We know In Joomla! 1.5.x you would append ?tp=1 to the end of the URL to view your module positions. For security reasons, Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 change this behaviour and you no longer see the module positions by appending ?tp=1 to the end of the URL.

but if you don't know how to position the modules, that is really painful. If the template you want to use, does not come with a module map (module position documentation), you can trick it and find out yourself.

How you find the module positions in Joomla 1.7?

1. Login to the Joomla! backend.
2. Select Template Manager from the Extensions menu:
3. Click on the Options icon:
4. Click on the Enabled button of the Preview Module Positions entry.Then click on Save or Save & Close to save the change.
5. Observe that module positions are now visible on your Joomla! pages when you append ?tp=1 to the end of your URL, When you are done examining module positions, remember to set Preview Module Positions to Disabled.

A simple solution to make things easier for everybody would be to add a preview link next to the “choose position” button, this way it is much easier to find.

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