User's Manual
Chapter 7: Accessing Functions from the Back-end – Administrator
Joomla! 1.0.11 User Manual 130 Version 1.0.1.
ModuleManagerScreen
The management of the Modules is always done in the Administrator (Back-end)panel.
² Access: Select Modules > Site Modules.
The Module Manager Screen displays a list of the installed Site Modules.
Figure 114: Module Manager screen
Toolbar Buttons: Publish, Unpublish, Copy, Delete, Edit, and New are available.
The following information is displayed:
Column Name Details/Options
Module Name:
This is the title of the module. It is editable and will be displayed on the Front-end of your
Web site if you choose so.
Published:
This tells you if the module contents will show on the Front-end of your Web site. Click
the button to toggle the published/unpublished state.
Reorder:
This column allows you to change the relevant order that the modules display on the
Front-end of your Web page(s). Click the 'up' or 'down' arrows to increase or decrease
the module order by one position.
Order:
This shows the order of the modules as displayed in the Front-end of your web site. To
modify this order, type in the number that you would like to have them presented. Then,
click the Save Order button next to the Column Heading Order.
Access:
This shows who can see the modules on the Front-end of a Web page. Clicking the link
will toggle through Public/Registered/Special.
Position:
This shows which template positions the module will be displayed. Some common
Template positions are: User1, Left, Righting, and Top.
NOTE: You can only assign the module position to one that is already coded into your
template
Pages:
This shows on which pages the module will be displayed. Options include All, Varies or
None.
NOTE: This is not applicable to Administrator modules. Click on the Edit button in the
Toolbar to edit this.
ID:
This is the ID number for the module item. This is allocated by the Joomla! site system
when the module instance is saved.
Type:
This is the type of module. An example is mod_mainmenu, which is the 'type' of module
used for the User Menu and the Main Menu module instances.
At the bottom of the list, you may see a pagination feature, which will allow you to navigate to the
next set of modules in the list. You can also set the number of modules displayed on a page by
selecting the number in the drop down box at the bottom of the screen.