Building a Joomla Template from scratch - Series 2
This is my second time I've put together a video series like this. The first 5 part video has been very popular, with this one going even further.
You will find that in this video I've started the build from a real web design, created in Photoshop. This is the actual way I would start all commercial template jobs. So you get to watch over my shoulder for well over 3 hours of instructional video.
I've used my regular "conversational" teaching technique and as usual this video is designed NOT as a "in 3 easy steps", rather it's designed to actually allow you to truly LEARN.
So a word of warning, this video is NOT for those with no patience or willingness to learn. For those who are, then I'm sure you will get heaps out of this video. This is an 8 part video of approximately 3 hours... don't try to do this in one sitting, as your head might explode!
Enjoy.
Giving your template a different look
Having a template that performs differently according to the menu item you have clicked upon, can be a fantastic method of giving your viewers a changing layout. Here are 3 different methods of achieving this. Whilst many believe that they might need to create a whole separate site in order to have a "different look" you can do this with the same site using these different techniques.
Joomla Security Tips
Whilst I firmly believe there is no "silver bullet" when it comes to security... there are many things you can do as a developer to help thwart the efforts of those guys in black hats.
Follow me as I show you just some of the things I do in order to keep my sites more secure.
How to create SEF url's in your Joomla site - Part 2
Part 2 shows how to create custom redirect URL's, custom 404 pages and a few other little tricks wtih sh404SEF.
Inserting Google Maps into Joomla
This is a video request from one of our members, how to insert a Google Map code block into your joomla article. "Out of the box" Joomla will strip much of any HTML code. This video shows numerous ways of doing this successfully.
Adding a module position
In this video I show how to add a module position to an existing template. We use Ja Purity and Rhuk Milkway. Enjoy
Module Class Suffix
In this video, we discuss and demonstrate how to use module class suffix, and how to create your own. Please post questions to the forum. Please excuse the slightly distorted voice at the start... I had my mic too close to my mouth.