The section will help you with steps to install JA Focus template - Quickstart and Manual installation.

System requirement

JA Focus template is native with Joomla 3. Please make sure your system meets the following requirements:

Download packages

Download Packages

The download package includes:

• Quickstart package
• JA Focus template
• T3 Framework plugin
• JA Google Map plugin
• JA Content Type plugin
• JA Ajax content type plugin
• JA Tabs plugin
• Source file

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Quickstart installation

Download JA Focus quickstart package →, upload to your server and extract it.

Step 1 - Configuration: add Site name, Admin email, Admin username and password

Step 2 - Database: select database type, host name, database username, password, database name & table prefix

Step 3 - Overview: select sample data to install, we suggest to use Default English (GB) Sample Data. You can install multilingual in the step.

Step 4 - Remove/Rename "installation" folder: for security purpose, you need to rename or remove the "installation" folder

Detail documentation with screenshots

Manual Installation

Install T3 Framework

Step 1 - Install T3 Framework

From your back-end setting panel, go to: "Extensions → Extension Manager", browse T3 plugin installation package then hit the "Upload and Install"

Step 2 - Enable T3 Framework

When you install T3 Framework, it's auto enabled by default. You can check this by going to: "Extensions → Plugins" then find T3 Plugin.

Install T3 Framework

Install JA Focus template

Step 1 - Install JA Focus template

From your back-end setting panel, go to: "Extensions → Manage → Install", browse JA Focus template installation package.

Install JA Focus template

Step 2 - Set default template style

Go to: "Extensions → Templates", set JA Focus template style as your default template style.

Set JA Focus template as default template style

Install all supported extensions

• JA Google Map plugin
• JA Content Type plugin
• JA Ajax content type plugin
• JA Tabs plugin

Template folder structure

This section is to help you understand the folder structure of JA Focus template, where to find the files you want.

JA Focus template

JA Focus template is built on T3 Framework so its folder structure is almost the same with any other JA Templates that are developed with T3 Framework.

templates/ja_focus/
+-- less/                 /*  all LESS files */ 
¦    +-- template.less
¦    +-- style.less
¦    +-- home.less
¦    +-- joomla.less
¦    +-- themes/            /*theme folders and theme files */
+-- css/                     /*compiled files from less*/
¦    +-- template.css
¦    +-- style.css
¦    +-- home.css
¦    +-- joomla.css
¦    +-- themes/            /*Compiled themes */
+-- tpls/             /* all layout files and block files*/
¦    +-- default.php
¦    +-- blocks/       /*block files*/
¦    ¦    +-- header.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainbody.php
¦    ¦    +-- off-canvas.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainnav.php
¦    ¦    +-- mast-top.php
¦    ¦    +-- main-content-1.php
¦    ¦    +-- main-content-2.php
¦    ¦    +-- main-content-3.php
¦    ¦    +-- navhelper.php
¦    ¦    +-- footer.php
¦    ¦    +-- mainbody/
+-- contenttype
¦    +-- fields/
¦    +-- forms/
¦    ¦    +-- article-edit.xml
¦    +-- types/
¦    ¦    +-- gallery.xml
¦    ¦    +-- video.xml
+-- html/               /*override modules and Joomla com_content*/
¦    +-- com_content/
¦    ¦    +-- article/
¦    ¦    +-- category/
¦    ¦    +-- fewatured/
¦    +-- layouts/
¦    +-- mod_footer/
¦    +-- com_users
¦    +-- com_tags
¦    +-- mod_articles_category
¦    +-- mod_articles_latest
¦    +-- mod_articles_categories
+-- fonts/ 
¦    +-- font-awesome/
¦    ¦    +-- css/
¦    ¦    +-- fonts/
+-- js/ 
¦    +-- script.js
¦    +-- infinitive-paging.js
¦    +-- jquery.infinitescroll.js
¦    +-- swiper/
+-- images/
+-- language/
+-- templateDetails.xml  
+-- templateInfo.php/
+-- thememagic.xml/     /*the file is to add new group, parameters to ThemeMagic*/
+-- templateHook.php/

This section will help you build main pages as JA Focus demo site.

