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JA Barite – Userguide
- For users who start your Joomla! site at the beginning, I recommend you using QuickStart package of JA Barite, named as ja_barite_quickstart.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 Barite works
- Before using JA Barite, please make sure you’ve read these thread:
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2. When creating new sectionI. TEMPLATE
1.1 Template Installation
After downloading JA Barite package and extract it, you will find template package named: ja_barite_template.zip
Proceed installation of JA Barite 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 Barite as default template, your site should look like this:
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 Barite, On Admin panel, choose Extentions >> Template Manager, click on template name , you will see parameters of template.
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details. You can change all JA Barite parameters as you wish.
Please click here for JA Barite module positions and its arrangement. Base on module positions, you can publish your modules on them to match JA Barite style.
If you don’t know how to create module position in Joomla!, please follow this guide
II. EXTENSION INSTALLATION
When extracting JA Barite package, you will see the folder named Extensions. All extensions needed for Barite template in here.
You check How to install Joomla! module guide for installation.
2.1.JA Categorylist module(mod_jacategorylist.zip)
[position: left]This module will list all the categories in the specific section
On demo, it looks like:
Please go to Modules Manager and click on module name (mod_jacategorylist)to go to configuration page.
Here is the setting of JA Category List on demo:
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details.
2.2.JA Content Scroll module(mod_jacontentscroll.zip)
[position: slider]Scroll between your product images with Scroll Bar
On demo, it looks like:
In Admin panel, please go to Modules Manager and click on module name (mod_jacontentscroll) to go to configuration page.
Here is the setting of JA Content Scroll on demo:
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details.
2.3.JA Newflash module(mod_janewflash.zip)
[position: mass_top]On demo, it looks like:
In Admin panel, go to Modules Manager and click on JA Newflash name to go to configuration page.
2.4.JA Newslight module (mod_janewslight.zip)
[position: mass_bot]
In Admin panel, go to Modules Manager and click on JA Newslight name to go to configuration page.
Please hover your mouse to each parameter to see its explanation and details.2.5. Other modules
There are some default modules need to re-publish to specific position:- Login – position: top
- Main Menu – position: left
- Poll – position: right2
- Who’s online – position: right2
- Banners – position: banner
- Latest News – position: user1
- Popular – position: user2
- Top Menu – position: user3
Also, the template demo has custom modules at position: right1, user5, user6, user7, you should publish modules of your choice on that positions for best presentation.
III. TYPOGRAPHYJA Barite came with a rich typography to give users more ability to customize content look and feel. Click here to view all JA Barite typography and how to use.
IV. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION
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.Q: I changed my default color/font/resolution but when I refresh the page, it didn’t change?
A: JA template use client’s cookie to save your preferences. If you made change to default value, please close the browser, open a blank new window and then clear the browser’s cookie. You’ll see the new preferences applied.Q: Some of my menu looks horrible. Why?
A: Menus in JA templates are designed with the most semantic mark up are used over the net, it’s the list style. If you made change to the menu type, go to you menu module and change the menu type parameter to Flat List. It will solve the problem.Q: I want to change some graphic contents
A: 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.Q: It’s just a template, why need so many steps to configure and install?
A: No, it’s more than just a template. The package we provided included template and related modules, components and source files. The page you see in our demo site is the set of template + module + component. If you want to make your site look like the demo page, you need to follow our instructions above.
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