http://www.dart-creations.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:45:43 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc221 How do you choose where is the pixel position of the new position? alex Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:49:47 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc222 Ideally this would be done via styles. Its difficult to just give an example of this, because its not something simple to explain. DART Creations Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:15:07 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc229 How can I place an ad like the one you have on this site just above the article \"Understanding Joomla 1.5 Template Positions\"? I\'ve been struggling with this for so long. Reading your article I now understand how to create a new module position. However, where do I find the place to paste the code you provide, in the index.php file? Thanks! Any kind of help would be appreciated. mark Mon, 10 Mar 2008 09:40:45 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc230 Mark, in this case we are using the Banner position of the template. Unfortunately, you\'ll need to understand how HTML works to know exactly where to put the code. I suggest you use some HTML program which allows you to visually see what changes you make, then experiment until you find the exact place to put it. DART Creations Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:23:48 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc288 Is there any correlation between the name attribute of the jdoc element/tag and the position name? adlinks Does this mean that \"adlinks\" is just another reference to where \"top\" is defined? Or that modules assigned to \"adlink\" will always be in the \"top\" position? Dennis Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:16:26 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc289 Yes there is a direct mapping between the positions defined, and the jdocs defined in the template\'s index file. That means that modules assigned to the adlinks position defined above, will be displayed instead of the jdoc include code. The name means absolutely nothing, it is only a logical \"tag\" to an HTML position tag. You only give the positions meaningful names such as left, right, top, banner, bottom, footer etc to make it easier for yourself when you are assigning modules to the defined position. DART Creations Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:54:56 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc325 Thanks for the clear and concise help. Leigh Tue, 15 Apr 2008 07:34:35 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc331 Which table stores this information? I have direct access to my database and i want to manually setup more positions so that i can change the template i\'m working on without having to keep re-installing it. Lerch2000 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:32:28 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc332 Lerch, as explained in the article above, the position information is stored in none of the tables. It is part of the template, specifically templateDetails.xml file. DART Creations Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:07:40 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc502 From your example for creating a new \'adlinks\' position, you add this to your html code (between some ): I just *cannot* see why you don\'t say \'name=\"adlinks\"\' there. What am I missing? Mark Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:01:27 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc503 ..without the pointy brackets this time: From your example for creating a new \'adlinks\' position, you add this to your html code (between some \'divs\'): jdoc:include type=\"modules\" name=\"top\" style=\"xhtml\" I just *cannot* see why you don\'t say \'name=\"adlinks\"\' there. What am I missing? Mark Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:03:15 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc551 Hi Mark, you are right. There was a slight missprint in the article which has been corrected. Thanks for attracting my attention to it. DART Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:08:29 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc610 Hello, I red the article, but unfortunately it didn\'t help me. The problem is that I have to add a mainmenu to my template\'s left side where it was not supposed to be at the beginning. I\'ve tried several codes at index.php and css and all I\'ve got was the standard \"left position\" and it breaks my template structure. Eventually I\'ve figured out that it must be placed further to the left (till the very end of the left side), like it\'s placed at your page. So the question arises, where and what do I have to add? Where exactly I have to change the horizontal and vertical position? in order to move the menu more to the left? please help me Ian Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:05:42 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc646 Excelente Dude! my problem is solved! Jedi Master Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:59:30 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc799 This is the best article I found on this subject ... ty, it cleared my mind I found out I was dealing with a broken template all along Mihai Sun, 31 Aug 2008 05:34:19 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc966 sir i am trying to include a module in my index.php file which is with the name say leftmenu and has menu items a,b,c.The position is adlinks ...how do i include it? mithalee Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:16:46 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1001 I did this and it worked but it is not centered - what is the code and where do i put to center the new module? tastetwist Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:11:04 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1002 This is an HTML problem, and depends on the HTML you will be using for the template. Typically I use DART Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:24:36 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1003 align=\"center\" DART Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:42:58 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1020 You can find what positions are defined in the index.php file of the template by going to www.yourjoomlasite.com/index.php?tp=1 Note that if the xml file does not have psitions defined and the index.php calls those positions they will still show up in the above pabe Ashwin Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:53:41 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1184 Hello, First, thank you for providing these tutorials/instructions. I am new to what I am doing but copied the files and tried to edit them for the module position I wanted to create. I get this error: XML Parsing Error at 84:23. Error 7: mismatched tag It shows under template manager and modules manager. I did not find in the template.xml file anything close to \"positions\". I looked at the Joomla default template file and the one I\'m working with and they only show: text. This must be my problem. I do not see a list of module positions as in your example. What must I do, please? Thanks again. Jhazzi Jhazzi Sun, 18 Jan 2009 15:32:47 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1190 Jhazzi, make sure you are using a Joomla 1.5 template. The positions tag should be found in templateDetails.xml If you are using a Joomla 1.0 template, we have another tutorial here: http://www.dart-creations.