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Creating a copy of the MilkyWay template allows you to experiment with it without compromising the original.

• make a copy of the rhuk_milkyway folder and rename it
• edit templateDetails.xml to add your own details, remove the links to non existing files
  <filename>images/mw_box_blue_bl.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_box_blue_br.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_box_blue_tl.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_box_blue_tr.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_footer_blue_b_l.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_footer_blue_b_r.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_footer_blue_b.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_header_blue_t_l.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_header_blue_t_r.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_header_blue_t.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_menu_active_bg.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_shadow_blue_l.png</filename>
  <filename>images/mw_shadow_blue_r.png</filename>
  <filename>css/editor.css</filename>"
• add the <filename>images/mw_readon_rtl.png</filename> entry
• Perform a search and replace on all files WITHIN THE NEW FOLDER to replace "/rhuk_milkyway/" with "/your_templates_name/". This will update all links in all pages and CSS files
• Create an image with your logo, and save it into the images folder. Delete the mw_joomla_logo.png file
• open css/template.css > edit div#logo style updating the background: url to point to your file
• edit templateDetails.xml to replace the mw_joomla_logo.png file with yours.
• zip your template directory
• go to the extension manager, select the zipped directory and install the package
• assign the template, and preview!