Search Parsing wrong itemid

[yerg]

I have modified 2 of the JA templates colours to give a public view and registered members view

What I'm having major issues with is that when I search as a registered member the search output page is ALWAYS shown in the public template.

Not only is the colour different but all the menus are wrong as are the modules.

Any ideas how to force J! to use a template over ride for the search component.

[yerg]

Had a suggestion given to me which highlighted that I'd not provided sufficient information

I've got the following files in /public_html/templates/memberstemplate/html/com_search/search

default.php
default_error.php
default_form.php
default_results.php

The template overrides works until the results page appears and that's when the "public template" default_results.php file is used.

It's in /public_html/templates/publictemplate/html/com_search/search directory and I've tagged it with some text to make sure I know were it's coming from. I thought it was coming from the public_html/components/com_search directory.

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I've tried making the "members template" the default ... this resolves the members issue but the "public search" now has no menu at all.

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I checked all the modules to ensure they are assigned correctly and all as they should be.

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More frustration but here goes

Here's the link to the search page via the menu - note the itemid in bold
index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=87

IF I search for xxx and click the search the ouput goes to this link - note the itemid in bold
index.php?searchword=xxx&ordering=newest&searchphr ase=all&areas[0]=content&Itemid=100010&option=com_search#content

This is where the search component changes the template

Itemid=87 is the registered users template menu id for the search component
Itemid=100010 is the public users template menu id for the search component

Why is J! changing the menu id on search?

How do I force J! to do as it's told

[yerg]

Ok I've found a resolution ... not a solution

Create a menu (called invisible) and assign it to a position not used
Create a menu link to the Search component ... same as the existing search in the registered menu/template.

Resolved ... why adding the second menu link to the search component resolves this I really don't know