What makes up a joomla installation http://www.dart-creations.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:40:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/what-makes-up-a-joomla-installation.html#josc106 Can you explain a bit more how Polls are both a module and a component? Stan Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:29:48 +0100 http://www.dart-creations.com/joomla/joomla-tutorials/what-makes-up-a-joomla-installation.html#josc107 Stan, Joomla polls are actually components. However, besides being component, a polls module has also been written which can read/write the polls information. So the Polls functionality is made up of both a module and a component. There are a lot of Joomla extensions which offer certain functionality via modules. Remember that modules are not tied to the main body of the page, they can fit into any Joomla template position, unlike components which have to be displayed in the main body. This makes modules somewhat more flexible for certain things. Another good example of this is the Virtuemart component. Although there is a component for the Joomla shop, there are also a number of modules, which allow you to display such things as most recent products, or discounted products. Whilst the actual shop is part of the main body, the modules can be assigned to any position (e.g. left / right hand column) DART Creations Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:18:36 +0100