A free Joomla 5 and 6 template implementing the Designers Italia school website model on Bootstrap Italia: ready page types for services, documents, news and events, with a focus on accessibility.
Joomla Italia Theme ports the Designers Italia school website model (originally a WordPress theme) to Joomla. It is built on Bootstrap Italia, which is based on Bootstrap 5, by Protocolli Creativi (author Eddy Prosperi). It is a niche template: the interface and documentation are in Italian, and the structure targets Italian school websites. The README says it was developed with the help of AI tools.
Features
- The Designers Italia school site model for Joomla.
- Uses only core Joomla features: articles, categories, menus, modules and custom fields, with no extra component.
- Ready page types: service sheets, places, organisational units, documents, news, circulars, events and projects.
- 27 module positions and eight dedicated menu item types.
- Template parameters: top bar, logo, social links, homepage banner carousel, footer logos (including the EU logo) and copyright.
- Accessibility focus: per the README, automated checks found no errors on 36 measured pages.
- Optional singleedit system plugin that prevents concurrent editing.
Installation
Install the release zip (or build it with build.sh): the repository files are laid out as inside a Joomla site. The template style must have inheritable = 1, otherwise assets will not load.
Terms
Fully free, GNU AGPL v3 or later, which is stricter than the plain GPL.
Compatibility and requirements
- Joomla 5 and 6 (verified on 5.4.7 and 6.1.2). Version 2.0.0 does not support Joomla 4; use 1.2.1 there.
- PHP 8.1 or newer (verified on 8.4).
