Add Additional Module Position in JA Purity Template
This tutorial will show how to add additional position for module in JA Purity Template. In this case will add above the main content.
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Add a Position for a Module Above Main Content
To add a new position for a module you need to edit two files, index.php and templateDetails.xml
Edit index.php
To edit index.php, go to Administrator page -> menu Extensions -> Template Manager. Choose JA_Purity -> click on Edit icon. Then click Edit HTML icon.
Go to line 172, find:
<jdoc:include type="component" />
Add code above it to add a new position. You can have different kinds of module style, here are the examples:
First example:
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="user6" />
The first style doesn’t have title in this style.
Second example:
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="user6" style="xhtml" />
It has a title but no styling.
Third example:
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="user6" style="jarounded" />
It has a title with styling.
So it become like this:
1 2 3 4 5 6 | <?php endif ; ?> <jdoc:include type="modules" name="user6"> <jdoc:include type="component" /> <?php if($this->countModules('banner')) : ?> |
Save it. Since you add a new position, for this example is user6, you need to edit templateDetails.xml.
Edit templateDetails.xml
To edit the file you need to browse folder on your web server. It is located in ja_purity template folder.
Go to tag
<positions>Add
<position>user6</position>
so it become like this:
1 2 3 4 5 | <position>user4</position> <position>user5</position> <position>user6</position> <position>footer</position> <position>syndicate</position> |
Add a Module to user6 Position
To see the result assign a module to user6, for example I use the Newsflash module.
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Thanks for the article!
I added a second top banner by putting the code: above line 158:
<div id=”ja-mainbody” class=”clearfix”>
looks great,
Thank you!
Jose
Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was very easy to follow and exactly what I needed to know.
Nice to help you
can you tell me how you have made this?
Hi
Thanks for the tutorial it was very useful although now I m facing a new issue.
I have created a banner but it’s positioned on the left how can I center it, I m not able to find place where to input the modification. Any idee
Thanks for you help
Julien
I need to add a Header position to a mod_flash module. Tried to adapt these instructions by using AND header, but it didn’t work. Anybody there to advise?
header
DOES NOT WORK!
Tried to show code I used here, but this comments field won’t let me do it. Sorry.
Lets just say I substituted the word “Header” in the relevant code positions. Does not work.
Sorry for the off-topic but could someone please tell me why the titles of modules published in the banner area have no title?? this is driving me nuts! of course they are enabled in the module properties.
Thank you. This is very helpful.
To Manual: Instead of adding a section, follow the directions in this post up to the point where you’re editing the html. Find the following line:
and change it to
My post didn’t print correctly. What I mean is, instead of adding a new section, modify the definition of the banner section by adding ‘style=”xhtml” to the definition.
thanks for your advice.
To get the titles to show you need to edit the template’s html file. Locate this line jdoc:include type=”modules” name=”banner” /> and add style=”xhtml” before the /?
Good work! Helped me to resolve my issue. Thanks and keep it going…..
Hi There,
I want to be able to add two modules side by side, any ideas on how to do that?
Many Thanks!
Great info, thanks for useful article. I’m waiting for more
Can you tell me how to add additional module position ja urani?
Thank you!