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TemplatesPacktispleasedtoannounceanewbookondesigningJoomla!
templates.
WrittenbyTessaBlakeleySilver,Joomla!
TemplateDesignisacompleteguideforwebdesignerstoallaspectsofdesigninguniquewebsitetemplates.
Nov.
16,2007-PRLog--TheJoomla!
templateisaseriesoffileswithintheJoomla!
CMSthatcontrolsthepresentationofcontent.
AtemplateisthebasicfoundationdesignforviewingaJoomla!
website.
Toproducetheeffectofa"complete"website,thetemplateworkshandinhandwiththecontentstoredintheJoomla!
databases.
TheJoomla!
developmentteamrecentlyannouncedthattheyarecommittingthemselvestotheGPLlicenseandthatallproprietyextensionswillneedtocomplytothesamelicense.
Thishascausedsomeconfusionconcerningthedistributionoftemplates.
Thisisbecauseatemplatepackageismadeupofdifferentfiles;somethattheGNUGPLappliestoandothersthatitdoesn't.
Joomla!
'sofficialstanceisthatnon-codeelementsofatemplatepackagearejustdataacteduponbythesoftwareandmaybelicensedinanywaythattheauthordeemsfit.
Therefore,thecurrentuncertaintyoverthirdpartydevelopmentoftemplateswillrequiremoreuserstocreatetheirownquality,professional-leveltemplates.
Joomla!
TemplateDesignisawell-crafted,easy-to-usebookandacompleteguidetocreatingJoomla!
templatesforawebsite.
ItguidesusersthroughsettingupabasicworkflowforJoomla!
templatedesign,debuggingandvalidatingthetemplatecode,creatingdrop-downmenus,interactiveforms,anddynamicformsforasite,andpackagingupthefinishedtemplateinaZIPfileforusers.
Formoreinformation,pleasevisithttp://www.
packtpub.
com/Joomla-Template-Design-open-sourc.
.
.
Thebookexplainshowtodealwithandusemultipletemplatesinthesamesite.
ItadvisesusersoncreatingbeautifulJoomla!
designsusingCSSratherthantablesinyourtemplates.
ThebookoffersguidelinesonusinganimationsandothereffectsinJoomla!
templatesandprovidestricksfortweakingexistingtemplates.
ThisbookisaimedatwebdesignerswhowanttocreatetheirownuniquetemplatesforJoomla!
.
ReadersshouldhavebasicknowledgeofJoomla!
andalsosomeknowledgeofCSSandHTML,andusingDreamweaverforcodingpurposes.
Joomla!
TemplateDesignispublishedbyPacktandwillbereleasedinJuly2007.
Formoreinformation,pleasevisithttp://www.
packtpub.
com/Joomla-Template-Design-open-source-PHP-MySQL/bookWebsite:www.
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