ireview Template Manual Contents Template Overview... 2 Main features... 2 Template Installation... 3 Installation Steps... 3 Upgrading ireview... 3 Template Parameters... 4 Module Positions... 6 Module Styles... 7 Template Customizations... 9 Template Styles... 10 Gray... 10 Gray 2... 11 Green... 12 Green 2... 13 Blue... 14 Blue 2... 15 Red... 16 Red 2... 17 Orange... 18 Orange 2... 19 Brown... 20 Brown 2... 21
Template Overview ireview is a very light and fast template for Joomla 1.6 and 1.7, built using latest css techniques. It features a clean, minimalistic design and is a perfect template for review sites built with JReviews (i. e. City Guide, Products Catalog, Movie Database, Classifieds, Events,...). The template matches the styles of JReviews themes for overall site design consistency and has guaranted compatibility for all JReviews features. There are 6 color variations available and two different styles available for each color variation, overall 12 template styles. Main features Compatible with Joomla 1.6 and 1.7 Best suited for review sites built with JReviews Very light and very fast Clean, minimalistic design, uses latest css3 techniques Easy to customize Uses 960 Grid System Supports multilevel menu navigation, both horizontal and vertical 16 buit-it module positions 12 template styles (example of each style available at the end of this manual)
Template Installation Installation Steps 1. Download the template installation file (ireview_1.2.zip) from the Client Area: http://www.reviewsforjoomla.com/orders/client_area.php 2. In the administration area of your Joomla 1.7 site, go to Extensions -> Extensions Manager. 3. Under the Upload Package File click Browse button and select the downloaded ireview_1.2.zip file. 4. Click Upload & Install. 5. Go to Extensions -> Template Manager, select ireview template and click on Make Default: Upgrading ireview If you are upgrading the template from earlier relese, just follow installation steps 1-4 to install new version. You don't need to uninstall old version, otherwise you will lose saved template parameters. If you modified some of the files, make sure you backup the files before the upgrade.
Template Parameters Template Style Choose a color variation, two styles available for each color. Sidebar Position Sidebar can be positioned left or right of the main content. Sidebar Width 5 sidebar widths available: 160px, 220px, 280px, 300px, 340px. Logo Before selecting a logo image, upload it to main Joomla /images folder. Logo can be have any dimension. Copyright Test It will be displayed in left side of the footer. Load jquery from Google CDN Main reason for loading jquery from Google CDN is performance, a lot of users will already have jquery cached, and Google will ensure it loads from the server closest to user. If you enable this, make sure to disable loading jquery in other extensions, it needs to be loaded only once.
jquery Version Enter the version number of jquery that you want to load. Load jquery from Google CDN - If you enable this, make sure to disable loading jquery UI in other extensions, it needs to be loaded only once. jquery UI Version Enter the version number of jquery UI that you want to load. jquery UI Theme Select the theme you want to use. Example of how each theme looks like is available here: http://jqueryui.com/themeroller/ Enable Google Analytics If enabled, Google Analytics tracking code will be loaded on every page. Analytics UA Code (format: UA-XXXXXX-X) Make sure to enter your UA Code before enabling above setting. You can find it in your Google Analytics account preferences. Display Twitter Icon If enabled, small Twitter icon with a link to your Twitter profile will be displayed in the header. Link to Twitter profile Paste a link to the Twitter profile of your site. Twitter Icon Title (Tooltip) Display Facebook Icon If enabled, small Facebook icon with a link to your Facebook profile will be displayed in the header. Link to Twitter profile Paste a link to the Facebook fan page of your site. Facebook Icon Title (Tooltip) Display RSS Icon If enabled, small RSS icon will be displayed in the header. Link to RSS profile Paste a link to the main RSS Feed of your site. RSS Icon Title (Tooltip)
Module Positions
Module Styles The template comes with 8 different module styles which can be switched by changing class name in Module Class Suffix parameter: The available module styles are: default (no class applied) _rounded
_rounded_light _rounded_dark _rounded_light_outside _rounded_dark_outside
_shadowbox_light _shadowbox_dark Each of those module styles is available also in different color variations. Template Customizations All css modifications should be added into /css/custom.css file. The styles you put there will override default styles. If you want to customize the template layout, check the documentation of the 960 Grid System: http://960.gs/
Template Styles Gray
Gray 2
Green
Green 2
Blue
Blue 2
Red
Red 2
Orange
Orange 2
Brown
Brown 2