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supertr1 · #1 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 16:22

Hello all experts!

I am a newbie and i mean newbie. I started my own company 6 months ago and am just now getting in the process of doing my website. I have purchased joomla as my content management system and am a lost. I have read their tutuorials and have gotten know where really. I have yet to publish my site because I cannot figure out how to develop the site in way that i could live with. I could use any help you can give me. When i started out i was using one of their templates that did not even really go with my business. ( I am a professional pooper scooper) I am having a hard time finding templates with dogs. and the one i have found that was free, i do not know how to change the codes in order to remove the name they have on there to replace it with my company name. I am even unsure as how to upload it into the server once i get it the way i like it. I could really use your expert help on this project. I went with Siteground.com as my host and they provided me with joomla. My husband also owns his own business and went with godaddy.com and he is doing much better than i but since his business was easier to find a template he was able to go faster at this process. He is not entirly happy with the way his site looks but as i get more used to codes and how to do things i am hoping to help him as well. But my first priority is getting my site up and making it look awesome! I am unsure of how to once the site is to my liking how i would upload it into siteground where it will be published to the web.

you can look at the site at http://supertrooperscoopers.com

Please any help would be greatly apprecatied !!!!!

Thank you,

Ty

Marc · #2 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 20:45

To change the title on your website you will need to have the .fla file for this: http://supertrooperscoopers.com/temp...mages/logo.swf.

I have looked on google for free Joomla Templates with a Dog theme but with no avail. I am no Joomla expert - infact, ive never used it before!

supertr1 · #3 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 21:02

So how would i go about creating my own template? So I would be able to have dogs at the top and then my company name. I am new so please bear with me as i am learning.

Marc · #4 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 21:06

I couldn't tell you myself because i have never used Joomla before but i have found a tutorial on the Joomla website. http://dev.joomla.org/content/view/1136/79/. Hope this helps!

supertr1 · #5 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 21:21

marc,

If i were to put the html code in here could you show me where i need to change it?

supertr1 · #6 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 21:31

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<?php defined( '_VALID_MOS' ) or die( 'Direct Access to this location is not allowed.' ); $iso = split( '=', _ISO ); echo '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="'. $iso[1] .'"?' .'>';?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "<A href="http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><head">http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><head>
 <?php if ( $my->id ) initEditor(); ?>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-2" />
 <?php mosShowHead(); ?><style type="text/css">
<!-- .style2 {
 color: #FF9900;
 font-weight: bold;
}
-->
 </style>
<br>
 <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/css/template_css.css";?>" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/favicon.ico"; ?>" />
 </head>
<body>
<table width="780" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td width="9" background="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/images/"; ?>image_01.png"><img src="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/images/"; ?>/image_01.png" width="9" height="5" /></td>
 <td>
 <table width="100%" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"> 
 <table width="100%" border="0" align="" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
 <tr>
 <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
 <div align="left">
   <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,29,0" width="780" height="200">
     <param name="movie" value="templates/wds_dog/images/logo.swf">
     <param name="quality" value="high">
     <embed src="templates/wds_dog/images/logo.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="780" height="200"></embed>
   </object> 
   </div></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
</td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 <table width="780" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
 <tr bgcolor="#EEEEEE">
 <td width="187" height="161" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFD300"><table width="150" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#EEEEEE">
   <tr>
     <td bgcolor="#6E6E6E"><?php if (mosCountModules('left')>0) mosLoadModules('left','true'); ?>
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><?php if (mosCountModules('user1')>0) mosLoadModules('user1','true'); ?>
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><?php if (mosCountModules('user2')>0) mosLoadModules('user2','true'); ?>
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><?php if (mosCountModules('user3')>0) mosLoadModules('user3','true'); ?>
     </td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
     <td><?php if (mosCountModules('user4')>0) mosLoadModules('user4','true'); ?>
     </td>
   </tr>
 </table> </td>
 <td width="557" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <font color="#FFFFFF">
 <?php mosPathWay(); ?>
 </font>
 <hr width="100%" />
 <center>
 <?php if (mosCountModules('banner')>0) mosLoadModules('banner','true'); ?>
 </center>
 <center>
   <?php if (mosCountModules('top')>0) mosLoadModules('top','true'); ?> 
   </center> <br />
 <?php mosMainBody(); ?>
 <br />
 <?php if (mosCountModules('bottom')>0) mosLoadModules('bottom','true'); ?>
 </td>
 <td width="6" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFD300">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
 <td bgcolor="#FFD300">
 <?php if (mosCountModules('advert1')>0) mosLoadModules('advert1','true'); ?>
 </td>
 <td>&nbsp; </td>
 <td bgcolor="#FFD300">&nbsp;</td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#777777">
 <td width="187" bgcolor="#FFD300">&nbsp;</td>
 <td colspan="2"><div align="right" class="style2"><a href="http://www.templatki.com" target="_blank">www.templatki.com</a></div></td>
 </tr>
 </table>
 </td>
 <td width="9" background="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/images/"; ?>/image_05.png"><img src="<?php echo "$GLOBALS[mosConfig_live_site]/templates/$GLOBALS[cur_template]/images/"; ?>image_05.png" width="9" height="5" /></td>
 </tr>
</table>
<center>
</center>
</body>
</html>

