Topics are documentation fragments that are essentially textual. Each such topic answers a basic question: who? what? when? where? why? how? As a rule, each topic answers one question only. These are primary fragments that can be included directly in the documentation.

• What is the purpose of a template?
• What are Templates, technically speaking?
• What are the features of a Template?

• Where are templates found in the Joomla! directory tree?
• What is the typical template directory structure?
• What is the purpose of the templateDetails.xml file?
• What is the purpose of the index.php file?
• Which DocType header to use
• Declaring Module positions
• What is the typical XML install file structure?

• How to upgrade a Joomla! 1.0.x template to Joomla! 1.5?
• How to choose a suitable licence
• Customising the default 403 and 404 error pages
• Counting Modules in a given Module position
• Counting Modules in multiple Module positions

• What is Module chrome?
• Applying custom Module chrome
• How to override the output from the Joomla! core