Clarion February 2012 Joomla Template
J1.5J2.5J3.0
Clarion, the February 2012 template release, is a subtle theme, primed for business use or as a platform for extensive individual customization.
Built on the Gantry Framework, Clarion has a range of powerful, flexible and intuitive features and functions. The administrative interface offers a user friendly control panel for intricately customizing the template layouts.
Clarion has styled support for a variety of RocketTheme Addons, such as RokGallery, RokNewsPager, RokTabs, as well as K2, the advanced content extension.
NOTICE: Clarion is a Joomla 2.5 and 3.x template. Joomla 1.5 is unsupported but available for download.
Features and Screenshots
- Joomla 1.5 (unsupported) / 2.5 / 3.x versions
- 12 Preset Styles
- Powerful Core Gantry Framework
- iPhone/Android viewing support
- Styled Support for K2
- RocketTheme Extensions Styling
- Custom Content Typography
- Fusion MegaMenu & Splitmenu
- Load Transitions
- 78 Module Positions
- 26 Structural & 12 Stylistic suffixes
- FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
- W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid
NOTE: Gantry v3.1.18+, 3.2.15+ is required for Clarion to work correctly. For more details on the Gantry Framework, please visit its Dedicated Website. RokGallery Powered Template
RokGallery is a ground-up revolutionary gallery extension, developed to be hugely flexible, customizable and thus extendable far into the future.
Slideshow Layout
RokGallery Slideshow Layout is facilitated by Mootools to transition between images seamlessly.
Photo Gallery
RokGallery offers an advanced photo gallery solution for Joomla, that rests on a custom tagging architecture, combined with native application slice editing, which Clarion provides integrated styling for.
More Details...
Styled Support for K2
K2 is an integrated solution for Joomla! similar to CCK for those acquainted with Drupal. Using K2, you can transform your Joomla! website to a news or magazine site.
K2 Demo...
RocketTheme Extensions Styling
A selection of our RocketTheme Extensions have been styled to integrate with the template:
- RokTabs: A tabbed based content module, with advanced display controls.
- RokFeatureTable: A stylistic and highly configurable tabular data displayer.
- RokTwittie: A module that integrates Twitter into your Joomla site.
- RokNewsPager: A snippet content previewer, supports accordion and list layout styles.
- RokMiniEvents: A simple and elegant solution for displaying events on your site.
- RokAjaxSearch: An advanced ground-up revolutionary Joomla! gallery extension.
More Details...
All images sources in the Adobe® Fireworks PNG format.
Installation
Downloading the Template Files
To install the template, you need one of the following files:-
Files required for the template to function:
- Template (Standalone) (J15) rt_clarion_j15.tgz or (J17) rt_clarion.zip - Standalone template file without the Gantry Framework.
- Template (Bundle) (J15) rt_clarion_j15-bundle.zip or (J17) rt_clarion-bundle.zip - Template plus the Gantry Framework.
- RokNavMenu (J15) rt_clarion_j15-extensions.zip(unzip first) or mod_roknavmenu.zip; or (J17) rt_clarion-extensions.zip(unzip first) or mod_roknavmenu_j16.zip - Required for the menu to work.
Note: The Bundle Template is only necessary if the Gantry Library is not installed at /components/com_gantry (J15) or /libraries/gantry (J17).
There are other files that you may wish to download that accompany the release, but are not required for the template to work.
- Source PNG(s) rt_clarion_j15-sources.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG source file(s) and any applicable fonts.
- Source BG PNG(s) rt_clarion_j15-sources-bg.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG BG source file(s). Only distributed if the template has complex BGs.
- Extensions (J15) rt_clarion_j15-extensions.zip or (J17) rt_clarion-extensions.zip - All extensions for the template.
- RocketLauncher (J15) rt_clarion_j15-rocketlauncher.zip or (J17) rt_clarion-rocketlauncher.zip - Demo replica installer.
