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

System requirement

JA Sensei 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 Sensei template
• T3 Framework plugin
• JA Masthead Module
• JA Advanced Custom Module
• Source file

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Guru Download packages

We used default setting of Guru in the demo site

Download Packages in Guru

The download package includes:

• Guru component package
• JomSocial plugin
• Guru SEF Plugins
• Guru Payment plugins
• Guru Bonuses
• Guru course module

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Quickstart installation

Download JA Sensei 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: "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 Sensei template

Step 1 - Install JA Sensei template

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

Step 2 - Set default template style

Go to: "Extensions > Template Manager", set JA Sensei template style as your default template style.

Install all supported extensions

• JA Masshead Module
• JA Advanced Custom Module

Template folder structure

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

JA Sensei template

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

templates/ja_sensei/
+-- less/                 /*  all LESS files */ 
¦    +-- template.less
¦    +-- style.less
¦    +-- home.less
¦    +-- joomla.less
¦    +-- themes/            /*theme folders and theme files */
¦    +-- extra/            /*3rd party extension file */
+-- 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
¦    +-- blocks/       /*block files*/
¦    ¦    +-- head.php
¦    ¦    +-- header.php
¦    ¦    +-- hero.php
¦    ¦    +-- mask-body.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainbody.php
¦    ¦    +-- masthead.php
¦    ¦    +-- off-canvas.php
¦    ¦    +-- section-bottom.php
¦    ¦    +-- section-top.php
¦    ¦    +-- spotlight-1.php
¦    ¦    +-- spotlight-2.php
¦    ¦    +-- navhelper.php
¦    ¦    +-- footer.php
¦    ¦    +-- main body/
+-- acm/               /*JA Advanced Custom Module content type*/
¦    +-- client/
¦    ¦    +-- config.xml
¦    ¦    +-- css/
¦    ¦    +-- less/
¦    ¦    +-- tmpl/
¦    ¦    +-- js/

¦    +-- clients
¦    +-- features-intro/
¦    +-- teams/
¦    +-- testimonials/

+-- html/               /*override modules and Joomla com_content*/
¦    +-- com_contact/
¦    +-- com_content/
¦    +-- com_guru/
¦    +-- com_tags/
¦    +-- com_user/
¦    +-- com_search/
¦    ¦    +-- article/
¦    ¦    +-- featured/
¦    ¦    +-- category/
¦    ¦    +-- categories/
¦    +-- layouts/
¦    +-- mod_footer/
¦    +-- mod_articles-latest/
¦    +-- mod_guru_courses/
¦    +-- mod_ja_masthead/
¦    +-- ...
+-- fonts/ 
¦    +-- font-awesome/
¦    ¦    +-- css/
¦    ¦    +-- fonts/
+-- js/ 
¦    +-- script.js
¦    +-- owl-carousel/
+-- 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 Framework at: http://t3-framework.org/documentation/installation#folder-structure.

This section will help you build default Joomla pages the same as JA Sensei demo site.

All the pages use the same layout structure - default layout.

View Full Layout Structure

Home page

Here is instruction to create Home page

Step 1 - Create Home menu item

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

Create home menu item

You can select any article on it as the main content is hidden for home menu and it shows only modules

Step 2 - Assign content to the homepage

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

Top Header Section

Top Left - Custom Module

Module position: topbar-left
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module Options

Social - Custom Module

Module position: topbar-right
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module Options

<ul class="social-list">
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="vimeo"><span class="fa fa-vimeo" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="rss"><span class="fa fa-rss" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
</ul>

Login - Custom Module

Module position: topbar-right
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module Options

<ul class="social-list">
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="facebook"><span class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="twitter"><span class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="vimeo"><span class="fa fa-vimeo" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
	<li><a href="/index.php" title="rss"><span class="fa fa-rss" aria-hidden="true"></span></a></li>
</ul>

1.1 Hero - JA ACM Module

Module position: hero
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module Options

1.2 About Sensei.- JA ACM Module

Module position: section-top
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module options

1.3 Why Choose us.- JA ACM Module

Module position: section-top
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module options

1.4 Popular course.- Guru course Module

Module position: section-top
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: Slide

• General settings
• Module options

To add slide layout, Go to advanced tab and select alternative layout > Slide

1.5 Featured Instructor.- JA ACM Module

Module position: section-top
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module options

1.6 Testimonials. JA ACM Module

Module position: section-bottom
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module options

1.7 CTA.- Custom Module

Module position: section-bottom
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Alternative layout: default

• General settings
• Module options

Footer Module

Footer has five module positions used to show footer logo and Joomla menu modules

About Page

Course Page

Menu setting

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

Article HTML code

<div class="about-us">
	<img src="images/joomlart/others/about-us.jpg" alt=""/>

	<div class="info">
		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-sm-5">
				<h2>Our diverse team of professionals shares a passion for online education.</h2>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-offset-1 col-sm-6">
				<p class="lead">The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen.</p>

