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How to Find the Module Postions in a Joomla 2.5 Template

In Joomla 1.5, you could type ?tp=1 behind the url to find all the module positions of a template. In Joomla 2.5 however that doesn't work by default. An extra security feature has been added to safe guard that information. In this tutorial we will show you how to display the module positions of your template.

Let's get started!

Go to the Template Manager Options

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In your Administrative backend go to Extensions >> Template Manager >> Wait for the page to load >>Options

Enable Preview

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Set Preview Module Positions to Enabled

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Either Save & Close or Save

?tp=1

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Behind your domain root url, type ?tp=1 e.g. www.youtsite.com/tp=1

Hit enter.

Success

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You now have all your module positions for your template.

When you are done, you can go back through the process and disable the preview module positions option.

Comments

 
Pawel Frankowski
#1 Pawel Frankowski 2011-02-04 11:55

Nice, but I will add this Tip, to help user to see module positions much better: gavickmagazine.com/.../...
 
 
Tia
#2 Tia 2011-02-05 02:48

Looking forward to the full overview tutorial on Joomla 1.6

Pawel Frankowski, thanks for that really helpful tip. I was wondering how to do this.
 
 
Nick
#3 Nick 2011-02-06 03:54

Great tip, Pawel! :-)

I tested it out and it works great. I also tried using a simple line for the opacity, which also works well.

I wanted to test a few more things, but I'll try to add an advanced tip on Monday.

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
Nick
#4 Nick 2011-02-06 03:56

Hi Tia,

The full course for Joomla 1.6 is coming out soon, however in the mean time we released three overview videos worth checking out: ostraining.com/.../...

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
Nikola
#5 Nikola 2011-09-16 11:46

Great, lot's of help
thx, htx, htx
 
 
Nick
#6 Nick 2011-09-18 06:05

You're welcome, Nikola! :)

Kind regards,
Nick
 
 
lip420
#7 lip420 2012-10-04 16:59

Any reason that this would still not display? I have followed the above directions for 2.5.
 
 
labeeb
#8 labeeb 2012-11-15 16:26

very well explained
 
 
Raheel
#9 Raheel 2012-11-21 09:24

if preview mode in not available then
 
 
sivateja
#10 sivateja 2013-03-08 16:14

Thank u friend for good representation
 
 
hadyar
#11 hadyar 2013-04-17 09:51

thank you very much for this information
 

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