Frog CMS - Content Management Simplified | Frog CMS. The CMS Matrix - cmsmatrix.org - The Content Management Comparison Tool. Joomla 1.5 Tutorial: Create Basic Joomla Template. This tutorial will show you how to create a simple Joomla 1.5 template. You can get ideas how to create your new Joomla template from our Free Joomla templates gallery. How to create a basic Joomla 1.5 template? First, open the "templates" directory in your Joomla installation. Then create a subfolder in it named "tutorial_template". Inside your new directory, create a file called index.php, and another named templateDetails.xml. Those are the basic files that each Joomla template needs to function properly. Index.php - Specifies the available module positions and the path to your Stylesheet file.
TemplateDetails.xml - This is a system file that provides information about your template to the Joomla application; css/template.css - The stylesheet file of your template. Once you have done that, change the default template for your website to the newly created one. Now, let's take a detailed look on what each file should contain: The index.php file should start with: <! <! <? CMS Matrix - cmsmatrix.org - The Content Management Comparison Tool. Enquête : CMS Open Source, lequel choisir ? Pluxml.org - Blog ou Cms à l'Xml.