====== Topics ======

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.

===== Essential =====
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsPurposeOfTemplate|What is the purpose of a template?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatAreTemplates|What are Templates, technically speaking?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatAreTemplateFeatures|What are the features of a Template?]]

===== Beginners =====
  * [[fragments:topic-WhereAreTemplatesFound|Where are templates found in the Joomla! directory tree?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsTypicalDirectoryStructure|What is the typical template directory structure?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsTemplateDetailsXML|What is the purpose of the templateDetails.xml file?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsIndexPHP|What is the purpose of the index.php file?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhichDocTypeHeaderToUse|Which DocType header to use]]
  * [[fragments:topic-DeclaringModulePositions|Declaring Module positions]]
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsTypicalXmlInstallFile|What is the typical XML install file structure?]]

===== Intermediate =====
  * [[fragments:topic-HowToUpgradeTo15|How to upgrade a Joomla! 1.0.x template to Joomla! 1.5?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-HowToChooseLicense|How to choose a suitable licence]]
  * [[fragments:topic-CustomisingErrorPages|Customising the default 403 and 404 error pages]]
  * [[fragments:topic-CountingModules|Counting Modules in a given Module position]]
  * [[fragments:topic-CountingModulesInMultiplePositions|Counting Modules in multiple Module positions]]

===== Advanced =====
  * [[fragments:topic-WhatIsModuleChrome|What is Module chrome?]]
  * [[fragments:topic-ApplyingCustomModuleChrome|Applying custom Module chrome]]
  * [[fragments:topic-HowToOverrideOutputFromCore|How to override the output from the Joomla! core]]