Theme Joomla Tips and Advice

Duplicating and Displaying Joomla Modules

Due to some user client requests, here is a quick bit of Joomla 101, on how to duplicate and display Joomla modules. When you are in the module manager (backend administration), just select the module you wish to duplicate (like the latest news module for example) and then press the copy button (top right) to make a copy.

You can now assign your copied module to a different page and adjust the module parameters independently of the original module, allowing for 2 custom modules. The limit to this can be that the modules use the same code - so if you go and play with the code in the module, it will effect all displayed modules (copies and originals).

To make sure your module does show up in the front end of your site, just make sure the module is published and also published to a active module position in your template. If you do this and set the parameter "show titles" to yes - then even if your module is not functioning properly you should see the module title in the front end and be able to troubleshoot from there.

• Tags:
• Modules
• Tips
• Advice