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View module positions on a Joomla site with ?tp=1

enbeeone3 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:51:25 +0000

So, you have a Joomla site, but you can’t seem to figure out what position a module is situated into on your site.

Maybe you are looking at template companies demo and want to understand how they layed it out? Perhaps you are just a snoop.
Well it’s easy peasy to do this. Just add ?tp=1 to the end of a Joomla url, preferably a non SEF url.
You will then be able to see all the published modules on that page.

Here are a few examples.

Remove the “Powered by Joomla” message on your site

enbeeone3 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:38:43 +0000

Easily one of the most asked questions in Joomla existence. This is probably one of the easiest ones to change as well.

While it is best to leave this message on your site as it helps spread the Joomla love, sometimes your clients do not want to partake in the love fest.

In Joomla 1.5.xx if you want to remove the footer, go to Extensions > Module Manager and unpublish the footer module. If you want to change the text, you need to get out your FTP client and do some changes.
Go to the language directory, go to the folder of the language you want to change, (in our case English), then find the mod_footer.ini. Search for “powered by” and change the text to whatever you want your text in the footer to be.

In some cases the template you are using might have it hard-coded in, or done differently. In this circumstance you should ask the developer of the template you are using.

Automatically change your footer copyright

enbeeone3 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:33:08 +0000

Another year passes by with all the usual fun and frivolity, however, Did you remember to change your Copyright on your website footer?

Chances are, this wasn’t too high on your list, and you might overlook it until somebody mentions it to you in May.
There is no reason to have to do this yearly maintenance if you don’t mind doing a little cut and pasting.

First, find where your copyright is inserted. In Joomla, it is generally at the bottom of the templates index.php file. Depending on the template, it may be in a different location. Your mileage may vary.

Now, we will simply change the 2009 date, to this bit of php code:
(Remove the space after the < and before the >)

< ?php echo date('Y');? >

So it looks like this now.

Pretty sweet right?