid($page_id) && !$frontend){
change to
//check section access. don't check if from frontend, sections and category select will be filtered out
if(!$frontend){
if(!$class_pi->check_section_access_by_pageid($page_id)){
and add a } to close the extra if().
line 67 (or 80 after you did the above ;-)#
//get the section which the category belongs to
$class_pi->db->setQuery("SELECT id, section, name FROM #__categories WHERE id='$cat_id'");//name?
$rows = $class_pi->db->loadObjectList();
$row = $rows[0];
$section_id = $row->section;
}
change to
//get the section which the category belongs to
$class_pi->db->setQuery("SELECT id, section, name FROM #__categories WHERE id='$cat_id'");//name?
$rows = $class_pi->db->loadObjectList();
$row = $rows[0];
$section_id = $row->section;
}
//get category and section id from url
if($frontend){
$section_id = intval($class_pi->get_var('section', '' ));
$cat_id = intval($class_pi->get_var('category', '' ));
$hide_page_select = $class_pi->get_var('hide_select', '' );
}
line: 930
if($frontend){
$pi_sections_array = $class_pi->get_sections();
change to
if($frontend && !$hide_page_select){
$pi_sections_array = $class_pi->get_sections();
