Adding a module to a single page and setting it up to do/look as you want it is easy. But if you want after that to copy it to many other pages on your website then the trouble start! It means you will have to go through every single page you want to add the module and do the “add existing module“ process. This can be really time-consuming (and extremely boring!) especially on sites with many pages! Modulemaster is the easy solution to this problem!

Features:

• Copies (shadows) a module instance from a single page to multiple pages  
• Removes a module instance from multiple pages
• Just tick all the pages you want to manipulate from a list and everything is done for you in one click!
• Save's you loads of time especially on large scale sites - even more on multi-lingual sites!

What’s New?

Version 1.2:

• Copy Module Settings option: When you perform a copy of a module, this new feature forces all module instances to inherit the settings of the source module (i.e. the module that is being copied- shadowed). For example assume that you have a Link module where its “List Display Format” feature in settings area is set to “Horizontal”. If you select the “Copy Module Settings option” and perform a copy of the Link, all module instances that will arise will have the “List Display Format” feature set to “Horizontal” also.
• Confirmation on Removing modules:  When you perform a module removal you might accidently select to remove all module instances (source module including). In that case a confirmation box will appear, to prevent you from removing all modules by mistake.
• Add action to Log option: If you want your copy or removal actions to be kept in your portal’s log you can just select this option.
• Fixed problem with modulemaster not working properly when you used qualifiers on your DB.

Version 1.1:

• Copy to / Remove from other portals option: This feature allows you to copy /remove a module not only to pages of the current dnn portal (i.e. the one where the ModuleMaster is added to) but also in every other portal of your dnn installation, parent or child! All you have to do is just tick the corresponding option and select the portal you wish from the dropdown list. However is worth noticing here, that due to security reasons this option is  available to host users only
• Select ModuleOrder option: A module will be copied to the same pane of the new page as the one in the source page. However you are now able to select the order of the module in the pane.  There are 3 option available:
• Top: The copy of the module (shadow) will be placed at the top of the pane
• Bottom: The copy of the module will be placed at the bottom of the pane
• Default: The copy of the module keeps the same moduleorder value as the source module. This means that it will be placed relatively in the same order as the source module.
• Select All / Select None buttons: We have added a Select All and a Select None button that allows you with just one click to select or deselect all the pages off the portal in order to copy/remove a module to /from.
  

What is ModuleMaster?

With ModuleMaster you can copy/insert/remove a module to multiple pages very easily and save you a lot of time of doing this in the normal way (i.e. going to every page and doing that!).
ModuleMaster is a simple, flexible and intuitive module that allows you to create or remove multiple instances (shadows) of an existing module to/from any page of your portal.

Why you need ModuleMaster?

Assume that you want a dnn module to appear in some of your pages. Until now, there are two options. A) Manually insert the module in each page or B) insert the module automatically on all pages (e.g. by using the “Display Module On All Pages” option) and then delete the module from the pages that you don’t want to appear.

In addition assume that you want to remove a module from some pages. Likewise there are two options. A) Manually remove the module from the pages or B) uncheck the “Display Module On All Pages” option and then insert the module to the pages that you want to be visible.

It’s easy to see that both operations are time consuming especially in scenarios where lots of pages and modules are involved.

The solution: ModuleMaster!!!

By using ModuleMaster the creation or the removal of module instances to/ from any number of pages is only few clicks away.

Please note that for security reasons we have limited the  ModuleMaster use only to the administrator and host accounts of the website.

Module Copier

USE: Creates multiple instances (shadows) of an existing module to any number of pages

To copy (shadow) a module instance to multiple pages:

1. Select (if is not already selected) the “COPIER” tab from module’s menu
2. Select the page that contains the module that you want to be copied
3. Select the module to be copied (shadowed)
4. Tick the checkbox if you want to copy the module to a portal other than the current (i.e. other than the one where the ModuleMaster is added to). Then just select the portal from the dropdown list that will appear. Please note that due to security reasons this option will be available to host users only.
5. Tick the checkbox next to the pages that you want to copy the module to. Notice here that any pages that already contain the selected module will be grayed out and disabled.
6. Select where the module will be copied to. There are 3 options available: Top (i.e. at the top of the pane), Bottom (i.e. at the bottom of the pane) and Default (i.e. the module keeps the same moduleorder value and it will be placed relatively in the same order as the source module)
7. Tick the checkbox if you want all module instances that will arise to inherit the settings of the shadowed module.
8. Tick the checkbox if you want to record the copy event to your log.
9. Finally click the “Copy Module” button to perform the copy
10. A success (overview) message will be displayed in the results textbox

Please note that these are shadow copies of the module, which means that by changing one module instance (e.g. the text in a text/html module) all the instances of the module are changed. Also the module will be copied to the same pane of the new page as the one in the source page. So if the module is for example in the “leftPane” in the source page it will be copied to the “leftPane” of the target pages.

Module Remover

USE: Removes multiple instances (shadows) of an existing module from any number of pages.

To Remove module instances from multiple pages:

1. Select the “REMOVER” tab from module’s menu .
2. Select one page that contains the module that you want to be removed.
3. Select the module that you want to be removed .
4. Tick the checkbox if you want to remove the module from a portal other than the current (i.e. other than the one where the ModuleMaster is added to) and select the portal from the dropdown list that will appear. Please note that due to security reasons this option will be available to host users only.
5. Tick the checkbox next to each page that you want the module instance to be removed the module from. Only pages that contain the previously selected module are tickable (pages that don’t have this module are greyed out).
6. Tick the checkbox if you want to record the removal event to your log.
7. Finally click the “Remove Module” button to perform the removal.
8. A success (overview) message will be displayed in the results textbox.

Editions

• STANDARD EDITION - Licenced for use on a single DNN portal
• ENTERPRISE EDITION - Licenced for use on multiple DNN portals - best for companies with many sites and web developers/designers .
• Both versions include FREE future updates for all minor updates of this version!

Compatibility

• DNN 4.8.4 or later
• DNN 5.1 or later