Display Specific Joomla Template with URL Parameter

15 Jul 2012 | Less than one-minute read

For some reason, finding this took an enormous amount of time today. I started writing my own Joomla template, and wanted to see my site in it, without changing my site for everyone else. I knew there was a way to do this with a URL parameter. It is really simple, and I am still annoyed with myself for not just guessing. If you want to see a page with the name my_template, append to the URL template=my_template.

For example

http://www.example.com/?template=my_template