How to insert a module (jdoc?) into a com_content override

stealthify · **Joined:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:37 am **Posts:** 3

Hey there,
New to Joomla (just a few days), but so far I've been having a blast customizing it. Coming from a few other CMS' before, I was excited to see all the cool options Joomla has to offer.

After tinkering for a bit, I ran across my first question that I'd imagine there's a "best" or proper way to accomplish.

My goal is to add a module into a particular com_content's default.php override file on this custom template I'm working on. I recognize that the templates->my_custom_template->index.php makes use of JDOC's to call down and display modules and whatnot, but when I attempt to use a JDOC in my_custom_template->html->com_contact->contact->default.php (for example), it doesn't display.

I suspect this has to do with the way JDOC's are parsed and cached. So my question is: is there a more efficient or proper way to load a module on any of the html overrides?

A simple example:

Say I made a custom menu module containing a handful of external links and I *only* want it to display on the com_contact->contact->default.php page under the address, etc, but above the form. I also plan on using this module/menu of links on other pages down the road (hence the reason I made it a reusable module).

Now in the templates->my_custom_template->index.php file, I realize I could quite simply call it by doing the following:

Code:

<jdoc:include type="modules" name="contactsmenu" />

Is there a trick to getting jdoc's to work in the html default.php overrides, or is there another way to do this?

Appreciate the help, I feel Joomla has so much to offer, and tricks like this could come in handy!

sone12 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:27 pm

Quote:

Say I made a custom menu module containing a handful of external links and I *only* want it to display on the com_contact->contact->default.php page under the address, etc, but above the form. I also plan on using this module/menu of links on other pages down the road (hence the reason I made it a reusable module).

What about assigning the modules to the spesific menu items. See the module parameters on each module.

Another solution can be creating more modulepositions in your template, then use {loadeposition xxxx} in contents.

stealthify · **Joined:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:37 am **Posts:** 3

Hey Sone,
Thanks for the response! I love the idea of {loadposition xxx}, I experimented with that a little, but then I realized there has to be a better way to do this without giving the article author a chance to accidentally delete/forget to enter the {loadposition xxx} in the submission.

I guess I should be more specific about what I'm really trying to accomplish, I was trying to simplify it in the example above. But in actuality, I've altered the template for com_content->frontpage to be split up into multiple sections. Two editable sections to be exact: A Module, and the default content further below. For example:

Note: the header and footer are not actually part of the frontpage->default.php, but rather the templates->my_custom_template->index.php file.

Because Module #1 is surrounded by non-editable design elements (graphics that I've manually put in the com_content->frontpage->default.php file), I was hoping to be able to manually call modules from the actual com_content->frontpage->default.php file so that I can still edit the module from the admin area, yet still have it be separate from the display of blog articles further down the page.

I'm probably missing something extremely obvious :eek:

sone12 · **Posted:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 1:55 pm

Try this code...

Code:

// extra code to make this work
$style = -2; // set the style
$position = "left"; // set the position of the modules to be loaded
// end of extra code

   $document   = &JFactory::getDocument();
   $renderer   = $document->loadRenderer('module');
   $params      = array('style'=>$style);

   $contents = '';
   foreach (JModuleHelper::getModules($position) as $mod)  {
      $contents .= $renderer->render($mod, $params);
   }

// more extra code
    echo $contents; // do something with the module output

stealthify · **Joined:** Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:37 am **Posts:** 3

Exactly what I was looking for, worked great. Thank you Kristian!

Els · **Joined:** Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:33 pm **Posts:** 51

+1 Thank you Kristian!

I've been looking all over for a method to include modules in template overrides, this works perfectly :-)

VipArt · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2009 5:38 pm

Thank you very much! This was very useful

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