Web designers

As a web designer you are concerned with the visual appearance and user functionality of a website. For example, you will want to know how to alter the visual style of an article but will usually not be concerned about the article content or how that content is entered and maintained. Your primary focus is the visitor experience. You will be knowledgeable about HTML and CSS but might have only rudimentary programming experience and so could need extra support when dealing with Javascript and PHP. Your knowledge of Joomla! itself may not be advanced as you may have to deal with a wide range of content management systems while working for a range of clients. You may be contracted to supply just a template or set of templates, or you may be asked to deliver a complete working website. You are likely to be increasingly concerned with issues of accessibility and will probably want to ensure that your designs pass various standard tests.

Recommended Reading

• Accessibility
• Creating clickable background images using CSS
• Jim Yuzwalk has contributed a useful introduction to Joomla templates (download the example template from here).
• Changing the site favicon
• Using Class Suffixes
• Using Firebug With Your Joomla Website   
• Understanding Output Overrides    
• Layout Overrides in Joomla 2.5   
• How are templates executed?
• How to determine if the user is viewing the front page
• jdoc statements
• Objects methods and properties available from your template - what you can do with $this
• How to cloak email addresses   

For more information, see Template Development.

Joomla Security Guide

Web designers should also be aware of security issues. Template:Security Guide

Tutorials

List of all articles belonging to the categories "Tutorials" AND "Templates"

Add text to an article using template overrides Adding JavaScript Adding stylesheets for other output devices Advanced topics Changing the site favicon Counting modules in a given module position Counting modules in multiple module positions Creating a CSS Drop down Menu

Creating a basic Joomla! template Creating clickable background images using CSS Creating rounded corners Customising the way modules are displayed Customizing the print pop-up Declaring module positions Getting Started with Templates Horizontal centering

How to override the output from the Joomla! core More advanced Joomla! templates Switching templates Switching templates Understanding Joomla! templates Using Class Suffixes

=FAQs

List of all articles belonging to the categories "FAQ" AND "Templates"

• How do I Remove Numbering on Section/Category Archive Page.