New Video Class: Template Overrides for Joomla

In this week’s new Joomla class, Barb Ackemann shows you how to change the default Joomla output for components and modules.

With Joomla’s override system, creating different layouts is fairly easy. Barb goes over the concepts then provides a real-world example using the contact component.

Outline of the Joomla Templates Overrides Class

Introduction
Setup
Install and Configure Breeze
File Structures
Creating Overrides
Overrides in Joomla 3 Templates
Contacts Component
Setup the Example
Create the Override
Adding the Photo
Improving the HTML
Adding Custom CSS
Renaming Files
Language Overrides
Summary
Joomla 3 Template Overrides Quiz

Author

Rod Martin

Rod holds two masters degrees and has been training people how to do "things" for over 25 years. Originally from Australia, he grew up in Canada and now resides just outside Cincinnati, Ohio. He has worked in both the non-profit and for-profit worlds, in small companies and large corporations. His extensive open source experience includes WordPress, Joomla and Drupal and he really knows how to help you get the most out of the system you chose. Rod plays ice hockey a couple of times a week and rides his Goldwing motorcycle pretty much everywhere he can.

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