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Create basic joomla Template.

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Create basic joomla template: The simplest way to create a basic joomla template to launch a web site quickly with advanced features.

Introduction​

Joomla is an open-source content management system (CMS) that provides users with advanced features to create and manage websites. The process of creating a basic Joomla template is quite straightforward, yet it requires careful attention and practice 🤓 . With Joomla’s Template Manager, a competent professional can easily create a customized theme or template for their Joomla-powered website. This does not require any coding skills and is relatively simple compared to other CMS solutions. Also, there are some detailed steps that need to be followed in order to create a template ✓.

Code​

<?php
// Retrieve the template name
$template = JFactory::getApplication()->getTemplate();

// Include the template's params file
$params = new JRegistry;
$params->loadString(file_get_contents(JPATH_THEMES . '/' . $template . '/params.ini'));

// Create default template parameters
$defaults = array(
	'title' => 'My basic Joomla template',
	'bgcolor' => '#FFFFFF',
	'columns' => '3',
	'modules_position' => array(),
	'params' => $params
);

// Store the template in the database
$table = JTable::getInstance('Style', 'TemplatesTable');
$table->save( (object) $defaults);

// Reload component parameters
JFactory::getApplication()->getParams();
?>

Output​

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Explanation

The code above is written in the PHP programming language and it stores default parameters of a Joomla template in the database. It also includes the necessary code to include the template's parameter file and create a new style entry in the database.

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