Joomla 2.5 mod_banners how to add additional templates?

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How can I add additional templates to mod_banners in j2.5? From the module configuration you can choose the template - which is just default.php by default.

I've tried adding my modified template to the tmpl folder but it doesnt appear in the drop down in the module parameters - can anyone shed any light? I want to use multiple templates so I have already modified tmpl/default.php

can you add the full file path and the file name of the new template? — David Fritsch
Hi, thanks for your comment. mod_banners is a standard module in joomla. My new template lives in root/modules/mod_banners/tmpl/my_template.php — Tom Dollar

David Fritsch David Fritsch · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-24T19:33:32

Your filename should be mytemplate.php. Joomla uses underscores to process templates and sub template files. The dropdown checks for files without an underscore and only shows those.

That form field uses the field type modulelayout. This core layout uses a regex to avoid names with underscores in them: ^[^_]*\.php$.

No underscore and you will be good to go.

Joomla 2.5 mod_banners how to add additional templates?

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