A more technical overview of Modules and Module placement.

A more lightweight and flexible Extension used for page rendering is a Module. Modules are used for small bits of the page that are generally less complex and able to be seen across different Components. To continue in our book analogy, a Module can be looked at as a footnote or header block, or perhaps an image/caption block that can be rendered on a particular page.

    Obviously you can have a footnote on any page but not all pages will have them. Footnotes also might appear regardless of which chapter you are reading. Similarly Modules can be rendered regardless of which Component you have loaded.

    Modules are like little mini-applets that can be placed anywhere on your site. They work in conjunction with Components in some cases and in others are complete stand alone snippets of code used to display some data from the database such as Articles (Newsflash) Modules are usually used to output data but they can also be interactive form items to input data for example the Login Module or Polls.

    Modules can be assigned to Module positions which are defined by your specific web-design.

Displaying Modules

    Each Module is assigned to a Module position on your site. If you wish it to display in two different locations just let us know where and how you want that module to be displayed. We can also set which Menu Items (and thus pages) a Module will display on, you can select all Menu Items or you can pick and choose.

Your Main Menu is a Module!