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Downloading Joomla Templates

Once you acquisition that absolute arrangement that will accord your website that "WOW" agency that you accept been searching for, you will wish to download it, so that you will be able to use it. Afore you do this, accomplish abiding that the arrangement that you accept called is the actual adaptation that will bout the adaptation of the Joomla software that you have, as there are two altered versions of Joomla designs accessible on the market, the 1.0.X adaptation and the 1.5 version. Some templates are accessible in both versions.

Also, afore downloading accomplish abiding that you accept the actual affair for the appropriate ancillary of the website. Two altered formats for designs are available. They are aback end and foreground end guides. The foreground end templates are the capacity that will ascertain the appearance and architecture of the ancillary of the website that your visitors will see. The aback end templates will ascertain the appearance and blueprint of the ancillary of the website that the administrator, editor, webmaster will see whenever they log in.

Different websites accept altered downloading options. You will charge to chase the instructions from the website whether you begin your specific design. If it is a club, you will aboriginal be appropriate to be a affiliate afore you will be able to download anything. Even architecture clubs action chargeless themes; however, you may still charge to annals above-mentioned to downloading.

Most websites action a download button. When beat on this button, if not a club website, you may be appropriate to admission your name and email information. One website that I was on would forward me an email and the hotlink for the download was accessible in the email.

I even begin videos accessible on YouTube that will airing you footfall by footfall on the downloading action of Joomla templates. There are tutorials accessible if you charge help. You can aswell appointment the "help desk" on the official Joomla website as they may be able to acknowledgment any questions that you may have.

Most of the time whenever you download a template, the arrangement is alone accessible as individual use. This agency you will alone be able to use that arrangement on one website, not assorted websites. So, depending aloft your situation, you may accept to download the Joomla architecture added than already if you are planning on application the aforementioned themeon altered websites.

Your best bet is to just chase the instructions that are accessible on that accurate site. If you again appointment problems, appointment the "help desk" and they will apparently be able to acknowledgment your questions for you. Just bethink to acquisition out if it is a club website, if it is you will accept to become a affiliate unless you are absent to download a chargeless designs; in that case, you may still accept to annals your advice with the website to become a "free" affiliate of the club. You will accept no admission to any added designs but the chargeless ones in this case.

Posted on July 8th, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »

How to Change a Blogger Template Without Losing Sidebar Gadgets

Like all things 'technical', already you apperceive how to do this, this is SO easy. I accept acclimated this address abounding times as I agreement with new templates. This adjustment maintains your aftereffect gadgets. There will be no charge to archetype them from your old arrangement and again adhesive them into your new template.

The aboriginal affair you wish to do is Save your aboriginal HTML code. In Blogger, bang on Layout. Again bang on Edit Html. Highlight the absolute code, Copy and Paste it into Notepad and SAVE it!!! Never accomplish any changes to your HTML cipher afterwards aboriginal extenuative a archetype of it.

Next, acquisition a arrangement you like from one of the abounding sites that action blogger templates (and abounding of them are offered free).

'Get the Code' and Copy and Paste it into Notepad. (Sometimes the cipher gets downloaded as an .xml book and you ability accept agitation aperture it. If that happens, I Rename it with a .txt extension. Yes, I get a admonishing bulletin about alteration the addendum but I avoid it.)

In the new arrangement code, acquisition the 'close head' code. It will be an accessible bracket (). (See below. The absolute cipher would not affectation here. I've added the dots to be able to allegorize it. Remove them and you'll apperceive what the cipher looks like.)

You will acquisition this cipher a few curve afterwards the /* Footer code. In general, it will be about center down the curve of code. Copy the new arrangement HTML cipher from the 'close head' cipher all the way UP to the beginning.

Now go to your blog's HTML code. Acquisition the 'close head' cipher and highlight all the way UP to the beginning. Paste your new code. Save.

Voila!!! You accept your new arrangement and your aftereffect accessories are area they belong.

Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by admin  |  No Comments »