I am making my own template for my Joomla site and I am doing so working locally (on my Mac via MAMP). I have come quite a long way, much thanks to the excellent pdf "The Joomla Admin Manual" by Barrie North and I also have the Dreamweaver extension from Media 65, but a lot of questions have popped up along the way...
I am hoping to get some input and practical solutions to these matters and I hope I'm not asking too stupid questions but I have just recently started with CMS as opposed to have been designing static pages for some time so this way of thinking is a bit new to me.
I will try to be clear and structured:
Design – menus
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How do you get the menu to keep certain properties when on a specific "page"
(For example to be bold or underlined to ease navigation, when there are no such thing as a page...)
Design – templates misc
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Different colors (for example) on different parts of the site
(How do you tell Joomla that you are on a specific "page" and therefore menus and boxes should display certain characteristics when there are no such thing as pages?)
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How can you bring all the information needed when exporting a template
(Some styling is connected directly to specific modules in Joomla – how can you get that information when exporting? Can you still style different modules in different ways when you want the template to work on any site?)
Design – forms
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How can you "split" the log-in form?
(If you for example want it horizontally instead of in a side menu)
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How can you change the text in a form field?
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How can you style and change the text surrounding a form field (but still included in the module - like for the log-in)
(I can't find the text in Joomla but it has to be there?)
Modules
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Could you have for example more than one "Banners"-module, or "Random Image"-module? Or can you give other modules the same properties?
Links – internal
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Can you make links to specific "pages"?
If, for example, I wanted a link from the footer directly to the "About us"-page or the "Contact-us"-form
Very grateful for any input/help on these topics! And please, even if you have a suggestion to only one of the above questions – don't hesitate to post it!
/Lisa