The latest extensions can be downloaded from the Extensions Download area located here Using the Joomla Installer
- (J15) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_clarion_j15 → Default
- (J17) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_clarion → Make Default
Making Clarion the Default
- (J15) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_clarion_j15 → Default
- (J17) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_clarion → Make Default
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Gantry?
Gantry is, as a basic definition,
A framework used for assembling, building and maintaining a RocketTheme template. It is an advanced platform for dramatically extending the capabilities of the entire theming system of Joomla.
More Details...What is Fusion Menu?
Fusion Menu is a menu theme of the RokNavMenu extension, the addon that drives all RocketTheme template menus. It is primarily a javascript enhanced CSS dropdown menu, that combines standard suckerfish type functionality with animations, transitions and other advanced effects provided by Mootools.
More Details...What is Splitmenu?
A static menu system that displays 1st level items in the main horizontal menu and further children in the Sidebar.
More Details...What extensions are integrated with the template?
A few of our RocketTheme extensions have been given individual styling by the template, these are RokNewsPager, RokGallery, RokTabs and RokNavMenu.
More Details...
Changelog
This is a non-exhaustive changelog for the Clarion Template, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.
Joomla 1.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.2 Release [10-Apr-2012] -------
# Mobile Theme menu width compressed
# Logo resizing not working
+ Added custom 404 pages
Changed File(s):
/index-android.php
/index-iphone.php
/css/template.css
/features/logo.php
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s):
/css/error.css
/error.php
------- 1.1 Release [08-Mar-2012] -------
# Fixed Sidemenu text separator styled wrong
# Fixed RokNewsPager module variations
# Fixed Fixed Android Updates
Changed File(s):
/css/main-dark.css
/css/main-light.css
/css/template.css
/css/android-gantry.css
/features/styledeclaration.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.0 Release [01-Feb-2012] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
Joomla 2.5 / 3.x
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.5 Release [14-May-2013] -------
# Fixed styling differences for menu
# Fixed Change JInput to JRequest
# Fixed Change ie6splash to ie7splash
# Fixed 404 error page menu issue
# Fixed registration form layout issue
# Fixed k2 frontend editor system message not showing
# Fixed article index styling issue in j2.5
# Fixed Enabling RokBooster breaks breadcrumbs
# Fixed Notice: Undefined index: responsive-menu
# Fixed frontend editor image options alignment
# Fixed misspellings in roknavmenu menu item tooltips
# Fixed Notice: Undefined index: style on RokNavMenu module
# Fixed back to home button cut off on 403 pages
# Fixed system notifications styling issues
# Fixed k2 - rokgallery page styling issue
+ Added rokbox2 compatibility for login and module popup
+ Added J3 compatibility
+ Added update of base_override and referencing override files
+ Added additional styling for roksprocket
+ Added Responsive Support
Changed File(s) and Folder(s)
/admin/tips/advanced.xml
/component.php
/css/demo-styles.css
/css/error.css
/css/extensions-dark.css
/css/extensions-light.css
/css/extensions.css
/css/iphone-gantry.css
/css/joomla-rtl.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/main-dark.css
/css/main-light.css
/css/template-ie7.css
/css/template-ie8.css
/css/template-opera.css
/css/template-rtl.css
/css/template.css
/css/thirdparty-k2.css
/css/typography.css
/error.php
/features/date.php
/features/ie7splash.php
/features/login.php
/features/popup.php
/features/styledeclaration.php
/html/base_override.php
/html/com_content/archive/default_items.php
/html/com_content/archive/default.php
/html/com_content/article/default_links.php
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/categories/default_items.php
/html/com_content/categories/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_children.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_links.php
/html/com_content/category/blog.php
/html/com_content/category/default_articles.php
/html/com_content/category/default_children.php
/html/com_content/category/default.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_links.php
/html/com_content/featured/default.php
/html/com_content/form/edit.php
/html/layouts/body_iphonemainbody.php
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/html/mod_login/default.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/item.xml
