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[170286 Friend 170286Join date: March 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#149870

Hi everyone,

I am a web designer and am looking to expand my skills and use a content management system. The problem I have is that Joomla appears to have all the features that you could ever need by I am having problems creating templates.

I have used wordpress before and can create templates fairly easily so if anyone knows of any good tutorials or sample templates that are clean coded that I could learn from that would be great!:)

[micrantha Friend micranthaJoin date: May 2007Posts: 465Downloads:0Uploads:6 Thanks: 6 Thanked: 158 times in 148 posts]

#338043

Hello,
For a start you could look here:
* http://docs.joomla.org/Tutorial:Creating_a_basic_Joomla!_template
* http://www.compassdesigns.net/joomla-tutorials/joomla-template-tutorial

good luck,
Micrantha

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1. ke2spanx

[ke2spanx Friend ke2spanxJoin date: April 2010Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#339328

I came here to learn the same thing. I use wordpress a lot because I am not a great programmer and theme creator… but I am working on a redesign for my wife’s blog about cooking.

She is getting a lot of traffic and is really ready to make an upgrade. I have been hearing a lot about Joomla and have been wanting to give it a go. I hear that there are a lot more options when trying to design a template that offers more options. She needs this because of the many categories that she has. But I am a newbie to Joomla. I have seen some really pretty and interesting templates and have been impressed. But what they look like on the outside and the behind the scenes can be totally different. So, that’s why I have started my search here.

[ke2spanx Friend ke2spanxJoin date: April 2010Posts: 2Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#339329

@micrantha: I just wanted to say thanks for those links. There are definately helping me to start to understand more about Joomla and making the changes.

[maryleena Friend maryleenaJoin date: April 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#339334

Tank you very much for these links!

I am also looking into the Jomla world for the first time… I also have experience with WordPress.. Right now I am trying to find out if I should go Joomla or stay WordPress 🙂

These guides will help me alot, thank you once more!

Best regards
Marlene

[gglldd Friend ggllddJoin date: April 2010Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#339362

Those two links were exactly what i was looking for. I found the second one, the CompassDesigns one very useful. Any other newbie suggestions?

[jacquelinestarling Friend jacquelinestarlingJoin date: April 2010Posts: 22Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#339369

One of my favorite things about Joomla is that you can quickly duplicate sites once you have a template you like. Joomla is also very SEO friendly.

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