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Home FAQs Starting with Joomla! What are positions?

Author(s):	Mcsmom	Experience level:	Beginner
Contributors:		Joomla! version:
Date added:	Thursday, 29 March 2007	Date last changed:	Wednesday, 23 May 2007

Site templates divides the "pages" displayed on a site into a series of positions, each with a different name.

You can view the location of positions in your default template from the administrator go to Site =>Preview=>Inline with Positions.

You can annotate your positions through the administrator (backend). Go to Site=>Template Manage=>Module Positions.

You can add or remove positions by modifying your template html.

You assign a module to a position using the module manager.

Modules=>Site Modules
On the left side of the page, on the third line, there is a drop down menu that lets you select the position.

Notes:
Modules that are not pubished will not display.
Modules can be assigned to unused positions (positions not in the template) if you want to have them published but not displayed in a position (for example, if you want to display a module in content).
Multiple modules may be assigned to the same position. They will be displayed in the order shown for modules in that position in the module manager.
If you want to display a module in more than one position, use the module manager to copy the module and assign the copy to the second position.
Last Updated Wednesday, 23 May 2007

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