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Child Templates
In the previous chapter, we explored overrides, understanding how to customize the look of a website, as well as how to override language strings.
We’ll now discover child templates, a brand-new feature introduced in Joomla 4.1 that allows you to create derived styles from a template.
After reading this chapter, you will be able to do the following:
- Understand what child templates are
- Understand the differences between child templates and overrides
- Understand the differences between child templates and duplicated templates
- Create a child template
What is a child template?
Child template management is a new feature of Joomla that allows you to create derived templates from your installed templates.
A child template is a template ...
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