{"id":1357,"date":"2019-02-06T02:46:14","date_gmt":"2019-02-05T15:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/?p=1357"},"modified":"2020-12-21T03:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-20T16:00:48","slug":"how-to-select-a-joomla-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/how-to-select-a-joomla-template\/","title":{"rendered":"How to select a Joomla template"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you&#8217;re struggling fixing design&nbsp;problems with your Joomla website, it&#8217;s sometimes preferable to start afresh with a new template. However there are thousands of Joomla templates available, so how do you select the right one for your needs? If you don&#8217;t consider this carefully, you&#8217;ll choose the wrong template which wastes your time trying to get it to work and you&#8217;ll need to start the process again by buying another template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Avoid this waste of time and money by&nbsp;watching the following&nbsp;video. I provide a thorough&nbsp;overview and introduce you to 7 specific&nbsp;criteria to consider when selecting a Joomla template. The time you take now to digest this information could save you hours of grief down the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"How to select a new Joomla template\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QDGk9WFHwTo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">RESOURCES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/joomla-templates.php?aff=ricksure&amp;utm_campaign=Youtube_channel_ricksure&amp;utm_source=video&amp;utm_medium=joomla\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/joomla-templates.php?aff=ricksure&amp;utm_campaign=Youtube_channel_ricksure&amp;utm_source=video&amp;utm_medium=joomla\" target=\"_blank\">TemplateMonster Joomla templates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.siteskills.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/learn.siteskills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to update your Joomla template course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buildajoomlawebsite.com\/resources\/joomla-templates\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.buildajoomlawebsite.com\/resources\/joomla-templates\" target=\"_blank\">Other recommended templates<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/learn.siteskills.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/learn.siteskills.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Joomla &#8211; The Basics free course<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/community.joomla.org\/the-joomla-shop.html#!\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/community.joomla.org\/the-joomla-shop.html#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Joomla Shop<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re struggling fixing design&nbsp;problems with your Joomla website, it&#8217;s sometimes preferable to start afresh with a new template. However there are thousands of Joomla&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter.png",844,422,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-300x150.png",300,150,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-768x384.png",640,320,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter.png",640,320,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter.png",844,422,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter.png",844,422,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-624x312.png",624,312,true],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-300x300.png",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-600x300.png",600,300,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/b2ap3_large_Select-a-new-template_twitter-100x100.png",100,100,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Richard Pearce","author_link":"https:\/\/www.siteskills.com\/author\/ricksure\/"},"uagb_comment_info":1,"uagb_excerpt":"If you&#8217;re struggling fixing design&nbsp;problems with your Joomla website, it&#8217;s sometimes preferable to start afresh with a new template. 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