Mambo and Joomla: Basics

Basic Mambo & Joomla Editing

Allwebco does not generally offer support for Mambo or Joomla, however, these templates can be used with this application. The following information was sent in by an Allwebco template user doing a setup in Mambo.

Implementing an Allwebco template in Mambo:
It is relatively easy to implement a template in an existing mambo site.

Unpack (unzip) the Allwebco files in a map, according to the normal unzip instructions.
Create the desired maps also on your server (in the root).
Transfer the files from your local drive to the same maps on the server.
Transfer the .js files to the root.
Go to the administrator part, choose an existing template.
Go to the HTML of that template.
Clean the HTML, but be sure to leave the specific Mambo/Joomla! (PHP) lines
Fill the page then with the code of the Allwebco template.
Some fine tuning may be needed, regarding the place of the modules on the page.

You will find an example of this at http://www.kerkwest.nl

Mambo/Joomla! template user notes:
At first I didn’t understand how to implement the Allwebco template in a Mambo (now Joomla!) environment. I looked a bit at the support forum, I tried some things and it was relatively easy.

I put the maps flash, gallery, picts and scroller in the root. Furthermore I put all the .js files in the root. Use a normal FTP-program and not the Joomla! installer in the back-end, otherwise it won’t work.

Secondly, in the back-end of Mambo/Joomla! I went to: Site>template manager>site templates. I chose one of the existing templates, clicked on "edit HTML", left there the php joomla! code, removed the rest and filled it with the html of the Allwebco template. The rest was easy, only some fine tuning with the placing of the mambo modules was needed (you need to know something about HMTL).

I use the newest stable upgrade from Joomla!, it works great!

Best regards,
Leon Theunisse

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