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Your brand on a ThePixel template – without losing updates

Colours, fonts, pages and features changed through T4 settings, the local folder and overrides. Template updates keep working, and you get the list of every change.

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AldermereNorthfieldRiversideKingsbridge

local/css/custom.css--brand: #8b1d2c; --accent: #c9a227;
--font-heading: Georgia; --radius: 2px;--brand: #0f3d5e; --accent: #e07a2e;
--font-heading: Inter; --radius: 8px;--brand: #1f6b4f; --accent: #9bc53d;
--font-heading: Georgia; --radius: 999px;--brand: #3b2a8f; --accent: #ff6b6b;
--font-heading: Inter; --radius: 4px;

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Aldermere CollegeNorthfield UniversityRiverside InstituteKingsbridge SchoolAboutAcademicsAdmissionsApply

Est. 1864

A place to think slowly, and to act with courage.

Small seminars, old libraries and new laboratories.

Visit usCourses

Open day12 November

ResearchAnnual report

Campus lifeClubs & sport

Two ways to start

Quick start, or made fully yours

Pro + Launch

$199 first year

We install your template with demo content and your brand basics.

All templates and extensions (Pro)
Installed on your hosting
Logo, colours and fonts
2 hours of customization
Ready in 2 business days

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Template customization

Fixed quote after a short brief

For new pages, features, integrations and your content.

Everything in Launch
New layouts and landing pages
Forms, events, shop or booking
Content imported from your old site
Redirects and handover notes

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What you start from

A finished site, not a blank theme

PX University ships with these pages. We adapt them and add what you need.

PX University – Admissions — **Admissions**

What we change

From template to your site

Three kinds of work, usually in this order.

Brand

Logo, colours, fonts and icons
Buttons, cards and forms in your style
Dark sections, imagery, spacing

Pages & features

New layouts and landing pages from the template blocks
Forms, events, shop, booking or newsletter
CRM and analytics connected

Content & launch

Quickstart install on your hosting
Your content imported from the old site
Redirects, SEO basics, handover

Where changes live

Update-safe by design

Every change goes where a template update won't overwrite it – and we give you the list.

Theme settings

Colours, fonts and layout options set in the T4 admin, not in code.

T4 theme
presets
per-page layouts

Custom CSS

Your styles in the template's local folder.

local/css/custom.css
design tokens
no edits to core CSS

Overrides

Only where the HTML itself has to change.

templates/*/html/**
listed in the handover
checked after updates

Layouts & blocks

New pages built from the template's own blocks.

T4 layouts
modules in positions
editable by you

Extensions

Features added with maintained extensions, styled to match.

forms · events · shop
configured + styled
update path checked

Install & content

Quickstart on your hosting, then your content.

quickstart package
content import
redirects from old URLs

How it runs

Five steps to launch

Need only a quick start? Pro + Launch sets up your template with 2 hours of customization in 2 business days.

Brief & audit
Your brand, pages, features and content, against what the template already has.
You getCustomization plan, fixed quote
Brand styling
Theme settings, fonts, colours and custom CSS.
You getStaging URL
Pages & features
Layouts, extra pages and extensions.
You getPage list to review
Content setup
Content imported or entered, images optimised.
You getContent checklist
Launch & handover
Live on your hosting, with the list of every change.
You getHandover notes

For developers

Your brand as tokens, not as overrides

Most of a re-brand is variables. We set them once in the local folder, so a template update keeps them and the next change is one line.

Brand in CSS custom properties
Lives in local/css/custom.css
Components read the tokens
No edits to the template's own files

local/css/custom.css

/* Brand: Aldermere College */
:root {
  --brand:        #7a1f2b;
  --brand-ink:    #2b0a10;
  --accent:       #c9a227;
  --font-heading: "Source Serif 4", Georgia, serif;
  --radius:       4px;
}

/* components use the tokens */
.btn-primary { background: var(--brand); border-radius: var(--radius); }
h1, h2, h3   { font-family: var(--font-heading); }
.event-card  { border-top: 3px solid var(--accent); }

Example: re-branding PX University for a college.

