Basic Question about components/modules
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Okay this is a real basic question that I'm kind of hesitant to ask but I'm totally new to Joomla and still not clued up to what it can and can't do. I've had a look through some tutorials on the net but just don't seem to be catching on very quickly.
I installed a new component in my Joomla Administrator, the AJAX shoutbox, I managed to install both the component and the module to my admin backend and I can see the configuration modules in the components menu but I can't actually figure out how to add the component to one of my pages.
As well as installing the component and module I also added the following into the index.php
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/modules/mod_shoutbox_css.php" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/modules/fatAjax.php"></script>
From what I've been able to gather you create modules to place items on pages in the site, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to configure those modules to display the information that I want, for the most part I've been copying the default modules and trying to edit them, but I'm guessing there must be a way to take a blank module and configure it from scratch.
Thanks in advance for the help any and all tips are greatly appreciated.
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- James Spencer
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- phlux0r
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Christopher Seth wrote:
As well as installing the component and module I also added the following into the index.php
<link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/modules/mod_shoutbox_css.php" type="text/css" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="<?php echo $mosConfig_live_site;?>/modules/fatAjax.php"></script>
As James said, the Joomla manual will tell you the basics on how to install components and modules and enable them.
Just quickly to add to that, you don't need those includes in the index.php. In fact they are wrong and will only clutter your file.
When you install a module, you need to publish it in the Module Manager and assign it to an existing module position in your template.
When you install a component, you often need to go through it's configuration and set it up to your needs then, most of the time, it's simply a matter of creating a new menu item of type Component and choosing your installed component from the list.
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