Setting Up
Setup
Setting Up
Working with the Zen Grid Framework
This template is built on the Zen Grid Framework which makes changing, updating and editing the template incredibly easy. If you would like to learn more about the Zen Grid Framework take a look at the Zen Grid feature item on the Joomla Bamboo Site, or take a look through the Zen Grid framework knowledgebase.
For specific instructions on how best to implement the this template please refer to the documentation on the Joomla Bamboo site. The documentation highlights a few small changes to the way that the template is implemented within the framework and it also highlights the module settings required for some of the modules you see here on the demo site so its recommended that you look over that article as well as the core Zen Grid Framework documentation.
Core features of the Zen Grid Framework:
- Flexible templating framework for Joomla
- 50+ collapsible module positions to use in a grid based layout
- Versatile theming options
- HTML and CSS Overrides
- Superfish, Accordion and Split menu systems
- Module sliders
- CSS and Javascript compressions
- Google Font Support
- Type Kit Support
- Versatile font options
- Hidden Panel
Recreating the frontpage layout
The front page layout of the Powerplay template is reasonably straightforward. The main focus is the use of our JB Slideshow module in the banner position and three instances of the microblog module in the grid1, grid2 and grid4 positions. You can see screenshots of the settings used for these module below.
Last Updated on Nov222010Setting up with a fresh version of Joomla
Setting up the Powerplay template in a fresh installation of Joomla is reasonably straight forward. This document assumes that you have already setup Joomla and you have also included the default Joomla sample data.
Last Updated on Nov232010Creating two line menu items
We are becoming quite fond of the two line menu that you see here on this demo. This menu system uses the core Joomla menu module in addition to a slightly revamped version of the YVBB bbcode plugin that was featured on the Joomla Bamboo blog. We have rewritten parts of this plug-in to make it compatible for use in Joomla menu items without the code getting rendered in the breadcrumbs on your site.
Last Updated on Oct142010
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.
How to install a Joomla 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.
Last Updated on Oct122010How to install a Joomla extension
The following step by step explanations describe how to install a Joomla extension or a Joomla plugin.
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