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[duchue Friend duchueJoin date: August 2007Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#127675

On the 1.0.x series we could add new module positions on the joomla installation via Template manager- module positions (total 50 places).

How can we do this in 1.5?

Thank!

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#245941

Yah, I’m not sure why the Joomla Developers decided to change it, but you now have to add the module positions within the templatedetails.xml

<positions>
<position>hornav</position>
<position>breadcrumbs</position>
<position>banner</position>
<position>left</position>
<position>right</position>
<position>top</position>
<position>search</position>
<position>topsl</position>
<position>user1</position>
<position>user2</position>
<position>user3</position>
<position>user4</position>
<position>user5</position>
<position>user6</position>
<position>user7</position>
<position>user8</position>
<position>user9</position>
<position>footer</position>
<position>syndicate</position>
<position>debug</position>
</positions>

Simply add another line(s) with <position>your module position</position> and place it in the order it will appear within the list.

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[ricdegre Friend ricdegreJoin date: June 2006Posts: 11Downloads:1Uploads:0]

#249085

I’m not sure, but when you create a new module on the position field you can writte the new position name and when you save is on your list, remember the position name have to be in your template too

[Hung Dinh Friend Hung DinhJoin date: September 2014Posts: 4408Downloads:11Uploads:189 Thanks: 309 Thanked: 3310 times in 3 posts]

#249093

You can double click on the module position area and type any position name you want. However, that position should be called via index.php page of your template or the module can’t display

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[houghtonpw Friend houghtonpwJoin date: January 2008Posts: 49Downloads:0Uploads:7 Thanks: 2 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#313124

is there a dummies guide to creating a new module position in Joomla 1.5
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[sfpkent Friend sfpkentJoin date: October 2008Posts: 829Downloads:0Uploads:100 Thanks: 310 Thanked: 75 times in 1 posts]

#326981

Thanks, it works perfectly.

[marrydavidson101 Friend marrydavidson101Join date: April 2010Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#338842

New users of Joomla tend to find template module positions confusing and possibly frustrating. Joomla 1.5 has improved the way templates work to ensure this is less confusing, however some users might still find it hard to add template positions to their templates. This article will attempt to clear the air about template module positions.
Module Positions

In the Joomla 1.5 Module Manager ( Extensions > Module Manager, you can assign your modules to a number of positions. As opposed to Joomla 1.0, where positions where defined at website level, the positions in Joomla 1.5 are defined per template. Thus the template positions problems is reduced, and responsibility is now with the template author to ensure that template positions defined in the template details file, actually exist in the template!

[marlon86obrien Friend marlon86obrienJoin date: April 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#338846

Thanks for this. Saved me a lot of time trying to figure it out.

[missyw Friend missywJoin date: May 2008Posts: 171Downloads:0Uploads:19 Thanks: 98 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#426675

<em>@houghtonpw 139298 wrote:</em><blockquote>is there a dummies guide to creating a new module position in Joomla 1.5
:)</blockquote>Joomlart have posted a helpful youtube clip here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXUVP-LwCXA

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