				<p class="lead">She packed her seven versalia, put her initials into the belt and made herself on the way. Because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen.</p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="statics">
		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-3">
				<h2>15m+</h2>
				<h4>Students learning</h4>
				<p>She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way.</p>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-3">
				<h2>62k+</h2>
				<h4>Active courses</h4>
				<p>A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies into regelialia saperet.</p>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-3">
				<h2>154k+</h2>
				<h4>Instructors online</h4>
				<p>It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.</p>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-6 col-md-3">
				<h2>$259m+</h2>
				<h4>Earned by instructors</h4>
				<p>She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way.</p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="info features">
		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-sm-6 intro-left">
				<img src="images/joomlart/others/detail-1.jpg" alt=""/>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-6 intro-right">
				<h2>Real-World Projects.</h2>
				<h4>Our Mission</h4>
				<p>Donec vitae sapien ut libero venenatis faucibus. Nullam quis ante. Nam quam nunc blandit vel luctus pulvinar, hendrerit id lorem maecenas.</p>
				<h4>Our Students</h4>
				<p>Duis leo. Sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Donec sodales sagittis magna. Sed consequat, leo eget bibendum sodales, augue velit cursus nunc.</p>
			</div>
		</div>
		
		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-sm-6 intro-right pull-right">
				<img src="images/joomlart/others/detail-2.jpg" alt=""/>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-6 intro-left pull-left">
				<h2>Supported Journey.</h2>
				<h4>Global Inspiration</h4>
				<p>Nam quam nunc blandit vel libero venenatis faucibus. Nullam quis ante. Nam quam nunc blandit vel luctus pulvinar.</p>
				<h4>Daily Creativity</h4>
				<p> Donec sodales sagittis magna. Duis leo sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Sed consequat, leo eget bibendum sodales.</p>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>

	<div class="info our-team">
		<div class="intro">
			<h2>Your success is our success</h2>
			<p class="lead">Our diverse team duis leo sed fringilla mauris sit amet nibh. Sed consequat leo eget bibendum sodales bibendum sodales.</p>
		</div>

		<div class="row">
			<div class="col-sm-3">
				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-1.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Scott L. Porter</h4>
					<span>Founder</span>
				</div>

				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-2.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Edith O. Johnson</h4>
					<span>Chief Operating Officer</span>
				</div>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-3">
				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-3.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Scott L. Porter</h4>
					<span>VP, Engineering</span>
				</div>

				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-4.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Edith O. Johnson</h4>
					<span>VP, Business Development</span>
				</div>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-3">
				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-5.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Laurel H. Laufer</h4>
					<span>VP, Growth</span>
				</div>

				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-6.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Catherine G. Read</h4>
					<span>Chief Operating Officer</span>
				</div>
			</div>

			<div class="col-sm-3">
				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-7.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Anthony Strang</h4>
					<span>VP, Growth</span>
				</div>

				<div class="item">
					<img src="images/joomlart/others/teacher-8.jpg" alt=""/>
					<h4>Dean P. Barbee</h4>
					<span>VP, Engineering</span>
				</div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
</div>

• Menu Setting
• Options

Course Page

Course Page

Menu setting

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Guru » Category List Layout menu type and assign "ja_sensei - Default" template style.

Menu setting

• Menu options
• Options

Course detail

Menu setting

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Guru » Course Layout menu type and assign "ja_sensei - Default" template style.

• Menu settings
• Options

Course Category

Menu setting

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Guru » Course Layout menu type and assign "ja_sensei - Default" template style.

• Menu settings
• Options

Teachers

Menu setting

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Guru » Course Layout menu type and assign "ja_sensei - Default" template style.

• Menu settings

Our Blog Page

blog Page

Menu setting

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

Menu setting

• Category options
• Blog layout

Contact us Page

1. Create contact

From back-end, go to: Components > Contacts then add new contact.

Create Contact

2. Create contact menu item

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Contacts » Single Contact menu type and assign "ja_sensei - Default" template style.

Create Contact

• contact options

Supported Layouts

JA Sensei supports 1 layout by default: default.

• "default" layout 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 Sensei template style, open the template style » Layout setting panel » assign layout for the template style.

Layout assignment

You can create multiple template styles for JA Sensei 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 the number of positions in the spotlight block.

layout configuration

2. Responsive Layout configuration

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

Theme Settings

The theme settings panel allows you to configure theme colour, 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 a 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 Sensei supports multiple menu systems: Megamenu on desktop layout and off-canvas menu on Mobile

3.1 Mega Menu setting

Megamenu

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

Enable Mega Menu

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

Megamenu configuration

3.2 Off-canvas Sidebar

Off-canvas menu

There are 2 steps to activate Off-canvas sidebar.

1. To enable Off-canvas sidebar, go to JA Sensei 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

Guru Style configuration

In template style option there is an option to apply the special style for Guru

Guru Extended Style

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_sensei/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, rollback, remote install, internal repository and compare versions.

From the back-end, go to Components? JA Extension Manager then selects 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 Sensei template

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

Upgrade JA Sensei 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 the new version then hit the Upgrade Now to upgrade the extension to the latest version.