Disabling ItemLanguageFallback not working

Question

I want to use only FieldLanguageFallback and NOT ItemLanguageFallback.

I have a multisite configuration running with

enableFieldLanguageFallback=true

and with

enableItemLanguageFallback=false

on my site configs, I've set these settings and

enforceVersionPresence="true"

now I've created my site in German and I've taken a look into my English site where only some content is present in English and here the whole content is shown (mostly in German) also from content items that have NO Version in the English Language.

I thought, that Content would not show up when I have no version from a specific content item in this language and the item-level fallback would only be active when I have an Item version in this language?

So I have a lot content items like this:

but the related content is shown on the page in german.

The Settings for Language Fallback I've made on my site are right so far I can see but strange ist the following:

As you can see I've Version 1 but Versions Count = 0 how can this be?

Where can I see where the Version is resolved I get back here?

Answer 1

First of all. Items don't have versions, only field values do.

So enabling field level fallback does exactly what you would expect. Item level fallback is a virtual construct.

Secondly, what you're doing breaks with Sitecore's recommendation that state:

You should not use both item- and field-level fallback on the same item because it makes it difficult to maintain an overview of the versions that different items and fields fall back to.

Which is more or less exactly describing your current situation.

That said; the answer to your question - if you enable field level fallback, you will get fallback values for your field values; regardless of the item level fallback setting.

Source: Enable and set up language fallback