Beginner's Guide

Figure 3: Joomla front page
POSITIONS
You must know, of course, at which point you can assign modules at all. For this purpose, each
template provides so-called positions. In order to see these positions you have to enable the Preview Module
Positions switch (Extension - Template Manager - Options). After that, you can access your website by using the
parameter tp=1 (http://localhost/index.php?tp=1). You'll see the emphasized module positions and their
names (Figure 4). In Extensions - Module Manager you can assign one of these positions to a module. If you
need the module at different positions, you may also copy it. Since Joomla 2.5 there is an easier way
added to the backend. You will see them by clicking on the icon that has now changed, next to the name
of the template in (Extension -7 Templates Manager) (Figure 5)
Joomla! 2.5 - Beginner’s Guide
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