In this chapter we will begin to conceive, together, the  design of your website. You complete your learning later when addressing the following chapter which constitutes the backbone of the creation and personalization of  joomla templates.

At first, remember that "c:\xampplite\htdocs\" is the root of your web server. The folder on your site named "MonSitePerso" is "c:\xampplite\htdocs\MonSitePerso\".

After installing your site "MonSitePerso", you have noticed that the url "http://localhost/MonSitePerso" provides a default view based on a template "rhuk_solarflare_ii " supplied as standard with joomla.


A template is the element that manages the design of your site. Specifically, it is a directory with the name of your template and located in the "\template" of your site. By default, the installation of joomla 1.0.15 provides two templates "rhuk_solarflare_ii" and "madeyourweb". You can add your own. So, for the same site, different templates are available and each gives an appearance and a particular design.

In the following you will create your own templace named "TemplatePerso". Then the folder of your new template will be as follows:

  "c:\xampplite\htdocs\MonSitePerso\templates\TemplatePerso\".