Assigning a different template to the front page

Joomla is really versatile. If you learn the basics you'll have power over every page and every aspect. Here's a simple way to give pages different looks, without having to do a lot of design work.

Assigning a Different Template to the Front Page

In the Administrator site, you specify which template is "Default" for your site. However, you can assign a template other than the default to any menu item you like, including the Front Page.

Step 1. Go to Extensions -> Template Manager. Determine which template is currently your default by looking for the star icon beside it.

Step 2. Now click the name of one of the OTHER templates. In the Menu Assignment box, change the radio button from "None" to "Select from List".  If you hold down the CTRL key and left click the mouse you can select more than one page.

You can now chose one or more pages from the tree view that you would like to apply this template to (for example, your mainmenu's Home item). Anything not selected here will still use your default template.