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Joomla! 4 Masterclass

You're reading from   Joomla! 4 Masterclass A practitioner's guide to building rich and modern websites using the brand-new features of Joomla 4

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803238975
Length 338 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Luca Marzo Luca Marzo
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1 – Joomla! Out of the Box
2. Chapter 1: A Powerful and Extensible Core FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: How to Manage Content 4. Chapter 3: Advanced Content Management 5. Chapter 4: Exploring the Flexibility of Modules 6. Chapter 5: Building Your Site Structure: the Menu System 7. Chapter 6: Managing Users and Their Permissions 8. Part 2: Advanced Features
9. Chapter 7: SEO at Its Best 10. Chapter 8: One Site, Multiple Languages 11. Chapter 9: Planning Operations with Scheduled Tasks 12. Chapter 10: Tailored Communication with Mail Templates 13. Chapter 11: Command-Line Interface 14. Part 3: Styling and Securing Your Website
15. Chapter 12: Styling Your Website – Templates 16. Chapter 13: Customize Everything with Overrides 17. Chapter 14: Child Templates 18. Chapter 15: Template Frameworks 19. Chapter 16: Advanced Features – Access and Security 20. Part 4: Case Studies
21. Chapter 17: Case Study – A Corporate Website in Joomla 22. Chapter 18: Case Study – Online Academy with Joomla 23. Chapter 19: Case Study – A B&B Booking System with Joomla 24. Index 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Exercises

It’s time to apply the knowledge you acquired in this chapter about template frameworks.

Exercise 1 – Use a template framework

In this exercise, you are required to install the Helix Ultimate template framework and build a simple layout with it:

  1. Download and install the latest version of Helix Ultimate (template and plugin) from this page: https://www.joomshaper.com/downloads/template/helixultimate.
  2. Install the template first, then the plugin from your website’s backend.
  3. From System Dashboard | Site Template Styles, open the shaper_helixultimate – Default style.
  4. Click on Template Options.
  5. Upload your logo and favicon from the Basic page.
  6. Enable Boxed Layout from Basic | Body.
  7. On the Typography page, enable the Body option and choose Georgia as the font, set the weight to Normal, and the font size to 12px.
  8. Save the changes and close the page.
  9. On the Site Template Styles page, select shaper_helixultimate...
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