Branding
Logos, icons, the site name and the copyright line are set on the Identity tab of System → Site Template Styles → DC Theme - Default.
Logos and Icons
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Logo | Empty | The header logo. Without one, the site name is shown as text |
| Logo (dark backgrounds) | Empty | Optional light version, used in dark mode. Both logos are in the page and CSS picks one, so the right logo shows on the first paint |
| Site name | Empty | Shown in place of a missing logo, and used as the logo's alt text. Empty uses the Site Name from Global Configuration |
| Sharing image | Empty | Shown when someone shares a link on WhatsApp or Facebook. Around 1200 by 630 pixels |
| Favicon | Empty | An SVG is sharpest. A 512x512 PNG works everywhere |
| Home screen icon | Empty | Only needed if your favicon is an SVG, which iOS cannot use. A 180x180 PNG with no transparency |
Any logo shape works. The template measures the file and reserves its exact space, so the header does not jump while the logo loads.
A favicon.ico placed in media/templates/site/dctheme/ is picked up on its own. When the favicon is a PNG, JPG or WebP and Home screen icon is empty, the favicon is used as the home screen icon too.
Share Image
The template writes Open Graph and Twitter card tags on every page. The image is chosen in this order:
- On an article, the Social image custom field (added by the package in the DC Theme field group), then the article's full text image, then its intro image
- On a category blog or list, the category's image
- On a contact page, the contact's image
- The Sharing image from the Identity tab
- The Logo
Fill in the image description on the Social image field or category image and it is written as the image's alt text for the share card.
Copyright Line
The copyright line in the footer is built from the Copyright group on the Identity tab, in this order: Before ©, the © symbol, the year, the business name, then After the name.
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Business name | Empty | The name the copyright line opens with. Empty uses the Site Name from Global Configuration |
| Year | YYYY | YYYY, YYYY-YYYY, YYYY-YY or No year. The year updates itself |
| Start year | Empty | Shown for the two range formats. The year the business started. This year or later prints one year, not a range |
| Before © | Empty | Usually left empty. Type Copyright here to get Copyright © |
| After the name | Empty | Added after the name and year. Type All rights reserved. here if you want it |
With the defaults the line reads © 2026 Your Business.
YYYY-YY prints the full end year when the two years are in different centuries, so 1999 gives 1999-2026.
Which side of the footer's bottom row the line sits on is set by Copyright line on the Social tab:
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Copyright line | copyright-l | copyright-l, copyright-r or Nowhere. Choose Nowhere to write your own line in a module published to copyright-l or copyright-r |
Remove the Generator Tag
On the Features tab:
| Setting | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Remove Joomla generator tag | Yes | Removes the Joomla! - Open Source Content Management meta tag from every page |
Next Steps
- Colours – palettes, custom colours and dark mode
- Typography – fonts and sizes