#Joomla 4 template update#
#Joomla 4 template upgrade#

#Joomla 4 template update#

Yet you can try contacting someone from the company to see if they can update it for you and make it compatible with Joomla 3.x or 4.x. If there isn’t, you’re probably out of luck. If you purchased a template from a template provider that was a one time purchase, go back to the company and see if there’s a version available for Joomla 3.x or 4.x (depending on the migration you're doing). You are using a template that was a one time purchase from some template provider

#Joomla 4 template upgrade#

It just depends on the upgrade path of the developer. If they’re not, you might still be golden. If 2.5 and 3.x, or 3.10.x and 4.x are in the same package, you’re golden.

If they are not, check with the developer on steps to upgrade from Joomla 2.5 to 3.x or 3.10.x to 4.x. If you’re going from 2.5 to 3.x or 3.10.x to 4.x, check to see if the 2.5 and 3.x versions or 3.10.x and 4.x versions are packed in the same package from the developer. Be prepared to make some customisations to the template if you want to get it to look exactly the same. If you’re going from 1.5 to 3, chances are good that there will be some differences in the 1.5 version of the template and the 3 version of the template. If you’re running 1.5 going to 3.x, check to see if the version for Joomla 3 is responsive if that’s important to you. If so, excellent, with a few things to think about.

If you purchased a template from a template club, go back to the company and see if they have a version of your template for Joomla 3.x. This is the easiest one - most of the time. You are using a template that was purchased from a template club You will need to plan on using Cassiopeia or some other template in Joomla 4. The migration will work on the one-click from Joomla 3.10.x to 4.x but the template will disappear and be replaced with Cassiopeia upon migration. Protostar is not compatible with Joomla 4.x. Let’s take these scenarios one at a time: Responsive templates were not available in 1.5 (unless you recently hired someone to make your 1.5 template mobile-friendly) and even at the beginning of the 2.5 life cycle, mobile versions of templates were slim and responsive not quite there yet. Perhaps the biggest reason you may want to change out your template is to utilize newer technology found in templates of the current day. If you want a change, this is the time to decide that. It may have been customised significantly or not at all.īefore deciding what to do, you will want to assess if you want to keep the existing look of your current website. You are using a default template that came with your Joomla installation (Joomla! 1.5 default templates are Rhuk_milkyway, JA Purity, Beez and Joomla! 2.5 default templates are Atomic and two different versions of Beez).You had a custom template designed for you.You are using a template that was a one time purchase from some template provider.You are using a template that was purchased from a template club.In a migration setting you will need to decide what to do about your current template (which determines the current “look and feel” of your site).įor the most part your template scenario will fit into one of the options below: Just like components, modules, and plugins are extensions so is a template. 4 Using the Protostar default template in Joomla 3.x.3.6 You are using a default template that came with your Joomla installation.3.5 You had a custom template designed for you.3 Template Conversions or Template Migrations.2.3 You are using a template that was a one time purchase from some template provider.2.2 You are using a template that was purchased from a template club.