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Template Management

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A template is a type of Joomla! extension that changes the way your site looks. There are two types of templates used by the Joomla! CMS: Front-end Templates and Back-end Templates. The Front-end Template controls the way your website is presented to the user viewing the website's content. The Back-end Template controls the way your website's administrative tasks are presented for controlling management functions by a Joomla! Administrator. These would include common tasks such as: user, menu, article, category, module, component, plugin and template management.

See also: Component, Module, Plugin

This page is only for Template Management.

Recommended Reading

Managing Templates

The following articles will help new users understand how Joomla! uses templates to display web pages.

• Getting Started with Templates - New to Joomla! users should start here!
• Templates supplied with Joomla! - List of Templates supplied with a standard Joomla! install.
• Installing a template - A easy to follow how to.
• Accessing the Template Manager - General reference
• Switching templates - Change your Joomla! template
• Template style    - Understanding Joomla! Template features

Migrating from Joomla! 1.5 to 3.x

There are differences in how Joomla! 1.5 templates work compared to Joomla! 3.x templates. Joomla! 1.5 templates must be upgraded to work with 3.x.

• Migrating a Template from Joomla 1.5 to 3.x

References

List of all articles belonging to the category "Template Reference" and may include some cross articles for Template Developers and Development.

• AJAX
• Access Template Manager Customisation
• Applying custom module chrome
• Changing the site favicon
• Core module-generated CSS
• DocType header for templates
• Editing a template with Template Manager
• Modifying a Joomla! Template
• Objects, methods and properties available from your template
• Recommended DocTypes
• Template reference material
• Typical template directory structure
• Using Firebug With Your Joomla Website
• What is the typical template directory structure?

FAQ

List of all articles belonging to the categories "Template FAQ" AND "Template Management"

• How do you assign a template to a specific page?
• How do you change the image(s) in your template?
• How do you choose secure extensions?
• How do you modify a template?
• What can you do with a template?
• What is a template?

Tutorials

List of all articles belonging to the categories "Tutorials" AND "Template Management"

• Getting Started with Templates
• Getting Started with Templates
• Installing a template
• Installing a template

Template Management Help Screens

Template Management Help Screens with Descriptions

Template Managment Help Screen	Version	Description
Extensions Template Manager Styles		To change the default Template for the Site (Front-end) or Administrator (Back-end), follow these steps:
Extensions Template Manager Styles Edit		This is where you edit template styles. When a template is first installed, a default style is created for it. The default style for the template will have the same name as the template with a - Default suffix. To make a different variation of the default template style, check the default style's checkbox and press the Duplicate icon in the toolbar. Then edit the duplicate.
Extensions Template Manager Templates		The Template Manager: Templates screen allows you to preview and edit templates which are installed in your Joomla! installation.
Extensions Template Manager Templates Edit		This is where you edit a template's source code. You can edit the template's master files and stylesheets from this screen.
Extensions Template Manager Templates Edit Source		This screen is where the source code of template files is edited. It provides a plain text interface to edit the template files. HTML and PHP programming syntax is highlighted to make the source code files easier to read.

Template Managment Help Screen	Version	Description
Extensions Template Manager Styles		The Template Manager: Styles screen allows you to manage template styles which you can then apply to your Joomla! installation. You can specify the default style to be applied to web pages in the public and administrator interfaces. You can also configure different styles for the various menu item web pages on your site. Styles allow to you have multiple different configurations of a template saved and then apply them on a site-wide or per-page basis.
Extensions Template Manager Styles Edit		This is where you edit a template's styles. When a template is first installed, a default style is created for it. The default style for the template will have the same name as the template with a - Default suffix. To make a different variation of the default template style, check the default style's checkbox and press the Duplicate icon in the toolbar. Then edit the duplicate.
Extensions Template Manager Templates		The Template Manager: Templates screen allows you to preview and edit templates which are installed in your Joomla! installation.
Extensions Template Manager Templates Edit		This is where you edit a template's source code. You can edit the template's master files and stylesheets from this screen.
Extensions Template Manager Templates Edit Source		This screen is where the source code of template files is edited. It provides a plain text interface to edit the template files. HTML, PHP and CSS programming syntax is highlighted to make the source code files easier to read.