Module Basics: Putting custom HTML content on the sideblocks

Written by Chette Soriano

Mambo allows you to easily include custom HTML content on the sideblocks of your website. For example, if you want to put a donation button on the right column of your page.

The old way of doing this is by hard coding the custom HTML content on your template. This, however, would be a time-consuming process. Imagine if you just need to correct a misspelling, or if you simply want to temporarily hide this content from your users -- you would need to edit and manually upload your new template every time.


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Understanding Joomla Template - Styles _lost part

When a module is called in the index.php, it has several option on how it is displayed. The syntax is:
mosLoadModules('$position_name'[, $style] )

The $style is optional and can be 0, 1, -1, -2 or -3.

0 = (default display) Modules are displayed in a column. The following shows an example of the output:....

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Understanding joomla template design

Series this article
Joomla - Template: Understanding Basic Template (Part 1)
Joomla - Template: Understanding Module Position (Part 2)
Joomla - Template: My First Template (Part 3)
Joomla - Template: Activate Template (Part 4)
Joomla - Template: Creating Layout (part 5)
Joomla - Template: Using jdoc (part 6)
Joomla - Template: Using Parameters (Part 7)
Joomla - Template: Place Text (Part 8)
Joomla - Template: Creating Preview Thumbnail (Part 9)


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Easy way of creating Joomla Template - Tutorial

1. Conceptualize the design of your website

Before doing any template development, the first step is always to come up with the “look” of your website. I personally use Macromedia Fireworks (now Adobe Fireworks), or doodle on good ol' fashioned paper.

Use the graphics program you're most comfortable with. And yes, enough of this Photoshop vs. Illustrator vs. Fireworks debate.

As a general rule, make the mockup as simple as possible. Try to avoid designing mockups which require you to use complicated nested tables.

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