Joomla template basics


















For and later, use the following version. Your best approach is to copy and paste this into your templateDetails. Leave the positions as they are - these are a common set so you will be able to switch easily from the standard templates. The index. The template works by adding Joomla code into module positions and the component section in your template. Anything added to the template will appear on all pages unless it is added to one of these sections via the Joomla CMS or customised code.

You should be aware that this will not work well in Internet Explorer 8 or earlier without a hack. You might want to investigate this situation and your clients' wishes before deciding on which doctype you want to use. However this is used in Joomla and higher. The third line begins our HTML document and describes what language the website is in.

A html document is divided into two parts, head and body. The head will contain the information about the document and the body will contain the website code which controls the layout.

The first line gets Joomla to put the correct header information in. This includes the page title, meta information as well as system JavaScript. The rest creates links to two system style sheets and to your own style sheet if it's named template. Amazingly, this will suffice! Yes, it's a very basic layout, but it will do the job. Everything else will be done by Joomla!. These lines, usually called jdoc statements , tell Joomla to include output from certain parts of the Joomla system.

Note: you will need to ensure your menu is set to go into the "top" module position. It goes in the centre of the template. Note: You can add your own module lines anywhere you want in the body, but you have to add a corresponding line to the templateDetails.

Every file which is added must have a line in the templateDetails. Find the template in the Template Manager, select it and click Default to make it the default template. In Joomla! Click Discover i. Note you can create your template outside of Joomla and simply install it like any regular extension. HINT: there are a couple of ways you can preview your index page as you put it together, either insert the styles into the head of the index page or directly link it to the style sheet you will be using temporarily.

You can remove these links before packaging the file. A directory with several loose files is not a convenient package for distribution. So the final step is to make a package. This is a compressed archive containing the directory structure and all the files. The package can be in ZIP format with a. It stores the files in AppleDouble format, adding extra files with names beginning with ".

Once a user logs in, the 'Login' menu item will no longer be displayed within the menu until that user logs out. In the Options tab you can further customise the login page and behavoiur. This includes options such as a redirect desination after login, login image and a login description.

Once installed a Joomla template resides in the template folder in the root of your Joomla installation. Joomla allows you edit or add to these files directly from within your Joomla administration. Firstly you must ensure that you have the appropriate permissions to access your template file editor. Permission to do so are normally reserved for users with Super User access. Presuming you have the correct permissions, you should be presented with a browser for your template files.

From the left column you can browse your template files and folders. Simply locate and click the file you wish to edit. This file will then be opened within the right panel. Presuming it is a text based file eg. Once you have made your amendments, click Save to apply your changes.

Other options available include renaming of files, creating new files and deleting files. You can manage folders using the Manage Folders option in the toolbar which include options to create and delete folders within your template. It is worth noting that any amendments to your template will be overwritten if you update your template. For this reason it is always a good idea to backup your template folder prior to updating. From time to time we make changes to our templates.

Either adding new features or amending an issue that has arisen with the template. In the following tutorial we will detail for you how to install the latest version of your template. Updating your Joomla51 template is a simple case of installing the latest install file of your template. To do so follow these few simple steps. Installing your new Joomla51 template or indeed any template is a quick an easy task and can be achieved within a few simple steps.

In this tutorial we will guide you through this process. Note that this process only installs the template. It does not install any content that might have been used to demonstrate the template on the template demo.

To create an exact copy of the template demo you must used the template Demo Installer bundled with your template download. Details of setting up the template demo installer can be found here.

There is times that you will wish to place a module inside one of your Joomla articles. There can be any number of reasons why you might want to do this.. One other instance that this can be particularly handy is that if you have certain content which is common to a large number of articles.

Placing this content inside a 'Custom HTML' module and loading this same module in to a number of articles allows you the option to edit this content within each of your articles by simply editing the corresponding 'Custom HTML' module.



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