Previewing template before going live with it
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- James_Lewis_Evolvement
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Hi Guys,
There may be a simple answer for this, but I haven't come across it yet. Am fairly conversant with Joomla, but not a coder or template developer. However, I've got quite a bit of experience working with PHP/SMARTY, and was wondering...
Is there a way to preview a template in Joomla before making it live (default)?
I'm working on an existing Joomla site that desperately needs reskinning, but I don't want to give the game away by swapping out the template while I'm still workign on it.
In SMARTY, I'd just use a URL varialbe (?template=).
Is there something similar in Joomla?
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Todd Harrison
todd at mypembrokeshire dot com
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- James Spencer
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Try
?jos_change_template=template_name - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- James_Lewis_Evolvement
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Very very very cool, thanks for the speedy reply!
Worked like a charm.
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Todd Harrison
todd at mypembrokeshire dot com
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- West7th
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?jos_change_template=template_name
Where does one make that change? - Learn Joomla online with video tutorials. One at a time at www.MyJoomlaCast.com
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- James Spencer
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Its what you type in your web browser such as
mysite.com/index.php?jos_change_template=template_name - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- West7th
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- beautiful. thanks!
- Learn Joomla online with video tutorials. One at a time at www.MyJoomlaCast.com
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- daniel roberts
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i use a program called XAMPP which allows you to design in your localhost and so you do not have to keep uploading to your serv.
here is where you can find out about XAMPP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Dan
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