Understanding Joomla 1.5 Template Positions

New users of Joomla tend to find template module positions confusing and possibly frustrating. Joomla 1.5 has improved the way templates work to ensure this is less confusing, however some users might still find it hard to add template positions to their templates. This article will attempt to clear the air about template module positions.

In the Joomla 1.5 Module Manager ( Extensions > Module Manager, you can assign your modules to a number of positions. As opposed to Joomla 1.0, where positions where defined at website level, the positions in Joomla 1.5 are defined per template. Thus the template positions problems is reduced, and responsibility is now with the template author to ensure that template positions defined in the template details file, actually exist in the template!

If you require additional template positions, you would need to change your template to cater for the additional positions you need. Obviously, this requires knowledge of PHP, HTML and XML in order not to break your template.