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/layout.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/parameters.xml
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/theme.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/layout.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/theme.php
/index-android.php
/index-iphone.php
/language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_rt_clarion.ini
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s) and Folder(s):
/css/font-awesome.css
/features/ie7splash.php
/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.eot
/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.svg
/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.ttf
/fonts/fontawesome-webfont.woff
/html/joomla/3.1
/html/joomla/3.1/index.html
/html/mod_menu
/html/mod_menu/default_component.php
/html/mod_menu/index.html
/roksprocket
/roksprocket/index.html
/roksprocket/layouts
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs/index.html
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs/themes
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs/themes/default
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs/themes/default/index.html
/roksprocket/layouts/tabs/themes/default/tabs.css
Removed File(s) and Folder(s)
/features/ie6splash.php
------- 1.4 Release [09-Oct-2012] -------
# Fixed language file errors
# Fixed tooltips incorrect on menu tab
# Fixed float setting for joomla article image ignored
# Fixed latest rokgallery causing image resize
# Fixed rokgallery tiling incorrect
# Fixed unneeded module overlays setting
# Fixed unneeded webfonts setting
# Fixed strict standards in /gantry-fusion/layout.php
# Fixed strict standards in /features/date.php
# Fixed strict standards in /features/login.php
# Fixed strict standards in /features/popup.php
# Fixed strict standards in /html/modules.php
Changed File(s):
/admin/tips/advanced.xml
/admin/tips/style.xml
/admin/tips/menu.xml
/css/demo-styles.css
/css/joomla-rtl.css
/css/joomla.css
/features/date.php
/features/login.php
/features/popup.php
/html/mod_rokajaxsearch/default.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/layout.php
/html/mod_roktabs/default.php
/html/modules.php
/language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_rt_clarion.ini
/images/main/dark/rokgallery-lines.png
/images/main/light/rokgallery-lines.png
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.3 Release [20-Jul-2012] -------
# gantry splitmenu in footer module causes fatal error
# issue when displaying article options as text only
# rokfeaturetable override issues
# removed leftovers from extension-a to extension-f module positions
# logo image hidden after upgrading to 1.2
# wordpress references in template-options.xml
# removed gantry gzipper from template settings
# removed menu-less pages from template settings
# k2 setting in advanced tab has no tooltip
# menu highlights in sidebar not correct
# new option to disable roknavmenu caching
Changed File(s):
/css/template.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/joomla-rtl.css
/features/styledeclaration.php
/html/mod_rokfeaturetable/default.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/layout.php
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/admin/tips/advanced.xml
/admin/tips/layouts.xml
/admin/tips/menu.xml
/language/en-GB/en-GB.tpl_rt_clarion.ini
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.2 Release [10-Apr-2012] -------
# Mobile Theme menu width compressed
# Logo resizing not working
# mod_menu formatting missing on RL Category blog page
# leftover ../custom/menuitemparams directory
# j2.5 images and links compatibility
# ie7 contact page broken
+ Added custom 404 pages
Changed File(s):
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/css/template-ie7.css
/css/template.css
/features/logo.php
/index-android.php
/index-iphone.php
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s):
/css/error.css
/error.php
Removed Directory:
/custom/menuitemparams
------- 1.1 Release [08-Mar-2012] -------
# Fixed Missing menu overrides
# Fixed Sidemenu text separator styled wrong
# Fixed RokNewsPager module variations
# Fixed display frontpage = hide not working
# Fixed 3rd level splitmenu not rendering
# Fixed Android updates
Changed File(s):
/css/main-dark.css
/css/main-light.css
/css/template.css
/css/android-gantry.css
/features/styledeclaration.php
/html/layouts/body_iphonemainbody.php
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/html/modules.php
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s):
/html/mod_menu/default.php
/html/mod_menu/default_component.php
/html/mod_menu/default_separator.php
------- 1.0 Release [01-Feb-2012] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
