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We get asked this question a lot at the website and we understand it can be confusing for people who are just getting started with using Joomla. This simple car analogy will help you understand the difference between the template, Joomla, extensions, plug-in and modules. The template is the car body and paint work which controls the visual presentation or look and feel of the website Joomla is the car engine which powers the website and allows you to create user accounts, setup menus, categories, add and publish text plus images and basically manage the overall website functionality via the Read more

To install the Joomla template you have downloaded from the website complete the following steps noted below. Joomla Template Installation Instructions Log into the Joomla administrator area of your website Select the Extensions menu and Extension Manager menu Select the Browse button and choose the template zip file located in the Joomla directory included in the zip file you have downloaded from the website to your computer Select the Upload & Install button 5. You will now see the following message to confirm you have successfully installed the template at your website.       How Do I Make The Read more

All the templates we have developed at the website for Joomla include support for a number of collapsible module positions which allows you to publish, position and display content at your website within the module positions you create at your website. Module usage examples You can use the module positions included in the template for the following. Built in default modules which comes supplied with Joomla including menus, latest news, user log in, search, RSS Feeds, news flash and much more. Third party extensions may come with modules which can be published to the module positions You can create custom Read more

We have tried to make the templates we have created at the website for Joomla as easy to use and customize as possible. One of the features we have included in the template control panel is a color customization tool which allows you to easily change almost every part of the designs color scheme using the easy to use built in color picker tool. The built in color picker tool gives you both the freedom and control to customize almost every part of the template color scheme to suit your exact needs. You don’t need to know CSS code or Read more

Assigning modules to specific pages or all pages is a great way to control where the module will appear at your Joomla site. For example a number of the templates we have created at the website make use of custom HTML module positions for the built-in slideshow. After you have created a custom HTML module for each slide you want to publish to the slideshow to can assign the slides included in the slideshow to all pages at the website or you can assign the slides to specific pages.   To assign a module to a menu item complete the Read more

This tutorial will guide you through including custom CSS code in the Joomla template you have downloaded at the website. Why would you add custom CSS code to the template You have downloaded a 3rd party module or extension and installed it at your website. The 3rd party module or extension may need some custom styles written for it so it fits in with the overall style of the template and renders correctly across the various browsers. It is easier to manage and update one CSS file with any custom changes you have made or may need to make in Read more

To update the footer copyright text which appears at the bottom of the template complete the following steps. The first step is to log into the Joomla administrator area of your website and create a custom HTML module. To create a custom HTML module select the Extensions menu and Module Manager menu. Now select the green new button to create the module. You will now see a number of options to choose from. Select the “Custom HTML This Module allows you to create your own HTML Module using a WYSIWYG editor” as show in the screen shot below. After you Read more

To change the log in and register buttons text which appears at the top of the template complete the following steps outlined in this document How do I change the log in button text Log into the Joomla administrator area of your website Select the Extensions menu and Module manager menu Open the log in module you have published to the loginform module position Change the title for module to the text you want to appear in the login button Show the title for the module Save the settings The button will now display the text you have entered into Read more

Google Analytics is a powerful reporting tool which you can use to understand where your web site traffic is coming from plus it will give you a better understanding about your web site visitors behavior and help you to make improvements at your Joomla site. Why should you use Google Analytics It’s free to use Provides you with detailed reports about where your traffic is coming from including demographics, technology used, visitors flow plus much more all of which can be easily accessed via the online reporting tool You can get a better understanding of your website visitor behavior patterns. Read more

All the template zip packages we have released at the website are structured in the following way to make it easy for you to quickly access all the information you need. Zip File Contents Joomla – The Joomla directory includes the template zip file for the latest version of Joomla Photoshop Files – This directory include the Adobe Photoshop PSD used to create the design Template Images – This directory includes all the images we have used for the design Template Install Guide – The directory includes a step by step installation guide which will guide you through installing and Read more

If you plan to include a number of images in the template slideshow which will be displayed on the home page or other pages at  your site we recommend you optimize / compress the images first to make the images smaller. Reducing the size of the JPEG images will make your website load faster and give your visitors a better user experience. Free Image Optimization Sites & Software The following websites are great for compressing JPEG files and can reduce the size of the image by up to 30% without loosing any image quality. We recommend visiting all the sites Read more

