5. Customizing Templates and the Basics of Templates for Joomla!

Joomla! templates control the look and feel of your site by controlling colors, typography, images, and other elements of design. This chapter will take you through customizing the default template called Beez, and it will provide information on the basic files that make up a very simple Joomla! template. What this chapter will not do is teach PHP, HTML, and CSS, because all three topics are entire book subjects themselves. Also, this chapter will talk about the many available resources the community has regarding template clubs and custom template providers and how you can take the look and layout from a standard static HTML Web site and turn that file into a Joomla! template. ...

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