A Blank Joomla Template?
February 20, 2010 under FAQ
Hey, I need a completely blank Joomla template that I can edit with Joomla 1.0! Anyone know where to find one - it would also be useful if I could edit the header, but I’m not going to complain if you can’t find one like that :)
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I do not think it is allowed.
If you install Joomla without the sample data it will be blank.
Alternatively go in to the admin section and unpublish every content item and every menu item and banners etc.
Joomla 1.0.x templates are almost identical to Mambo templates. You can download a blank template index.php file and a blank template_css.css file from Mambo Tutorials http://mambo-tutorials.com/category/mamb…
In the downloads section there is a zip file that contains both. There is no registration required and they are free to download and use - just add your own styling, images, or whatever and you will have a custom template.
My favourite blank template is part of the tutorials from Compass Designs:http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials/
Here is the tutorial:http://www.compassdesigns.net/tutorials/…
Here are the files - you will have to register and login to get them but it is really worth the effort:http://www.compassdesigns.net/downloads.…
The template is free, clean and xhtml friendly and the tutorials are very easy to understand:
As Joomla templates are just simple files they are editable with a text editor like Notepad or Notepad++.
There are excellent template guides around. Firstly for Joomla version 1.0.XX there are visual tutorials:http://help.joomla.org/component/option,…
Also check out Rocket Theme’s site. They too have great tutorials:http://tutorials.rockettheme.com
My only personal adjustment to their template is the path to the template in the index.php file on line 15 starting