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Learn How to Create Joomla 2.5 Templates

Joomla 2.5 Template Design ClassWe're happy to launch the third of our in-depth courses for Joomla 2.5: Template Design.

Creating a fantastic look and feel for your Joomla site is important. You can buy templates, or even download and use free ones. But if you really want a unique look, you have to create one that really highlights your site's content.

This class will take you step-by-step from an initial design to a finished template.

Along the way, you'll learn about:

  • The tools you'll need for creating Joomla templates.
  • What the 960 grid is and how it relates to Joomla.
  • How to export a design file and get it ready for Joomla.
  • Which files are used to build a Joomla template and how to create them.
  • Packaging up a Joomla template for installation.
  • Using module class suffixes to style different regions of your design.
  • How to add collapsable module positions.
  • How to create template settings options.
  • Converting a pure HTML design to Joomla
  • and much more ...

You can see the full class details here and guests can watch the first 5 sessions: OSTraining.com/courses/class/joomla-25/j25-templates/.

Not a member of OSTraining yet? Visit OSTraining.com/online to sign up now and take this course, along with many others.

The Class Project: PSD to Joomla Template

The class project involved taking a PSD of the image below and converting it to a Joomla template. You'll get a copy of the PSD and of the finished template. Step-by-step we'll show you how we did and how you can do the same for your designs.

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Comments

 
Dan
#1 Dan 2012-04-19 17:39

Nice, but in 6 months you're going to need replace this with Bootstrap and Responsive Design for Joomla 3.0.
 
 
steve
#2 steve 2012-04-19 17:43

Thanks Dan. We can live with that :)

We're going to replace chunks of our WordPress Beginner course in a couple of weeks for WP 3.4.

We'll need to rip up everything for both Joomla 3 and especially Drupal 8.

That's part of the fun of it :)
 

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