Update-safe

Where each change lives

You can update the template and Joomla without losing any of it.

Change	Where it lives	After a template update
Colours, fonts, logo	T4 theme settings	Kept
Custom styles	`local/css/custom.css`	Kept
Page layouts	T4 layouts and modules	Kept
HTML changes	Overrides in `html/`	Kept – and compared with the new layouts
Extra features	Maintained extensions	Updated on their own

Real projects

Design and build work we shipped

All projects

Reel Reviews · film review site

Redesigned on JA Moviemax and upgraded to Joomla 6

The hard partFrom Joomla 4 to 6.1 with 8+ legacy extensions removed, a cleaned-up site and a hardened admin with 2FA.

Joomla 4 → 6.1JA Moviemaxsecurity2FA

Read the case study →

TheraPeeds · pediatric therapy center

From Joomla 3 and Quix pages to Joomla 6 on T4

The hard partEvery Quix page-builder page rebuilt on the T4 Framework – none left – with SEO improved, in 15 working days.

Joomla 3 → 6Quix → T4SEO

Read the case study →

Orthogate · orthopaedic community

Rebuilt on Joomla 6 with separate professional and patient sites

The hard partKunena to EasyDiscuss, WordPress content into Joomla, surgeon verification and ACL for four user groups.

Joomla 6T4EasyDiscussJReviewsACL

Read the case study →

Who we work with

Agencies, in-house teams and site owners

Much of our work comes from other developers: agencies with client sites on Joomla, and teams who know their site but want senior Joomla hands for the hard part.

Agencies

We work under your name, in your repository and your ticket system.

White-label, NDA on request
One quote per site, or for a batch of client sites
Your client talks to you – we stay in the background

Developers

Hand us only the hard part and keep the rest.

One extension, one integration, or a review of your code
Commits and pull requests you approve

Site owners

One team for the whole job, explained without jargon.

A fixed quote before work starts
Maintenance after launch if you want it

What clients say

Clients on our template work

Brent WilliamsChief Insider at Multifamily Insiders

★★★★★

“They do a good job of walking through each new project to fully understand the scope, and then are responsive throughout.”

Several projects, several years

A perfect job reproducing our styles and all the articles

Carin HandsunUS · on Trustpilot

★★★★★

“We had a joomla 3.x site with a discontinued template … we are very impressed.”

Joomla 3 → 5 upgrade

John BrettCreator, Curator of HikingAmerica.com

★★★★★

“They’re attentive, creative, and professional, and they really take the time to understand our needs.”

Joomla site · several projects

A great outcome, although my site is right-to-left

Hayat A.GB · on Trustpilot

★★★★★

“I have a Joomla site, and the template need some advanced changes. … Highly recommended.”

Template · right-to-left

Outstanding UI and UX

John BarsonPublisher of Total Health Magazine

★★★★★

“The team is endlessly helpful, flexible and always quick to respond.”

Magazine site · UI/UX

FAQ

Template customization questions

Not here? Ask in the forum or send us your project.

Which templates do you customize?

Any ThePixel template. For other templates, see front-end development.

What is the difference with Pro + Launch?

Pro + Launch sets up your template with demo content, your brand basics and 2 hours of customization in 2 business days. Customization is for anything bigger: new pages, features and content import.

Will template updates remove my changes?

No. Changes live in theme settings, the local folder and overrides, which updates don't overwrite. We give you the list of every change.

Can you import content from our old site?

Yes – articles, images and categories, with redirects from the old URLs.

Can we edit the site ourselves afterwards?

Yes. Everything stays editable in Joomla admin; nothing is hard-coded.

Get a quote

Tell us what you need. We reply in under 12 hours

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“I have a Joomla site, and the template need some advanced changes. … Highly recommended.”

Hayat A. · Template · right-to-left

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01Tell us the template, your brand and the pages and features you need.
02We plan it: you get the plan and a fixed quote.
03You decide. Nothing starts before you agree to the plan.

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