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Joomla 5-Step Instant Websites EBook

The Simplest And Fastest Guaranteed Way To Learn Joomla That Has Ever Been Created

Make a Joomla Template in 5 Easy Steps - A Beginners Guide is just that, it's a 91 page e-book with over 100 illustrations that take you step by step through the creation of a Joomla template. In fact in just 5 steps you'll have a template created and packaged and ready to use.

Everything you need to create unlimited fantastic templates is included. In fact we've also included all of the finished files so you can check your progress at every stage.

What Do These eBooks Cover?

• Simple Steps to Create Your Very Own Stylish Templates:
  1. How to get the raw material you need instead of starting from a blank page
  2. How to create a home for your template on your web site
  3. How to make Joomla recognise your template as being yours
  4. The basic components you need to consider when designing a template
  5. How these components fit into your web site and what they do
  6. How to create a HTML layout
  7. What and how to use Joomla tags to include dynamic Joomla modules and content
  8. How to edit the style and theme of a Joomla template
  9. How to make sure your template is W3C valid
  10. How to package your template so you can distribute it to other people
  11. Plus lots, lots more...

  In fact the e-book walks you through the creation of four Joomla templates, including a single column, two column and three column template.
  
  It's absolutely everything you need to start creating a Joomla template without any prior knowledge of Joomla, web design or programming. It really is a beginners guide.

The Basics of a Joomla Template

1. The INDEX.PHP file
2. The templateDetails.xml file
3. The images folder
4. The css/template_css.css file

Step One - Grab the Site Materials

1. The folder structure
2. The page files
3. The image files
4. The CSS files

Step Two - Make a Home for Our Template

1. The file structure
2. Step by step FTP instructions
3. How to edit the new XML file
4. Line by line details

Step Three - Create Our First Layout

1. Menu
2. Pathway
3. Login
4. Searchbox
5. Main Content
6. Banners
7. Search box
8. Poll's
9. And many more....!

Step Four - Adjust the StyleSheet

1. The site name
2. The top menu
3. The search box
4. Login box
5. The pathway
6. Main body content
7. Bits and pieces
8. The optional section
9. W3C Validation <<

Step Five - Package the Template and Go Live!

1. Step by step WINZIP instructions
2. Upload the template
3. Installation!

and that's just the beginning!