Joomla - Footer Module

In this chapter, we will study the footer module in Joomla. The footer displays the Joomla license and website copyright information.

Footer Module

Following are the simple steps to edit an existing footer module in Joomla.

Step 1 − Click Extension → Module Manager in Joomla Admin. After clicking on Module Manager, you will get the following screen.

Step 2 − As shown in the screen above, click on the New button and the following screen will appear. Select module type as footer .

Step 3 − After clicking on the footer , the following footer screen is displayed.

By default, the Module tab is displayed . The Module tab displays Joomla copyright information.

Below is information about the function tabs displayed on the page.

• Title - Displays the title of the module.

Title - Displays the title of the module.

The following content is present on the right side of the module tab.

• Show Title - Displays the title of the module at the front.

• Position - selects the position of the module to display.

• Status - Displays the status of the article, such as Published, Unpublished, and Trash .

• Start Posting - Posting starts at the scheduled date and time.

• End Publishing - Ends the publication at the scheduled date and time.

• Access − It allows only selected users from the drop down list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special Options to view the items.

• Order - Displays a drop-down list of all modules present in the position.

• Language - defines the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options.

• Note. Used to enter text information.

Show Title - Displays the title of the module at the front.

Position - selects the position of the module to display.

Status - Displays the status of the article, such as Published, Unpublished, and Trash .

Start Posting - Posting starts at the scheduled date and time.

End Publishing - Ends the publication at the scheduled date and time.

Access − It allows only selected users from the drop down list such as Guest, Public, Super Users, Registered and Special Options to view the items.

Order - Displays a drop-down list of all modules present in the position.

Language - defines the language of the site. It provides either ALL or English (UK) options.

Note. Used to enter text information.

Step 4 − Click on Menu Assignment tab , you will get a screen as shown below.

• Module Destination - Select an option to view the item from the drop-down list, such as All Pages, No Pages, Only Selected Pages, or All Pages Except Selected .

• Menu selection - After selecting the option, only the selected pages or all pages except those selected will display all the menu items present in Joomla. This allows the module to be assigned to some rather than all pages.

Module Destination - Select an option to view the item from the drop-down list, such as All Pages, No Pages, Only Selected Pages, or All Pages Except Selected .

Menu selection - After selecting the option, only the selected pages or all pages except those selected will display all the menu items present in Joomla. This allows the module to be assigned to some rather than all pages.

Step 5 − Module Permissions tab shows three actions to choose from. It controls the module permission setting for user groups, as shown in the following screen.

See below for details on the feature tabs on the page.

• Delete - Allows users in the group to delete the content present in the footer.

• Edit - Allows users in the group to edit the content present in the footer.

• Edit State - Allows users in the group to change the state of the content in the footer.

Delete - Allows users in the group to delete the content present in the footer.

Edit - Allows users in the group to edit the content present in the footer.

Edit State - Allows users in the group to change the state of the content in the footer.

Step 6 − The Advanced tab is used to make advanced settings for the footer. The following screenshot shows the Advanced tab.

• Alternate Layout - Selects the layout to be used for this module, which you have already defined as one or more layouts for a module in a Joomla or template.

• Module Class Suffix - Setting this option causes Joomla to either add a new CSS class or change the existing CSS class for the div element for that particular module.

• Caching - Caching the contents of the module. Use Global is used to cache settings from the global configuration. Caching is not used, regardless of whether the contents of the module are cached or not.

• Cache time - Specify the time in minutes before the module is cached again.

• Module Tag - Specify the HTML tag for modules.

• Bootstrap Size - Choose the width of the module embedded in bootstrap.

• Header tag − Modules use HTML header tags.

• Header class − Additional CSS headers are added to the header of the module.

• Module Style - Overrides the template style for its position.

Alternate Layout - Selects the layout to be used for this module, which you have already defined as one or more layouts for a module in a Joomla or template.

Module Class Suffix - Setting this option causes Joomla to either add a new CSS class or change the existing CSS class for the div element for that particular module.

Caching - Caching the contents of the module. Use Global is used to cache settings from the global configuration. Caching is not used, regardless of whether the contents of the module are cached or not.

Cache time - Specify the time in minutes before the module is cached again.

Module Tag - Specify the HTML tag for modules.

Bootstrap Size - Choose the width of the module embedded in bootstrap.

Header tag − Modules use HTML header tags.

Header class − Additional CSS headers are added to the header of the module.

Module Style - Overrides the template style for its position.

Toolbar

Following are the details of the toolbar function tabs in the footer module.

Save - saves your modules.

Save and Close - Saves modules and closes the current screen.

Save & New - saves modules and opens a new module creation screen.

Cancel - cancel created modules in Joomla.