Setting Up
Settings
Installing the Template
Choose this option if you already have your site created or have at least made changes to the default Joomla installation and want to overlay this theme onto your site. For a complete installation of the demo site on your server please refer to installing the quickstart package.
Installing the template is achieved using the same method as installing any other template or extension.
- Navigate to your Joomla admin area at yoursite.com/administrator
- Navigate to Extensions > Install/uninstall
- Click browse and locate the template zip on your harddrive.
- Click upload and install.
- After you receive the success message, navigate to Extensions > Template Manager
- Select the radio checkbox next to the JB template and then click on the button at the top right of the screen that says default.
- Now if you navigate to the front page of your site and you should see the JB template installed into your Joomla site.
Installing the Quickstart Package
Most of our templates come with quickstart packages that are as easy as setting up a standard installation of Joomla. Different server setups can often have different requirements for setting up Joomla and its probably best to search the Joomla.org forums to get an overview of the type of server environment that Joomla requires, but lets assume you already have the server set up and you are ready to install A JB template plus the demo content you see on our demo sites.
Read more: Installing the Quickstart Package Last Updated on Monday, 08 June 2009 12:11
Installing the Extensions
The demo site for this template showcases a number of different modules that accompany the template. Most of these modules and the JB LIbrary plugin can be found in the free extension and club extensions folder in the Joomla Bamboo download area. The specific Joomla extensions used on the demo site include:
- the Micro Blog module
this module is published to the front page in the advert4 module position - the prettyBox module
we have used the pretty box module on the pages that highlight the themes and flower variations for this template. - the Extended Menu Module (Superfish Menu and Panel Menu)
the superficial menu is published to the menu module while the panel menu is published to the right position. - the JB LIbrary Plugin
- the jTweet module
the jTweet module is published to the bottom1 module position
Controlling the appearance
The appearance and theme for the template is set in the first series of parameters in the template administrator. You can control the font family, font size, template variation and logo link and logo file.
Read more: Controlling the appearance Last Updated on Sunday, 08 November 2009 07:48Controlling the layout
Our new framework offers an amazing amount of layout flexibility. Please take care to read through this document so you get the full impact of how flexible the framework is. We have allowed for an amazing array of layout variables and options and it should be possible to create virtually any layout you desire by using the settings outlined below.
Read more: Controlling the layout Last Updated on Tuesday, 10 November 2009 01:05
Menu settings
The Split template comes with a number of menu options available. You can choose between the superfish menu and the panel menu using the extended menu module or any number of normal vertical or horizontal menu types using the default Joomla menu modules.
Read more: Menu settings Last Updated on Sunday, 08 November 2009 09:03
