Templates define the way a Web site looks.
These are called themes inside of WordPress, and Drupal, but Joomla
calls them templates. Joomla
comes with several different templates, both for the front-end the Web site, and the
back-end of the Web site.
There are many more templates available for free download, or for paid download,
or of course, you can always code your own.
Let's take a quick peek at our Template Manager, and that can be found under
Extensions > Template Manager.
So what we have listed right here in the Template Manager is a combination of
two kinds of styles.
We have some Administrator side styles, and we have some front-end styles.
And you know the difference, because here under the Location column, you'll see
styles for Administrator, and styles for the front-end of the Web Site.
By default, we have one style that's chosen as the front-end default, and we have
one style that's chosen as the back-end default.
So which ones are those?
These are the ones with the stars, so protostar is our current template on the
front-end of the Web site, and isis is our template on the back-end of the Web site.
In the coming videos, I'll show you how to change these template styles, and how
to use the Template Manager to modify your HTML, and your CSS.
It is possible to have multiple styles assigned to your Web site, and we'll go
through all of that.
However, I will not be covering how to code your own Joomla
template in the Joomla! 3
Essential Training course.
If you do want to know how to create your own custom template from scratch, be
sure to watch my Joomla! 3
Responsive Design course, and I'll walk you through the process of creating a Joomla
template using the bootstrap framework to make a responsive custom template
for Joomla.