The section will help you with steps to install JA Law Firm template - Quickstart and Manual installation.

System requirement

JA Law Firm template is native with Joomla 3. Please make sure your system meets the following requirements:

Download packages

Download Packages

The download package includes:

• Quickstart package
• JA Law Firm template
• T3 Framework plugin
• JA Advanced Custom Module
• JA Masthead module
• JA Twitter module
• JA Quick contact module
• JA Google Map plugin
• Source file

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Quickstart installation

Download JA Law Firm quickstart package →, upload to your server and extract it.

Step 1 - Configuration: add Site name, Admin email, Admin username and password

Step 2 - Database: select database type, host name, database username, password, database name & table prefix

Step 3 - Overview: select sample data to install, we suggest to use Default English (GB) Sample Data. You can install multilingual in the step.

Step 4 - Remove/Rename "installation" folder: for security purpose, you need to rename or remove the "installation" folder

Detail documentation with screenshots

Manual Installation

Install T3 Framework

Step 1 - Install T3 Framework

From your back-end setting panel, go to: "Extensions → Extension Manager", browse T3 plugin installation package then hit the "Upload and Install"

Step 2 - Enable T3 Framework

When you install T3 Framework, it's auto enabled by default. You can check this by going to: "Extensions → Plugin Manager" then find T3 Plugin.

Install JA Law Firm template

Step 1 - Install JA Law Firm template

From your back-end setting panel, go to: "Extensions → Extension Manager", browse JA Law Firm template installation package then hit the "Upload and Install"

Install JA Law Firm template

Step 2 - Set default template style

Go to: "Extensions → Template Manager", set JA Law Firm template style as your default template style.

Set JA Law Firm template as default template style

Install all supported extensions

• JA Google Map plugin
• JA Advanced Custom Module
• JA Masthead module
• JA Twitter module
• JA Quick contact module

Template folder structure

This section is to help you understand the folder structure of JA Small Biz template, where to find the files you want.

JA Law Firm template

JA Law Firm template is built on T3 Framework so its folder structure is almost the same with any other JA Templates that are developed with T3 Framework.

templates/ja_lawfirm/
+-- less/                 /*  all LESS files */ 
¦    +-- template.less
¦    +-- style.less
¦    +-- home.less
¦    +-- joomla.less
¦    +-- themes/            /*theme folders and theme files */
+-- css/                     /*compiled files from less*/
¦    +-- template.css
¦    +-- style.css
¦    +-- home.css
¦    +-- joomla.css
¦    +-- themes/            /*Compiled themes */
+-- tpls/             /* all layout files and block files*/
¦    +-- default.php
¦    +-- contact-page.php
¦    +-- blocks/       /*block files*/
¦    ¦    +-- header.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainbody.php
¦    ¦    +-- off-canvas.php
¦    ¦    +-- masthead.php
¦    ¦    +-- sections.php
¦    ¦    +-- spotlight-1.php
¦    ¦    +-- spotlight-2.php
¦    ¦    +-- navhelper.php
¦    ¦    +-- footer.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainbody/
+-- acm/               /*JA Advanced Custom Module content type*/
¦    +-- slideshow/
¦    ¦    +-- config.xml
¦    ¦    +-- css/
¦    ¦    +-- less/
¦    ¦    +-- tmpl/
¦    ¦    +-- js/
¦    +-- clients/
¦    +-- contact-info/
¦    +-- features-intro/
¦    +-- faq/
¦    +-- teams/
¦    +-- hero/
¦    +-- container-tabs/
¦    +-- pricing/
¦    +-- statistics/
¦    +-- testimonials/
+-- html/               /*override modules and Joomla com_content*/
¦    +-- com_content/
¦    ¦    +-- article/
¦    ¦    +-- category/
¦    ¦    +-- fewatured/
¦    ¦    +-- form/
¦    +-- layouts/
¦    +-- mod_footer/
¦    +-- mod_jaquickcontact
¦    +-- mod_acymailing
¦    +-- mod_articles_latest
¦    +-- mod_articles_popular
+-- fonts/ 
¦    +-- font-awesome/
¦    ¦    +-- css/
¦    ¦    +-- fonts/
+-- js/ 
¦    +-- script.js
¦    +-- inview.js
¦    +-- gray-gh-pages/
¦    +-- swiper/
+-- images/
+-- language/
+-- templateDetails.xml  
+-- templateInfo.php/
+-- thememagic.xml/     /*the file is to add new group, parameters to ThemeMagic*/
+-- templateHook.php/

T3 Framework

You can find the folder structure of T3 Framewotk at: http://t3-framework.org/documentation/installation#folder-structure.

This section will help you build home page same as JA Law Firm demo site.

View Full Layout Structure - Back-end layout structure

Step 1 - Create Home menu item

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Articles » Featured Articles menu type and assign "ja_lawfirm - Default" template style.

Create home menu item

Step 2 - Assign content to the homepage

The home page includes multiple sections, each section is a module.

1. Slideshow - JA ACM Module

Slideshow module

Module position: slideshow
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

2. Statistics - JA ACM Module

Statistics module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

3. 52 Years Of Experience In Legal Solution - JA ACM Module

52 Years Of Experience In Legal Solution module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

4. Our Pratice Areas - JA ACM Module

Our Pratice Areas module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

5. Why Choose Us? - JA ACM Module

Why Choose Us? module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

6. 50k+ Happy Clients - JA ACM Module

50k+ Happy Clients module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

7. Clients - JA ACM Module

Clients module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

8. Frequently Asked Questions - JA ACM Module

Frequently Asked Questions module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

The tabs module loads module from a module position container-tabs, each module is a tab.

