{"id":1375,"date":"2012-05-25T15:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2012\/05\/25\/specific-template-per-page\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T02:03:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T07:03:48","slug":"specific-template-per-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/specific-template-per-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the template used for specific menu items in Joomla 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"alert\">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 <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.joomla.org\/Joomla!_CMS_versions\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In Joomla 2.5, you have the ability to <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/how-to-change-site-template\/\">change the template for your entire site<\/a>. Not many users know, but you can also assign specific templates for specific pages. In this Joomla 2.5 tutorial, we\u2019ll walk you through the steps for changing templates on individual menu items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>To assign a template to one page only:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-3\/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard\/\">Log into your Joomla 2.5 admin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Open the menu item you want to edit<\/strong>\n<p>In the top menu, hover over <strong>Menus<\/strong> and click on the menu group that contains the menu item you want to change. In the list of menu items that appear, click a specific menu item.<\/p><\/li>\n<li>Under <strong>Details<\/strong> and next to<strong> Template Style<\/strong>, choose your desired template from the list shown.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_choose-template-style.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"563\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_choose-template-style.gif\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"choose-template-style\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click <strong>Save<\/strong> in the top righ menu\n<p>After making the changes, test your changes! You\u2019ll see that this page only in Joomla 2.5 now has a custom template chosen!<\/p>\n<table class=\"article_table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Before the Template Style Change<\/th>\n<th>After the Template Style Change<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_before-template-style-change.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"before-template-style-change\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_before-template-style-change.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"639\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_after-template-style-change.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"after-template-style-change\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/edu_joomla25_choose-template-style_after-template-style-change.gif\" style=\"max-width: 240px;\" width=\"639\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. In Joomla 2.5, you have the ability to change the template for your entire site. Not many users know, but you<a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/joomla\/joomla-2-5\/specific-template-per-page\/\"> Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4403,82],"tags":[2113],"class_list":["post-1375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-joomla","category-joomla-2-5","tag-joomla-v2-5"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Changing the template used for specific menu items in Joomla 2.5 | InMotion Hosting<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this Joomla 2.5 tutorial we&#039;ll show you how to assign a template to one unique page in your website.\" 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