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Asked: 2026-06-09T22:16:26+00:00

I’m trying to implement different layouts in Joomla. I’m using the Alias Name for

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I’m trying to implement different layouts in Joomla. I’m using the Alias Name for setting
different layouts for each page. I read an E-book about Joomla and there’s no another method to create different layouts and or set it in the Backend Panel.
I wanted to ask, is there be another method / way to set a different page from Backend Panel for each page ? I just want to make sure it’s possible in Joomla 1.5.

My Previous Method

// Get Alias Page
function getCurrentAlias(){
   $menu= &JSite::getMenu();
   $active= $menu->getActive();
   return $active->alias;
}

After getting the Alias page name, I used a conditional statement to get different content
for each page.

<-- Header Part -->
<-- Start Content Part -->
if( $pageName == "home" ){
   {{Content Home}}
}elseif( preg_match("#^(news).*$#", $pageName) ){
   {{Content News}}
}...etc
<-- End Content Part -->
<-- Footer Part -->
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  1. Editorial Team

    First, I wold recommend not using 1.5, it reaches end of life next month.

    however, if you are going to use 1.5, you are making it a lot harder than you need to. If you want to have significant structural differences from one page to another, you can install a template for each different structure you would like to use, then assign each template to the appropriate menu item. You would have to create menu items, even if they are in a hidden menu that is not displayed on the site.

    You can also control the structure of the page using CSS and collapsible module positions. Add this so you can set a page class suffix that adds an ID to the body tag of the page, making it easy to have page specific CSS:

    <?php
$menu = &JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
if (is_object( $active )) :
$params = new JParameter( $active->params );
$pageclass = $params->get( 'pageclass_sfx' );
endif;
?>

<body id="<?php echo $pageclass ? $pageclass : 'default'; ?>">

    Then for each of the module positions on the page, you can make them collapsible so they do not show up on the page if they are not being used:

    <?php if ($this->countModules('top')) : ?><div id="top"><jdoc:include type="modules" name="top" style="xhtml" /></div><?php endif; ?>

    So basically, if you don’t put any modules in the “top” position it never gets put on the page. Using these 2 items in combination you can control exactly how each page looks with a single template.

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