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=47 DART Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:28:57 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1191 Thanks for replying. I am using J1.5 and a J1.5 template. I am not even using the Legacy Mode so I believe a J1.0 template would not work at all. I opened all of the templateDetails.xml files for each template I have (2 by default on install and 2 that I uploaded) and none of them have these positions shown. All of them list filenames but not positions. Jhazzi Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:12:46 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1192 I\'m quite surprised at this. Can you tell me which templates you are using, so I can take a look at them and update you? DART Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:16:53 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1193 I can\'t help but believe I am overlooking the obvious because of your expertise. beez 1.0.0 19 February 2007 Angie Radtke/Robert Deutz JA_Purity 1.2.0 12/26/07 JoomlArt.com JA Sargas 1.4 15 Feb 2008 JoomlArt.com pwc-reka Default 1.0.0 12/2008 proWebCreative.com rhuk_milkyway As you can see, pwc-reka is the one set as my default. It has such limited modules. I have a developer account at JoomlaArt (a gift) and used the QuickStart install which uploads Joomla and the template in a single upload. My sister didn\'t like it so I chose the default which she likes but it limits me tremendously. I\'d love to add 3 module positions but have no idea until I came across your site. I am forever amazed and grateful at the generosity of total strangers since working with Joomla and phpbb3. I am greener than green at this but manage with people like you helping out. Thank you! Kind regards, Jhazzi Jhazzi Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:54:59 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1194 Well in rhuk_milkyway, the positions tags are definetely in the templateDetails.xml file! They are just after filenames, and before params. DART Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:01:47 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1195 I also found them in JA Purity but not the default or other ones. At least I know what they look like but what do I do now? Do I add them to my default template? (I will backup the site now as I\'m advanced in building it since yesterday.) My apologies. Jhazzi Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:35:31 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1196 Yes, add them to the template which you are using as default. DART Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:40:24 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1197 Thank you for your time and help. :) Jhazzi Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:43:45 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1247 Thanks for much for this write-up. It\'s been extremely helpful for a Joomla beginner like myself. I understood the concepts of modules and positions, even adding new modules via the templateDetails.xml file, but could not wrap my head around how to define new module positions. Now I realize it is just part of the styles (div, etc.) within the index\'s HTML. VERY HELPFUL! :woohoo: CB Tektoniq Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:42:15 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1248 Okay, it\'s me again. I added the positions I wanted to the templatedetails.xml file. Is that it? They do not show up when I do the ?tp=1 to see if they are defined. Must I add them somewhere else, too? Jhazzi Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:52:07 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1249 Okay, it\'s me again. I added the positions I wanted to the templatedetails.xml file. Is that it? They do not show up when I do the ?tp=1 to see if they are defined. Must I add them somewhere else, too? Jhazzi Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:53:10 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1251 You need to add the JDOC tag to the index.php file of your template too as explained in the article. DART Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:18:03 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1252 Thank you. This sounds ridiculous but this is the first time I\'ve seen any part of the article above \"Adding Module Positions\" section. I knew it seemed too simple because I could do that part. Jhazzi Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:31:32 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1271 any body can provide the complete diagram indicating positions of JA_Purity template. sameer Thu, 05 Feb 2009 11:06:24 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1276 Best is to ask at [url=http://www.joomlart.com/home.php?id=340_0_1_13]Joomlart[/url] DART Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:39:52 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1352 here is the dreaded free template i am using ( limited budget :confused: ) [url]http://www.prowebcreative.com/terms-of-use/58-free-joomla-music-template[/url] ihave read and reread your article ( very helpful!) and some others who say the same thing. but it truely seems that my template has no positions listed in the templatedetails.xml ( the only xml file in the zip ) the positions are found in the index.php file only! does ths mean i simpley need to load the positions into the index.php file? and could you tell me where i would need to place a jdoc tag to get a top content centered module like [url]jeejuh.com[/url] :woohoo: please be a hero! everett Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:01:28 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1359 Thanks for this great article. It solved my login problem. Some templates lack proper position definitions, like the one I\'m using. Easy