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Styling Your Website – Templates

In the previous chapter, we explored Joomla’s command-Line interface, a different way to perform actions on a website without accessing its backend.

We’ll now learn how to customize the appearance of our website through templates. Templates define how the website will look – the style, colors, fonts, module positions, and much more.

After reading this chapter, you will be able to do the following:

  • Understand what a template is
  • Understand the difference between templates and styles
  • Understand how to customize a template through the website’s backend

What is a template?

A template is a special type of Joomla extension that is used to style a website. It is a package that includes all the files needed to provide ...

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