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How to have custom sidebar content per article in Joomla?

I'm in the process of porting an existing website to Joomla. Most pages of this website consist of a main content area and a sidebar containing additional items relating to the main content, such as (in-page) links, images, additional information, etc.

In Joomla, the main page content would probably be an article, but I'm not sure what would be the best way to create the sidebar content in Joomla.

Examples of pages-with-sidebar:
http://www.aikikan.nl/en_watisaikido
http://www.aikikan.nl/dojo?id=2

I'm creating a custom template for this website, so any solutions that require modifying the template are fine as well. What would be the best way to set this up?

+1  A: 

Keep the content of each sidebar in an article and then assign it to a module by means of the article-as-module extension. You can then control the scope for each module (i.e. choose menu postions for which it will be shown) in the admin interface.

silvo  2010-07-18 15:37:30
Thanks, the extension is just what I need! I had to figure out that it is possible to have more than 1 instance of an extension, but now it works great. Also, I have grouped the sidebar-content under a separate category, so that it is easy to find / manage.
Daan  2010-08-30 10:23:26

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