User:Rvsjoen/tutorial/Developing a Template/Part 05

Adding parameters

With your favorite editor, edit the following file

templateDetails.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<extension version="2.5" type="template" client="site">
	<name>TPL_HELLOWORLD</name>
        <creationDate>Once upon a time</creationDate>
        <author>John Doe</author>
        <authorEmail>john.doe@example.org</authorEmail>
        <authorUrl>http://www.example.org</authorUrl>
        <copyright>Copyright Info</copyright>
        <license>License Info</license>
	<version>0.0.1</version>
	<description>TPL_HELLOWORLD_XML_DESCRIPTION</description>
	<files>
		<filename>index.php</filename>
		<filename>templateDetails.xml</filename>
		<folder>css</folder>
		<folder>language</folder>
	</files>
	<positions>
		<position>header</position>
		<position>footer</position>
		<position>left</position>
	</positions>
	<config>
		<fields name="param">
			<fieldset name="advanced">
				<field 
					name="backgroundcolor" 
					type="text" 
					default="" 
					label="TPL_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_BACKGROUNDCOLOR_LABEL" 
					description="TPL_HELLOWORLD_FIELD_BACKGROUNDCOLOR_DESC" />
			</fieldset>
	</config>
</extension>

File listing

• templateDetails.xml
• index.php
• css/styles.css
• language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_helloworld.ini
• language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_helloworld.sys.ini

Testing your template

For details on how to install the template into your Joomla! site, refer to the information provided in Part 01.

Articles in this series

This tutorial is supported by the following versions of Joomla!

• Introduction
• Part 01 - Developing a Basic Template
• Part 02 - Adding a stylesheet
• Part 03 - Adding module positions
• Part 04 - Translation
• Part 05 - Adding Parameters
• Part 06 - Using overrides