Dolphin Templates

How to Install and Use Custom Templates for Dolphin

You can download a free Dolphin template here.

Extract the archive on your local computer and using your favourite FTP client upload the template files under your Dolphin templates subfolder. You can check our FTP tutorial for more details on how to upload files.

We will pick a random template from the above source and we will explain in details how to install it. Our choice is the one with ID:Tid164.

The archive file is called skin0003.zip. Once we extract it on our local computer we see the following file structure:

dolphin_template_f003

source.zip

In the dolphin_template_f003 folder you will find the tmpl_skin012 directory. This directory including all the files and subfolders should be uploaded in the dolphin_installation_folder/templates folder. If your Dolphin script is accessible through http://www.yourdomainname.com/dolphin, then the path will be public_html/dolphin/templates.

Also there you will find the readme.txt file. The file is specific for each template and contains detailed installation instructions.

After the end of the tmpl_skin012 upload make sure that the file permissions of the uploaded files and folders are 755. More about the way to change the file permissions can be found in our FTP tutorial.

Next, you should open the Dolphin admin area->Settings->Advanced Settings. Find the Template drop-down menu and pick the skin012 option. Click on the Save Changes button to complete the change.

The last step is to adjust the home page and the columns sizes. Navigate to the Dolphin admin area->Builders->Pages Builder->Homepage. Set the Page Width to 985 px. The column 1 width should be 33% of the whole page size. The column 2 width should be 67%.

Now you can check the web site's visual appearance by opening it in your web browser.

If you want to change the main logo, navigate to the Dolphin admin area->Settings->Basic Settings->Change Main Logo. Pick the new image from your local computer and click on the Upload button.