- Published:
- September 27, 2008 – 1:19 am
- Author:
- By Dave
Adding a module position in a Joomla 1.5 template is not as easy as it was in the 1.0 templates. It is a two step process: 1. Add code to template PHP file. For example, this would go in the index.php file in the template folder – or if you are adding it in an include file. 12345<?php if ($this->countModules(‘user6′)) : ?> <div> <jdoc:include type="modules" name="user6" style="xhtml" /> </div> <?php endif; ?> 2. Add module name to templateDetails.xml You then need to tell Joomla which module positions are available in this template. If you don’t do this step, then Joomla will not present the module position when giving you the option of where to place a module. templateDetails.xml is in XML format. Within the 1<install> namespace, add this: 123<positions> <position>user6</position> </positions> If you already have positions listed, just add….
Categories: Code Samples,Configurations,Joomla,PHP
Tagged: design, HTML, Joomla, templates, XML
- Published:
- June 27, 2007 – 8:57 am
- Author:
- By Dave
Joomla! 1.0.12 appears to have a pathway bug. If you use a component other than com_frontpage for the “Home page” of Joomla – meaning the first link in mainmenu and the page that appears when you load the root of the Joomla! site – then when you click on an article you get a “Double pathway”, for example the pathway will state “Home > Home > Title of article”. The Home, or whatever you named this link, part will be duplicated. It isn’t a big problem but it does look unprofessional on your site! I looked for ages for a fix to this problem, and eventually found it but the site I can not find the site I originally downloaded this fix from. It is courtesy of Reinhard Hiebl – www.hieblmedia.de (whos site is in German, one reason why I’m saving it here). I thought I would throw it online….
Categories: Code Samples,Joomla,PHP,Webdesign
Tagged: PHP, Reinhard Hiebl, whos site, www.hieblmedia.de
