Joomla! 1.5: Installing, Creating, and Managing Modules

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In this recipe, we'll look at all aspects of a module.

How to do it...

Installing a Module

1. Login to your Administrator Console.
2. Click Extensions | Install/Uninstall.

   

   
   Once you are in here, you'll have a few options to choose from:
   
   There are three methods to install a module, in this section we'll focus on the first method. We'll examine the other two in a moment.

3. Click Browse... and find the file.
4. Click Upload File & Install.Once you successfully installed the module, Joomla! will indicate this with this message:

   

How it works...

Module installation is a very similar process to components. The Joomla! universal installer has made it very simple.

The installer will write the appropriate settings to the database and will copy the files down to their respective locations.

There's more...

There comes a time when you no longer need a module. Or you may wish to disable it or even create a new one that didn't exist before.

As modules are essentially very lightweight in nature, creating them and placing them is easy.

The next few recipes cover these items.

Deleting modules

There are two methods to delete a module.

METHOD 1:

1. Click Extensions | Install/Uninstall.
2. Click Modules.
3. Check the module you wish to delete.

   

4. Once you check the module(s) you wish to delete, click Uninstall in the upper right-hand side:

   

   
   Once you successfully uninstall the module, Joomla! will indicate this with this message:

   

METHOD 2:

1. Click Extensions | Module Manager.
2. Check the module you wish to delete.
3. Click Delete in the upper right-hand side, the key difference is the message: