Questions tagged [module]
A Joomla module is an extension that offers certain functionality to a site, usually to present small pieces of information, in specified locations of the site (e.g. latest or popular articles), that is not supposed to serve as the main content, and is placed in the available module positions, around the component content output (e.g. sidebar, footer etc).
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Joomla 3.x extension development tutorial for a beginner developer
I worked extensively in Joomla 1.0.15 version and developed multiple extensions. Also, I continued my developed in Joomla 1.5.x
But, my developed discontinued after this release. Now, I want to start ...
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How to display module in component area
I often need to create a menu item that displays a module in the component area, without any other content.
The way I solve this is to create a new article, and add only {loadposition mymodule} in ...
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How to create page only with modules and no component?
In joomla, I need to link every page to a component view. How can I create a page with no component output on it?
Example : On my home page I only want a module output. For this, I can link the home ...
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Show/hide module title not working
I'm trying to hide the title of a module.
I have changed the admin setting but the title is still displayed in the front end. In the database, the showtitle field is set to 0.
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How to develop a Joomla module?
I've looked far and wide for a tutorial on this, but can't seem to find anything satisfactory. How do you make a new module for joomla?
Right now I'm using custom HTML modules all over my code, and ...
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What's the difference between JHtml:script() and $doc->addScript?
I developed a module recently that required certain JS and CSS files to be injected into the <head> of each page. Initially, I used:
$doc =& JFactory::getDocument();
$doc->addScript(JURI:...
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How can I control the module display on pages with no menu item?
I have asigned a module to pages according to their menu items in the module parameters but I would like to hide/show it on specific pages that don't have a menu item linking to them.
How do I ...
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Where to place code in Joomla modules
When developing a Joomla extension, are there any best practices, guidelines or recommendations regarding where to place the different parts of my code (PHP and HTML)?
I'm mostly thinking about the ...
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How do I allow direct access to my custom .php file in a Joomla Module to be consumed from AJAX?
This is my first time ever in PHP and my first time ever with Joomla. I come from a heavy non-Web C# / .Net background.
I have written a custom Joomla module that interacts with a third party ...
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Can anyone explain the tp=1 process?
Can someone please explain the process behind tp=1 for the mod positions preview ,
I found the module output which is called from templates/system/html/module.php
function modChrome_outline(...)
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Display module in multiple positions
Is it possible to display a module in multiple positions, preferably natively, or through a third party extension?
I know there are workarounds...
clone the module and change the position, however ...
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How do I generate a SEF URL in a custom module instead of the real URL?
In my module, this code is being used to generate the URL of the page:
JURI::base() . ContentHelperRoute::getArticleRoute( $article->id, $article->catid )
This works exaclty as it should and ...
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Custom menu get title of the active menu's parent item
I can get the title of the active menu using
$menu = &Jsite::getMenu();
$menuname = $menu->getActive()->title;
But how can I access it's parent title?
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Check if module is enabled
I'm currently trying to check if a specific module is enabled by using Joomla's JModuleHelper::isEnabled(), however the problem being is that it is always returning false, despite whether it is ...
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How to insert "php code" inside the .xml manifest file of a Joomla module?
I want at the fieldset of a joomla module to echo an option with some fetched results from my db:
<config>
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="basic">
<field>
<?php
$db ...
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Get full link from menu item field type
I am developing my own slideshow component and module for Joomla. The component is used to select the slides along with captions and links etc. The module shows the slides.
In the component, for each ...
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Get Value of Repeatable Field from Joomla XML manifest
repeatable - How to get values from this field type ?
I am coding a Free module with a repeatable field.
<field name="star_slides" type="Repeatable" icon="list" description="" label="Edit Your ...
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How to get module parameters inside helper function and how to get params inside a custom form field type?
Part 1:
How to get module parameters inside helper function?
I am trying to get the same module parameters inside the helper file.
class ModTestHelper
{
public function getFoo () {
return $...
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What are the module styles?
When I add a module statement in a joomla template, I always use this code :
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="left" style="xhtml" />
What does the style attribute stand for and what other ...
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Copying Joomla Menu Items and keeping Module assignements
Currently in Joomla 3.2, selecting "Save as copy" on a menu item copies the details but not the module assignments into a new menu item. (I believe module assignments were copied in Joomla 2.5)
Is ...
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What does "Prepare Content" do and when should it be used?
For some (all?) custom modules, under the options tab, there is a Prepare Content option.
What does it do?
When should it be used? (Conversely, when should it not be used?)
What's its impact on ...
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Module to show all articles with Tag and in a Category
I am trying to make a module to bring back all articles in a category "holidays" that have a tag of "cuba"
All the examples I can find are tag clouds or getting tags for the current article.
Does ...
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<customContent /> or <field type="editor">
I was interested to see the answer to this question which mentions the <customContent /> tag.
I'd never come across this before, and I'm struggling to find much information on it.
It does not ...
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Get all installed Joomla extensions and their version
I'm not really familiar with Joomla, but I need to write a script that is supposed to list all the installed extensions and their version number, if possible. I've already done this for WordPress, ...
