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Versatility is fantastic new addition to the RocketTheme Joomla Template Club. Versatility is aptly named because this is the most flexible and versatile template available for Joomla today. It features an astonishing 14 module positions all of which are fully collapsible to provide the most creative layouts imaginable. The ability to be used in either a narrow or wide fixed width as well as a fluid width provides even more options. Combine this with the ability to configure different header/toolbar/footer colors it won’t be hard to create that unique look you are looking for. Just check out this summary of the great features you can expect to find with this release:

40 built-in color combinations - by allowing the separate configuration of header, toolbar, and footer, Versatility can be configured in 40 different color configuration right out-of-the-box! Exclusive RTSplitMenu menu that provides a hierarchical menu structure that knows where you are in the menu structure. The same instant & persistent CSS Style Changer from Fire that uses PHP and cookies to provide a much cleaner experience than existing Javascript based solutions. 3 width variations built-in to support 800×600 and 1024×768+ screen resolutions as well as a 100% width, fluid option. Every one of the 14 module position is fully collapsible for the most flexible layout options possible.

Overview

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

• Joomla 1.0+ compatible
• Mambo 4.5.2.X compatible
• Exclusive RTSplitMenu system
• New instant & persistent CSS style changer
• 800×600, 1024×768, and 100% Fluid widths supported
• 40 built-in color configurations
• 14 module positions!
• All module positions are fully collapsable
• XHTML 1.0 Transitional
• CSS Validates
• Very Lightweight and fast loading
• Mozilla/Firefox 1.0+/IE 6+/Safari/Camino/Opera Friendly
• Source Fireworks MX PNG files included

Some screenshots showing these capabilities can be seen below:

Demo

Please check out the Versatility Demo on our demo server

RTSplitmenu Information

The RTSplitMenu menu system in this template uses the mainmenu by default and this menu is configured in the admin administator. For this 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 submenu when you click on a top-level item. For an example of this check out the demo server

Instructions

1. Install as normal using the Site Templates Installer
2. The primary navigation for this template uses the exclusive RTSplitMenu System. You will need to keep the number of top-level menu items to 9 or 10 to ensure the menu does not wrap and cause undesirable effects. Refer to the RTSplitMenu instructions above to find out how to create the menu properly.
3. Follow the Module Position guide below to see the available module positions and place your modules accordingly. The sample content Joomla/Mambo modules should give you a good place to start
4. This template can be set to thin, wide, or fluid configuration. Please note that in thin mode you do not have much room for content, so please watch for any content that is to large for the mainbody area as this will break the layout.

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 set whether or not you want the inset position to collapse if no modules are published. Also you can select which menu the RTSplitMenu system should use.

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// Change this variable blow to switch color-schemes
//
// If you have any issues, check out the forum at
// http://www.rockettheme.com
//
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$header_style = "dark";					// light | dark
$toolbar_style = "blue";				// orange | blue | red | green
$footer_style = "dark";					// dark | orange | blue | red | green
$menu_name = "mainmenu";				// mainmenu by default, can be any Joomla menu name
$menu_sidenav = "left";					// left | right
$default_width = "wide";				// wide | thin | fluid

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