Many of the templates we have developed at the website make use of custom HTML modules which are great for displaying text or images inside the modules which you can create and publish at your website. IMPORTANT : For more information about setting up the custom HTML modules for the template read the installation guide. To create a custom HTML module complete the following steps Log into the Joomla administrator area of your website Select the Extensions menu and Module manager menu Select the New button to create a new module Select the Custom HTML option Setup the module position Read more

To unzip the zip package you have downloaded from the website onto your computer you will need to install some zip software. Most versions of Microsoft Windows will include support for unzipping zip files but if it does not then we recommend you download and install one of the following free zip applications. Winzip software Winrar software After you have successfully installed one of the above applications on your computer all you need to do is browse to the directory where you have downloaded the template zip package to and right click on the zip file and select the Extract Read more

If you have installed a template at your website and find the default Joomla contact form captcha is not working correctly complete the following steps to fix the issue. Open the FTP software installed on your computer Open a connection to your website via FTP Browse to the /templates/template-name/html/com_contact/ directory Change the template-name to the name of the template you have downloaded at the website Rename the /com_contact/ directory to /com_contact_old/ Joomla will now use the default contact form HTML over ride files for the web site and the captcha should now appear in the contact form. If you need Read more

This article will help you add a read more button which can appear under the text for the custom HTML module position you have created or under the caption text for the each slide you have created for the slideshow. The read more button is useful if you want to create a hyperlink from the read more button to a specific article at your website. Note: You can include any text you want in button. For example you can include the text  View More, Find Out More. Joomla Read More Instructions Log into the Joomla administrator area of your website Read more

The following will guide you through how to setup the top menu. The instructions show below for the top menu is to be used for all the templates we have released at the website for Joomla Log into the the Joomla administrator area of your website Select the Extensions menu and Module Manager menu Open the menu module you have created for the top menu to display the menu items Now setup the module as show in the screen shots below. Top Menu Settings The top menu uses the position-1 module position Show sub menu items is set to YES Read more

If you would like to increase the space of the template header height to include a larger site name image or slogan image then complete the following steps. Log into the administrator area of your website Select the Extensions menu and Template Manager menu Open the template you have installed at the website From the template control panel select the site name settings tab From here you can change the settings to adjust the height of the header area 6. To make the header area space larger just increase the number of PX (pixels) in the top handler height field. Read more

This document will talk you through how to setup the slideshow which is used in a number of the Joomla templates we have released at the site. Step 1: Create the new images for the slideshow The first step is to create new JPEG images on your computer for each slide you want to include in the slideshow. For example if you want to include four images in the slideshow then you will need to create four separate JPEG images. The images will also need to have different names. Example slide1, slide2, slide3 and slide4. We recommend you install one Read more

To uninstall a template you have installed at your Joomla site complete the following steps. Select the Extensions menu 2. Select the Manage button 3. On the left hand side you will see the option to filter by type which allows you to filter by component, module, plug-in, template and more. Choose the template option 4. You will now see a list of templates installed at your web site which you can uninstall. To uninstall one of the templates select the check box next to the design you want to delete and choose the Uninstall button.  

If you get the message there was an error uploading this file to the server when you attempt to install the template via your Joomla administrator area this is due to the upload_max_filesize and post_max_size PHP directives which your hosting provider has in place. A lot of shared hosting companies put a 2 MB restriction in place which stops files larger than 2 MB from getting uploaded to your web site. It is very easy to increase the upload max file size and post max file size from 2 MB to 8 MB or higher. How do I increase the Read more

If you get the error message cannot find XML setup file when you try and install the template for Joomla you need to unzip the template zip package you have downloaded from the website onto your computer. Once you have unzipped the file you will find a installation guide inside the zip file which includes instructions to guide you through setting up and installing the template. The reason why the error cannot find not find XML setup file appears is because Joomla can not find the TemplateDetails.xml file because you have not unzipped the package first. Also read the template zip Read more

After you have successfully installed the Joomla template you now need to assign it as the default template for the website. Joomla Instructions From your Joomla administrator area select the Extensions menu and Template Manager menu Select the check box next to the Joomla template you have installed Select the button Make Default