Packt Publishing's Joomla! 1.5 Template Design by Tessa Blakeley Silver is out at last. Now that Joomla 1.0 is long dead there has been a real need for a concise book on the Joomla 1.5 Template design process. And this is the book you need! This book really does cover everything you need to know about Joomla 1.5 Template design. It explains fully the new jdoc template system that simplifies many of the template calls. Because of the new Joomla 1.5 templating features it is much easier to produce a fully compliant, table-less template design from scratch. As well Tessa includes a whole chapter listing and explaining the new jdoc markup, module & component overrides and Joomla 1.5 generated css ids. This chapter serves as an easy reference without having to wade through the Joomla documentation. The reader is taken step by step through the design process in a logical fashion. All areas are explained very clearly so the book is very useful for the beginner as well as the old hands. All areas are covered including topics as diverse as dynamic menus & structures, AJAX inclusion and Internet Explorer debugging. If you have a basic knowledge of html & css then you'll be on your way to making your own templates very quickly. So this is the book that Joomla 1.5 templaters have been waiting on, highly recommended. Get it from Packt Publishing who have a huge range of specialist IT and Technology publications. The direct link is Joomla! Template Design Enjoy. |
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 October 2009 18:00 |