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[stephen77 Friend stephen77Join date: August 2008Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#132278

Can anyone help with renaming a module position ? In ja pollux the module position ‘top’ is actually bottom right of the layout.
It would be really helpful from an admin point of view if I could rename it say ‘botright’ but I can’t figure out how to do that.

[lcristian Friend lcristianJoin date: August 2008Posts: 174Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanked: 31 times in 26 posts]

#265649

It’s easy.
In backend of your site, Extensions –> Module Manager
Edit the one you want and give it the name you fancy.

[stephen77 Friend stephen77Join date: August 2008Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#265654

Thanks for the reply but I don’t think I can do it there.
It seems I can change the name of a ‘module’ there but not the name of a ‘module position’

[stephen77 Friend stephen77Join date: August 2008Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#265657

Figured it out so thought I’d post for anyone else that’s trying to do this:

Find the reference in the templateDetails.xml file
In this example:
<position>top</position>
rename it as required so
<position>botright</position>

Find the reference in your template’s index.php file
In this example
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”top” style=”xhtml” />
</div>
rename to match so
<jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”botright” style=”xhtml” />
</div>
Save both files to server and the new botright position should appear in your dropdown for available module positions

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