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JA Nerine – Userguide
- For users who start your Joomla! site at the beginning, I recommend you using QuickStart package of JA Nerine, named as ja_nerine_quickstart_v…_j1.5.x.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 Nerine works:
I. TEMPLATE
1.1 Template Installation
After downloading JA Nerine package and extract it, you will find template package named: ja_nerine_template_v…_j1.5.x.zip
Proceed installation of JA Nerine 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.To see positions located in site, in Navigation toolbar input string “?tp=1” at the end of site link
1.2 Template Configuration
To configure JA Nerine, On Admin panel, choose Extentions >> Template Manager, click on template name , you will see parameters of template.
In here, you can change all JA Nerine parameters as you wish.
- Color Variation: 3 color themes (Default, Blue, Orange, Green, Cyan)
- Font size : Increase/Decrease font size (from 1 to 6).
- Menu Module: include Split/Css/Trans/Dropline menu
- Screen: type of screen (Wide/Narrow screen)
- Display template tool: include Screen type/Font size/Color css/Screen type and Font size/Screen type and Color css/ Font size and Color css/All tools
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details.
Please click here for JA Nerine module positions and its arrangement. Base on module positions, you can publish your modules on them to match JA Nerine style
If you don’t know how to create module position in Joomla!, please follow this guide
II. EXTENSION INSTALLATION
When extracting JA Nerine package, you will see the folder named Extensions. All extensions needed for Nerine template in here, there is one module package: JA Slideshow
You check How to install Joomla! module guide for installation.
JA Slideshow module(mod_jaslideshow.zip)
[position: slideshow]On demo, it looks like:
In Admin panel, go to Extension >> Modules Manager and click on module name ( JA Slideshow )to go to configuration page.
Here is the setting of JA Slideshow on demo:
Click here to view video tutorial about JA Slideshow configuration
III. TIPS AND TRICKS
To have best presentation like JA Nerine demo, you have to configure content item not show on frontpage by these steps:- In administrator area, go to Menu>>Mainmenu and click to Home
- In right zone, you will see Headline, Intro, Link set all of them to 0 to invisible all content in frontpage.
And create your customs module, publish them in user1, user2, user5 modules.
IV. TYPOGRAPHY
JA Nerine came with a rich typography to give users more ability to customize content look and feel. Please check all JA Nerine typography here at JA Nerine Typography
V. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
Q: How can I create module position in Joomla! ?
A: Please follow this guide to create module positions.
Q: How can I make a custom HTML module?
A: In Module Manager, Click on New button. Then select Custom HTML, and click Next. Fill your HTML code to Custom Output textarea and click Save. You will have a new Custom Module as you expected.Q: Why I need to do many things to make template work? Why don’t you just provide template only?
A: JoomlArt template is More than just a Template. When you download template package from JoomlArt, you will have all extensions included. The template simply will not be perfect without a hand of extensions. It will not only make your site more attractive but also provide users more features and ability to explore your site easier.
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