Overview

Extensions->Module Manager

Modules allow you to perform tasks in designated areas of your site. Modules can be displayed in various positions in your website and can be swithced on/off depending on which menu option has been selected (left, right, banner etc). Different templates have different available module positions. To see the positions for your temple select Extensions->template manager, click on the template name then click then click the preview button. The module position will be shown in small boxes in red text. You can also switch the module on/off depending if the user is public, registered or special user.

You may have different modules in the same position. Each module is placed horizontally beneath the previous module and you can control the order in which these modules appear.

Modules are assigned types which control how the module behaves. The type mod_banner, for example, allows you to display an advertising task.

Show modules

• Click Extensions->Module Manager

Enable / Disable a module

You can disable modules to stop them appearing on your site.

From the module list

• Click on the enabled tick / cross icon to toggle

During editing of the module

• Select Yes or No from the Enabled option

Module Access

You can use the Access level option to let Joomla! know which users can see the module. You can only pick one type of user (No multi select option)

• Public - Everyone
• Registered - Only users who have registered and logged into the site
• Special - Author's, Editor's, Publisher's, Manager's, Administrator's and Super Administrator's are classed as special users.

From the module list

• Click on the access level to toggle

During editing of the module

• Select option from the Access level listbox

Module Position

To Identify possible module positions

• Extensions->Template manager
• Click on template name
• Click Preview button

From the module list

• Click on the position to toggle

During editing of the module

• Select option from the Position listbox

Filter modules

Filter by listbox selection

You can use the filter options to the top right of the module manager to filter the list. If you only need to work on module which are displayed in the left position of your web site just select Left from the select position listbox. To remove the filer just select the select position entry.

Filter by keyword

To filter modules by keyword just enter the keyword and click the Filter button. To remove the filter click the Reset button. You can use both the listbox and keyword options at the same time. If you wanted to look for all module names containing the word advert which are displayed in the left column you would select the Left option from the Select position first then enter the word advert into the filter box then finally click the Filter button.

Duplicate a module

You can easily duplicate modules. If you wanted another advert you could simply copy an existing advert.

Select your module by ticking on the box to the left of the module name
Click copy

The new copy of the module will be placed next to the existing module you have just copied with the name Copy of exisitng module name. The module will be disabled by default.

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