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Hey there. This is my first time setting up my own Joomla website. Any help is apprieciated!

My Questions are:

- How do you actually buy a Template. I know theres plenty of sites selling them, but how does it work. Can I just do a one off payment and then download the Template to host via FTP?

- How much can you alter a template? Like this for example: http://joomla.siteground.com/index.php?mos_change_template=siteground58

Could I make ‘Easy customization’ and ‘Free themes’ appear in the one column so all the news is visable without it being cut off.
Could I change the Green font and lines to a different color?
Could I add a subnavigation? So when I hover/click something in the top right navigation, there is pages WITHIN those pages. So if you had multimedia, you could have Music and Videos as pages within.

Sorry for all the ‘could i’, but basically I want to know how much I can alter and customise the templates.

- Thanks, any other useful bits of information are welcome

You can alter VERY much of the joomla template. The best way to learn how to do all this is to get a PAID membership at either one of these 2 template sites – www.joomlart.com or www.rockettheme.com

Both these sites have a VERY VERY live and strong userbase. The community there will be happy to help do simple things like changing the logo, colors, or re-sizing and adding boxes and stuff. Don’t bother with the free stuff. Stick to either one of those 2 sites and get tons of free help from the forums. That’s the best place for a joomla newb to start.

Free Joomla template installation guide. How to install joomla template easily.

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How to delete joomla template the correct way… Some newbie find it cannot be done due to the mistake they have done on the joomla setting

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Change joomla template after download and install

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http://joomla-templates-free.tk/

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I’ve been searching the web for free joomla templates but nothing comes to my liking. Anyone knows a good link for free joomla templates i can download?

Please support the poor. ^_^

www.joomla24.com/

joomlatp.com/

Where can I get professional looking Joomla templates, for free? I dont mind having a ‘Joomla’ text button, nothing big/flashy.

I am going for a gaming theme site, so.

And also, where’s a good place to find free add-ons like members can RSVP for a party and have their name show up as attending.

There are hundreds out there if you Google "Joomla templates free" but beware as a badly designed template can reduce usability and speed – and cool! In technical terms I would recommend using WC3 compliant xhtml / css based templates.

In terms of where to get them, try this site:

http://www.rockettheme.com

and check out this one:

http://www.joomlashack.com/

as recommend her these guys.

http://www.compassdesigns.net/professional-joomla-templates.html

Compass Designs is also great for learning the inside story on templates:

http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials

as is Rocket Theme:

http://tutorials.rockettheme.com

The place to start with plugins is of course Joomla’s own site:

http://extensions.joomla.org

There is the essential component Community Builder which will reinforce the management of members:

http://www.joomlapolis.com/

And I would guess that one of the Reservations plugins might achieve the party invite system you are looking for. Just download, install and test out a few and see which gives you the best options.

Good gaming!

This Joomla tutorial teach you how to download free joomla templates and install them using the easy way.

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