Joomla! 1.5: 10/19/06

1.5 beta Template Editing: HTML and CSS

The template HTML Editor.
I have highlighted some of the new XML -style tags now used in template creation
(instead of PHP code, which can still be used though).

From the CSS Editor screen, you can select any of multiple template css files for editing, then click the "Edit" button. See screen below:

You then get to directly edit the selected CSS file from Joomla! admin, live!
(so: be carefull, and keep backups: copy all, paste into a text file before editing, give it a version number with current date, at the end maybe add some notes about your changes, just in case you want to revert later on..!)

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1.5 beta Template screens part One

Template Manager with rollover preview thumbnail.
Notice the new "Default" button to select the main site/admin template.

Template Parameters are accessed by clicking a template name.
From here, you can set various params, as well as edit HTML and CSS files for this template. See next post.

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1.5 beta Managers

A typical Manager screen: the new "flat" submenu provides immediate access to site and admin, notice the clickable (to sort on) column headers!

Module positions (accessed from Template Manager) showcases a few new names..

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1.5 beta Menus re-organization part Two

I skipped Components Menu, which lists all installed components (with sub-links if available).
Here you can see the very simply Extensions Menu.
This provides single-click access to
* Extensions un/installation (for all types)
* 4 Managers for Modules, Plugins, Templates and Languages

The Tools Menu groups
* admin messaging (between admins),
* Mass Mail (to contact site members) and
* Global checkin.
Help Menu provides all the Help content,
which is currently disabled (beta one), and system info.

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1.5 beta Menus re-organization part One

Site Menu now only holds
* Control Panel (admin home)
* User Manager
* Media Manager
* (Global) Configuration
* and a Logout link

Menus Menu lets you add new menus and edit/create items for each of the existing menus, as well as access trashed menu items.

Content Menu now holds all article-relevant items:
* the Article Manager
* Article Trash
* Section and Category Managers
* Frontpage Manager
* Article (access) statistics