---
title: "How to upload a logo in the Joomla 3.1 Protostar template"
description: "Another option in the Joomla 3.0 Protostar template we will review is the logo setting: LogoUpload a custom logo for the site template. Uploading a custom logo in your Joomla 3.0 hosted website is..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/logo/
date: 2012-10-19
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 3"]
tags: ["Joomla v3"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to upload a logo in the Joomla 3.1 Protostar template

Another [option in the Joomla 3.0 Protostar template](/support/website/ssl/what-is-ssl-and-why-is-it-important/) we will review is the logo setting:

**Logo**
*Upload a custom logo for the site template.*

Uploading a custom logo in your [Joomla 3.0 hosted website](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/joomla-hosting) is straight forward, and you can see in the screenshots below how the logo will show in the upper left of your pages:

| Without a Logo | With a custom logo |
| --- | --- |
| [![logo-no-logo](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_protostar_logo-no-logo.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_protostar_logo-no-logo.jpg) | [![logo-custom-logo-uploaded](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_protostar_logo-custom-logo-uploaded.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_protostar_logo-custom-logo-uploaded.jpg) |

You’ll notice that if you choose to show a custom logo, your site title will no longer show. In our testing, you can see the **My Joomla 3.0 Website** title shows in the before screenshot, but not in the after.

## To add a logo in Joomla 3.0

1. [Log into your Joomla 3.0 Admin Dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. In the top menu, click **Extensions** and then click **Template Manager**
3. In the list of templates, find and click on the **Protostar** template. In our testing, we clicked on **My Default Style (Protostar)**
4. Click the **Options** (or **Advanced** if you don’t see *Options*) tab towards the top of the page
5. Find the setting labeled **Logo**, and then click the **Select** button next to it.
6. At this point you have several options: *6.1*: Browse through files you’ve already uploaded and click on an image*6.2*: Next to **Image URL**, type in the url to the image*6.3*: Next to **Upload file**, click **Choose Files** and then upload a logo from your computer After using one of the three options above, click the **Insert** button in the top right of the pop-up and then click the **Save** button in the top left of the page to save the settings for you new logo. A note about **File size**:Joomla will show you the file size limit if you decided to upload a file. For example, we saw at message stating there was a 10mb limit. As far as dimenions, we were allowed to upload an image 2000px long. The chrome browser resized the long image so it didn’t stretch off the screen, but Firefox showed the full 2000px wide image (which didn’t look good at all).