Hi all.

This question might have been answered before, but i find the use of the word templates both in JMS and Joomla confusing.

What i want is to install a Joomla-template on the master-site and share this with the slave-sites.
I.e: After the slave sites are set-up, I want to install a Joomla-template on the master-site, and i want this Joomla-template to be accessible from the slave-sites.

I'am already symlinking the /templates folder (special copy), but even when this is done, the new Joomla-template doesn't appear in the Template Manager of the slave sites.

Am I missing some db-stuff here?

Any pointers apreciated.
Thanks.

You have to cross-check that you are correctly sharing the template directory.
Verify that you effectivelly have a Symbolic Link on the "/templates" directory between your slave site and the master.

Normally, if you have the same "/templates" directory, you should see the list.
So if you don't see the list, this is because you are not using the same "shared" "/templates" directory.

Thanks for your reply.

As far as I can see, the template directory of my slave-site is symlinked to the template directory of the master site.

From my slave site:


Added a new Joomla template to the master-site, and it looks fine there.
But it's not avaliable from my slave-site even if the new the new template is present in the /var/www/sites/j16.xxxx.yy/multisites/zzzz/templates/new_template

Any pointers?

Are you working with Joomla 1.6 or Joomla 1.5 ?

In joomla 1.5, I can tell you that you can add any directory inside the "/templates" directory that will be discovered automatically by Joomla 1.5.

On Joomla 1.6, I don't know if they change that.
If you are runing on Joomla 1.6, can you send me in the attachement of an email, the template that you are installing.
Perhaps that you have to peform a Joomla "extension" / "discover" action in the slave site to find the new template.

"extension" / "discover" kinda made the trick! Didn't know about this functionality!.
I'm on J 1.6 alright.

Thanks for helping out