Overview

You can easily create any widget as a Joomla module in the available positions of your page.

 

Instructions

  • You need to be logged in front side as author or administrator.

  • In the current page, unlock the page edition : click on the NextGen Editor button visible on the left side of the screen.

  • In the NextGenEditor button in the left side, click on the “+” button.

  • Choose a NGE Widget. Drag and drop it in a position in the page.

  • The widget configuration windows opens. Set the content and options. Validate the window

  • the new widget is now visible in the position.

  • You can edit again the widget with its toolbar, and the “Configuration” button.

 

Operations

This functionnality is Joomla complient. When you drop a widget in a position, a Joomla module is created. The module type is “NextGen Editor”. You can manage this module in Joomla Backend, as any Joomla module.

In Backend, you can edit the widget. Go in the edit screen of the module. Go in the "Options" Tab, and click on the "Configure" button.

In Frontend, the toolbar displayed uppon the widget is the Widgets toolbar, even if it is also a Joomla module.