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[paul.necsoiu Friend paul.necsoiuJoin date: December 2009Posts: 25Downloads:0Uploads:4 Thanks: 3 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#161880

Hi,

Let me explain what I mean.

I created a new module position called “language” (for the language switcher module) in the header block.

But to see and select the module position when I set a module position I have to add the position name to the templateDetails.xml file.

And here comes the problem

If we then update jat3-blank-template we will lose these changes.

So here is my suggestion:

Please move this code
<positions>
<position>hornav</position>
<position>breadcrumbs</position>
<position>search</position>
<position>banner</position>
<position>left</position>
<position>right</position>
<position>top</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>user10</position>
<position>user11</position>
<position>footer</position>
<position>syndicate</position>
<position>debug</position>
<position>mega1</position>
<position>mega2</position>
<position>top-panel</position>
<position>language</position>
</positions>
from templateDetails.xml file to jat3-plugin/base_theme/default/info.xml file . In this way we can override the module positions in ower custom theme info.xml file.

Or if this option can not be achieved then maybe you can allow us somehow to override the entire templateDetails.xml file.

[Thanh Nguyen Viet Friend Thanh Nguyen VietJoin date: September 2014Posts: 1461Downloads:0Uploads:44 Thanked: 258 times in 217 posts]

#383186

Hi Paul Necsoiu,

I agree that it will be easier for users if all the module positions are declared before used. However, module positions are managed by Joomla and there’s no elsewhere to declare it except in templateDetails.xml.

We have a good news for you that we have plan to update our templates to provide more module positions and hope it should be enough for your use. However, if you need more module positions, you must manually update by yourself.

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