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The "Positions" page displays all the available hooks and their attached modules. Many are empty by default, but some of the most useful ones can have a dozen of modules (the displayHeader hook has 33 modules by default).

At the top of the page, a drop-down menu enables you to only display the module in which you are interested. Alternatively, you can also search for a specific hook.
By default, this page only displays the hooks on which you can position functions. Checking the "Display non-positionable hooks" box below displays all the hooks, even those where you cannot position somethingthe invisible ones, that are linked to an action for an instance.

The header of the table for each hook displays the hook's name, a quick description (when available), and its number of attached modules. The table lists the modules that are attached to that hook.

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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

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:

function hookTop($params)   {   ...   } 

In order to transplant the "Currency" block into the right column, for instance, you need to add the hookRightColumn() function:

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.