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=== How to switch templates ===
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To change the default Template for the Site (Front-end) or Administrator (Back-end), follow these steps:
===What is a template?===
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{{:To access the Template Manager|}}
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From here you manage your templates for Front-end and Back-end. The default view shows your installed Front-end templates.
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The actually default template for the Front-end is marked with a star, in the image below it is  rhuk_milkyway.
 
Change the default template to beez:
* click the radio button left from the template name to select it;
* click "Default" on the toolbar;
the star changed from rhuk_milkyway to beez and you are done.
 
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'''Assign more than one template for the Front-end'''
 
Joomla! gives you the possibility to switch between two ore more templates on Front-end. This will be done with "Menu Assignment", so you can set different templates for each menu or only a menu item.
 
Click on: Extensions -> Template Manager
 
You see your installed templates, now choose a template which is '''not''' set as your default one.
Click on the template name '''or''' hit the radio button left from template name and click "Edit" on the toolbar.
You now see the page "Template: [ Edit ]", click the radio button "Select from List" in the "Menu Assignment" block and choose the menu items on which the template will be shown.
Click "Save" on the toolbar and you´re done.
 
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Latest revision as of 18:22, 24 February 2014

This tutorial is for Joomla! CMS Version(s) Joomla 2.5 Joomla 3.1

What is a template?

A template is a type of Joomla! extension that changes the way your site looks. There are two types of templates used by the Joomla! CMS: Front-end Templates and Back-end Templates. The Front-end Template controls the way your website is presented to the user viewing the website's content. The Back-end Template controls the way your website's administrative tasks are presented for controlling management functions by a Joomla! Administrator. These would include common tasks such as: user, menu, article, category, module, component, plugin and template management.

See also: Component, Module, Plugin


Joomla! Versions

The Switching templates Tutorial is available in these versions:-
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