How to use joomla templates. Documentation > Joomla Installing Joomla Template To install an exported and zipped template via the Joomla administration panel in Joomla 2.5 please do the following: Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Extension Manager In the "Extension Manager" choose the first option "Upload Package File" Click the "Choose...
" button to select the zip file from your computer Click the "Upload & Install" button Go to Extensions -> Template Manager Find the template in the list and put a star next to it Click the "Make Default" button. NOTE: If the name of the template you would like to install already exists, you should rename or delete the existing template before installing a new template with the identical name.
Such procedure is typical for Joomla. An old template cannot be replaced automatically with the new template with the same name. Actually, many servers use the default limit of 2 MB on the maximum file size. Click the "Import" button. Utilizing Menus. Use Joomla! on your own computer. It is very useful to be able to learn and experiment on your own machine.
The aim of this document is to help you to download a sample Joomla! Site to your own computer, known as a 'localhost' installation. It has some helpful sample content that allows you to become familiar with the way that a Joomla! Site is put together. You can also install an empty copy of Joomla! Who is it written for? Not everyone using this Manual will have enough experience to feel comfortable doing this. Know where to find files on your computer and be able to create foldersBe able to download something from a Web site and save it in an appropriate placeYou will not panic if you do not understand a concept! Experienced developers and people with programming experience will be fine.
If in doubt - follow the instructions and try it! Summary There are three basic stages in doing this:- Downloading and installing some software that Joomla! Download and install XAMPP Important note on versions of XAMPP. Before download. Copying a website from localhost to a remote host. When you are first trying out Joomla!
, it is often recommended that you install it on your local system. (e.g., "localhost"), for example with XAMPP, and get your site running locally. Eventually you may want to copy this site to your remote host. Fortunately, this is easy to do. This article assumes you have installed Joomla! Here are the steps: Create a Place on Your Remote Host to Install Joomla! If this is a new site, it will just be your home directory. Copy Files and Directories of Your Local Joomla Directory to the Remote Host You have two methods: Upload all files by FTP or Upload only a compressed file by FTP Upload all Files by FTP Normally, the easiest way to copy these files is using an FTP client program, such as Filezilla.
Select all files from directory localhost (with XAMPP, the directory will be xampp/www/directory) and upload to the remote host HTML directory for a domain, or to the remote host HTML subdirectory. Upload a Compressed File Creating an archive file In Joomla!