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All site templates (templates that change what your website looks like) can be found in the templates directory. For example, if your template is called "mytemplate", then it would be placed in the folder "[path-to-Joomla!]/templates/mytemplate".

All administrator templates (templates that change what the administrator section of the site looks like) can be found in the administrator/templates directory. For example, if your administrator template is called "myadmintemplate", then it would be placed in the folder "[path-to-Joomla!]/administrator/templates/myadmintemplate".

Typical Template Directory Structure

It is most common for a template to have at least four files:

• index.php

Provides the logic for the display and positioning of modules and components.

• template.css

Handles the presentational aspects of the template including specifications for margins, fonts, headings, image borders, list formatting, etc.

• templateDetails.xml

Holds meta-information related to the template and used by the Installer and the Template Manager.

• template_thumbnail.ext - replace .ext with the extension format of the image (.jpg, .png, .gif)

Generally a 200x150 pixel image that is shown when the cursor is held over the template name in the Template Manager. This gives the Administrator a snapshot view of the template before applying it to the Site.

A typical template for Joomla! 1.5 will include the following directories:

• css - contains all the .css files
• html - contains template override files for core output and module chrome
• images - contains all images used by the template

he templateDetails.xml file holds a variety of meta-data used by the Template Manager in installation and maintenance. It is helpful to recognize the different sections of the file. Typically, each section of data is indented to make the file more readable, but this indentation is not necessar

Basic Details

The initial display of the Template Manager shows a list of available templates and basic details relating to the template. Each of these bits of information is gathered from the templateDetails.xml file.