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Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (22 chapters)
Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Time for action – creating a message block


To add a message block about the Ugly Art Exhibition on the home page, we'll add a new module of the Custom HTML type:

  1. Go to Extensions | Module Manager and click on New to create a new module.

  2. In the Select a Module Type screen, select Custom HTML.

  3. Enter Visit the Bad Art Museum for the Title.

  4. In the Position drop-down list, scroll to find a list of available positions for the current template, Protostar_copy. Select Right [position-7]. This will add the block to the right column of the current template. You'll learn more about finding out what positions are available in Chapter 11, Creating an Attractive Design – Working with Templates.

  5. Click on the Custom Output tab to enter any content the module block should contain. To insert an image, click on the Image button at the bottom of the editor. If you use the example files for this book, upload and insert the bam_logo.png image file. Make sure it's aligned to the left.

  6. Add some text. In this example...