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Introductory: Modify Joomla! 1.5 Milkyway Template

Adapting the template to meet your needs

Written by Chad Windnagle

Introductory: Modify Joomla! 1.5 Milkyway Template
Changing rhuk_milkyway's Default Configurations
How to Change the Joomla! Logo
Changing Your Favicon
Removing Powered by Joomla! and Validator links
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Removing the “Powered By Joomla” Link – and Site Code Validators:

Why should I leave the “Powered By Joomla!” link? Joomla! is an open source, community based project. If possible, you should leave the link to Joomla.org because when your site visitors see what a pretty site you have, they'll discover the power of open source community projects. You shouldn't feel embarrassed that your site is powered by Joomla! Feel proud to have site powered by an award winning Content Management System!


Figure 11:Refer to the steps outlined in: “How to Change The Joomla! logo:” to get to the rhuk_milkyway's configuration area. Once there, on the toolbar, click edit html. (See Figure 11)

When you are in the HTML editor, you're actually looking at PHP code. In fact, you are looking at the template's index.php file. This file is located in this directory on your server: 

<joomlaroot>/templates/rhuk_milkyway/index.php

Look at the very bottom on your template's index.php file at lines 170-180. It starts with id="footer" and ends with CSS and a ending div statement.This is the footer. If you want to remove the “powered by Joomla!” link, then delete this line: 

<?php echo JText::_('Powered by') ?><a href="http://www.joomla.org">Joomla!</a>.

If you want to remove the site code validators, remove the very next line: 

<?php echo JText::_('Valid') ?> <a href="http://validator.w3.org/check/referer">XHTML</a> <?php echo JText::_('and') ?> <a href="http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/check/referer">CSS</a>.

Once the line(s) have been removed, you can save the index.php file by clicking save on the Joomla! tool bar. (See Figure 12)

Now, say you wanted to add a link to this area. This is really simple. Just use this code:

<?php echo Jtext::_('your unlinked text here') ?> <a href="http://yoursite.com">linked text</a>


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  1. avatar Ernest Smith makes this comment

    2009-01-09 22:09:00

    Great Article. I'm just Starting out with Joomla x 2days only. Building my new site as I go. Thanks for the help.

  2. avatar Astrid makes this comment

    2009-01-26 01:17:00

    I have done everything outlined in this article, but unfortunately my logo still does not show.

    Any idea what I could have missed?:-(

  3. avatar Iain Menmuir makes this comment

    2009-01-29 00:11:53

    Hi
    I have been trying to change the main logo and the favicon for hours now following these instructions implicitly with no success...other than a very sore head!!:\
    CAn anyone help????please????
    many thanks
    Iain

  4. avatar Christopher makes this comment

    2009-02-13 15:42:43

    I appreciate this training. I'm not a developer but a small business owner developing a new site. This is my first time to use Joomla. These instructions were great! Thanks.:-)

  5. avatar orchid1 makes this comment

    2009-04-11 16:51:02

    empty the cache before reloading the page and you will seee your brand new favicon. I had the same problem after I uploaded my favicon to the website I couldnt see it because I had not cleared out the cache try this and it should work perfectly

  6. avatar Amir makes this comment

    2009-04-28 08:12:00

    I did all the instructions as mentioned. yet the logo didnt change when i chose to preview the link. what could be the problem?
    thanks for your help in advance

  7. avatar -ted makes this comment

    2009-05-08 02:26:53

    Finally! A good answer about how the background color is set in a template. It can be set by an admin through the Template Mgr or by the theme developer by hand editing the params.ini file. Thanks!
    -ted

  8. avatar Tsia makes this comment

    2009-06-26 19:37:36

    I have tried this technique with no success !!:-(All I have is a blank white space...and massive headache

  9. avatar Starkey makes this comment

    2009-07-28 14:29:16

    Not working. I have tried many different things. Help please

  10. avatar MC makes this comment

    2009-07-30 20:15:21

    I followed the same steps but it didn't work with new logo even after I put the correct pixel size. So I got around the problem by renaming my new logo to mw_joomla_logo.png. But first, make sure you backup a copy of the original file.

  11. avatar ulas makes this comment

    2009-10-11 01:41:00

    I ve changed the color style of template rhulk_milkway but i didn t like the value of black at background. How can I change its color, ?

  12. avatar antonio makes this comment

    2009-10-18 22:09:29

    How can i change the main title "Welcome to the site"

    Thank you

  13. avatar Kate makes this comment

    2009-10-28 14:58:30

    This was exactly what I needed to get my logo changed!! Thank you!

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