Joomla! 3 Template Essentials -- Table of Contents -- Joomla! 3 Template Essentials -- Credits -- About the Author -- About the Reviewer -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Joomla! Template System -- What is a Joomla! template? -- Templates - download for free, buy, or build your own -- Free templates -- Premium templates -- How to earn money per sale -- Conclusion -- Identifying templates -- Investigating design solutions -- Introducing the Joomla! Template Manager -- Exploring the default templates -- Installing a new template -- Unloading a package file -- Typical errors during template installation -- Make it look like the demo -- Changing your default template -- Customizing the current template -- Changing the template used for specific menu items -- Removing unnecessary templates -- Summary -- 2. Joomla! Template Frameworks -- Understanding the Joomla! template framework -- Exploring the reasons to use a framework -- Useful framework features -- Learning different frameworks -- Exploring popular Joomla! Version 3 template frameworks -- The Expose framework 4 -- The Gantry framework -- The Gavern framework -- The HD framework -- The S5 Vertex framework -- The Shaper Helix II framework -- The Sparky framework -- The Strapped framework -- The T3 framework -- The Warp 6 framework -- The Wright framework -- The YJSG framework -- The past and future of frameworks -- Summary -- 3. Building a Template from a Framework -- Web design trends -- Back to the basics - minimalistic designs -- HTML5 and CSS3.

Replacing Flash with HTML5 and JavaScript -- Responsive web design (RWD) -- The one page and parallax effects -- The fixed and scrolling header bars -- Slideshows - responsive and touch friendly -- Swiss design style -- Large photos as backgrounds -- App-style web interfaces -- Flat design and colors -- Web and big fonts -- UX direction -- Social media integration -- What the future will bring -- Setting client expectations -- If you can imagine it, you can wireframe it -- Home page -- Required tools -- The basic elements of a Joomla! template -- Building a template based on the framework -- Choosing a template framework -- From zero to warp -- Joomla! 3.x templates and LESS -- Even comics have text content -- Show me your badge - start with a logo -- Picture in the background -- Navigation -- Layout and backgrounds -- Social buttons -- Slideshow -- Modules on the left-hand side -- Random images -- Facebook/Twitter wall -- Modules on the right-hand side -- Calendar grid -- Latest videos -- Simple information box -- Modules at the bottom -- Responsive Google or Bing map -- Events map -- Our friends -- About us and contact -- Popular tags -- Newsletter module -- Footer menu -- Copyright -- Summary -- 4. Advanced Template and Styling Tricks -- Constructing a template -- Overriding the default layout -- Adding a custom stylesheet -- Using custom CSS -- Module variations -- Icons in menu items -- The fixed navigation bar -- Adding and changing the favicon -- Modules and plugins -- Frontend news display -- Tabs and accordions -- Slideshow -- The parallax content slider -- Responsive maps -- Shortcodes -- Advance hover effects -- Typography tips -- Adding a custom font -- Dingbat fonts -- Font awesome -- Colorful notice styles -- CSS-generated content -- Listing bullets with images -- Kerning -- Appending ellipsis automatically.

Reducing the number of images -- Summary -- 5. Selling Your Template -- Are you ready to sell? -- Validate, optimize, and test your templates before, not after -- You are selling much more than a template -- Images and graphics in a template -- Support - questions require answers -- Pricing your templates -- How to hide the real price and earn more -- Sale by piece or temporary access -- The magic of prices that end with 99 -- Tips for selling online templates -- Give one thing for free, and they will buy the rest -- Designing to suit their needs -- The web design that works -- Template color variations -- Localization and fonts -- Potential buyers -- Showing off technology -- Support for extensions -- Do not be greedy and do not lie -- Sell twice -- Where and how to sell -- Summary -- Index.