enough to add. See http://www.gelono.com/en/joomla-templates/1.5/free/download/j15sitegroundj1512.html for more details. After that it is just a matter of adding in the index.php It is really easy. Just play around. Cheers, Fredrik Fred Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:23:34 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1360 You can add defintions yourself. Another possibility, correct the template yourself, it\'s fairly easy : Edit the file \"templateDetails.xml\" Add the following lines at the end of the file, juste before the closing tag : YourChoice1 YourChoice2 YourChoice3 Fred Sun, 22 Feb 2009 07:25:25 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1362 my template doesnt utilize the templatedetails.xml for positions. it seems all the jdoc positions are set by the css file and the index.php everett Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:00:46 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1363 Correct the CSS and index.php always control the locaction, however you said that templateDetails.xml didn\'t contain any position definitions. So my point is that they (the position definitions) are easy to add (they will appear in the postion drop down for each module in the Joomla admin interface) and then all you do is experiment with the CSS and index.php it is not that tricky, if you have a basix Css and php/hmtl understanding. Good luck Fred Sun, 22 Feb 2009 12:55:47 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1364 if my template is written in a way that the templatedetails.xml doesnt control the positions, then why would i add them there? wouldnt i just add them to the php and css files like all the other positions? everett Sun, 22 Feb 2009 13:50:51 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1383 templatedetails.xml does not control the positions in any way. It simply lists them and this list appears in the \'positions\' dropdown list when you edit a module in Joomla. This just makes it easier, especially if someone else is trying to alter the site. Dave Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:36:38 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1384 Ok, when I said it doesn\'t control them I lied. If you select a position from the dropdown, the module will appear in that position. What I mean is that what you put in the templatedetails.xml file will not affect the positions that are created on the site, just the menu in Joomla. Dave Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:45:07 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1387 Basically, adding the positions which exist in the index.php to the templatedetails.xml makes it \"easier\" to understand. DART Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:45:52 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1405 i have tried to edit my template xml, when i copy and paste it into a text editor and modify, it comes back un-readable. is there a free program i can use to edit xml? and by adding it to the template.xml, do i also have to add them into the php and css? cuz, i really have no idea how to do that. especially the css. i tried just adding a jdoc line into the index.php, it didnt break the template, and it added the position to my menu, but when i looked at the site live, the module wasnt there! is there a super blank template i can buy with ALL the positions in it? thanks so much everybody! everett Mon, 02 Mar 2009 23:46:48 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1524 Thank you for the article, It really helps !! :-D Anbu Fri, 20 Mar 2009 04:26:10 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1578 How can i create custom tag like in joomla. i want to use Krishna Bhattarai Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:47:47 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1582 i am using a ja_edenite template in my joomla 1.5, i want to use a banner between main navigation and menu other than given positions,but copmletely unable to do this. :( Plz help. sumera Mon, 30 Mar 2009 04:17:56 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1629 [quote=DART Creations]Yes there is a direct mapping between the positions defined, and the jdocs defined in the template\'s index file. That means that modules assigned to the adlinks position defined above, will be displayed instead of the jdoc include code. The name means absolutely nothing, it is only a logical "tag" to an HTML position tag. You only give the positions meaningful names such as left, right, top, banner, bottom, footer etc to make it easier for yourself when you are assigning modules to the defined position.[/quote] You can use J!Position for easy drag and drop modules. univo.alex Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:10:53 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1911 Great tutorial! I applied it on my website and it works :) Thanks so much. st_hart Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:10:32 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1962 Very helpful tutorial. It explained clearly what I couldn\'t figure out from a few others. Here\'s my question: I added a new position to my website called \"half-banner\". It\'s a banner position that is supposed to be at the top-right of my page. When I view the site normally, it does not show up. However, when I do ?tp=1 I can see the position and the banner module that is loaded in it. Any ideas on what I\'m doing wrong? The website is cwstaging.com Thanks in advance. Kevin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:52:03 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc1963 Doh! I just found my mistake. I forgot to rename the name to \"half-banner\" following \"countModules\" after I copied and pasted the jdoc code in index.php. Thanks again for a great tutorial. Kevin Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:59:42 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc2045 Your Adding Module Positions, seems to be working. Now how do I insert the Panoramic Image Viewer {bepiv}panorama/panorama.jpg{/bepiv}, into it? Nothing I do works. I\'ve tried making a article, but the adlinks isn\'t one of the options in the section dropdown, I tried making a Custom Module and insert the PIV call in the editing area provided. I can get it to work in an ordinary article on the front page with no problem, but not the in new adlinks position. The website: http://www.dintel.gov.do Hope someone can help. cobarde Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:06:10 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/joomla-1.5-template-positions.html#josc2046 I don\'t think you can use plugins within module positions in Joomla 1.5 DART Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:41:40 +0100