I. Home Page

View Full Layout Structure - Back-end layout structure

Step 1 - Create Home menu item

Go to Menu » Main menu, add new menu item, select Articles » Featured Articles menu type and assign "ja_focus - Default" template style.

Create home menu item

Step 2 - Assign content to the homepage

The home page includes multiple sections, each section is a module.

1. Top banner - Banner module

Banner module

Module position: banner-top
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

Suggested image size: 728x90px

2. Top menu - Menu Module

Top menu module

Module position: topbar-left
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

3. Modules on topbar right

The section includes multiple modules: search, social buttons and language switcher module if your site is multilingual.

Topbar right section: search, social buttons

3.1 Search module

Module position: head-search
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

3.2 Social module Custom HTML Module

Module position: head-social
Module Suffix: NOT USED

HTML Code

<ul class="social-list">
  <li><a href="#" title="Facebook" class="btn facebook"><i class="fa fa-facebook" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Twitter" class="btn twitter"><i class="fa fa-twitter" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Instagram" class="btn instagram"><i class="fa fa-instagram" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
  <li><a href="#" title="Google plus" class="btn google-plus"><i class="fa fa-google" aria-hidden="true"></i></a></li>
</ul>

• Module setting

3.3 Banner - Header

Module position: position-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

3.4 Breaking News

Module position: position-2
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Layout: Latest-header

• Module setting

4. Brick - Articles - Category

Brick module

Module position: main-content-masttop-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Layout: brick

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

5. Politics - Articles - Category

Politics module

Module position: main-content-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Layout: news-1

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

6. Business - Articles - Category

Business module

Module position: main-content-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Layout: news-2

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

7. World - Articles - Category

Business module

Module position: main-content-1
Module Suffix:  no-margin
Layout: news-3

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

8. Sidebar section

The section includes 4 modules: Follow Us on Social, Editor of the week, Custom Stock Widget and Banner - Sidebar 1

8.1 Follow Us on Social Custom HTML Module

Module position: sidebar-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

HTML Code

<div class="ja-addthis">
  <div class="addthis_inline_follow_toolbox"></div>
</div>

• Module setting

8.2 EDITOR OF THE WEEK - Articles - Category

Module position: sidebar-1
Module Suffix:  no-margin
Layout: news-7

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

8.3 Custom Stock Widget Custom HTML Module

Module position: sidebar-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

View HTML Code →

<!-- TradingView Widget BEGIN -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://s3.tradingview.com/external-embedding/embed-widget-market-overview.js">
{
  "showChart": false,
  "locale": "en",
  "width": "100%",
  "height": "400",
  "tabs": [
    {
      "title": "Equities",
      "symbols": [
        {
          "s": "INDEX:SPX",
          "d": "S&P 500"
        },
        {
          "s": "INDEX:IUXX",
          "d": "Nasdaq 100"
        },
        {
          "s": "INDEX:DOWI",
          "d": "Dow 30"
        },
        {
          "s": "INDEX:NKY",
          "d": "Nikkei 225"
        },
        {
          "s": "NASDAQ:AAPL",
          "d": "Apple"
        },
        {
          "s": "NASDAQ:GOOG",
          "d": "Google"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Commodities",
      "symbols": [
        {
          "s": "CME_MINI:ES1!",
          "d": "E-Mini S&P"
        },
        {
          "s": "CME:E61!",
          "d": "Euro"
        },
        {
          "s": "COMEX:GC1!",
          "d": "Gold"
        },
        {
          "s": "NYMEX:CL1!",
          "d": "Crude Oil"
        },
        {
          "s": "NYMEX:NG1!",
          "d": "Natural Gas"
        },
        {
          "s": "CBOT:ZC1!",
          "d": "Corn"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Bonds",
      "symbols": [
        {
          "s": "CME:GE1!",
          "d": "Eurodollar"
        },
        {
          "s": "CBOT:ZB1!",
          "d": "T-Bond"
        },
        {
          "s": "CBOT:UD1!",
          "d": "Ultra T-Bond"
        },
        {
          "s": "EUREX:GG1!",
          "d": "Euro Bund"
        },
        {
          "s": "EUREX:II1!",
          "d": "Euro BTP"
        },
        {
          "s": "EUREX:HR1!",
          "d": "Euro BOBL"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Forex",
      "symbols": [
        {
          "s": "FX:EURUSD"
        },
        {
          "s": "FX:GBPUSD"
        },
        {
          "s": "FX:USDJPY"
        },
        {
          "s": "FX:USDCHF"
        },
        {
          "s": "FX:AUDUSD"
        },
        {
          "s": "FX:USDCAD"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
</script>
<!-- TradingView Widget END -->

