How do I install the templates?

Installing templatesin Joomla! is relatively easy.

1. The most direct way is to goto Installers >> templates - site.

2. Browse for your templatein the zip file.

3. Click upload.

4. Set template as default or assign to a menu item.

This is a good way to use your template if you dont want to make any changes to the css or html offline. But if you try to change or edit the template files you may run into some write permissions issues. You can get around this by simply changing the directory permissions in your ftp program or via joomla! xplorer.

A way to get around this sort of messing around is just to upload directly into the template folder for your site. Your new template will automatically be listed in the template list and all you need to do then is assign it or make it the default template.

How do you change the background in the editor?

This tutorial explains the process for changing the background colour of the editor when using your template.http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,85816.0.html Most of the Joomla! Bamboo templates will come with an extra editor_content.css to help avoid this.

Actually here is the key info to do this - this is directly from the Joomla Forum. All the previous steps in the original post have been followed and all you have to do is complete Step 3:

Step 3: Point your Editor to the new CSS.

Now go back to your site and into the administration area. Click on 'Mambots" and "Site Mambots" to see the list of Mambots currently in use in your website. Check TinyMCE WYSIWYG (or whatever WYSIWYG editor you're using) and then 'Edit' to open the editing pane for the editor.

Look to the right side under 'Parameters' and scroll down until you see the option entitled 'template CSS Classes'. Click the radio button to 'no'. Right under this is a field entitled 'Custom CSS Classes'. In this field type:

templates/[template you're using]/css/editor_content.css