CSS Tools

If you would like to customize a specific template theme from Joomladesigns we would recommend the following CSS software tools.

1) Pixie Color Picker

The pixie color picker is a very useful free utility when making changes to the Joomla! template_css.css file as it enables you to pick any color you have displayed on your screen and extract the HTML (#) values. This is very useful if you want to change color scheme of the design or CSS values in the style sheet. For example if you download a design which uses a blue menu text and green titles you can change the values in the CSS style sheet using the Pixie color picker utility. All you need to do is find a color you like by using pixie to hover over any color displayed on the screen and make a note of the # HTML code. Then open the design and high light the color you would like to change for example the blue menu. Now its just a case of opening the CSS file and doing a search and replace using notepad to change the colors for the theme.

2) CSS Style Master

CSS style master is great for editing the template_css.css file. Its not free but its worth every penny as it enables you to open the designs CSS file and make changes in a live editing mode. Once you open the template_css.css file in style master the design will appear in a editor window. From here you can change which ever CSS value you like. This provides you with complete control over the layout using CSS so you can change the sytle of all the DIV's, components and module positions to suite your needs.

To download the style master software visit the westciv web site. Also checkout the tutorials they have on offer. They are not free but if you would like to understand how CSS works then the tutorials are great value for money.