Stuart · #7 (**permalink**) Nov 5th, 2007, 22:53

This has happened to me so many times! The company name is on an image. See here:

And here is the image in the html:

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<img src="http://supertrooperscoopers.com/images/banners/osmbanner1.png" alt="Advertisement" border="0">

For the link, I see this:

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<td colspan="2"><div align="right" class="style2"><a href="http://www.templatki.com" target="_blank">www.templatki.com</a></div></td>

Change that to:

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<td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>

"  " is just a space used as a placeholder in that table cell.

That should do it!

Cheers,
SWagner

supertr1 · #8 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 14:17

Thank you SWagner,

I was able to get the www.tiki.com thing off now how to I remove where they have the words my dog???? In order to replace them with my company logo? Also the joomla box that is on the page how do i remove it??? Then my next question is at the top where the tool bar is I want to change the names and cannot find them in the code so having a hard time changing the toolbar.

Thank you,
Ty

Marc · #9 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 16:56

I told you above... You'll need to have the .fla file to change that.

supertr1 · #10 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 18:03

Sorry Marc,

I am unfamilar with the lingo as I am a newbie. Could you explain what a .fla file is so I can see if i have it?

delusion · #11 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 18:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by supertr1

Sorry Marc,

I am unfamilar with the lingo as I am a newbie. Could you explain what a .fla file is so I can see if i have it?

It's the original Flash-file. It's probably not in your template package..
It pretty much means you have to use Flash to alter the header of the site..

Marc · #12 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 18:28

Quote:

Originally Posted by delusion

It pretty much means you have to use Flash to alter the header of the site..

No, dont you mean you will need to have to have Flash and the original flash file (.fla ending) to alter the header of the site?

I am sure that there is a decompiler out there but i don't know anything about them!

supertr1 · #13 (**permalink**) Nov 6th, 2007, 20:31

So you are both telling me, that there is no fix to getting the words MY DOG off of my site is this correct? So I will have to get another template to work from or create my own??? And there is no way to remove the Joomla box that is right smack dab in the begining of my pages off as well?

Is there any software that is free and easy to use to create my own template?

delusion · #14 (**permalink**) Nov 7th, 2007, 18:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marc

No, dont you mean you will need to have to have Flash and the original flash file (.fla ending) to alter the header of the site?

I am sure that there is a decompiler out there but i don't know anything about them!

eh.. yeah.. The thing is that you'll need the used fonts aswell.. (I think.. I'm not a flash-guru)

I didn't say it was impossible. but easy is different..

abray918 · #15 (**permalink**) Jan 6th, 2008, 11:22

Try ScriptLance.com which is free to register and post what you need. I've used them quite a bit and it based on "bidding." I had very good luck using them for template work and special components and modules for Joomla. I finally know which files to edit myself, so fee free to send me Private Message.

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