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JA Dravity – Userguide
JA Dravity, the 1 march template has taken the design team at Joomlart to the next level and the show us once again why Joomlart
- For users who start your Joomla! site at the beginning, I recommend you using QuickStart package of JA Dravity, named as ja_dravity_quickstart.zip. For instruction how to use JoomlArt quickstart package, please check the QuickStart guide
- For users who new to Joomla!, there are many useful documents available at http://joomla.org about Joomla! and how to use, please spend some time to check them out.
Here is some other guides that may useful for you:
- For users that already have a site with contents and other extensions installed, please follow my instruction below to understand how JA Dravity works:
I. TEMPLATE
1.1 Template Installation
After downloading JA Dravity package and extract it, you will find template package named: ja_dravity_template.zip
Proceed installation of JA Dravity as other normal Joomla! templates. If you don’t know how to do installation or set a template as default, please check the How to install Joomla! template guide.
After installing and setting JA Dravity as default template, your site should look like this:
To see position located in site, in Navigation toolbar input string “?tp=1” at the end of site link
1.2 Template Configuration
To configure JA Dravity template, check How to configure Joomla! template guide!
You can change all JA Dravity parameters as you wish.Please click here for JA Dravity module positions and its arrangement. Base on module positions, you can publish your modules on them to match JA Dravity style.
If you don’t know how to create module position in Joomla!, please follow this guide
II. EXTENSION INSTALLATION
When extracting JA Dravity package, you will see one module package: mod_janews
You check How to install Joomla! module guidefor installation.
JA News module(mod_news.zip)
[position: ja-news]On demo, it looks like:
In Admin panel, go to Modules>Site modules and click on module name ( JA News )to go to configuration page.
Here is the setting of JA News on demo:
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details.
Remember the setup of the module is something you need to try out to match your site, but the most important things is to find the right Category/Section Id’s you want to show on the frontpage of your site.
III. TYPOGRAPHY
JA Dravity came with a rich typography to give users more ability to customize content look and feel. Please check all JA Dravity typography here at JA Dravity Typography
IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
Q: Where can I change my footer?
A: You can see the footer in the index.php file, start with: <!– BEGIN: FOOTER –>.Q: What’s a module style? And module class suffix?
A: Almost modules offer you a parameter called Module Class Suffix. Set a value for this parameter and you will have your module’s appearance differs from the others. JA templates often provide you some module styles which can be found in Module Styles area of the guide.Q: I changed my default color/font/resolution but when I refresh the page, it didn’t change?
A: JA template use client’s cookie to save your preferences. If you made change to default value, please close the browser, open a blank new window and then clear the browser’s cookie. You’ll see the new preferences applied.Q: Some of my menu looks horrible. Why?
A: Menus in JA templates are designed with the most semantic mark up are used over the net, it’s the list style. If you made change to the menu type, go to you menu module and change the menu type parameter to Flat List. It will solve the problem.Q: I want to change some graphic contents
A: PSD/PNG files and fonts can be found in the template’s source package. Please download the file at our download page in case you need to modify something.Q: It’s just a template, why need so many steps to configure and install?
A: No, it’s more than just a template. The package we provided included template and related modules, components and source files. The page you see in our demo site is the set of template + module + component. If you want to make your site look like the demo page, you need to follow our instructions above.
If you feel the template can be hard to set up or you are new to Joomla, dont worry. We have made things easy for you.
We have prepared this for you:
– A fully working Joomla installation
– Template + module installed and configured with demo content as seen on the demo.
You can get the JA Dravity Quickstart package for Joomla 1.5 HERE
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