960 grid template addind positions

feldi;166118Hi,

the reason why i came to the forum is, that i’m very disapointed with another template supplier.
I bougt a template from another joomla template supplior and won’t get any help from there.
Proberbly i will switch from there to here with my next project. This forum seems to be living well and customers seem to get good and helpful answers.

I know that my chances to get help are not the same, because i bought the template i’m working with is not from joomlart, but i hope to get help here anyway.

My problem is that the template i bought has only a few positions (left, right, user1,user2,user3,user4). It is based on 960 grid and i need more positions to have more opportunities to add more modules there.

My question is how can i add more positions to my template?
I would be very glad it someone could help me.

with very kind regards

Feldi

Hi Feldi,

adding positions to a template is not very complicated (for an experienced developer), but it ain’t a few clicks process either.
It requires you to do several things. First, you need to insert a code in your template’s index.php which will call a module, something like this:

<jdoc:include type="modules" name="new_position" />
then, you need to shape your new_position in your template’s CSS, and in the end, you need to create an entry in your templateDetails.xml file (which is not really necessary, since you could just type the position in your module’s parameters in the backend), by inserting:

<position>new_position</position>
in the params.

The biggest problem you’ll have is not inserting those codes, but managing relation of your new module position with other positions, already existing in the template. Once you insert a new position, it might “push” other module positions in the areas you don’t want them to appear. You can solve this by a trial-and-error method, inserting the code and then adjusting other module positions in the CSS, or by carefully planning where can you insert the new position so it doesn’t mess with other positions. It all depends on where do you want it to appear.

Hope this helps 🙂