Creating Jooomla 3.2 template from scratch

william232 · April 1, 2014, 6:42am

Hi guys i am trying to develop a theme installer for Joomla 3.2 i managed to do one sucessfully for 2.5 about 2 years ago in 2010 however with the release of 3.2 i cannot find any tutorials on how to create an installer

this is my files which are the main ones i have my index page

session_start();
/**

@copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2008 Open Source Matters. All rights reserved.
@license GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
other free or open source software licenses.
See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
*/

// no direct access
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=utf-8” />
<title>Belfast Timber Kilns & Belfast Timber Processing LTD Christchurch, New Zealand</title>

</head>
<link rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” href=“styles/main.css” media=“screen” />
<style type=“text/css”>
</style>
<body>
<div id=“container”>
<div id=“banner”><img src=“images/banner.jpg” /></div>
<div id=“break”>
<div id=“linebreak”><img src=“images/brown.jpg” /></div>
</div>
<div id=“contentcontainer”>
<div id=“navdiv”>
<div class=“nav”>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Home</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>About</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Services</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>News</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Frequently asked questions</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Contact</a></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“middlecontent”>
<p><jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user1” />

            &lt;jdoc:include type="component" /&gt;

            &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div id="sideimage"&gt;&lt;img src="images/kiln.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        &lt;div id="bottomcontent"&gt;
       		&lt;div id="btmcontent"&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/docksawfeed.jpg" /&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/dockingstack.jpg" /&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/bandsaw.jpg" /&gt;
            &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id="footer"&gt;
	&lt;div id="copy"&gt;
    Copyright 2014 Belfast Timbers&nbsp;LTD&nbsp;•&nbsp;&lt;a href="#" class="footerlink"&gt;Site map&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&lt;a href="#" class="footerlink"&gt;Contact US&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div id="design"&gt;Design by &lt;a href="http://www.williamb-c.com" class="footerlink"&gt;BC Web Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

</div>
</body>
</html>

and my other one is the xml file

<install version=“3.2” type=“template”>

<name>Belfast Timber</name> <version>1.0</version>

<creationDate>21.04.2014</creationDate> <author>William BC</author>

<authorEmail>will@williamb-c.com</authorEmail>

<authorUrl>http://www.williamb-c.com</authorUrl>

<version>0.1</version> <description>… description</description> <files>

<filename>index.php</filename>

<filename>templateDetails.xml</filename>

<filename>images/banner.jpg</filename>

<filename>images/bandsaw.jpg</filename>

<filename>images/brown.jpg</filename>

<filename>images/navbg2.jpg</filename>
<filename>images/docksawfeed.jpg</filename>
<filename>images/footerbg.jpg</filename>
<filename>images/kiln.jpg</filename>

</files>
<position>left</position>

</install>

When i try to install that all zipped i get this error returned to me

JInstaller: :Install: Cannot find Joomla XML setup file

How can i get this template installed for Jooomla 3.2?

Can anyone help me please?

mjz · April 1, 2014, 7:00am

Your XML file is for Joomla 1.5. Try to change it for 2.5+ http://docs.joomla.org/Creating_a_basic_templateDetails.xml_file

william232 · April 1, 2014, 8:37am

ok it works how come when i activate it for my site i get this error?

The template for this display is not available. Please contact a Site administrator.

this is my php code

session_start();
/**

@license GNU/GPL, see LICENSE.php
Joomla! is free software. This version may have been modified pursuant
to the GNU General Public License, and as distributed it includes or
is derivative of works licensed under the GNU General Public License or
other free or open source software licenses.
See COPYRIGHT.php for copyright notices and details.
*/

// no direct access
?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC “-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN” “http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd”>
<html xmlns=“http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml”>
<head>
<meta http-equiv=“Content-Type” content=“text/html; charset=utf-8” />
<title>Belfast Timber Kilns & Belfast Timber Processing LTD Christchurch, New Zealand</title>

</head>
<link rel=“stylesheet” type=“text/css” href=“styles/main.css” media=“screen” />
<style type=“text/css”>
</style>
<body>
<div id=“container”>
<div id=“banner”><img src=“images/banner.jpg” /></div>
<div id=“break”>
<div id=“linebreak”><img src=“images/brown.jpg” /></div>
</div>
<div id=“contentcontainer”>
<div id=“navdiv”>
<div class=“nav”>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Home</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>About</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Services</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>News</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Frequently asked questions</a></div>
<div class=“navlink”><a href=“#” class=“navtext”>Contact</a></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id=“middlecontent”>
<p><jdoc:include type=“modules” name=“user1” />

            &lt;jdoc:include type="component" /&gt;

            &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div id="sideimage"&gt;&lt;img src="images/kiln.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
        &lt;div id="bottomcontent"&gt;
       		&lt;div id="btmcontent"&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/docksawfeed.jpg" /&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/dockingstack.jpg" /&gt;
            	&lt;img src="images/bandsaw.jpg" /&gt;
            &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;div id="footer"&gt;
	&lt;div id="copy"&gt;
    Copyright 2014 Belfast Timbers&nbsp;LTD&nbsp;•&nbsp;&lt;a href="#" class="footerlink"&gt;Site map&lt;/a&gt;&nbsp;•&nbsp;&lt;a href="#" class="footerlink"&gt;Contact US&lt;/a&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div id="design"&gt;Design by &lt;a href="http://www.williamb-c.com" class="footerlink"&gt;BC Web Design&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;

</div>
</body>
</html>

Is there somthing missing for my Joomla 3.2 template i need to fix?

mjz · April 1, 2014, 9:04am

I don’t think there is a problem in your index.php. Try change in your XML this <name>Belfast Timber</name> for this <name>belfasttimber</name>

william232 · April 1, 2014, 2:20pm

still same error what else can i do to fix this issue?

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