

Edit joomla templates bluegriffon full#
This procedure makes references to creating a full copy (an exact duplicate) of the template including all the files. To preserve your changes you need to Copy the template with all its files and styles. The template files are not duplicated into another uniquely-named directory and they will be overwritten during an upgrade. This is useful is you want to check a web site design with different fonts, colors, widths or logos if these template style parameters exist. Style copying simply adds another entry made in the _template_styles table of the database.

You can make a copy of the template style but you are not protected from overwriting the actual template files. Template Style and Template copying are not the same. This includes the style and all the template files of a template. This page refers to the methods available to make a full copy of your template. There are options in the Template Manager to Duplicate and Copy an existing template style or the actual template and template files. Likewise, you may want to preserve an installed template in case you have any problems with modifications to it. Unless you take steps to protect your work, modifications could be lost when upgrading Joomla. Similarly, editing an installed template means you may have to re-install it to reset it to the original state at installation. 2.1 One-Click or Switch to Template Viewīefore you start hacking away at a default installed template or any other template you may have installed, remember that any updates of the Joomla core files may contain new copies of the default Joomla templates.
