TOPIC: Positioning DT Reg Events list

I am having trouble trying to find documentation on positiong the event list on my page. I have seen a thread saying as its a component it is not positionable .
I have another module that allows a component to display in a module but it just
pushes the page wider ( Overflows )
I saw here ( http://www.unleashamazingyou.com/events.html )
that a current DT Reg user has it set in the right position .
My question is , How is that achieved ?
Anyone point me to the instructions
Cheers

Hi ismadman,

The module is what you're probably concerned with and it has a limited amount of movement within your site. Components aren't mobile. You'll want to look for the mod_dt_upcoming_event module in the Module Manager. Make sure it's enabled in the Extensions Manager (Extensions -> Install/Uninstall -> modules). The latest version I believe is 2.9.4.

Within the module's settings you've probably played around with "left", "right", and maybe even "top". In any of those columns you can control what order it is within that column (the lower the number, the higher its positioning). When you get back to the main list of modules on your site, you'll see the order of the modules (it's its own column). After you've gotten the numerical order sorted, click on the little disk icon at the top of the order column so it'll save the order and automagically renumber things so you don't have duplicate "1"s or "2"s.

If moving things around this way isn't enough for you, it's time to use a different template (at least temporarily in an attempt to see how the second template's differing widths affect what your site looks like).

If you can't/don't want to try using another template, then it's time to bust into the CSS files for the template you're using. A great source of information on this is the "How to customize the JA Purity template" tutorial that the Joomla folks have up. Just google it and you'll find the info. It's broken down very well. If it doesn't help you pinpoint where to change your existing template's CSS, you could always customize the JA Purity tempate (comes with every Joomla installation) to your needs.

Cheers,

-soccerbum

Thanks Soccerbum.
I am quite affluent in Webdesign and all things CSS
Problem I am having is positioning the component .
We are running a rockettheme template ( heavily modified )
But as stated before, the component is set to a certain area of your content area.
As components can't be situated like modules, I was wondering how http://www.unleashamazingyou.com/events.html got there component in the right hand side?
( My Module areas dont have left right or top , they are all overridden by Rockettheme module areas )

I can recreate this if I use say a user menu , But on our reg page I only have the main menu ( up the top )
So there is not going to be any float right etc
I need to know
HOW I PUT THE COMPONENT in a certain section of my module area
( Content Body )
AKA "right" ( In our case it would be utility B, which doesnt work as it holds the width of 100% and pushes all other modules up and down )
I Just want to have the reg list on the right hand side at 75% width so i can add info/modules besides it

heya ismadman,

Sounds like with this custom setup you've got going, you'll need to utilize a Firefox plug-in like Firebug ( http://getfirebug.com/ ) . I've used it in the past to do things exactly what you're asking. You can mouseover bits of the page and in a separate window it'll highlight the CSS, divs, and the like.

If you need help identifying stuff with it let me know, and I might have some time to lend a hand with it while waiting for my ticket here to be resolved.

-soccerbum
ps. Thanks for your offer btw. Had a response back and am awaiting another back...

Cheers soccerbum , I do use firebug ( Most important tool )
Still I can't add anything to the left of the component unless it is a menu
I don't need dt reg event list at 100% of my wrapper . I can change it through css but it still wount allow positioning of a module to the left or right . Only above or below
Its not a biggy right now but I'd really like to have that option .

Firebug's quite nice yeah?

You've probably already thought of this, but just in case you haven't gone through this exercise I'd recommend lowering the percentage or float on the CSS to make sure the component content is taking up 50% or less total, then attempt to see if the module content is truly only above or below or if it was being squeezed out by fuzzy CSS code/structure.

Failing that, again if you haven't already thought/tried this, you'd scan the Firebug output for the hook (div or some other indicator) that calls the module info and track it back to the php code. Unfortunately I can't be more specific being removed from the situation, but hopefully you'll know what I mean.

Bigger picture, yeah this is a messy way to go. It'd surely be nicer if there were some capacity to shuffle blocks of content around (a la the component output moving around like module output can be moved around).

-soccerbum