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Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By : Eric Tiggeler
Book Image

Joomla! 1.6 First Look

By: Eric Tiggeler

Overview of this book

Release of the much awaited Joomla! 1.6 is just round the corner. There is a lot of hype and curiosity about the new features Joomla! 1.6 will provide and how it will affect existing users.Joomla! 1.6 First Look is a concise guide to the new features of Joomla! 1.6, targeted at existing Joomla! users and developers. If you want to see what's new in Joomla 1.6 and how it's going to affect you, this is the book for you. This book will give readers an insight into the new features of Joomla! 1.6, showing them what has changed, how the changes will affect them, and how to upgrade to Joomla! 1.6 from existing Joomla! versions. It begins with general changes in interface and basic articles, and then takes you through the changes in menus, control levels, templates, extensions, and SEO features. It explains the new features and how to use them, drawing attention to significant differences from how things used to behave. By the end of this book, you will be well-versed with the consequences these changes will bring to you as a Joomla! user or developer.
Table of Contents (14 chapters)
Joomla! 1.6 First Look
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Chapter 6. New Flexibility in Using Templates

In Joomla! 1.6, using templates is more powerful than ever before. The new Template Manager interface contains more functionality and Joomla! now comes with a set of new, great looking, and flexible templates. The built-in template options allow site administrators to customize the template styling, without having to touch HTML or CSS code. A new feature is Template Styles, allowing you to apply different versions of the same template to specific areas of the site.

In this chapter, you'll learn:

  • What's new about the templates included with Joomla! 1.6

  • Working with the new tabbed Template Manager

  • Using Template Styles: assigning template variations to specific pages

  • Exploring, editing, and customizing templates