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Wednesday, 15 October 2008 13:52 |
Installing Templates
Templates are the part of Joomla that defines how website displays. It's the design of your site.
You can download many free templates or purchase professional ones. They will come in a zip package that you simply install under "Extensions" > "Install/Uninstall".
To manage your templates, go to "Extensions" > "Template Manager", and you can choose one template to be the default as well as define what pages will display alternative templates.
Modifying Templates
To modify your template, use an FTP program and a text editor (I use Dreamweaver for both) to edit the files within /templates/template_name/
That is the folder for the template. Within that there are 3 important files...
- index.php - This is the main php file that is used to display every page. Note the code used to define module positions.
- css/template.css - This is the main stylesheet for the site. Some templates vary on the location of this file or how many different files there are.
- templateDetails.xml - This file contains details about the template. The most important part of this file is managing the list of module positions that correspond with the ones that are in index.php. This xml file makes those positions show up in the "Position" dropdown in the admin area.
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 13 October 2008 06:41 |
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 13 October 2008 06:40 |
Installing Joomla can be a very fast and streamlined process after you have refined it over time. If it's your first time, you might not know where to start. Here, I'll give you the process that I follow when installing a new Joomla site on a Linux web server with root shell / SSH access.
- Setup your web hosting account, FTP, database, and DNS if you haven't already.
- Download the latest version of Joomla from joomla.org in zip format.
- Upload the zip file to your website.
- Shell into your server with a program like puTTY. (I always shell in as root with "su -" or "sudo su -")
- Run "cd /path/to/your/website/"
- Run "unzip Joomla....." (hit tab to fill in the rest of the filename)
- In your browser, go to your website. It should bring up the Installation Wizard. Follow the instructions. I never load sample data because it takes too long to delete all of it.
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