module position

Module position is a placeholder in Joomla template.

Module position identifies one or several positions within the template and tells Joomla! application where to place output from modules assigned to a particular position.

Module positions are set positions dictated by the template developer when he developed the template.

Modules can be reordered in their assigned position using the Module Manager.

There are default Joomla module positions and template’s module positions.

For example, the module position Left could be defined to be on the left side of the template to display a site navigation menu. So if a module is assigned the Left position, it will be displayed wherever the designer puts that Left module position – not necessarily the left side of the page.

Usually template has Module positions map.

Module positions map allows to find out all available module positions in the template and their location on the page.

You can find more details about Module Position following this link.