Apart from manually downloading and installing each template and module separately, there is another way which allows you to download a bunch of related modules and templates together. Note that the method outlined in this post is usually applied to sites which already have some content. That’s it! You’ve successfully installed and set a default template for your Joomla site. Simply click the star icon for the template you want to set as default. Navigate to Extensions > Templates > Styles from the Admin Panel. For this, you need to set the template as default for all the pages of the website. Once you’ve successfully installed the template, you’ll have to configure it. In order to be able to properly configure your theme, remember to download and install the required plugin(s) before uploading your template. Note that some templates like the one shown in the screenshot above require a plugin to be installed (In this case, the T3 plugin).

Joomla will automatically install the template, and present you with the successful installation message. Now go ahead and upload the template file you downloaded in the previous step. You will be presented with a screen that asks you to upload the extensions files. Here, select Manage, and from the submenu that opens up, click Install. Once you’ve downloaded a template you like, go back to your Joomla Admin Panel and click Extensions. You can look up some cool templates in the official Joomla templates repository or third party sites like Rocket Themes, Joom Shaper etc. Next, download a Joomla template of your choice.

Here is a break down of the steps:įirst, login to your Joomla site as an admin by navigating to /administrator. The process is quite similar with a few minor differences. In this post, I’ll move on to the next step and discuss the process of installing a Joomla template. Follow a previous post, I wrote about how to install a Joomla module.

How to download a template in joomla