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Hello,<br />
<br />
I am new to Joomla and have a quick question.<br />
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When building a custom template do I just need to add:<br />
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&lt;?php<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if( mosCountModules( 'DESCRIPTIVE_TEXT' ) &gt;&nbsp;0 ) {<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;mosLoadModules( 'DESCRIPTIVE_TEXT', -### );<br />
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}<br />
?&gt;<br />
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wherever I want to have the option of sticking 'modules' so I can pick the area in the control panel?<br />
<br />
Thanks<br />

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Hello,

I am new to Joomla and have a quick question.

When building a custom template do I just need to add:

<?php
	if( mosCountModules( 'DESCRIPTIVE_TEXT' ) > 0 ) {
		mosLoadModules( 'DESCRIPTIVE_TEXT', -### );
	}
?>

wherever I want to have the option of sticking 'modules' so I can pick the area in the control panel?

Thanks


Joomla 1.6 custom templates

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