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To make sure your template is setup correctly, please make sure you read through the template guide thoroughly.
Step 1.) Installing the Template
- Login to Joomla Admin
- Go to "Installers > Template Site"
- Browse for the template zip file
- Click "Upload File and Install"
- Click "Continue..."
- In the Template Manager, select the new template's radio box and click on the "Default" button (top right).
** The template will now be successfully installed, so you can proceed to Step Two to configure the admin.
Step 2.) Setting the module positions and module options.
- Now click on "Modules > Site Modules" from the top navigation. We need to make sure all the modules are published
to the correct module positions and set the module options where necessary.
- Next we need to open the following modules and check these parameters are correct, if not you need to change them as followss:
Module Settings
- Top menu
- Disable the Module Title (Show Title: No).
- Publish the module.
- Set the "Menu Class Suffix" to "-topnav".
- Menu Style Set to "Flat List" - This is important for Search engine spiders.
- Set parameter "Full Active highlighting" to yes
- *THESE SETTINGS ARE FOR ANY MENU ASSIGNED TO THE LEFT COLUMN
Left menu (it can be any of the menu's you like)
- Disable the Module Title (Show Title: No).
- Publish the module
- Choose which menu to link to
- Set the "Module Class Suffix" to "-sidenav".
- Menu Style Set to "Flat List" - This is important for Search engine spiders.
- Set parameter "Full Active highlighting" to yes
- Footer menu (it can be any of the menu's you like)
- Disable the Module Title (Show Title: No).
- Publish the module
- Choose which menu to link to
- Set the "Menu Class Suffix" to "-footer".
- Menu Style Set to "Flat List" - This is important for Search engine spiders.
- Login
- Publish the module
- Set the "Module Class Suffix" to "-dark".
- Search
- Disable the Module Title (Show Title: No).
- Publish the module
- Set the "Module Class Suffix" to "-search".
- Make sure it is published to the top of the modules to display at the top of the sidebar .
- Polls (If wanted) - Publish and Set to to "Left".
- Who's Online (If wanted) - Publish and Set to to "Left".
Setting Module Colors
- Sidebar (left modules)
- Blue is the default all modules will be blue by default
- Green, change module suffix to -green
- Dark, change module suffix to dark
- Insetr (these can be assigned to top or bottom module positions)
- Blue, change module suffix to -inset-blue
- Green, change module suffix to -inset-green
- Grey, change module suffix to -inset-grey
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