• Module setting

8.4 Banner - Sidebar 1 - Banners Module

Module position: sidebar-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

9. Banner - Main Content Mast Bot - Banner module

Banner module

Module position: main-content-mastbot-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

Suggested image size: 728x90px

10 Tech - Articles - Category

Tech module

Module position: main-content-masttop-2
Module Suffix:  no-margin
Layout: brick-slide

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

10 Sport - Articles - Category

Sport module

Module position: main-content-masttop-2
Module Suffix:  no-margin
Layout: news-4

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

11 ENTERTAIMENT - Articles - Category

ENTERTAIMENT module

Module position: main-content-masttop-2
Module Suffix:  no-margin
Layout: news-5

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

12. Sidebar-2 section

The section includes 3 modules: Banner - Sidebar 2, Most Read, Slider Widget

12.1 Banner - Sidebar 2 - Banners Module

Module position: sidebar-2
Module Suffix:  mod-nopadding mod-noborder

• Module setting

12.2 Most Read Custom HTML Module

Module position: sidebar-1
Module Suffix: NOT USED

HTML Code

{jatabs type="modules" module="most-read-tab"} {/jatabs}

• Module setting

12.3 Slider Widget - Articles - Category

Module position: sidebar-2
Module Suffix:   mod-nopadding mod-noborder
Layout: news-8

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

13. MOST WATCHED VIDEOS - Articles - Category

MOST WATCHED VIDEOS

Module position: main-content-mastbot-2
Module Suffix: NOT USED
Layout: videolist

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

13. More - Articles - Category

More

Module position:  main-content-3
Module Suffix:  mod-noborder
Layout: news-6

• Filtering Options
• Display Options
• Advanced

14 Banner - Sidebar 3 - Banners Module

Module position: sidebar-3
Module Suffix:   mod-nopadding mod-noborder

• Module setting

15. Banner - Main Content Mast Bot - Banner module

Banner module

Module position: main-content-mastbot-3	
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

Suggested image size: 728x90px

16. Footer section

The section includes 6 modules: Menu and Subscribe Module

Footer section

16.1 Menu - Menu Module

Module position: footer-1
Module Suffix:  vertical-footer

• Module setting

16.2 Footer 1 - Menu Module

Module position: footer-2
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

16.3 Joomla Pages - Menu Module

Module position: footer-3
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

16.4 Joomla Contents - Menu Module

Module position: footer-4
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

16.5 Footer 4 - Menu Module

Module position: footer-5
Module Suffix: NOT USED

• Module setting

16.6 Subcribe Module

Acymailing Module

   Module position: footer-6
   Module Suffix: NOT USED
  

• Module setting
• Advance setting

II. Category Blog page

This page list the articles from selected category for Menu POLITICS, BUSINESS, WORLD,TECH, SPORT & ENTERTAINMENT

Politics

Back-end Settings

• Menu setting
• Category setting
• layout setting
• Options setting

III. Blog page

This page list the articles from selected category

Blog

Back-end Settings

• Menu setting
• Category setting
• layout setting
• Options setting

IV. Videos page

This page list the Video articles from selected category

Videos

Back-end Settings

• Menu setting
• Category setting
• layout setting
• Options setting

V. Gallery page

This page list the Gallery articles from selected category

Gallery

Back-end Settings

• Menu setting
• Category setting
• layout setting
• Options setting

Category Color settings

JA Focus supports multiple colors for category page and modules that load content from the category.

