How do you add a new module position in joomla template?

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How do you add a new module position in joomla template?

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Written by Kowshar 11 May 2010

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how to add new module position in joomla template

Sometimes we need to create a new module position in a joomla template. In this tutorial we will let you know how to add a new module position in an existing joomla template.

At first goto your template directory and open the index.php file of your desire template with any text editor, we recommend Notepad++.

Find the suitable position where you want to put the new module position. Like you want to add a new module position after "breadcrumb" in the rhuk_milkyway template.To do this, find the line in the file "<div id="whitebox">" and before that

line insert following code "<div id="mynewposition">

<jdoc:include type="modules" name="mynewposition" />
</div>" as shown below:

<div id="pathway">
 <jdoc:include type="modules" name="breadcrumb" />
</div>
 <div class="clr"></div>
<div id="mynewposition">
 <jdoc:include type="modules" name="mynewposition" />
 </div>

Now open the file "/templates/rhuk_milkyway/templateDetails.xml" for editing and find the "" section of the file. Add the new entry for "mynewposition" as shown below:

<positions>
 <position>breadcrumb</position>
 <position>left</position>
 <position>right</position>
 <position>top</position>
 <position>user1</position>
 <position>user2</position>
 <position>user3</position>
 <position>user4</position>
 <position>footer</position>
 <position>debug</position>
 <position>syndicate</position>
 <position>mynewposition</position>
</positions>