Am a Joomla novice. Created index.php, etc, categories, articles. But when I view on my local host (MAMP) only the index template appears, not the...

Hi,

My name is Aaron and I will be happy to help.

Could you send both the stock and custom templates to me at s**j@gmail.com

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Aaron

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I put the email in the first post - s**j@gmail.com

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Aaron

Hi,

So the problem is essentially that the 3 modules - mainImage, bannerHead and mainContent are not showing up?

Have you made sure to assign a module to your newly created module positions?

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

Also I have looked in your index.php file and you have got the following piece of code:

<div id="bannerHead">
     <h1>The Mount House</h1>
     <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/ <?php echo $this->template ?>/images/hhbb_banner.jpg" width="716" height="31" alt="Howardian-Hills-B-and-B">
     <jdoc:include type="modules" name="bannerHead" style="xhtml"/></div>

There is a space after the /templates/ part, you need to remove the space so it looks like this:

<div id="bannerHead">
     <h1>The Mount House</h1>
     <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/images/hhbb_banner.jpg" width="716" height="31" alt="Howardian-Hills-B-and-B">
     <jdoc:include type="modules" name="bannerHead" style="xhtml"/></div>

Then the image should show.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

Ok great, look forward to hearing back either way.

Some of the modules are registering as the nav is showing up etc...which implies the others may not be.

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Aaron

Hi,

Has it added the background image?

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Aaron

Edited by Moderator

Hi,

Sorry, pasted the code wrong...should have looked like this:

<div id="bannerHead">
     <h1>The Mount House</h1>
     <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template ?>/images/hhbb_banner.jpg" width="716" height="31" alt="Howardian-Hills-B-and-B">
     <jdoc:include type="modules" name="bannerHead" style="xhtml"/></div>

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Aaron

Once again i did it wrong - sorry not my day today.

Third time lucky:

<div id="bannerHead">
     <h1>The Mount House</h1>
     <img src="<?php echo $this->baseurl ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template; ?>/images/hhbb_banner.jpg" width="716" height="31" alt="Howardian-Hills-B-and-B">
     <jdoc:include type="modules" name="bannerHead" style="xhtml"/></div>

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

Yes I am in UK also!

Sorry that the thread went funny earlier - when you paste code you need to highlight it, and then click the button that has an icon 101010 and it should appear in the preview as a code extract and then won't break the thread.

Could you send the code again and do it that way?

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Aaron

Hi,

I have got this working perfectly now in a test install I have set up...see here:

http://79.170.44.96/ryanontheradio.com/joomla/

Is that how it is supposed to look?

I think your error will be incorrect module assignments. Are you on joomla 1.6, 1.7, 2.5?

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Aaron

Hi,

I have done the sample in Joomla 1.7 but they are not that differe

Hi,

That was supposed to say at the end that I will go through the steps one by one and write them down for you so you know how to do it.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

So you need to do the following:

• go to Extensions -> Module Manager
• click New to add a new one
• Select a module type, choose Custom HTML
• Type title, choose hide title, select the corresponding position (mainImage or mainContent)
• choose access public, choose ordering custom html, leave the rest of the settings as default

For the mainImage one:

• click image below the html editor box, upload the image and insert it into post
• under module assignment, choose only on the pages selected and then select all the pages you want that particular image on
• scroll to top and click save and close

For the mainContent one:

• type the text/html you want in this area
• under module assignment, choose only on the pages selected and then select all the pages you want that particular content to appear on
• scroll to top and click save and close

You can then repeat the process as needed.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

It is not really a work-around. It is two different ways to do exactly the same thing. I am sorry you aren't happy with this resolution of the problem.

Anyway have you added:

Where you want the content?

Also you are corrrect I am more familiar with wordpress than joomla, but I still have a lot of experience with joomla and php coding.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

Sorry, I am on holiday since yesterday, only have my phone (no laptop), and can't view the php file...so please bear with me.

If you add the code I just posted above to the index.php file, it should output the content.

I am still trying to help you, sometimes problems like this are not as easy to fix as 1,2,3.

Thanks,
Aaron

Hi,

Ok fantastic, sorry that my initial resolution was not ok for you.

Glad to hear it is fixed now.

Thanks,
Aaron