At our July Joomla User Group Sydney meeting we took a look at how you can customise Joomla without hacking core code. We looked at the various types of overrides and ways to apply customizations that wont break when you update.

Specifically we looked at:

• Template overrides
• Alternative Layouts
• Language overrides
• Media overrides
• plugins

While many people are already familiar with template overrides, how many actually have used layout overrides? They are a hidden secret powerful feature of Joomla that not many people are aware of.