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[seelife Friend seelifeJoin date: October 2011Posts: 87Downloads:0Uploads:8 Thanks: 5 Thanked: 6 times in 1 posts]

#169451

Hi Folks, I have posted in Teline4 but would appreciate some quick help. Im running J1.5 & TeL4 installed from latest Quickstart. Its a redevelopment of existing sit’s etc. I am finding the JM sytem great, but my learning curve is vertical.
I want to add a new block to the Teline template just above the User6,7,8,9 area (a contanr area) and below the content mass.
I see in the template to add but not sure what else to do to activate, ie css, modules or whatever. I saw a thread on another template but cannot find it again. Is there a stepwise Tut to add a new block somewhere.
Thanks heaps & regards to all.

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#417693

Hi

Try to look at this guide

Maybe this can be helpful for your need

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#417735

Hi Pavit, thanks for that – I will try to read it – But like I said, Im literally days old with Joomla let alone T3.
I thought I saw a thread on this, but maybe it will not apply to TL4?
From what I see it cannot be hard, but I dont want to break too much in my trials 🙂
Thanks

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#417748

Hi – Im not sure if I am using the right terms – What I want is a new area for content that sits above the User6,7,8,9 and below the content-mass-bot. In that I will (I guess) create a new module that will hold eith custom content or article etc.
I have added a <block> in the template using the template manager and edited the default xml.
I have added a basic css code in the template css. But whatever I do, I cannot get it to display the content there.
Im missing something – Im just too new to Joom, TeL4 and T3 etc and would appreciate a little help.
Please can anyone assist?
Best regards

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#417763

Hi

Try in this manner in your default layout modify the layout as shown below

<blocks name="bottom" style="xhtml">
<block name="yourmodulename" type="modules" style="raw">yourmodulename</block>
<block name="botsl1" type="spotlight">user6,user7,user8,user9,user10</block>
<block name="botsl2" type="spotlight" special="left" specialwidth="66">user11,user12</block>
<block name="footer" type="footer" main-inner="1"></block>
</blocks>

Modify the templatedetails.xml file

<position>syndicate</position>
<position>debug</position>
<position>yourmodulename</position>
</positions>

Save and clear your T3 cache

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#417768

Sorry seelife

In the post above i mean you must have all the layout

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<layout name="desktop">
<!--Extra css load for this layout-->
<stylesheets>
</stylesheets>
<blocks name="top" style="xhtml">
<block name="absolute" type="modules" style="raw">absolute</block>
<block name="header" type="header"></block>
<block name="topmegamenu" type="topmega"></block>
<block name="mainnav" type="mainnav"></block>
<block name="topbar" type="topbar"></block>
<block name="cpanel" type="usertools/cpanel"></block>
<block name="slideshow" type="modules" style="raw">slideshow</block>
<block name="topsl1" type="spotlight" special="left" specialwidth="66">sl1-l,sl1-r</block>
<block name="topsl2" type="spotlight">user1,user2,user3,user4,user5</block>
</blocks>
<blocks name="middle" main-inner="1" colwidth="17">
<block name="content-top" style="raw">content-top</block>
<block name="content-bottom" style="raw">content-bot</block>
<block name="content-mass-top" style="raw" type="tabs">ja-news-1,ja-news-2,ja-news-3</block>
<block name="content-mass-bottom">content-mass-bot</block>
<block name="right-mass-top">col-mass-top</block>
<block name="right-mass-bottom">col-mass-bot</block>
<block name="inset1">left</block>
<block name="right1">right1</block>
<block name="right2">right2</block>
</blocks>
<blocks name="bottom" style="xhtml">
<block name="yourmodulename" type="modules" style="raw">yourmodulename</block>
<block name="botsl1" type="spotlight">user6,user7,user8,user9,user10</block>
<block name="botsl2" type="spotlight" special="left" specialwidth="66">user11,user12</block>
<block name="footer" type="footer" main-inner="1"></block>
</blocks>
</layout>

You must have this layout

Sorry for my fault

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#417788

Hi Pavit, that worked, perfect.
BTW, no problems with your instructions, I understood – but thank you for being so clear. Another quaestion, if I also want to “insert” a new module inside the content-mass-bot, so that it is the same with as the News area of TeL4, can I do the same thing?
Thanks for the tips.

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#417837

Hi seelife

If i understood well your question you cannot insert a module (as we have done with the previous post) in the content-mass-bot position

Please read this guide in the section Enabling mass positions

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#417847

Thanks Pavit. I think Im begining to understand how the framework works, your help was great.
Best regards

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