Locating Joomla! templates in your website's hierarchy

When building your Joomla! template it's useful to know where in Joomla! the files for each template are stored within your website's hierarchy.

Getting ready

Open your FTP program if your Joomla! website is stored on a remote server and locate the root directory of your Joomla! installation. Let's assume that our Joomla! installation is on example.com and that we're using FTP throughout the book. We'll use FileZilla, which can be downloaded for free from

How to do it...

1. Locate the directory where your Joomla! is installed. Joomla! templates are stored in the templates directory. We're looking for the default template we identified previously, rhuk_milkyway, which is located in the rhuk_milkyway directory:
   

How it works...

By storing related files such as CSS files, images, and the template files together in a Joomla! template, it's easier to see which files relate to a particular Joomla! template.

See also

You may find these other recipes helpful:

• Understanding Joomla! templates
• Installing a Joomla! template