You're reading from Joomla! 3 Beginner's Guide Second Edition Build, develop, and manage a fully functioning, professional looking, and feature-rich website with the Joomla! CMS

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2014

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781783981502

Length 476 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

PHP

Tools

Joomla

Concepts

CMS

Author (1):

Eric Tiggeler

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Table of Contents (17) Chapters

Preface

1. A New and Easy Way to Build Websites

2. Getting Joomla! Up and Running FREE CHAPTER

3. First Steps – Getting to Know Joomla!

4. Web Building Basics – Creating a Site in an Hour

5. Small Sites, Big Sites – Organizing Your Content Effectively

6. Creating Killer Content – Adding and Editing Articles

7. Welcoming Your Visitors – Creating Attractive Home Pages and Overview Pages

8. Helping Your Visitors Find What They Want – Managing Menus

9. Opening Up the Site – Enabling Users to Log in and Contribute

10. Getting the Most out of Your Site – Extending Joomla!

11. Creating an Attractive Design – Working with Templates

12. Attracting Search Engine Traffic – SEO Tips and Techniques

A. Keeping the Site Secure

Choosing a web host that meets your security requirements

B. Creating a Multilingual Site

C. Pop Quiz Answers

Index

Chapter 11. Creating an Attractive Design – Working with Templates

You probably don't want to make websites that all look like typical Joomla sites. That's where templates come to the rescue, because Joomla allows you to install a different template in a few minutes, giving your site a fresh look and feel is really a breeze. There are hundreds of templates available on the Web, making it possible to apply any style imaginable to your site. Moreover, you can easily customize templates to meet your needs. If you're a Web building wizard yourself, you can create your own template from scratch.

In this chapter, we'll explore the power of templates further. You'll learn about the following topics:

Changing the settings of the default template
Applying different templates to different pages
Downloading and installing third-party templates
Customizing templates—tweaking CSS and HTML

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