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[metroarea Friend metroareaJoin date: March 2008Posts: 24Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 7 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#127025

Hi, All –

I would like to make the contents of the Latest News module more prominent by placing it in the Front Page module (body of the Home Page) instead of in one of the module positions around the perimeter. I am getting the impression that this cannot be done — or can it?

As an alternative, how can I make the font size larger in Latest News and change its color if I assign it to the Slide Show position.

Thank you for any help you can provide.

George

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#243448

You mean get same setup as if you look at JA-Teline? By using a module as frontpage and nothing else?

[metroarea Friend metroareaJoin date: March 2008Posts: 24Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 7 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#243461

Menalto,

I would like to use one Latest News module as the Front Page and nothing else. I looked at JA Teline; that looks like many module positions grouped in the middle of the page with a different Latest News attached to each one — not quite what I want.

Any thoughts? Thanks.

George

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#243471

Find this in the index.php file of the template:

<jdoc:include type="component" />
Replace it with this:

<?php
$m_intro = JParameter::def( "intro", 4 );
$m_leading = JParameter::def( "leading", 1 );
if ( !$tmpTools->isFrontPage() || $m_intro || $m_leading) {
?>
<jdoc:include type="component" />
<?php } ?>

<?php if ($this->countModules('ja-news')) { ?>
<div id="ja-newswrap">
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="ja-news" style="raw" />
</div>
<?php } ?>
This gives you a module position called ja-news, which you can use for a module on frontpage.
Remember to add this:

<position>ja-news</position>
into the templateDetails.xml file, Also follow the setup of the menu in the ja-teline forum.

2 users say Thank You to Menalto for this useful post

1. metroarea
2. timheel

[metroarea Friend metroareaJoin date: March 2008Posts: 24Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 7 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#243510

Thanks. I would never have been able to do this without your help!

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