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Table of contents
- How to install only theme?
- How to install complete site?
- How to change logo?
- How to hide the control panel?
- How to Manage News Show Pro GK4?
- How to Manage Lof ArticlesSlideShow module?
- How to install DFCONTACT Component?
- How to install AcyMailing Starter (Newsletter) Component?
- How to Create Our Products Page
- T3 Framework 2.0 Documentation
- Credits
How to install only theme?Top
Installation Arapah Template is easy and quick. Before installation you need to download latest version of Ja T3 System Plugin for Joomla 1.5.
Install this like a standard Joomla extensions (Extensions - Install/Unistall).
Afterwards you can install Arapah Template. Please go to: Extensions Manager Find arapah_template.zip file on your computer browser and click "Upload and Install". Next go to: Extensions Manager - Template Manager choose Arapah - Default and click "Make Default". Refresh your site.
How to install complete site?Top
Quickstart = Joomla + Arapah Template + Demo Content. After installation you'll see complete site like a Demo Site. If you've already had a website based on Joomla with your own content read article: Template Installation
Installing Quickstart package is quite easy as you install normal joomla!. Please follow these steps:
- You will have 2 options:
- Upload the arapah_quickstart.zip file to your host and extract it using cPanel or other File Manager Tools if possible.
- If the option above unavailable, you can extract the arapah_quickstart.zip file on your computer, and upload all files to your host using FTP client program such as filezilla.
- Start installation by typing your URL to the directory you have placed quickstart files. The installation page should be appeared as normal Joomla! installation.
- Login into your administrator panel using "admin" as username and using a your password.
You're now in the end of installation process, and then you must now directly remove the installation folder.
But, Sometimes this process could not write to the configuration.php file. So you should have this below image, and follow the instruction
How to change logo?Top
Create your own logo image in png format. Save this image as "logo.png" and upload to images directory of Arapah Template (path: yourSiteName.com/templates/arapah/images/). Next you need edit code in setting.css file (located on: yourSiteName.com/templates/arapah/css/setting.css). And change width and height of your logo image:
/* --------------------- LOGO HEIGHT AND WIDTH -----------------*/
h1.logo,
h1.logo a{
width: 346px; /*width of your logo image*/
height: 75px; /*height of your logo image*/
background: url(../images/logo.png) no-repeat;
}
How to hide the control panel?Top
Go to admin panel of your template: Extensions - Template Manager - Arapah Default - LAYOUTS.
Delete the fallowing code:
<block name="cpanel" type="usertools/cpanel"></block>
Save. You need do the same for the other layouts.
How to Manage Lof ArticlesSlideShow module?Top
Lof ArticlesSlideShow Module is one of the most eye-catching way to display featured articles in the slide show, The module usually put in the top of the main content. With many animations supported and have an easy to control the module displaying via simple parameters, you can do everything as you like and let your client see Your Site In a impression way.
Slider module is published in "slider" positions.
In first step download Lof ArticlesSlideShow Module module for Joomla 1.6. or you can find on this arapah-package-full.zip, extract it, and find on folder extention > module. Afterwards Install like a standard joomla extensions.
Now go to Extensions - Module Manager find Lof ArticlesSlideShow Module and set the following parameters:
Make sure this module in "slide" position and enabled
How to Manage News Show Pro GK4?Top
News Show Pro GK4 is a complex module for presenting content. Thanks to extended options, it allows to adjust content look very easily.
Basic module settings are in “Basic Settings” tab:
Except specifying module suffix and ID, we can specify module width in per cents and define font size to Basic size.
The next group of settings are parameters connected with the choice of data source and its filtering:
Data source can be Joomla! categories or articles chosen by a user. In the case of categories, it is enough to choose categories from multiple choice list whereas when we want to present articles chosen, a list of their IDs separated with a coma has to be given, e.g. 233, 25, 122, 145.
“News order” and “News sort order” options are for specifying the way of sorting articles. Thanks to “Show article created after” option, it is possible to specify the oldest article to be presented. “Show frontpage items” option allows to display or hide articles which are marked as “Featured” and thanks to “Frontpage items only” option, it is possible to present those articles only. When “Show unauthorized items” option is on , we can display articles to which normally a user does not have access because of permissions and then, after clicking links to these articles he/she will be asked for log in.
“First news number” option allows to specify from which article in a given articles collection data will be presented. It is useful when we have more than one module operating on the same articles collection but we want to divide this collection in two between two modules – then, the first module displays articles from the first one to X number and the second displays articles from X number to the end.
The greatest options group are article layout options:
In the first part of these settings we can specify the amount of pages with articles and amount of columns and rows on one page. So the total amount of articles loaded is:
amount of pages with articles * amount of columns * amount of rows
In “Pagination” option, it is possible to choose one out of four pagination interface style with articles.
Next options are connected with particular articles elements:
Options seen above allow to define articles headers look: amount of text, header link, text layout and its float.
Images options allow to define whether it includes a link to article and its positioning.
Similarly as it is with a header, in text articles options it is possible to specify text positioning, switch on/off a link to article and specify the amount of text displayed.
