Convert Joomla 2.5 template to 3.0

Question

I have a custom joomla 2.5 template and I wish to convert it to Joomla 3.0. Currently the only method I found is how to convert a Joomla 1.5 to 2.5. Please guide me here because I have spent almost a month on this. I found a method http://docs.joomla.org/J3.1:Converting_A_Previous_Joomla!_Version_Template but I do not understand how to go about it. If you could also give a clear procedure on how to implement the steps in the link I have posted this would help me alot.

Answer 1

This answer may not be in a detail manner but here you go with some steps:

1. Identify plain HTML from Joomla 2.5 template. Keep it in separate file for a moment.
2. There are many functions, constants that are deprecated in Joomla 3.x e.g. DS constant which is used to provide "/" in Joomla 2.5. You need to replace it with "/".
3. Common functions like getting sitename, logo etc. will need a code change. You can take a reference from Protostar template. You can see how they have retrieved value of sitename from the code. It seems to be hard at first but when you go ahead gradually, you will get familiar with Joomla 3 template engine.
4. Once everything is done, you can go ahead and edit XML file. You can copy and paste templateDetails.xml from Protostar template. Make sure to change important elements like filename, folder etc.

Zip the whole template folder and install it on your website make it default. If you find any errors then go ahead and turn on error reporting in PHP. Resolve those errors and make your template work on Joomla 3