| Joomla templates |
Since you are here at Joomlaco, I will assume you are either a Joomla fan or you have heard about Joomla and want to find more information about it. If you are an HTML web developer using a program like Dreamweaver or Adobe GoLive you will still have a chance to use those programs when working with a Joomla system but mainly for developing your own templates if you don't like using the standard available templates or those purchased from template clubs.  I have created a number of my own templates in the past but it is a really big job and they are hard to compare to some of the beautiful and very functional templates created by companies like  RocketTheme at www.RocketTheme.com. This is a great place to start if you are looking for a nice template for your new site they are well worth the price.  Another template club that is well worth the price is Joomlart.com I am a member of this club as well as RocketTheme. Joomlart creates some very nice templates that allow your users to change text size while visiting your site for easier reading along with many other great advantages and are a must have for any new or intermediate Joomla or Mambo users. If you have any experience with Photoshop or Fireworks you can easily change some of the graphic colors to give a template your own touch, and if you can edit the style sheet witha program like Dreamweaver it's very easy to change colors that are set through the style sheet.  Pixie is a great tool to identify colors on a template so you can refer back to the stylesheet color numbers for editing. Simply point to a colour and it will tell you the hex, RGB, HTML, CMYK and HSV values of that colour. You can then use these values to reproduce the selected colour in your favorite programs. Pixie is free and is available in our downloads section here. |
