A free, simple template by Andre Hotzler for small business sites: native Joomla features and Joomla's Bootstrap only, no external resources, with fonts stored locally. Joomla 5 and 6.
ahsimple is a simple template by Andre Hotzler for small business sites. The author gives a dentist, a lawyer and a personal multilingual site as examples. It uses only native Joomla features and Joomla's Bootstrap, with no page builder. According to the README, it was created as a programming exercise; the author also offers site setup with it as a paid service.
Features
- Lean, fast-loading code built on native Joomla features.
- No external resources: fonts and other assets are stored locally, which helps with GDPR.
- Backend options for layout width, backgrounds, header, font sizes and images.
- Update-safe fields for custom CSS, head meta tags and scripts before the closing body tag.
- Semantic region markup for accessibility.
- Font Awesome and Joomla's Bootstrap.
- Positions for header, menu, breadcrumbs, footer, above and below content, and a language switcher.
- Joomla update server.
Installation
GitHub releases have no zip asset: the installable archive is downloaded from the author's server.
Terms
Completely free under the GNU GPL v2 or later (stated in the README; there is no separate licence file).
Compatibility and requirements
- Joomla 5 and 6 (version 4.15). The older 3.64 line is meant for Joomla 4.
- PHP requirements are not stated.
- The manifest lacks the method="upgrade" attribute, although updates are offered through the update server.
