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[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#188066

Making changes to Joomla’s core files is often neccessary, but there’s a right and a wrong way to do it.

The WRONG way is to directly edit Joomla’s files. If you do, you’ll lose all your changes when you next update your site.

The RIGHT way is to use a layout/template override

The following is a list of informative resources to help you understand what layout/template overrides are in Joomla – and how you can use them to customize your JoomlArt Template based site . . . .

– UNDERSTANDING OUTPUT OVERRIDES

– HOW TO OVERRIDE THE OUTPUT FROM THE JOOMLA CORE

– A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO JOOMLA OVERRIDES

– CUSTOMIZE YOUR JOOMLA TEMPLATES BY LEARNING OVERRIDES

– OVERRIDING T3V3 CORE JOOMLA COMPONENT/MODULE TEMPLATES

Hope This Helps !!! 😎

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[billyray Friend billyrayJoin date: March 2011Posts: 86Downloads:52Uploads:0 Thanks: 14 Thanked: 2 times in 1 posts]

#498164

Hello Tom,

Is there a way in T3V3 to create new blocks or move them as you could in T3V2? I would like to add a slide show at the very top of the t3_-blank template above the menu and logo. Will this be an option in the layouts in future versions?

Thanks

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#498242

Hi billyray,

Hope this video guide can help you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6b1JDZDCQw

[timmiller Friend timmillerJoin date: August 2008Posts: 169Downloads:0Uploads:10 Thanks: 12 Thanked: 3 times in 1 posts]

#524503

Tom,

Thanks for your info. How can I change layout to the template? Not any component. I want to change items in the template.css file…but I cannot seem to figure how to do this…what folders, files do I need to create where?

Thanks!

[TomC Moderator TomCJoin date: October 2014Posts: 14077Downloads:58Uploads:137 Thanks: 948 Thanked: 3155 times in 2495 posts]

#524507

<em>@timmiller 413588 wrote:</em><blockquote>Tom,

Thanks for your info. How can I change layout to the template? Not any component. I want to change items in the template.css file…but I cannot seem to figure how to do this…what folders, files do I need to create where?

Thanks!</blockquote>

Hi Tim:

It would be best to create a new specific issue thread within the section for the particular template you’re working with.

🙂

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