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Available fields in Joomla XML manifest
When developing an extension, what are the form field types I can use in Joomla?
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Folder create when user register joomla website?
In my Joomla site my users can upload and download files (docs and pdfs). So I want to create a separate folder for each and every user in my server. When a user register on my website a folder is ...
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Make module titles linkable
I was searching the internet but without much luck. I need some way to make module titles linkable, and the only thing I found was on Gavick forum archive posted couple of years ago and file doesn't ...
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How to disable frontend editing on a specific module?
The frontend icon on the language switch module is really annoying. How could I disable the frontend editing for a specific module?
EDIT: I do need this icon for all the other modules, it just that ...
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How to add a WYSIWYG editor to my module
I'm developing a small Joomla plugin, but I can't figure out how to add a field that uses the normal Joomla article editor, and not only a text field. I have a field like this:
<field name="...
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How custom module chrome works?
I have some trouble with my module chrome.
If I rename the PHP modules.php in template/protostar/html to XXXmodules.php (or anything else, just to break the link), then all the pages on my website ...
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How to add category image to module mod_article_categories
How can I add the category image to the categories listed using the J3.3.1 core module mod_articles_categories?
I think I have to create a module override in template/my-template//html/...
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Using caching for module or component independently
Is it true that even if i enable module caching from module setting, module caching not works unless system cache plugin turned on?
I want to use cache per module/component from their settings not ...
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Show module only on the start page
I've made a finder plugin which creates router links to my component. If there is no menu link available (especially when the found item is in a subcategory) the route of the item in the finder plugin ...
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Is there a method to get a module by name and position?
JModuleHelper has 2 methods available with which you can load modules:
JModuleHelper::getModule();
which takes either a module name / title (e.g. 'Main Menu') or a module 'type' (e.g. mod_menu), and:...
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Default module layout not honoured in the admin (when adding a module)
I have noticed that with Joomla 3, any module that has more than one layout (in the tmpl folder), and in the .xml has a default layout chosen
example:
<field name="layout" type="modulelayout"
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Best way to call helper class function through ajax in module
I need to access helper class function through ajax request.
In JS file :-
var sbfootscores = {};
(function($){
sbfootscores.getTeams = function(competition_id){
$.ajax({
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How to pass, with a custom button, the selected items to a controller?
As seen in this question (Add a custom button to a core backend component), I've created a simple plugin that adds a custom button on the com_content component.
When I click on this button, the site ...
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How to modify article structure?
Sometimes, we need to customize the structure of Joomla! articles with custom fields in order to propose to users different textarea / input where he can enter datas such as date, location, text 1, ...
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Module parameters in main tab
When creating Joomla modules, I use something like this in my XML manifest file to add parameters:
<config>
<fields name="params">
<fieldset name="options" label="...
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Chrome problem: How to remove the div class=”custom” from a Joomla module
You might also find this question relevant if you are trying to solve "How to stop Joomla modules being wrapped in divs."
What's the PROBLEM?
When Including a module into Joomla, it gets wrapped in ...
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Get value from a repeatable field and use it in a module
I use the field type "repeatable" in a Joomla module I've created but I don't know how to get the values out of it and use it in the module's default.php to create the output.
My repeatable field:
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How to put divider images between menu items
I'm trying to modify the Joomla menu module, so that I can put divider images between every list item.
The thing is, that I don't want these to appear in the sub-menu's. How can I filter out what is ...
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override modules
Joomla 3.3 - beginner
I am creating my first template, and after installing it to be ready for testing. I accidentally clicked on "mod_login" in the "create override" under my template settings. and ...
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Create a table observer
I am trying to create a table observer in a module. I am using the Table Advanced API guide in the Joomla documentation https://docs.joomla.org/Table_Advanced_API_Guide. When I use the code provided, ...
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How to add CSS/JS/an Image to a module backend
I have long wondered how to change my admin particularly for my custom modules. For many cases using an XML file is fine and I can use the built-in Joomla! form fields.
In some cases, I'd like to ...
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Is there any equivalent event to onContentAfterSave for Modules?
Is there a way we can 'listen' to the module save event so that we can use a plugin to do some additional work. I found this question on stack overflow but I am confused as to where dispatcher will be ...
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How to add article image to module mod_article_categories?
I am using Articles - Categories module in my Joomla website (my custom template) and it works great, meaning that it lists all articles with intro text from the categories I want.
But it does not ...
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Hide Edit Module option in front-end for admin users
When an admin user is logged in, to the front-end of a Joomla 3 site, when he moves the mouse over modules or menus, an Edit Module icon / message appears inside a box. Clicking on it, will take the ...
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Adding ajax call in a module for Joomla 4
I'm trying to add an ajax call to Article Latest module.
I added the code below to /modules/mod_articles_latest/src/Helper/ArticlesLatestHelper.php
public static function getAjax()
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$data ...
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Getting CSS style to vary with different module instances
Edit: see the Update below for the current status of the problem.
I have a module that has to display a variable number of rows, based on how the user configures it in the back-end, and several ...
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