template coding problem

[xmanhattan]

I have managed to figure out many of the errors after experimenting and now have partial working template pages.

Questions:
Because the template positions have different names than the Nautilus installation, how or can I assign / create position names and if possible settings such as dimension using php?  e.g. The template positions have multiple blocks of above 4 times across.
If this is incorrect logically then maybe the next question is more correct.

How can a specific module be placed in the template?  e.g. under module position frontpage2 there is articles and popular articles.
Is there a way to display a module position but calling a specific module?  e.g.

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$eDoc->modules('frontpage2 articles');or does each module position have to be changed manually?

Can you provide an example of how to inject additional meta tag information?

Pls see this link for positions http://joomlafuture.com/2012-04-26-17-26-41

[datahell]

1. It is bad practice to use many custom module positions. Try use the standard ones especially in important positions.

2. You can automatically create these template positions during template install. All extensions, including template, may have an optional install.php file. Inside this file you can set the actions to be performed during install/update/uninstall. A brief presentation can be found in modules development guide.

To create a new module position during install put a code like the one below inside your "install" method.

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public function install() {
     elxisLoader::loadFile('includes/libraries/elxis/database/tables/tplpositions.db.php');
     $row = new tplpositionsDbTable();
     $row->position = 'youhoo';
     $row->description = 'Some description';
     $row->insert();
}
If you have more than 1 position use forceNew method and repeat:

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$row->forceNew(true);
$row->position = 'kookoo';
$row->description = 'Some description';
$row->insert();

$row->forceNew(true);
$row->position = 'baaboo';
$row->description = 'Some description';
$row->insert();
Examples on adding custom meta tags:

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$eDoc = eFactory::getDocument();
$eDoc->setMetaTag('owner', 'Ioannis Sannos');
$eDoc->setMetaTag('revisit-after', '30');
$eDoc->setMetaTag('refresh', '20', true);


[xmanhattan]

Thank you Datahell.