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[dwalker Friend dwalkerJoin date: June 2014Posts: 8Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 2]

#198547

I am trying to migrate a Joomla 1.5 site to Joomla 3.1. So far I have installed the new 3.1 site, installed SP Upgrade and transferred everything over that it would transfer. I have also installed the JA Ores 2.5.4 template on the 3.1 site. The 1.5 site was using JA Ores 1.0.1.

Is there a straightforward way to migrate over the template settings from the old site to the new as I don’t see the settings that were available in 1.5 when I go to the Template manager on 3.1 and the site looks very different with all the default settings on the template.

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#538103

Here are some resources which may be of assistance to you . . . .

http://docs.joomla.org/How_do_I_upgrade_from_Joomla!_1.5_to_3.x%3F

http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/migration-a-conversion/joomla-migration/11658

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#538327

As I said, I have already completed the migration using the SP Upgrade addon, however, the template did not transfer over, as apparently the version installed on the 1.5 site was not compatible with Joomla 3. Does Joomlart offer any kind of tools to migrate these settings over, similar to the export/import tools offered along with many of the extensions available from other vendors?

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#538413

Joomla 3 is completely different from Joomla 1.5. There are also updates in JA Ores template due to this change such as:
– Some extensions used in version J!.5 will not be used in J!2.5/J!3.1. There are also new extensions so please navigate to download section of this template for J!2.5/3.1 to download and install into your site.
– From J!2.5 version, this template will be based on JAT3 framework so it’s a MUST to install JAT3 plugin to make this template work.

Also check out documentation of this template to see how we configure for demo site: http://www.joomlart.com/documentation/joomla-templates/ja-ores

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#539053

Ok, I am down to just a few small issues that I’m hoping I can get a little help with.

For reference:
original site: http://www.sctexascity.org
new site: http://www.sctexascity.org/joomla33

Issues:
1) Horizontal menu at the top – I created a horizontal-menu css class, and applied it to the menu, and it is displaying horizontally as I wanted, though without the spacers that were available in the horizontal menu type in Joomla 1.5. The main problem here is the background color though. I assume this is controlled in one of the css files for the template, but have not been able to figure out which one.

2) The logo image is being chopped down to a fixed size. Again, I am assuming there is a css setting for this somewhere. Any pointers on how to get this image to not crop to a fixed size would be great.

3) The slide show is funky. The title displayed is the title for the slide show module, rather than the titles for the articles as it used to be. Is there any way to change this, or do I need to just turn the title off and add title text to each of the articles? Also, some of the text is cut off on the left side for some of the slides.

4) The articles at the bottom are displaying Detail info, including the category, who wrote the article, and when it was published. I do not want this saved. Also, these articles are running over the dividing line between the left and right columns in both IE 8 and current version of Firefox.

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#539158

Hi dwalker,

JA Ores in Joomla 2.5/3.x is built with JAT3 framework which has option to optimize css/js file so if you want which css file to change, please go to template manager section first and switch off this option.

1. Do you mean the background of the main menu? as I can see that it looks the same as the menu in your old site. Please tell me in details of which part and which color you want to set for the background.

2. You can change the size for the logo block by opening file: /templates/ja_ores(your_default_template)/css/template.css and look for this declaration:


h1.logo a {
background: url(../images/logo.png) no-repeat left;
display: block;
height: 43px;
width: 128px;
}


Then change the dimension to suit your need.

3. If you select source for this Slideshow module from ‘Articles’ then it should show the article title as you can see in our demo site here: http://ja-ores.demo.joomlart.com/

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4. These are featured article showing in the homepage, you can go to administrator area > Menus > Main menu > Home menu item > navigate to Article options and hide the option that you don’t want to display.

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#539381

1) I was able to find the background color I was looking for #ja-hot-news was the class involved. However, I cannot find where the height for this block is set.

2) This worked, though I also had to change the height of the logo block itself for it to all fit.

3) This is not the behavior I am seeing. For each article shown, the title being shown is the module title “Safety Council Texas City” instead of the article title “15th Annual SCTC Golf Tournament & Annual Meeting”

4) I have checked the options you indicated. Show Parent, Show Category, Show Create Date, and Show Author are all set to “Hide”, however, on the front page, all of these items are still shown with the featured articles.

5) The featured articles on the front page, and article content on other pages bleeds across the border into the right hand columns.

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#539796

<blockquote>However, I cannot find where the height for this block is set.</blockquote>

You need to add bottom margin for the module in this position, you change it via this file: /templates/ja_ores/css/template.css at approx line 2585:


#ja-hot-news .ja-moduletable, #ja-hot-news .moduletable{
margin-bottom: 0px; <<< change this to 5px
margin-top: 0px;
padding-bottom: 0px !important;
padding-top: 5px;
}


<blockquote>The featured articles on the front page, and article content on other pages bleeds across the border into the right hand columns.</blockquote>

In the same template.css file, navigate to line 1518:


#ja-container.ja-r1 #ja-main .inner {
padding-right: 45px;
}

change it to:


#ja-container.ja-r1 #ja-main .inner {
padding-right: 75px;
}


Regarding to questions 3 and 4, you can PM me admin and ftp login info of your site, I will investigate further.

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#540642

Have you had a chance to look at the slideshow module on my site to see why it only shows the module title instead of the article titles?

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#540651

Hi,

The problem comes from the Profile settings of this JA Slideshow module. With this JA Ores, you should set profile/skin to ores instead of default: http://prntscr.com/3xyxvm . I just changed it for you and it works now. Please have a look.

PS. I’m sorry for this late response as we’re off on the weekend.

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#541546

One more minor question, and then I think everything is sorted out. All of the menu items linked to articles, by default, have all of their Options set to “Use Global”. Where can I change these “Global” setting to turn off “Show Author” and a few other items so that I don’t have to reset each of these articles individually?

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#541559

You can go to Admin area of your site > navigate to Global configuration > Articles: http://prntscr.com/40m7zb

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