Frequently Asked Questions module settings.

Now, create modules and assign to position container-tabs

Create modules

Here is sample configuration of 1 module: Banking Law - JA ACM module

Module position: container-tabs
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

9. Free Case Evaluation - JA Quick Contact Module

Free Case Evaluation module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

10. Meet Our Attorneys - JA ACM Module

Meet Our Attorneys module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

11. Our Pricing Plans - JA ACM Module

Our Pricing Plans module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

12. Latest From News: Articles - Latest Module

Latest From News module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting
• Advanced setting
• JA Extra Field setting

13. Contact Info - JA ACM Module

Contact Info module

Module position: sections
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

14. Footer section

The section includes 4 modules: Contact Us, Service links, Twitter Feed and Subscribe Us

Footer section

14.1 Contact Us - JA ACM Module

Module position: footer-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

14.2 Services links - Menu Module

Module position: footer-2
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

14.3 Twitter Feed - JA Twitter Module

Module position: footer-3
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

14.4 Subcribe Us

The section includes 2 modules: Acymailing module and social buttons

Acymailing Module

Module position: footer-4
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

Social buttons - Custom HTML Module

Module position: footer-4
Module Suffix: NOT USED

HTML Code

<ul class="social-list">
  <li><a href="#" title="Facebook" class="facebook"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Twitter" class="twitter"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Instagram" class="instagram"><i class="fa fa-instagram" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Google plus" class="google-plus"><i class="fa fa-google" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
</ul>

• Module setting

Supported Layouts

JA Law Firm supports 2 layouts by default: default and contact-page.

default layout - Full Screenshot

contact-page layout - Full Screenshot

Assign Layout for a template style

You can create multiple layouts to meet your requirement and assign the layout to specific pages. To assign a layout for a JA Law Firm template style, open the template style » Layout setting panel » assign layout for the template style.

Layout assignment

You can create multiple templates style for JA Small Biz template, each template style is assigned to one layout and the template style is assigned to specific menu items so that in one site, you use 1 template but you can use as many layouts as you want.

Layout configuration

Once you assign layout for a template style, you can configure the layout to meet your requirements. There are 2 configuration panels: Layout Structure configuration and responsive layout configuration.

1. Layout Structure configuration

The layout structure allows you to change position for any position in the layout, configure number of positions in spotlight block.

layout configuration

2. Responsive Layout configuration

In the "Responsive Configuration", select the responsive layout you want to configure layout for.

Responsive layout configuration

In the responsive layout configuration, you can disable any position you don't want to show in the layout, resize positions in spotlight block.

Theme Settings

The theme settings pannel allows you configure theme color, logo (image logo or text) and background image for the template style.

Theme settings

The theme settings in the Template Setting panel are not global settings so you can use different logo for each template style. To change the logo, open template style setting panel » Theme Setting and you would see the logo setting

2. Menu Configuration

JA Law Firm supports multiple menu systems: Megamenu on desktop layout and off-canvas menu on Mobile

3.1 Megamenu setting

Megamenu

In the Navigation setting panel, enable Megamenu, assign Menu and hit the Megamenu button to open the Megamenu configuration panel.

Enable Megamenu

In the configuration panel, select menu item and use the built-in options to configure the megamenu for the menu item.

Megamenu configuration

3.2 Mobile menu

JA Law Firm supports 2 menu systems for mobile: dropdown menu and Off-canvas menu.

Mobile menu systems

Create Off-canvas Menu

There are 2 steps to create Off-canvas sidebar.

1. To enable Off-canvas sidebar, go to JA Law Firm template style » Addon-ons and enable the Off-canvas sidebar option.

Off-canvas menu

2. Create Menu module and assign to the off-canvas position. Check out the module settings below:

Module position: off-canvas
Module Suffix: NOT USED

Back-end Settings

• Module setting

Enable dropdown menu

To enable Off-canvas sidebar, go to JA Law Firm template style » Navigation and enable the Collapse navigation for small screens option.

Enable dropdown menu

Footer section configuration

The footer section includes copyrights info and T3 Framework logo.

Footer info

1. Copyrights Info modification

To change the copyrights info, open the templates/ja_smallbiz/html/mod_footer/default.php file, find the following info and change to what you want.

<small><?php echo $lineone; ?> Designed by <a href="http://www.joomlart.com/" title="Visit Joomlart.com!" <?php echo method_exists('T3', 'isHome') && T3::isHome() ? '' : 'rel="nofollow"' ?>>JoomlArt.com</a>.</small>

	<small><?php echo JText::_( 'MOD_FOOTER_LINE2' ); ?></small>

2. Disable T3 Footer Logo

You can disable the T3 Footer Logo in the template style manager, open the General setting panel, disable the Show T3 Logo option.

Disable T3 logo

1. Set up JA Extension Manager Component

The best method to upgrade JoomlArt products is using JA Extension Manager. The FREE extension brings a new way to manage extensions: upgrade, roll back, remote install, internal repository and compare versions.

From back-end, go to: Components → JA Extension Manager then select Service Manager, now set JoomlArt as your default service. Next, hit the "Edit" button then add your Username and Password that you signed up in JoomlArt.com.

Check for new version

2. Upgrade JA Law Firm template

Step 1 - check the new version of JA Law Firm template. Using the filter to find the JA Small Biz template then hit the "Check Update" button.

Upgrade JA Small Biz template

3. Upgrade T3 Framework and other JA extensions

Using the filter to find the extensions you want to upgrade (JoomlArt products only), hit the "Check Update" button to check for new version then hit the Upgrade Now to upgrade the extension to latest version.