Installation of Joomla 1.0.x templates in Joomla 1.5 Sample installation This tutorial will show you how to enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5 so you will be able to install temlates, modules and components written mainly for Joomla 1.0.x
Author: Igor Mihaljko Date: 28. January 2008
Enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5
Welcome to the tutorial that will try to explain how to enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5 so you will be able to install temlates, modules and components written mainly for Joomla 1.0.x. This will be short tutorial but I have noticed that many users don’t know how to install templates, modules or components that are written for Joomla 1.0.x in new Joomla 1.5. Let’s start by loging in Joomla 1.5 backend with our admin credentials.
If you try to install template written for Joomla 1.0.x in Joomla 1.5 without legacy support plugin enabled you will get error message like the one on the following picture.
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Igor Mihaljko mihha@inet.hr 28. January 2008
Enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5
So, to be able to install old template in new Joomla 1.5 you will have to enable legacy support. Choose “Extensions” -> “Plugin Manager”
The list with installed plugins will load. Find “System – Legacy” plugin and click on the red X icon to enable this plugin.
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Igor Mihaljko mihha@inet.hr 28. January 2008
Enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5
Here is the result of this action:
You will see that legay support is enabled by looking at the top right side of your admin backend.
Now, we can try to install some template that is written for previous version of Joomla.
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Igor Mihaljko mihha@inet.hr 28. January 2008
Enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5
As you can see, installation was sucessful and we can use this template on our site as before.
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Igor Mihaljko mihha@inet.hr 28. January 2008
Enable legacy support in Joomla 1.5
This concludes my tutorial about legacy support in Joomla 1.5. If something wasn’t clear in this tutorial, you can always ask about features and ask for help on JoomlaMarket support forum and I will try to solve your problems.
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Igor Mihaljko mihha@inet.hr 28. January 2008