Posted by: Qasim Virjee on Monday, 21 April 2008

Since I first started using Joomla
 years back, I've always felt that with a little knowledge of html and css making a template is quite simple - all you really have needed to know is where you want which blocks to be displayed on your site.

In fact, you've been able to do a lot with Joomla templates, and now with 1.5 can do even more - in making dynamic interfaces for websites which handle data in creative ways.  Without getting to deep into the topic, I know there are a bunch of folks who are attempting to build sites with Joomla that don't really know any html and shy away from 'code.'  For them, some neat tools are coming out like Joomlashack's Template Builder . 

Basically, Joomlashack's created a tool to allow their customers to easily reconfigure color options of their templates by hitting up this website, changing some options in a form and previewing the result, then pasting the output code into their Joomlashack-bought Template Builder-compatible template.

I don't think this tool revolutionizes Joomla theming but its a nice step forward for commercial vendors catering to Joomla sites; though Joomlashack may pitch it as saving time and encouraging creativity, I feel its a service tool that all template sellers should offer their customers. 

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posted by Western Australia Joomla Devel on 2008-05-16 This is a great idea. It still has a long way to go to before users can create themes as good as what the bigger template sites provide. But, it is impressive. Quote

Nice Idea but... posted by Shweta Lotlikar on 2008-07-14 While I understand the need from such tools, I dont think you can build highly specialized and customizable templates using such tools. -Shweta www.shweta.lotlikar.in Quote

joomla Templates ??? posted by maddouri on 2008-10-21 Hi, There is another tools for creating joomla templates and it is free and very flexible called joomla Tiger http://joomla-planet.com Quote

Creativity is the key.... posted by sgmds on 2008-11-19 I think that such tools will lead to better creativity. The situation is similar even to MySpace...at least we will see better professional templates for Joomla if the designers want to sell them :) Quote

re: joomla Templates ??? posted by Twosheds on 2009-12-05 maddouri wrote: Hi, There is another tools for creating joomla templates and it is free and very flexible called joomla Tiger http://joomla-planet.com Subscription-based, not free. Quote

Another template builder posted by inkanet on 2010-01-03 There is another visual WYSIWYG template builder for Joomla. You can read more about this tool on http://joomla.inkanet.eu/template-editor Quote

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