How to get this Joomla Module to work correctly?

Question

I had to move/copy a site onto a different TLD. The only thing I did not manage to get it to work was a module used on the homepage to display the latest news.

This is how the site should look: http://www.sednagroup.it/ ... and this is how it looks: http://www.sednagroup.ro/

That sidebar with the image and excerpt. I can't get it to work. Here's the module if it helps:

<?php // no direct access
defined('_JEXEC') or die('Restricted access'); ?>
<ul class="latestnews<?php echo $params->get('moduleclass_sfx'); ?>">
<?php foreach ($list as $item) :  ?>
<li class="latestnews<?php echo $params->get('moduleclass_sfx'); ?>">
    <a href="<?php echo $item->link; ?>" class="latestnews<?php echo $params->get('moduleclass_sfx'); ?>">
        <?php echo $item->text; ?></a>
</li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

Answer 1

How did you move or copy it?

The new site ( .ro ) is showing the expected output from the code, ie the title of the article wrapped in a link to the article — in fact in looks like the standard module that ships with Joomla! 1.5.x. (I'll assume 1.5 as you haven't specified your Joomla! version).

The original site ( .it ) is showing additional content, probably the content before the " Read More " (if one exists).

Which probably means that a template module override for the module has been created or someone has changed the core module files ( bad idea by the way ). I would start by:

1. Looking for override files in the template/yourtemplate/ directory
2. If you can't find an override for mod_latestnews compare the .it modules/mod_latestnews/ with the same directory on .ro

Finally if you do find that core files have been hacked may I suggested that you actually duplicate the mod_latestnews and rename it to something like mod_latestnews_extended rather than hacking the core in your .ro site.