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==Create Your New Custom Module==
To display some information on some or all pages, in say the left column, you can go to the Module Manager and create a New custom module.

In {{rarr|Administrator,Extensions,Modules}} select the ''New'' button. Then choose ''Custom''.

* Enter a title
* Choose to show or hide the title
* Select the module position
* Set the ''Status'' to ''Published''
* Switch to the ''Menu Assignment'' tab and designate the pages on which the module will be displayed

===Advanced Options===
Note that Module Class Suffix is a setting that will relate to your template. Refer to the template's documentation to use this parameter.

===Try It Out===
Put in a test module and see what you can achieve. Set Status to ''Unpublished'' to turn it off if you are not ready to display it to the world.

===Order of the Modules for a Position===
In {{rarr|Administrator,Extensions,Modules}}, restrict which modules you are looking at by choosing {{rarr|Search Tools,Select Position}}. Enable the drag and drop ordering tool by selecting the up and down arrows icon at the top of the far left column. You can now use your cursor to grab one of the first column icons to reorder the modules.

===Access===
You use this to control who can see a module. For example, the User Menu module might have the access set to ''Registered''. This means that this module is only seen when a registered user is logged in.

As a Super User, you can restrict the Access level to ''Special''. Then only you and the other Administrators will see a module when you are logged in on the front of the site.

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