Edit images directly in your CMS. Now as a plugin for Joomla 1.5. - Picture Editor, GD, PHP, Open Source, GPL. How to Build a Joomla Template: Start to Finish. To begin, I am not even going to touch the inevitable flame war here.
Joomla vs WordPress vs... who cares? And frankly, neither should you. You wouldn't hammer a nail with a saw, would you? So let's bear in mind that every job requires the correct tool. That being said, this tutorial will demonstrate how to proceed from design to deployment of a complete Joomla template theme, including core override and template option parameters that you can use and abuse to your hearts content.