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Description¶

The list of Module types available allows you to create a new instance of any type. There may be multiple instances with different parameters.

How to Access¶

• Select Content → Site Modules or Administrator modules from the Administrator menu. Or...
• Select Modules from the Home Dashboard and then select Site or Administrator in the filter bar. Then...
  • Select the 'New' button in the Toolbar to create a new Module. Or...
  • Select a Module title in the Title column to edit that module.

For a New module there is a list of all Site or Administrator installed modules to choose from:

Select one to move on to the edit screen.

Screenshot¶

The Module Tab of a Module Edit screen is dependent on Module Type. The Breadcrumbs site module is illustrated here.

Form Fields¶

• Title. The Title for this item. This may or may not display on the page, depending on the parameter values you choose.

Module Tab¶

Left Panel¶

The content of the left panel depends on module type and is not covered here.

Right Panel¶

The right panel is common to all modules.

• Show Title. Whether or not to show the Module's Title.
• Position. Choose the module position you wish this module to be displayed in. A custom module position can be entered for use with the load position plugin or the position button can be pressed to select a module position from the template.
• Status. The published status of this item.
  • Published: Item is visible in the Frontend of the site.
  • Unpublished: Item is will not be visible to guests in the Frontend of the site. It may be visible to logged in users who have edit state permission for the item.
  • Archived: Item will no longer show on blog or list menu items.
  • Trashed: Item is deleted from the site but still in the database. It can be permanently deleted from the database with the Empty Trash function in Toolbar (see also Deleting an Article.
• Start Publishing. Date and time to start publishing. Use this field if you want to enter content ahead of time and then have it published automatically at a future time.
• Finish Publishing. Date and time to finish publishing. Use this field if you want to have content automatically changed to Unpublished state at a future time (for example, when it is no longer applicable).
• Access. Select the viewing access level for this item from the list box. The access levels that display will depend on the what has been set up for this site in Users → Access Levels. Note that access levels are separate from ACL permissions. Access levels control what a user can see. ACL permissions control what actions a user can perform.
• Ordering. You can change the order of an item within a list as follows:
  • If the list Filter Options include a Position filter select the desired Position. This will limit the list to items that are assigned to that Position.
  • Select the Ordering icon in the Table heading to make it the active ordering item. The ordering icons in each row will change from light grey to dark grey and the pointer will change to a drag arrow on hover.
  • Select one of the Ordering icons and drag it up or down to change the position of that row in the list. The items will display in the new order within the Position.
• Language. Select the language for this item. If you are not using the multi-language feature of Joomla, keep the default of 'All'.
• Note. This is normally for the site administrator's use (for example, to document information about this item) and does not show in the Frontend of the site.

Menu Assignment Tab¶

This tab view contains all the menu items configured in your Joomla! website. This will allow selection of where to show a module by content page associated with menu item.

Menu Assignment Tab - Module Assignment¶

• Module Assignment. Click for drop down choice of module assignment
• On all pages. Module will show on all pages in the selected module position.
• No pages. Module will not show on any pages in the selected module position.
• Only on the pages selected. Module will show only on pages in the selected module position as selected by menu item type(title). See Menu Selection below.
• On all pages except those selected. Module will show on all pages in the selected module position, except those selected by menu item type(title). See Menu Selection below.

Menu Assignment Tab - Menu Selection¶

• Menu Selection. This will only appear if the Only on pages selected or On all pages except those selected is chosen as the Module Assignment as detailed above.

To apply the module to a menu item's corresponding web page(title), check the box next to the menu item.

• Click the Select: All or None to toggle the selection of menu items.
• Click the Expand: All or None to toggle the tree view for selection of menu items.

Note: If a checkbox is grayed out and cannot be checked then it could be because the menu item is in use by another user. You can see if this is the case by going to the menu manager screen for the menu concerned. If there is a padlock symbol next to the menu item then it is currently in use by another user.

Advanced Tab¶

Permissions Tab¶

Toolbar¶

At the top of the page you will see the toolbar shown in the Screenshot above. The functions are:

• Save. Saves the user and stays in the current screen.
• Save & Close. Saves the user and closes the current screen.
• Save & New. Saves the user and keeps the editing screen open and ready to create another user.
• Save as Copy. Saves your changes to a copy of the current user. Does not affect the current user. This toolbar icon is not shown if you are creating a new user.
• Cancel. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made. Or
• Close. Closes the current screen and returns to the previous screen without saving any modifications you may have made.
• Help. Opens this help screen.