Joomla 2.5 Template Design

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introducing the Joomla 2.5 Template Course

Lecture 2: Cooking With Kids Template

Lecture 3: Cooking With Kids PSD

Lecture 4: Resources You'll Need (Windows)

Lecture 5: Resources You'll Need (Mac)

Lecture 6: Getting Organized

Lecture 7: The 960 Grid

Chapter 2: Getting the Template Files Ready

Lecture 1: Slicing the Design File

Lecture 2: The Index File Part 1

Lecture 3: The Index File Part 2

Chapter 3: The Main Files

Lecture 1: The Main File – Index.php Part 1

Lecture 2: The Main File – Index.php Part 2

Lecture 3: The Main File – Index.php Part 3

Lecture 4: The Template XML File

Lecture 5: Packaging the Template for Distribution

Chapter 4: Continuing the Design Process

Lecture 1: The Header Module

Lecture 2: Designing the Menus

Lecture 3: Page Detection and Modules

Lecture 4: Introduction to Firebug

Lecture 5: Editing with Firebug

Lecture 6: Other Development Tools

Lecture 7: Creating Module Class Suffixes

Lecture 8: Creating the Footer

Chapter 5: Developing Advanced Features

Lecture 1: Collapsable Module Positions Part 1

Lecture 2: Collapsable Module Positions Part 2

Lecture 3: Template Parameters Part 1

Lecture 4: Template Parameters Part 2

Lecture 5: Favicon

Chapter 6: Wrapping It Up

Lecture 1: HTML to Joomla

Lecture 2: Introduction to Artisteer

Lecture 3: Introduction to Template Clubs

Lecture 4: Closing Thoughts