friends can i convert any html template online to XML TEMPLATE ?
if you want to convert it in JOOMla than
We want to set up a tree structure as you see in the following image:
You can see three folders, CSS which contains template.css and other style sheets including ie_hack.css files, Images which contain all your template images and js which contains some java script files if you decide to add some. Then you have your typical index.php, template_thumbnail.png and templateDetaisl.xml. All these folders and files are very important and all must be included in your templateDetails.xml file.
A Joomla 1.5 Template is setup using 'Positions', a position in Joomla is an area like your Main Content, Left Navigation, Right Navigation, Header, Footer, User1, User2 etc. Of course there is more to modules and scripts that can be added but we are just going to focus on the basic setup and conversion from plain html template to Joomla 1.5 template.
Remember all Joomla 1.5 templates contain an xml file like the one previously mentioned. If you don't include the xml file no file will be uploaded to Joomla 1.5 backend and it will display an error as you upload your template. Remember any file you add to the zip folder must be included in the templateDetails.xml file with the correct path i.e. <filename>images/back_container.gif</filename> contains a file name back_container.gif inside images folder.
Now that you have a fairly good idea on what a position is in Joomla 1.5, let me show you how you would create the positions in a Joomla 1.5 template from a html template.
Well you can't convert the template either online or using an application, but you convert the codes.