Template Tips and Tricks:

• Use the following addition to a Joomla! website address to see the module position availability and positioning... "?tp=1"
  Example: http://www.joomla.org?tp=1
• Different numbers of columns on different pages
  If you have a template with more than one column, you may like to provide more page space for your main content section ()
  Here's ONE way of doing this with some PHP code in your template's index.php file...
  EXAMPLE: you have a home page with more than one column, then all other pages have the full page width of the main content column, with no side columns....
  make an "IF" statement for your current multi-layout area for the home page as follows:
  <?if($_REQUEST['option']=="com_frontpage"){?>
  now follows the multi-column code
  then...
  <?} else { ?>
  followed by the same code with the other column(s) removed
  then...
  <?} ?>
• If you're at a (Joomla!) site and you like certain design features, you can install the "Web Developer" toolbar for FireFox. It lets you do lots of things including seeing the css for the page, as well as many other functions. You can get it at : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60
• If you get reasonably adept at customizing HTML and css, make sure you install Joomla! on a local web server (your home machine). Then you can do lots of tweaks and view the result very quickly without having to upload the files to see results.
  To install a local server, go here to find out how...