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- Removing a single module: click the trashcan icon on the right of the module's row.
- Removing a batch of modules: select the modules by checking the box on the left of their row, and then click the "Unhook the selection" button, found at the top and the bottom of the list of hooks.
Transplanting a module by modifying its code
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This is for experts only: you must have a good knowledge of PHP and HTML before attempting anything with the code of a module. |
Some modules cannot be transplanted into other sections of the front office simply because they lack the necessary code.
For example, the "Quick Search" block (/blocksearch) contains templates for both column display and header display, whereas the "Currencies" block (/blockcurrencies) only has one template file which only works with the header section. Likewise, the default "Featured Products" block (/homefeatured) can only be placed in the center content section of the main page.
If you want to display simple modules such as the "Currencies" block in a position for which it was not built, you will have to edit its template files.
More complex module, such as the "Featured" block, can also be made to be displayed in other sections of the page, but they might have to be partly rewritten in order to have their design work with that new location.
To customize the transplantation ability of a module, you must give it the correct PHP function for the new target hook. For example, the "Currency" block has this function:
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function hookTop($params) { ... } |
In order to transplant the "Currency" block into the right column, for instance, you need to add the hookRightColumn() function:
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function hookRightColumn($params) { ... } |
Afterward, you must write the code that displays the content on the front page. At best, that means copy/pasting the content of the hookTop() function; at worst, you need to rework the content of hookTop() function into something that will work for the new location.
Widgets
PrestaShop 1.7 has introduced a new system to hook modules: widgets. Thanks to widgets, a module can be used and transplanted to any display hook.
Widgets work with 1.7 modules only (for PrestaShop modules, their technical names start with "ps_"), and cannot be used on all the modules.