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Navigate to the Module Manager and press the "Administrator" link. To create a new Module, press the "New" button on the toolbar. To edit an existing Module, click on the Module Name or click on the Module's checkbox and press the Edit button on the toolbar.
This is where you will add new Modules or edit existing Modules for the back end of your Joomla! web site. When you install Joomla!, 16 built-in Modules are available for use in the back end of your web site.
Note that if you install one or more Joomla! Extensions, these Extensions may add new Administrator Module Types. In this case, your screen will show additional Types.
When the New button is pressed, the Module:[New] screen displays all of the Module Types available for new new Module. You can select the desired type either by clicking on the Module Name or by clicking on the Module's radio button and pressing the Next button on the toolbar. Note that you can cancel this action by pressing the Cancel button on the toolbar.
A standard Joomla! installation includes 16 Module Types. Each has it's own function and it's own Parameters, as described below.
The Type for this Module is "mod_menu". It has no Module Parameters.
Advanced Parameters
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The Type for this Module is "mod_submenu". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
The Type for this Module is "mod_custom". This Module is the same as the Custom HTML Module under Modules Site.
This Module allows you to show a news feed from an external web site. This is used to display the Joomla! Security Newsfeed panel in the Site → Control Panel, as shown in the example below:
Settings for Display in Admin CPanel:
Set Position to cpanel, set Order to 0, set feed url to http://feeds.joomla.org/JoomlaSecurityNews?format=xml, set RTL Feed = No, set Feed Title = yes, set Feed Description = No, set Feed Image = No, set Items = 10, set Item Description = No, set Word Count = 0
This Module is the same as the Feed Display Module under Modules Site.
This Module is the same as the Footer Module under Modules Site.
Module Parameters
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This Module is the same as the Latest News Module under Modules Site.
This Module displays a Username and Password Login form. It cannot be disabled. The Module Type name for this is "mod_login".
Module Parameters
This Module shows a count of users currently logged into the Joomla! back end. The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_online". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
The Type for this Module is "mod_popular". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_quickicon".
Module Paramters
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The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_title". It has a Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_toolbar". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
This Module displays the number of unread Private Messages and provides a button to navigate to the Tools → Read Messages screen. The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_unread". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
This Module shows the User Status icons. This includes a Preview button, a Logout button, and counts of Private Messages and current Users. An example is shown below.
The Module Type name for this Module is "mod_status". It has one Module Parameter called "Caching", which is always set to Never.
At the top right you will see the toolbar:
The functions are: