---
title: "How to zip a Joomla 3.1 template"
description: "At this point in our building a Joomla 3.0 template tutorial series, we are ready to zip / compress our template files and get it ready for installation on a Joomla 3.0 website. This is a very simple..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/zip-joomla-template/
date: 2012-10-07
modified: 2022-03-11
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 3"]
tags: ["Joomla v3"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to zip a Joomla 3.1 template

At this point in our building a Joomla 3.0 template tutorial series, we are ready to zip / compress our template files and get it ready for installation on a Joomla 3.0 website. This is a very simple process to do, and in this article we will walk you through the steps.

So far, this is what we’re working with:

## We have a folder

[![our-folder-that-contains-template-files](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_our-folder-that-contains-template-files.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_our-folder-that-contains-template-files.jpg)

We have a folder named **basic-joomla3.0-template**.

## In that folder, we have template files

[![all-files-that-make-up-our-template](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_all-files-that-make-up-our-template.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_all-files-that-make-up-our-template.jpg)

Within this folder, we have the files that make up our Joomla 3.0 template.

## We will zip this folder

[![how-to-zip-template-with-7-zip](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_how-to-zip-template-with-7-zip.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_how-to-zip-template-with-7-zip.jpg)

Using your favorite zip / compression utility, zip the folder that contains the files for your template. In our testing, we are using a program named **7zip**. To zip a folder using 7zip: Right click on the folder, hover over 7zip, and click then **Add to “folder-name.zip”**.

## We now have our zipped template, ready for installation

[![we-now-have-a-zipped-template](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_we-now-have-a-zipped-template.jpg)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/edu_joomla-3_create-template_we-now-have-a-zipped-template.jpg)

As you can see in the screenshot to the right, we now have our Joomla 3.0 template zipped. It is in a file named **basic-joomla3.0-template.zip**, and it is ready to be installed on a Joomla 3.0 website.