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#1089235

Hello,

note: this is a tutorial based in this [post](https://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/how-to-add-position-before-content/ by @ninja Lead

With this tutorial you will have a new joomla module position before content (before a single article, before category heading, etc…) and another position after content (after a single article, after a list of intro articles in category blog view, etc.) in purity III (and maybe in any t3-framework template), both position between the sidebar 1 and sidebar 2. (this is the difference with the other modules)

(see image attached "the_result.png )

note: This changes maybe will be lost when you update the template, so backup the files before updating and restore after

Position before Content (or "mainbody component", as t3-framework call it) will be named: before-component Position after Content (or "mainbody component", as t3-framework call it) will be named: after-component

Be carefull because there is already a module position called "After Content [after-content]". The module position “after-content” is directly loaded in article detail layout file. In file templates/purity_iii/html/com_content/article/default.php . So, it is not the same, because this position is loaded only in the article detail view.

So, begin:

• Open templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/mainbody.php file

Change:

// detect layout
if ($sidebar1 && $sidebar2) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/two-sidebar', array('sidebar1' => $sidebar1, 'sidebar2' => $sidebar2));
} elseif ($sidebar1) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/one-sidebar-left', array('sidebar' => $sidebar1));
} elseif ($sidebar2) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/one-sidebar-right', array('sidebar' => $sidebar2));
} else {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/no-sidebar');
}

To:

// detect layout
if ($sidebar1 && $sidebar2) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/two-sidebar', array('sidebar1' => $sidebar1, 'sidebar2' => $sidebar2, 'before-component' => 'before-component', 'after-component' => 'after-component'));
} elseif ($sidebar1) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/one-sidebar-left', array('sidebar' => $sidebar1, 'before-component' => 'before-component', 'after-component' => 'after-component'));
} elseif ($sidebar2) {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/one-sidebar-right', array('sidebar' => $sidebar2, 'before-component' => 'before-component', 'after-component' => 'after-component'));
} else {
    $this->loadBlock('mainbody/no-sidebar', array('before-component' => 'before-component', 'after-component' => 'after-component'));
}

Now, Purity III has several sidebar options: one sidebar left, one sidebar right, two sidebars, two sidebars left, etc. (see image attached "sidebar_options.png").

So, you have to edit the block or blocks files your are going to use in your template.

In this tutorial we are going to do it with the two-sidebar.php, one-sidebar-left and no-sidebar:

Open templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/mainbody/two-sidebar.php file

Change:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT  -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12 col-md-6  col-md-push-3">
            <?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

To:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12 col-md-6 col-md-push-3">
            <?php if ($this->countModules('before-component')) : ?>
                <!-- before-component -->
                    <div class="before-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('before-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('before-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //before-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
            <?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php if ($this->countModules('after-component')) : ?>
                <!-- after-component -->
                    <div class="after-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('after-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('after-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //after-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

Open templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/mainbody/one-sidebar-left.php file

Change:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-push-4 col-md-9 col-md-push-3">
            <?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

To:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12 col-sm-8 col-sm-push-4 col-md-9 col-md-push-3">
            <?php if ($this->countModules('before-component')) : ?>
                <!-- before-component -->
                    <div class="before-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('before-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('before-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //before-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
            <?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php if ($this->countModules('after-component')) : ?>
                <!-- after-component -->
                    <div class="after-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('after-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('after-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //after-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

Open templates/purity_iii/tpls/blocks/mainbody/no-sidebar.php file

Change:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12">
            <?php //if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php //endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

To:

        <!-- MAIN CONTENT -->
        <div id="t3-content" class="t3-content col-xs-12">
            <?php if ($this->countModules('before-component')) : ?>
                <!-- before-component -->
                    <div class="before-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('before-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('before-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //before-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
            <?php if($this->hasMessage()) : ?>
            <jdoc:include type="message" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php endif ?>
            <jdoc:include type="component" ></jdoc:include>
            <?php if ($this->countModules('after-component')) : ?>
                <!-- after-component -->
                    <div class="after-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('after-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('after-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //after-component -->
            <?php endif ?>
        </div>
        <!-- //MAIN CONTENT -->

Remember, if your are going to use "two sidebars left" or another one, you should edit it and insert these codes in a similar way as the rest:

            <?php if ($this->countModules('before-component')) : ?>
                <!-- before-component -->
                    <div class="before-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('before-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('before-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //before-component -->
            <?php endif ?>

            <?php if ($this->countModules('after-component')) : ?>
                <!-- after-component -->
                    <div class="after-component hidden-xs <?php $this->_c('after-component') ?>">
                    <jdoc:include type="modules" name="<?php $this->_p('after-component') ?>" style="raw" />
                    </div>
                <!-- //after-component -->
            <?php endif ?>

To the end:

Open templates/purity_iii/templateDetails.xml file

Change:

        <position>debug</position>

To:

        <position>debug</position>
        <position>before-component</position>
        <position>after-component</position>

Now, you should be able to select the positions created in your Joomla Module Manager.

Finally, -if you use this tutorial and doesn´t work, please post it. -if you use this tutorial and works ok, please post it too.

• This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by  sukinoz.
• This topic was modified 6 years, 3 months ago by  sukinoz.

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#1089361

Thanks for your sharing!

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#1089656

Note: Hide in extra-small devices is activated, so in phones the modules will disappear.

you should remove every "hidden-xs" from code to make it visible in phones.

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