As you have likely become acquainted with the administrative console in Joomla!, you may not have realized it is also a template. And as such, it can easily be replaced. There are a number of administrative templates available, and a few sources are listed at the end of this recipe.
You will need to have acquired your administrator template of choice for this step. Please note that the template will be in a compressed form. It could have a .zip
or .tgz
extension.
You will need the following items:
Your new administrator template compressed file (it will contain several files)
Your FileZilla or other FTP client
Login into the Joomla! Administrator backend and login by entering your Username and Password.
Review your administrator templates that are currently installed. Navigate your top menu to Extensions | Template Manager and click Template Manager.
Once Template Manager is open you will see the following screenshot. This...