Blank Module
Now available with an integral selection of graphical backgrounds and Surrounds. This feature can be extended with an additional media package(free).
Take a look at the site media page for a selection of screenshots.
In addition to the main text area in the backend there are also several options to select a background colour and position your module accurately.
Module suffix parameter enables CSS styling option.
Includes localization for French/German as well as English.
This module places code properly.
There are input boxes for content to go to the module position and there is also one to place content in the section of the page.
In this case I would imagine that the user has placed a javascript snippet in the section for the section.
Some scripts do indeed go in that section. Many do not.
Those scripts would go in the area for html.
Wrongly placed scripts produce the result the reviewer describes.
This not just a feature of this product or Joomla but a feature of Javascript in general.
This module offers unrivalled flexibilty in an easy to use package.
If the reviewer would care to contact me I am sure that this simple issue can be easily resolved.
Most of the code the reviewer mentions is related to the optional use of graphics. If the graphics are switched off the extra code does not get rendered. There are very few if any other modules in this section which offer optional graphics so I feel this point is unfair.
Also I would ask the reviewer to bear in mind that modern internet speeds are much higher than they were just a few years ago and that additional lines of code have no real effect on loading times of a page.
I did some tests the home page of Joolma.org, this had a total load in excess of 500k and a clean install Joomla with the default scripts installed had a total load of in excess of 250k. The code which the reviewer mentions adds approx 2k per page per module. In short it is negligible. You can check this out at test sites such as pingdom.com
In addition I would point out that when I write code I do try to make it readable. It would be very easy to write code with very short single letter id and class names.
I like to think that I write code that is well presented in the true spirit of open source, meaning that the code is readable not just available.
I got my Google Voice icon on my web page post haste.
I'm new enough to Joomla to not completely understand why my icon is not appearing within the article I selected, rather than on the left side under the menu.
Is there a way to place your embedded script within an article?
If this is a novice question, then I've exposed my level of competence. :->
Thanks for the kind words of support.
The article feature is to enable article content in module positions. This enables people who are unused to writing html to use the module to place content in the left and right columns etc. Most templates have positions with names such as user1 or user2 or advert1 or advert2, which may be more appropriate for you rather than the default left position which you seem to be using
If you need help putting scripts in the main part of page email me at reply@blackdale.com