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Browse All TopicsI recently purchased a template online and did not realize it was a Joomla based template until after I had paid for it. Does anyone know if it's possible to get a Joomla template to work with a different CMS program? I use Light CMS for my websites. Any help on how to get the Joomla template to work with Light CMS would be much appreciated. Thank you!
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by: j-b-tPosted on 2009-08-07 at 22:42:49ID: 25048485
You could adapt it to work on your site - but it won't work out teh box.
in simple terms - the main bits of teh joomla tempalet are css files (style files) - you can transfer them as you wish - and an index.php file - whihc is kind of the instructiosn on how to layout pages and which css files to use.
However in a cms there are also instructions in the index.php - whcih instruct the database on how to load contacte (articles, modules ) into eth page - the instrauctiosn in a joomla template are specific for the joomla web diretcory and database.
You would basically need to look at the equivalent file in a light cms template ( is it a php program?) and change the code accordingly in the joomla template - it may be quicker to write a new template or at least html / index.php file from scratch - but in a joomla template instructions like:
<jdoc:include type="modules" name="left" style="xhtml" /> - are specific intrsuctions for the joomls cma - you would need to find equivalnet instructiosn for your cms
So the short answer is - yes anything is possible - but may not be easy - depends on how similar light cms is set up to joomla and you would need to know how to change teh code.