Learning How to Change the "Site Offline" Screen in Joomla

There are many things that a Joomla developer mayname of the graphic is exactly the same as the
encounter that seem easy enough to do, but are reallyoriginal. With your site offline, reload your front end site
not easily answered. As an example, changing theoffline page. Your logo should replace the previous
default logo and text for the "offline screen" on aJoomla logo.
Joomla website seems simple enough, but there are aYou will also need to find the place in the Joomla
few questions that need to be answered before youconfiguration settings to change the offline text
can change either of these. Questions like: where ismessage. To change the text. Go to the back end
the offline logo located on the server? How do Iadministrator area. Go to Site > Global Configuration
download the offline logo? How do I change the textand then to the Site tab. In the text box marked
on the offline screen?"Offline Message" put in the message you want to
The most important part of changing the offline logoinclude. It is probably a good idea to include information
and text, is finding where they reside on the server. Toabout why your site is down and when you expect
locate the logo, right-clicking on the image to get itsthe website to be available. You can also include the
properties is the easiest way to find out exactly wheresite name in the box below. Hit "Save".
the graphic is on the server.So, finding the answer to your Joomla offline screen
Now that you know where the logo is, using an FTPproblem is not as difficult as it may originally seem. You
program, go to that location and download the originaljust need to find the best answer to your immediate
Joomla graphic. Now open up this graphic and replaceproblem as easily and quickly as possible. Learning
the Joomla logo with your sites logo using a graphicswhere to look online can be half the problem, finding
program. Replace the graphic file in the same locationthe right website can save you a lot of valuable time.
on the server as the original logo. Make sure that the