In Chapter 3 you've seen that the overall site layout (columns, colors, typography, and so on) is set in the site's template files. Joomla! makes it easy to edit the current template using the Template Manager. In this case, we'll choose a new color scheme, add a new header image, and make a few additional changes.
The color scheme of Joomla!'s default rhuk_milkyway template is all too well known. There must be thousands and thousands of websites with a dark blue background, dark blue rounded menu corners, and dark blue heading texts. Corporate and professional looking as this may be, it's also about as special as a dark blue Japanese sedan in a car park full of dark blue Japanese sedans. Of course, you don't want your client to think their new website is just the same as everybody else's, so let's change things a little.