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Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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One of the more fun (and easy!) things to do in Joomla 2.5 is to change your site\u2019s template. Your site template is what controls the look and feel of your website. If you don\u2019t know how to create Joomla 2.5 templates, you can search the web for joomla 2.5 templates<\/em> and find quite a few results, which will give you many different options to choose from when it comes to picking a template.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we\u2019ll assume you\u2019ve already found and downloaded a Joomla 2.5 template from the internet. Your next step will be to install the template, and we\u2019ll show you just how to do that in this Joomla 2.5 tutorial.<\/p>\n

To install a Joomla 2.5 template:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Log into your Joomla 2.5 admin<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  2. \"click-install\"<\/a>\n
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    In the top menu, hover over Extensions<\/strong> and then click Extension Manager<\/strong>.
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  3. Click the Install<\/strong> tab. <\/li>\n
  4. \"upload<\/a>\n
  5. After installing the template, you will receive a message similar to:\n

    Installing template was successful<\/strong>!<\/p>\n

    At this point, you have successfully installed a new Joomla 2.5 template!<\/p>\n

    Please note that this has not activated your new template, you still need to do this. Activating a new template can be done from the Template Manager, and you can follow these steps to change your Joomla 2.5 template<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    When you\u2019ve changed to the new template, you should see your Joomla 2.5 site have a new look and feel to it!<\/p>\n

    Important!<\/strong> When installing a new template, make sure you go to the Extension Manager<\/strong> > Discover<\/strong> tab to have the theme show in your dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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    Joomla 2.5 has reached its end of life as for 12\/31\/2014. Please be advised this may be a security risk to your website. You can view more information about the end of life here. One of the more fun (and easy!) things to do in Joomla 2.5 is to change your site\u2019s template. 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