One question we always get asked is how Morph differs from other Joomla! templates. Here is a simple breakdown of how Morph is different.

The traditional way:

Templates are installed and sit on top of Joomla and are controlled by a predetermined set of template parameters (the number of parameters vary from template to template).

In most cases there are only a few different options available and customizing often requires you digging around in the code.

The Morph way:

Morph is broken up into three notable parts. The component, the template and the themelet. All three of these rely on and cannot function without the other.

The component

Morph comes with a backend admin component, called Configurator. Because Morph has so many configuration options (250+) the traditional method of controlling the template via template parameters would just be too overwhelming. Configurator lets you customize most aspects of your Joomla site with ease.

The template

The template is what does all the heavy lifting. The intelligent engine interacts with Configurator and controls how your sites different blocks and html are outputted. It is thanks to the full separation of the content and design aspects of your site that allow you to upgrade the core framework without losing any changes that are specific to your site.

The themelet

Themelets are the visual layer that sit on top of the underlying Morph framework. Themelets are made up mostly of css and images and though they use the same html base, themelets can look completely different from site to site.