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Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook

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Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook

Overview of this book

Templates in Joomla! provide a powerful way to make your site look exactly the way you want either using a single template for the entire site or a separate template for each site section. Although it sounds like an easy task to build and maintain templates, it can be challenging to get beyond the basics and customize templates to meet your needs perfectly.Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook consists of a series of self-contained step-by-step recipes that cover everything from common tasks such as changing your site's logo or favicon and altering color schemes, to custom error pages and template overrides. It starts off with the basics of template design and then digs deep into more complex concepts. It will help you make your site more attractive and user-friendly. You will integrate your site with various social media such as Twitter and YouTube; make your site mobile-friendly with the help of recipes for creating and customizing mobile spreadsheets; and use miscellaneous tricks and tips to get the most out of your website. You get all of this in a simple recipe format that guides you quickly through the steps and explains how it all happened.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Joomla! 1.5 Templates Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
Preface

Embedding YouTube and other videos in your Joomla! website


With faster Internet connections, video has become a large part of the Internet's content; news, articles, and opinions are all making their way into video. You can customize your Joomla! templates to allow videos from Vimeo, YouTube, and other video streaming websites.

Getting ready

  1. 1. Download the AllVideos extension from Joomla!'s official extensions directory at http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/multimedia/video-players-a-gallery/812.

Note

Save the compressed file on your computer and install it from the Extensions | Install/Uninstall option. Once installed, you'll see the Install Plugin Success message and information about the AllVideos extension. The most common problem preventing extensions from installing is incorrect file permissions, particularly on the \tmp directory of your Joomla! installation.

How to do it...

  1. 1. Once you have installed the extension, enable it from Joomla!'s Plugin Manager feature in the administration...