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[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#170755

Hi there,

Since I would like to have a clean teline 4 site without unnecessary plugins/components/modules, then I install a fresh joomla and install the template manually and then install each component, module, & plugin all manually. But when I follow the template config in forum, I can not find the magazine menu in the menu list. There is only one menu which is “main menu”. I try to find in the forum but still can not find it how to create the magazine menu style.

Need help how to create/showing up the magazine menu. Thank you so much.

[gray Friend grayJoin date: October 2009Posts: 957Downloads:0Uploads:17 Thanks: 28 Thanked: 292 times in 230 posts]

#424902

“magazine menu” is the name of menu group. You simply do not have it, you created only main menu (go to menu manager to create any other menu group).

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#424903

Thank you Gray. I get it. Anyway where is the menu module position should be placed?

[gray Friend grayJoin date: October 2009Posts: 957Downloads:0Uploads:17 Thanks: 28 Thanked: 292 times in 230 posts]

#424910

Module for the menu? You do not need it – it’s being generated by the template w/t module.

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1. bennychen

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#424995

Hello Gray, I have create a menu named ‘magazine’ and insert some item inside it, but still not showing up. Is this because I create the menu after install the teline 4 template? So the steps are create the menu first and then install the template?

Thank you so much for the help.

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#425002

So you created a new menu – which you have named “Magazine,” correct?

When you create a new menu, you are generally prompted to name the module as well – which then creates a module within your Module Manage – which you then publish and assign to a position accordingly.

Can you describe the exact steps you have taken and/or, perhaps, post a screenshot or two of how you have things configured?

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#425018

Hello Tom,

I just get it work now. I need to specify the menu in the template manager and it works 🙂
Anyway, I have a new problem now. I have install JA news frontpage module and enabled it. I have tried to switch each profile/theme of the module options, but I can not get it to looks like the teline 4 demo site. Anyway I am using the 1.7.3 version.

Thank you:)

Note: I can not find JA News Frontpage module in the 1.7 version. The file named ‘JA News Frontpage module’ is just in 1.6 version. What I get in the 1.7 version is JA News Featured module. I thought they are the same files right? Correct me if I’am wrong and let me know where I can download the correct one.

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#425019

When you installed your template originally, did you utilize the quickstart+sample data installation process?

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#425026

I have use the quickstart before with Joomla 1.6, and it works perfect and the looks same as demo. But I figure out that there are a lot of modules/component/plugin which seems not correlated with the teline 4 and I do not comfortable with them. Since I am afraid to delete them will causing problem, and also I would like to move to joomla 1.7, then I choose to make a clean install of joomla and install the template and modules manually. This will also help me to get more understand how it works. I hope JoomlArt would like to ‘clean up’ the quickstart from unnessesary modules/plugin/component in next template release. I just don’t comfortable with them. I prefer to install if I need, otherwise I prefer to uninstall it rather then just disable it.

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#425028

<em>@bennychen 283179 wrote:</em><blockquote>I hope JoomlArt would like to ‘clean up’ the quickstart from unnessesary modules/plugin/component in next template release. I just don’t comfortable with them. I prefer to install if I need, otherwise I prefer to uninstall it rather then just disable it.</blockquote>

Well, THIS[/url] explains my feelings on those issues.

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1. bennychen

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#425031

Wow..that’s great article 🙂
Actually, I have not much problem with quickstart. It helps alot to make an instant joomla site just like the demo. The problem is I found there are some plugins/modules/components which are not related to the template, and seems they are related to other template. Some modules even have ‘position’ which not exist in the template. So I think I will setup a new dummy site using the quickstart, so I can figure out what is the missing link between my configs and the quickstart’s configs. :-[

[bennychen Friend bennychenJoin date: March 2011Posts: 41Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 11 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#425037

I just get it works. I miss the class suffix again 🙂

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#425118

<em>@bennychen 283184 wrote:</em><blockquote>Wow..that’s great article 🙂
Actually, I have not much problem with quickstart. It helps alot to make an instant joomla site just like the demo. The problem is I found there are some plugins/modules/components which are not related to the template, and seems they are related to other template. Some modules even have ‘position’ which not exist in the template. So I think I will setup a new dummy site using the quickstart, so I can figure out what is the missing link between my configs and the quickstart’s configs. :-[</blockquote>

Actually, what I have seen from time to time – and I do not know why – is that although a certain position name does not initially appear within the position drop-down field within any given module configuration, if you know the position is supposed to be there (because it’s there in our demo), then what you can often do is type in the name of the position yourself (in the position field) and WHALLA … the position magically appears everywhere it’s supposed to.

Again, I am not certain why this “kick start” is needed … and it seems like a somewhat rare occurrence. Nevertheless, if you see this happen, then try the method above and see if that works.

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