== Joomla 1.5 Templates == === Upgrading your index.php file === For templates built for Joomla 1.0.x, you must change a few things for them to work under Joomla 1.5. This is a non-exhaustive list of things to change: # Replace _VALID_MOS with _JEXEC. For example:

//defined( "_VALID_MOS" ) or die( "Restricted access." );
defined( "_JEXEC" ) or die( "Restricted access." );

# Replace $mosConfig_absolute_path with JURI::base(). For example:


//include_once($mosConfig_absolute_path . '/mylib.php');
include_once(JURI::base() . '/mylib.php');

# Replace $mosConfig_live_site with $mainframe->getCfg( 'live_site' ) or JURI::base(). For example:


My Site
My Site

# Replace fixed strings with translatable strings. For example:

//echo 'Welcome';
echo JText::_( 'Welcome' );

# Replace calls to mosGetParam() with calls to JRequest::getVar(). For example:


//$id = mosGetParam( $_REQUEST, 'id', 0 ); 
$id = JRequest::getVar( 'id', 0 );

# Replace mosShowHead(); with . For example:

# Replace mosMainBody() with

# Replace mosLoadModules( $position_name, $style ); with . For example:






//or

# Declare variable $cur_template before you start using it. For example:

$cur_template = JRequest::getVar( 'template', $mainframe->getTemplate(), 'default', 'string' );