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[richardrock Friend richardrockJoin date: September 2010Posts: 11Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 8]

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Hi all

I spent ages trawling through the wiki to try and get a better understanding of how the framework is structured so that I could add some new module positions to my site, but alas it was to no avail.

All I really want it do is add another row of 5 user modules (lets call them userA – userE) just below the user 1 – 5 positions in the top spotlight block.

I have absolutely no idea where to begin with this (apart from adding the position names to the templateDetails.xml file, as such any help at all would be much appreciated!

Thanks

[musicinme Friend musicinmeJoin date: September 2009Posts: 70Downloads:3Uploads:9 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 50 times in 23 posts]

#356851

Check this thread

http://www.joomlart.com/forums/topic/cusomization/

and let me know if you undersatnd anything. I sitill can’t figure out how it works. Black magic 😉

[dosch Friend doschJoin date: September 2010Posts: 6Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#357042

Hi,
richardrock, did you manage to add your position module?
I followed the tuto in the wiki but don’t manage to make it work!

any help?

thank’s

dosch

[musicinme Friend musicinmeJoin date: September 2009Posts: 70Downloads:3Uploads:9 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 50 times in 23 posts]

#357117

Hi richardrock.

I think I got it.

Open templateDetails.xml and add new positions. Let say a copy of users1 to 5 called user1a, user2a ad so on:

<position>user1a</position>
<position>user2a</position>
<position>user3a</position>
<position>user4a</position>
<position>user5a</position>

Then go to admin control panel of your template (JA T3 blank), click LAYOUTS tab and choos the layout you’d like to add new block. Let say DEFAULT.

Belove (or above as you like) line:

<block name="topsl" type="spotlight" main-inner="1">user1,user2,user3,user4,user5</block>

add new one:

<block name="topsla" type="spotlight" main-inner="1">user1a,user2a,user3a,user4a,user5a</block>

and save it. That’s all.

To quick look for new changes type in address bar:

http://www.YOUR-SITE.com/index.php?tp=1

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