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    JA Zibal – Userguide for Joomla! 1.0.x

    I. TEMPLATE

    1.1 Template Installation

    Download template package named: JA Zibal 1.0 Template/JA Zibal for Joomla 1.0.x (2 colums layout)/JA Zibal for Joomla 1.0.x (3 colums layout)

    Proceed installation of JA Zibal 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 Zibal 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 Zibal template, check How to configure Joomla! template guide!

    You can change all JA Zibal parameters as you wish.

    1. Color: 3 color themes (Default, Black, Cyan, Green, Red)
    2. Size width: type of template screen (Wide/Narrow screen)
    3. Font width: Increase/Decrease font size (from 2 to 5).
    4. Tool: tool will be displayed on frontpage, include: Disable all/Screen tool/Font tool/Screen + font/Color tool/Screen + color/Font + color/all
    5. Menu type: include Split/Suckerfish Dropdown/Trans menu
    6. Modules collapsible: Enable or Disable module collapse

    JA Zibal module positions are available here. You just need to configure your modules to be loaded on those positions to match JA Zibal style.

    If you don’t know how to create module position in Joomla!, please follow this guide

    II. EXTENSION INSTALLATION

    When extracting JA Zibal package, you will see the folder named Extension with all extensions built in the JA Zibal: JA Collapsed module. That means when you install via template installer, you need to install JA Collapsed module separately, then configure their positions as instructed in Template configuration section.

    You check How to install Joomla! module guidefor installation.

    2.1.JA Collapsed module(mod_ja_collapsed.zip)
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    In Admin panel, go to Modules>Site Modules and click on module name ( JA Collapsed module )to go to configuration page.

    Here is the setting of JA Collapse on demo:

    2.2. Other notices

    • If you want to change or remove something in the footer, just open the “ja_zibal/footer.php” then modify it to suite your needs.
    • The {mosimage} may show some extra padding and margin. To solve this problem, go to your Joomla! Administrator -> Mambots -> Site Mambots and change the margin and padding parameters of MOS Image mambot to 0.
    • 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.
    • You can easily enable and/or disable the tools in JA Zibal. Go to the 29th line of “ja_zibal/index.php” and change the value of $ja_tool to the value you want. For example, 0 is disable screen and color, 3 is enable both.
    • JA Zibal template supports 2 colors integrated with multiple header images. These headers are well matched with each color and stored in the color folders of the template.
    • To add another header images, go to the 20th line and add the name of the image to the array $ja_header_images. You should add the file with the same name to every folder of the color you are using (located at folder “ja_zibal/images/color name“).

    • JA Zibal template also supports multiple colors. To add another color, go to the 18th line and add the color you want to the array $ja_color_themes. The css of each color located at folder “ja_zibal/css/colors“. You should name the css file match with the new color you’ve created.

    IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

    Q: I want to add a template position in to my Joomla!
    A: Go to your Administration Panel, Site -> Template Manager -> Module Positions. Add your template positions and hit the Save button.

    Q: Where can I change my footer?
    A: If you want to change or remove something in the footer, just open the “ja_justicia/footer.php” then modify it to suite your needs.

    Q: My images take a lot of white space and do not look good?
    A: The {mosimage} may show some extra padding and margin. To solve this problem, go to your Joomla! Administrator -> Mambots -> Site Mambots and change the margin and padding parameters of MOS Image mambot to 0.
    Q: Images without caption are stuck with text?
    A: It is because Joomla! generates the code different when {mosimage} has and doesn’t have its caption. So when you decide that the image will not having a caption, put it between the div tag like this <div class=”mosimage” style=”float: left;”>{mosimage}</div>

    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.

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