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Saturday, April 26, 2008

Versatility III - May 07 Joomla Templates

Image This month we wanted to create a template that had more of everything that our members love about RocketTheme templates. That means more versatility, more color variations, more features, more possibilities!

Versatility III combines the versatile layout from the immensely popular Versatility template series with the modern feel, features, and exciting color variations that made last month’s ColorMatic template such a big hit; stir in some amazing new features and functionality and we have a recipe for a great template that is perfect for any project.

An amazing 20 color variations, 16 fully collapsible module positions, 8 Hilite module styles, and the all new RokMooMenu menu system are just a few of Versatility III’s many features designed to give you more possibilities than ever before for your site!

An overview of the key features of this template are as follows:

  • Joomla 1.0+ compatible
  • Joomla 1.5 Native version available
  • Mambo 4.5.2.X compatible
  • Clean and Versatile design
  • 20 exciting color variations built in
  • 8 Hilite module variations for each color style
  • A wide variety of integrated content styles and typography options
  • Easily customizable to be used in Fluid or Fixed-width configurations
  • 2 built-in menu options - The all new RokMooMenu menu system, SplitMenu, as well as a module position to use your own custom menu module (Module)
  • Separate Top Menu styling with included icon set
  • Integration and styling for Slimbox - a faster leaner alternative to LightBox 2.0 utilizing a highly optimized and compressed version of the mootools javascript library
  • 16 fully collapsible module positions for the most flexible layout options possible
  • Custom Modules and Slimbox Mambot built for Versatility III to provide exciting functionality
  • Lightweight and fast-loading design
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid
  • Accessible - Section 508 and WAI
  • Fully compatible IE6, IE7, Safari 2, Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9, OmniWeb, Shira, Netscape.
  • Source Adobe Fireworks PNG and Fonts included
  • Blank Logos for quick/easy modification

Color variations:


Style 1 Style 2 Style 3 Style 4
Style 5 Style 6 Style 7 Image
Style 9 Style 10 Style 11 Style 12
Style 13 Style 14 Style 15 Style 16
Style 17 Style 18 Style 19 Style 20

Demo

Please check out the Versatility III Demo on our demo server

The All-New RokMooMenu

Brand new for Versatility III, is the RokMooMenu. This menu has been developed from scratch using the latest and greatest MooTools JavaScript framework. The RokMooMenu is a highly advanced and fully customizable menu system is accessible and degrades to a standard SuckerFish menu if JavaScript is not enabled or supported. Some of the great features include:

  • Hover support for IE6 using the sfHover javascript class just like in Suckerfish.
  • Fully degradable to standard SuckerFish menu if javascript is not supported.
  • Configurable mouse-out delay to allow for accidental mousing out of the menu.
  • Completely customizable animation effects using MooTools transitions. Can be configured in X and/or Y directions.
  • Support for fade-in transparency
  • Experimental support for IE6 z-index bug using the iFrame hack.

Learn more about RokMooMenu on the Menu Options Demo Page.

Menu Information

The exclusive RocketTheme menu systems in this template use the mainmenu by default and this menu is configured in the admin administator. For these to function correctly, understand that the ‘top level’ menu items will show up as the horizontal buttons across the top of the template. For sub menu items, assign Parent Item to these top menus to the top-level item. These will then show up below in a sub-horizontal menu when you click on a top-level item. For an example of this check out the demo server

For more details on the menu configuration options in Versatility III, check out the instructions on the demo site

Installation Instructions

This month we’ve created a guide that covers how to set up your new Versatility III template on your Joomla site and configure its features, functionality, and content to look similar to the RocketTheme Versatility III Demo FrontPage. Full details on how to install and setup the template can be found on the “demo server”: http://demo.rockettheme.com.

Module positions are summarized in the diagram below:

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NOTES:

  1. This template fully supports full width configurations for use with galleries or forums, make sure you do not publish any modules in left or right and the ‘mainbody’ will fill the entire width.

Configuration

There are a couple of configuration options for this template. This month we’ve put the configuration variables in the template’s own index.php file. This way you can use the Edit HTML button in the Template Manager to quickly and easily make changes to these options. This is how you can choose the color variations and also configure some default variables. Also you can select which menu the RTSplitMenu system should use.

Versatility III Configuration Options

// *************************************************
// Change this variable blow to switch color-schemes
//
// If you have any issues, check out the forum at
// http://www.rockettheme.com
//
// *************************************************

$default_style = "style1"; // style1 | style2 | style3 | ..... | style20
$template_width = "868"; // width in px | fluid
$side_width = "175"; // width in px
$menu_name = "mainmenu"; // mainmenu by default, can be any Joomla menu name
$menu_type = "moomenu"; // splitmenu | moomenu | module
$menu_side = "right"; // left | right
$default_font = "default"; // smaller | default | larger
$show_pathway = "true"; // true | false
$show_pulldown = "true"; // true | false

// *************************************************

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