Each article can display two information blocks. For each, we can specify displayed data format. It is enough to give one of the following sequences:
- %AUTHOR – displays author name (we choose exact name source in “Author name” option) and avatar from Gravatar.com service (if “Show author avatar” option is on; we specify avatar size in “Avatar size” option)
- %CATEGORY – displays category name (we can switch on a link to a category in „Category link” option)
- %DATE – displays article’s creation or modification date (according to “Used date” option), date format is specified in “Date format” option
- %HITS – displays article amount of visits
- %RATE – displays article rate
At the end of this group of options, there are options connected with elements order:
It is possible to specify in each element its order or switch it off completely. Additionally, it is possible to add spaces between articles in “Article block padding” option.
The next group of settings are links parameters which are the complement of article content displayed:
Similarly, as it is with articles, it is possible to specify the amount of pages with links, the amount of lines (in this case “Amount of links’)and the amount of columns with links. It looks the same in the case of links pagination.
Additionally, we can specify blocks margins with links and their position towards articles (“Links position”). In each link, it is possible to show article’s short description (“Show links description”) and specify title text limit and its description.
Thumbnails configuration presented in a module is a separate group of options:
„Create thumbnails” option allows to switch on a system of generating thumbnails. The way of generating them are defined by the remaining options. Thanks to “Keep aspect ratio” we will always have images adjusted best to “Thumbnail width” and “Thumbnail height” sizes. “Thumbnail background” option specifies background color displayed in images when the image does not cover fully an area given (and “Thumbnail stretch” option which stretches images to sizes given is off). “Thumbnail quality” option specifies a compression level. “Cache time” is a very important option – it prevents from generating thumbnails in every page request.
All thumbnails are stored in a module cache/ catalog. Additionally, if a given article does not have images, default images default.MOD_ID.png from default/ catalog can be loaded, where MOD_ID is an ID of our module, e.g. newsprol.
The next to the last group of settings are additional settings:
The first five options are connected with pages with data animation. “Autoanimation” option allows to switch on auto animation and its speed and transitions are defined by “Animation speed”, “Animation interval” and “Animation transition” options. Thanks to “Hover animation” option, it is possible to switch on animation activation after moving a cursor on a pagination button (normally, it requires clicking on this button).
In options from “Article content” group, it is possible to specify symbols displayed at the end of “End of text” short text and switch on cleaning (X)HTML tags (we recommend to use this option in order to avoid problems with page validation). Additionally, it is possible to specify whether plugins from article content be parsed (“Parse plugins”) or whether plugins tags are removed automatically (“Clean plugins”).
The last group presents options connected with external files:
We can enforce to use default module CSS style thanks to “Use default CSS” option – it has to be remembered that in the case of templates which support News Show Pro GK4 module, this option has to be switched off.
In “Using JS module” option, it is possible to specify the way of adding module scripts. In the case of greater amount of module instances on the page, the safest option to use will be “Automatic” mode.
How to install DFCONTACT Component?Top
DFContact is a Joomla! contact form component which is extremly easy to configure and has captcha support using reCAPTCHA. It displays your contact data and a contact form on one page. You can easily configure which input fields are displayed and whether they are mandatory or optional. And follow these below steps to install and configure it:
- Login to the administration area
- Click "Extensions", "Extension manager" in menu
- Your choice:
- Upload Package File: Download latest version from "http://software.filzhut.de/" to your harddrive, select as "Package File"
- Install from URL: At "Install URL" enter "http://software.filzhut.de/download.php?file=com_dfcontact_1.6.zip"
- Click "Install"
- Click "Components", "DFContact" in menu
- Enter your eMail-Adress as "Destination email"
- Click "Save" in action bar
- Click "Menus", "Main menu", "Add new menu item" in menu
- Next to "Menu Item Type" click "Select" and select "DFContact"
- Set "Menu Title" to a name of your choice (maybe just "Contact form")
- Click "Save & Close" in action bar
How to install AcyMailing Starter (Newsletter) Component?Top
AcyMailing is a Joomla component allowing you to maintain real communication with your contacts via e-mail marketing, newsletters, follow-up autoresponders, marketing campaigns, etc. It is seamlessly incorporated into Joomla and provides professional features enabling you to keep you in permanent contact with your subscribers
And You can follow the Installation and more detail explanation about this component through this site http://www.acyba.com/support/documentation.html
How to Create Our Products PageTop
you can obtain this page by using News Show Pro GK4?. And please follow these below steps :
- Login to the administration area
- Click "Menu", "Main Menu"
- Create New Menu, easily please choose "Menu Item Type : Category Blog", and make sure you have similarly menu parameter like these images below
- And Now, please Click "Save or Save and Close"
- Then, Please go to "Extensions - Module Manager" and Find News Show Pro GK4 Module
- Enter your eMail-Adress as "Destination email"
- On "Data source tab", please choose your category
- On "Article Layout tab", you can have this setting :
- Last, publish and place it on "user1" position, make sure only publish it on destination menu
T3 Framework 2.0 DocumentationTop
Look documentation of T3 framework 2.0.
Videos of T3 framework 2.0:
CreditsTop
- T3 Framework 2.0
- Lof ArticlesSlideShow Module
- Akeeba Backup
- DFContact Component
- AcyMailing Starter Component
- News Show Pro GK4
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