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[Ninja Lead Moderator Ninja LeadJoin date: November 2014Posts: 16064Downloads:310Uploads:2864 Thanks: 341 Thanked: 3854 times in 3563 posts]

#189175

Step1: Log into your Joomla admin

Step2: In the top menu, hover over Extensions and then click Template Manager

Step3: Click the Templates tab

+ J2.5

+ J3.x

Step4: In the list of templates you see, find the template you want to edit and then click the Details and Files link next to it

+ J2.5

+ J3.x

Step5: Change template name

+ J2.5: In Copy Template tab input other template name and click Copy Template

+ J3.x: Click Copy button and input other template name and click Copy Template

You now know how to change a Joomla template!

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[ninedozen Friend ninedozenJoin date: May 2013Posts: 11Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 4]

#504471

This tutorial is helpful, but the template manager settings like Theme, Logo, and Site name etc are lost in the copy. Is there any way around this other than going back through and copying over template settings?

[Ninja Lead Moderator Ninja LeadJoin date: November 2014Posts: 16064Downloads:310Uploads:2864 Thanks: 341 Thanked: 3854 times in 3563 posts]

#504683

@ninedozen: It only copies general default template and not copy config setting on the template. You need to re-config it after cloning.

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[xdesigner Friend xdesignerJoin date: April 2014Posts: 40Downloads:2Uploads:10 Thanks: 15 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#534435

I wanna change the template name so it doesn’t show up in source code but following this guide I realize there is no “copy” button in template manager. I am using Ja Nex T3v3, what workaround would you suggest I should follow with “minimum” hassle to change my template’s name?

Thank you in advance.

[Ninja Lead Moderator Ninja LeadJoin date: November 2014Posts: 16064Downloads:310Uploads:2864 Thanks: 341 Thanked: 3854 times in 3563 posts]

#534591

@xdesigner: My solution above helps you change the template name in case you don’t want to use default template name. This action is supported by default joomla. If you don’t see copy button in template manager, you can try to use super admin to check with my workaround again.

If it still does not help, you can pm me URL of your site and super admin login. I will help you out.

[Pankaj Sharma Moderator Pankaj SharmaJoin date: February 2015Posts: 24589Downloads:144Uploads:202 Thanks: 127 Thanked: 4196 times in 4019 posts]

#544755

Hi
The Tutorial is very helpful . But there is line that is missed here , i think ..
After copying the template , you can not update the template . Update will only for the default Joomlart template .
So make sure before Doing These steps .

[lflizmark Friend lflizmarkJoin date: November 2012Posts: 5Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#547597

Hi, about what Xdesigner says, he is completely right. We need to have the template name changed specially in the Code View of the website. If the name JA-Biz appears there, the method shown here is completely useless. You can also see that the folder name also appears. So, again, this method has not sense.

[charles99 Friend charles99Join date: December 2008Posts: 314Downloads:207Uploads:17 Thanks: 8 Thanked: 50 times in 6 posts]

#561415

You should always change the template name before you install it in order to avoid the problems outlined above… One only need to edit two files and you will be able to update by the Joomlart Component or simply coping the new files to your website.

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