So if a module is assigned the Left position, it will be displayed wherever the designer puts that Left module position - not necessarily the left side of the page. The template designer has complete control over module positions, creating variations between templates and the respective Joomla! default positions assigned to modules in the installation sample data.įor example, the module position Left could be defined to be on the left side of the template to display a site navigation menu. Placeholders identify one or several positions within the template and tell the Joomla! application where to place output from modules assigned to a particular position. See also: Component, Plugin, Template Learning More Module Positions Ī module position is a placeholder in a template. More information about module management can be found on the appropriate version help screens. Modules are managed in the Joomla! Administrator view by the Module Manager.

However, modules do not need to be linked to components they don't even need to be linked to anything and can be just static HTML or text. Some modules are linked to components: the “latest news” module, for example, links to the content component (com_content) and displays links to the newest content items.

Modules are assigned per menu item, so you can decide to show or hide (for example) the login module depending on which page (menu item) the user is currently on. A well-known example is the login module. These modules are often “boxes” arranged around a component on a typical page. Modules are lightweight and flexible extensions used for page rendering.

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