Dominion: Recreating the Demo - Mainbody

Mainbody

This area of the front page three articles. Articles appear within the Mainbody area of the front page.

Turning on Mainbody Content

This content appears on the front page because the Display Component option has been turned on in the template settings. You can find these settings by navigating to Administrator -> Extensions -> Templates Manager -> Dominion -> Advanced.

Once this is done, you can navigate to the Menu Manager by going to Administrator -> Menus -> Menu Manager. From here, you'll want to find the menu item for your home page and select it so you can access its settings. For our demo, it is located in Main Menu -> Home.

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Intro Articles

In order to show a featured article on the front page, we placed a 3 in the Intro Articles setting within the Layout Options menu. The Article Order has been set to Article Manager Order.

Article Properties

The RTL Template Support article is a standard article with the Featured option turned on so it appears in the front page mainbody. It makes up the first of four articles that appear on the front page of our demo in the section.

Here is the Article Text we used:

<p class="demo-img"><img src="/images/stories/demo/frontpage/mb-2.jpg" alt="demo image" class="rt-image" /></p>

<h3>Template side RTL support from the Fusion menu to the Typography.</h3>

<p class="demo-title"><em class="bold">This is in conjunction with Gantry version 2.0's RTL support for the automatic flipping of the grid system.</em></p>
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<p>If Joomla is set to RTL mode, in its language settings, the Dominion template will automatically adjust to its RTL layout. The modules will invert inside a row, such as showcase-a and showcase-f being in alternate locations; the various template elements such as the breadcrumbs and typography will also flip; and also the menu will adjust accordingly (ensure you are using the latest version of RokNavMenu however).</p>

<p><a href="/images/stories/demo/general/jan10-rtl-preview-full.jpg" rel="rokbox(fullscreen)" title="Preview of the Demo Frontpage in RTL mode"><span>Preview (Large Image 240KB)</span></a></p>

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Here is the Article Text used on the second article, Stunning Style Variations.

<p class="demo-img"><img src="/images/stories/demo/frontpage/mb-1.jpg" alt="demo image" class="rt-image" /></p>

<h3>Bundled with an array of six uniquely designed and beautiful style variations.</h3>

<p class="demo-title"><em class="bold">A selection of light and dark variations are available, 3 of each, which broadens the range of use of Dominion.</em></p>
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<p>An important aspect of any Gantry driven RocketTheme template is the ability to change the <em>level</em> of the style variation, mainly the background and body levels. These come in combinations of <strong>High</strong>, <strong>Med</strong>, and <strong>Low</strong>; making Dominion suitable for both conservative and complex sites with just a flick of a switch.</p>
<p>Remember, you can combine different levels such as the high background level with the low body level if you wish. Although, it is best to keep the background and body settings to the same level</p>

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Here is the Article Text used on the third article, Advanced Menu System.

<p class="demo-img"><img src="/images/stories/demo/frontpage/mb-3.jpg" alt="demo image" class="rt-image" /></p>

<h3>A multiplicity of menu options are available such as the mootools driven Fusion Menu.</h3>

<p class="demo-title"><em class="bold">Other menu options are available such as the versatile and reliable Splitmenu; and Suckerfish for Internet Explorer 6</em></p>
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<p>All menu options are controlled inside the Gantry interface located at <strong>Admin &rarr; Extensions &rarr; Template Manager &rarr; rt_dominion_j15 &rarr; Menu</strong>. Here you can specific which menu option you want such as Fusion Menu, and if applicable, various other options such as transition type.</p>
<p>You can also disable the menu in its entirety, or alternatively, you can change it to the module position <strong>navigation</strong> and published another module there if you so wish.</p>

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Once this articles are created and set to Featured, they should appear on the front page.