Joomla Templates

Help! Im a complete newbie.

Ive just changed us over to Polarbear Chromatic and need to know how to drop an image into the banner.

Also, how do I change the flavicon?

Thanks!

Hi Drawab,
The favicon is changed by uploading a 16px X 16px icon file called favicon.ico to the polarbear template directory - this will be your-site/templates/polarbearchromatic/ favicon.ico

Here is a good free tool to create a favicon from a pic of your logo etc
www.favicon.cc/

To place a picture in the banner position I recommend creating a new module and choosing custom/html - then upload your image sized to 468x60 into this using the WYSIWYG editor (as discussed ;-) into the module and publish into position top-banner

Thank you Big Bear!!! However, Im having an issue finding where to download the favicon too? Its not giving me an option in the polarbear template?

I promise to only be annoying for maybe a day or two and will bring beers next time i come back to kiwi...

thanks!

Hi Drawab, no problem - you don;t need to download the favicon at all - only upload and replace it with a new one - for that you really need FTP access to your site.

You also need to CREATE the favicon you are going to use - which is where that website I mentioned comes in.

Does that make sense?

This is a good free FTP client for Firefox if you don;t already haev one fireftp.mozdev.org/ then you just need login and password to your hosting and you will be able to access all areas of your Joomla site - FTP is essential for conducting any serious work on a Joomla site - or any site.

Ive created the favicon and downloaded fireftp but still cant access it despite issuing a username and password.

Also, is there anyway to get the red colour used for the headings etc as per the template as an ordinary text colour to use throughout the site? It looks a bit squiffy with the two shades, we want to keep it uniform.

And lastly (sorry!), is there anyway to get rid of the colour bar above the Drawable logo?

I really appreciate your help.

Thanks

Hi,

The colour bar is easy! Navigate to the template manager and click on the template title polarbear - this will load the template parametrs and you can choose not to show colour options.

Regarding FTP - this is a hard one to troubleshoot - you need to check with your webhost to confirm the correct settings to access your site via FTP - only they would know this. It's also near impossible to change some files within a Joomla site without FTP - e.g. the Favicon.

I'll look into the red text question for you.

you are my hero. I promise not to annoy you for the rest of the day!

lol - that's because it's 5pm in Australia ;-) but it's ok - you're not annoying me at all.


PS: your site is coming along nicely - keep up the good work!

Thank you, its been quite the learning curve.

My objective for today though is to change the favicon from the gay pride flag to the drawable logo. While we are all for mardi gras next month, its not what were selling...

Is there an easier way than going through fireftp?

Hey,

It's not the gay pride flag - the Favicon and the template were inspired by Apple, and the chromatic iPod Nano they released:
casenano.com/apple-anounces-ipod-nano-4g-in-9- colors.html

If gay pride uses the colours in the chromatic range to represent their movement that's fine with us too, but it's not what we had in mind when we created this design.

Oh! and it's a Favicon - not a Flavicon - it has nothing to do with flavours or flavors depending on where you are in the world - the term comes from 'favorite' - as in 'bookmarking a favorite website' - historically your web browser would show an icon alongside each favorite, and consequently the term favicon evolved.

To be honest FTP is your only option - you can't really build a website without it.

FTP, or file transfer protocol, is the standard method for connecting to a web server and manipulating files. It's the way things are done and it is about as easy as it gets.

All you need is a login and password for your web host - you enter this into your FTP program (client) along with the ftp address - in your case most likely ftp.drawable.com.au - and presto you are connected - you can add remove and edit files at will.

Some hosts do offer web based file managers but they are almost always clunky and unreliable over FTP - also the login for your web host is almost always the same login you use for FTP - so the same effort is required either way.

Thanks big bear, will try track down the login details and see what we can see.

And i was only being facetious about the gay pride, i kind of figured where it came from.

Have a great, stressfree weekend!

;-) you have a great weekend too.

"PS: your site is coming along nicely - keep up the good work!"
I don't see a link to the site, can you show it to us too?

As a premium member Drawab has been communicating with me via email as well - so I have seen her site - posting a link is her call.

I can share a link to another members site who has just given me approval to add her site to the showcase:
sunytravel.com/ very nice customization of transparent bliss.