Joomla Template Tutorial - Changing File Permissions There may be times when you would like to edit your Joomla template files and this can be prepared either from within Joomla itself or by editing the file on your computer. For this example let's imagine we want to edit the template.css file of the beez template that comes with Joomla. Editing Joomla Templates from inside Joomla: Login to your Administrator section of Joomla The Control Panel will display Select Extensions/Template Manager from the Menu bar The Template Manager will show Select the Template you wish to edit i.e beez The Template Edit page will display Let's picture you wish to edit the template.css file Choose Edit.css The Template CSS Editor page will display listing all the css files that are linked with your Joomla web web site Notice that in nearly all cases all the files will be unwritable. To amend these files you will need to amend the permissions so that you can alter the coding This is where it becomes a little more complex particularly if you are not accustomed with FTP You will need an FTP product to change the permissions such as Filezilla ( HYPERLINK "http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Main_Page" http://wiki.filezilla-project.org/Main_Page) or you could download a 30 day trial of Dreamweaver Any program you select, login to your server where you will see a list of files intended for your joomla site Go to to the Template folder and then to the folder of the template you would like to amend. For this example let's use beez Select the beez folder and you will see a folder called css Choose the css folder and you will notice the template.css If you are using Dreamweaver, right click on the template.css The Microsoft Windows pop up window will display and you will notice an option called Set Permissions In support of other programs you will want to read the manual Choose the Set Permissions option The File Access Properties window will show and you will see that the file is set to 755 in other words it can be read and executed by everyone but not except for the owner of the file Edit the permission to 777 which will give everybody access to read, write and execute the file Be aware that this file is now vulnerable so you want to amend it back as soon as you can to 755 Open up your Template Edit Page in Joomla You might want to refresh the page and you will currently see that your template.css file is writeable Choose template.css and click the edit button The Template Manager page will show and you can make your amendments Click the Save button when you have finished your changes Check that your changes have been reflected in your web site You might need to close the browser and open it again for you to be able to notice the changes Return to your FTP program and set the permissions back to 755 so that your file cannot be written to The next way of editing your template.css file is to download the file to your PC: Using the FTP application login to your server Navigate to the Template folder and then to the folder of the template you would like to edit. For this example let's use beez Choose the beez folder and you will see a folder called css Choose the css folder and you will notice the template.css Download the file to your computer In Dreamweaver you are able to simply double click on the file You won't have to worry about permissions I suggest you make a copy of this file incase you make a mistake so call it something similar to templateBACKUP.css Open the file and make your changes Upload the file back to the original folder. This will overwrite the original file Refresh your browser and notice your changes
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There may be times when you wish to edit your Joomla template files and this can be prepared either from within Joomla itself or by editing the file on your computer.
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