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[dbomans Friend dbomansJoin date: April 2014Posts: 8Downloads:9Uploads:0]

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Hi,

using the sample date of the JA Mero temaplte, an “item” titled “”Welcome to JA Mero” is displayed on the home page between positions 1-2-3 and positions 4-6-8.
Looking through all the modules created in the sample data, I can’t seem to find the one which is responsible for displaying this J-page. Can you please point me to the right one so I can reuse it to display other content on exactly the same position?

Kind regards,

Dirk

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#540652

I think you’ll find that is the main content and so will come from the menuitem. It will be an article or blog post.

Hope that helps

[dbomans Friend dbomansJoin date: April 2014Posts: 8Downloads:9Uploads:0]

#540659

indeed that helps… thanks a lot… the content comes from the main menu.
Question now remains which “position” it uses? “Message” or “component”? And how is that other position then used?

[swissa Friend swissaJoin date: November 2011Posts: 1955Downloads:7Uploads:277 Thanks: 175 Thanked: 717 times in 572 posts]

#540660

It’s “component”. And that always comes from menü items.

Message is used by Joomla to deliver system messages i.e. user name not known, etc etc. It is normally never used for modules etc.

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#540662

<em>@swissa 434562 wrote:</em><blockquote>It’s “component”. And that always comes from menü items.</blockquote>

Thx for the confirmation. So would you happen to know how to use the “message” position then or how it is used within the template?

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#540666

<em>@dbomans 434564 wrote:</em><blockquote>Thx for the confirmation. So would you happen to know how to use the “message” position then or how it is used within the template?</blockquote>

my advice would be to leave ‘message’ position alone as it is used by Joomla to show warnings, confirmations, etc. Don’t use it.

If you want to add a new position, it’s really quite easy to do. Documentation to build a new position is HERE.

Hope that helps

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