Category color

To do that, go to back-end > Content > Categories, open category to edit, in the "Fields" tab, assign color for the category.

Category color

Supported Layouts

JA Focus supports 1 layouts by default: default.

default layout - Full Screenshot

Assign Layout for a template style

You can create multiple layouts to meet your requirement and assign the layout to specific pages. To assign a layout for a JA Focus template style, open the template style » Layout setting panel » assign layout for the template style.

Layout assignment

You can create multiple templates style for JA Focus template, each template style is assigned to one layout and the template style is assigned to specific menu items so that in one site, you use 1 template but you can use as many layouts as you want.

Layout configuration

Once you assign layout for a template style, you can configure the layout to meet your requirements. There are 2 configuration panels: Layout Structure configuration and responsive layout configuration.

1. Layout Structure configuration

The layout structure allows you to change position for any position in the layout, configure number of positions in spotlight block.

layout configuration

2. Responsive Layout configuration

In the "Responsive Configuration", select the responsive layout you want to configure layout for.

Responsive layout configuration

In the responsive layout configuration, you can disable any position you don't want to show in the layout, resize positions in spotlight block.

2. Menu Configuration

JA Focus supports multiple menu systems: Megamenu on desktop layout and off-canvas menu on Mobile

3.1 Megamenu setting

Megamenu

In the Navigation setting panel, enable Megamenu, assign Menu and hit the Megamenu button to open the Megamenu configuration panel.

Enable Megamenu

In the configuration panel, select menu item and use the built-in options to configure the megamenu for the menu item.

Megamenu configuration

3.2 Mobile menu

JA Focus supports 2 menu systems for mobile: dropdown menu and Off-canvas menu.

Mobile menu systems

Create Off-canvas Menu

There are 2 steps to create Off-canvas sidebar.

1. To enable Off-canvas sidebar, go to JA Focus template style » Addon-ons and enable the Off-canvas sidebar option.

Off-canvas menu

2. Create Menu module and assign to the off-canvas position. Check out the module settings below:

Module position: off-canvas
Module Suffix: NOT USED

Back-end Settings

• Module setting

Enable dropdown menu

To enable Off-canvas sidebar, go to JA Focus template style » Navigation and enable the Collapse navigation for small screens option.

Enable dropdown menu

Footer section configuration

The footer section includes copyrights info and T3 Framework logo.

Footer info

1. Copyrights Info modification

To change the copyrights info, open the templates/ja_focus/html/mod_footer/default.php file, find the following info and change to what you want.

<small><?php echo $lineone; ?> Designed by <a href="http://www.joomlart.com/" title="Visit Joomlart.com!" <?php echo method_exists('T3', 'isHome') && T3::isHome() ? '' : 'rel="nofollow"' ?>>JoomlArt.com</a>.</small>

	<small><?php echo JText::_( 'MOD_FOOTER_LINE2' ); ?></small>

2. Disable T3 Footer Logo

You can disable the T3 Footer Logo in the template style manager, open the General setting panel, disable the Show T3 Logo option.

Disable T3 logo

1. Set up JA Extension Manager Component

The best method to upgrade JoomlArt products is using JA Extension Manager. The FREE extension brings a new way to manage extensions: upgrade, roll back, remote install, internal repository and compare versions.

From back-end, go to: Components → JA Extension Manager then select Service Manager, now set JoomlArt as your default service. Next, hit the "Edit" button then add your Username and Password that you signed up in JoomlArt.com.

Check for new version

2. Upgrade JA Focus template

Step 1 - check the new version of JA Focus template. Using the filter to find the JA Focus template then hit the "Check Update" button.

Upgrade JA Focus template

3. Upgrade T3 Framework and other JA extensions

Using the filter to find the extensions you want to upgrade (JoomlArt products only), hit the "Check Update" button to check for new version then hit the Upgrade Now to upgrade the extension to latest version.