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Halcyon January 2012 Joomla Template

Halcyon
Joomla 1.5Joomla 2.5

Halcyon, the January 2012 template release, is elegant and subtle, reflecting a conservative design direction, perfect for deployment on a professionally or commercially orientated site, or as an excellent platform for extensive and individual customization.

The template has integrated styling for Ecwid, a powerful third party and platform independent eCommerce solution, ported into Joomla via our RokEcwid component. Halcyon is built on the Gantry Framework, providing ready access to its rich feature set such as an extensive administrator interface and per menu item configuration options.

NOTICE: Halcyon is a Joomla 1.5 and 2.5 Template.

Features and Screenshots


Halcyon Preset Styles Ecwid Integrated RocketTheme Extensions Styling FusionMenu, SpliceMenu, and SplitMenu Module Positions
  • Joomla 1.5/2.5 versions
  • 10 Preset Styles
  • Powerful Core Gantry Framework
  • iPhone/Android viewing support
  • Ecwid Integrated with RokEcwid Bridge
  • RocketTheme Extensions Styling
  • Custom Content Typography
  • FusionMegaMenu, SpliceMenu & Splitmenu
  • Load Transitions
  • 80 Module Positions
  • 59 Structural and Stylistic suffixes
  • FF, Safari, Chrome, Opera, IE7+ Compatible
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS Valid
NOTE: Gantry v3.1.18+, 3.2.12+ is required for Halcyon to work correctly. For more details on the Gantry Framework, please visit its Dedicated Website.

Ecwid Integrated Template

Ecwid is a revolutionary shopping cart that seamlessly integrates with your existing website. It can also be added to your page on social media networks, such as Facebook or mySpace.

RokEcwid

RokECWID component integrates ECWID directly into Joomla. It is available for download in the template download area, as part of the extensions bundle.

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Ecwid Demo...

RocketTheme Extensions Styling

A selection of our RocketTheme Extensions have been styled to integrate with the template:

  • RokNavMenu: A powerful feature rich platform extending Joomla! menu.
  • RokAjaxSearch: An advanced ground-up revolutionary Joomla! gallery extension.
  • RokStories: An advanced content rotator module with multiple layout modes.
  • RokTabs: A tabbed based content module, with advanced display controls.
  • RokFeatureTable: A stylistic and highly configurable tabular data displayer..
  • RokNewsPager: A snippet content previewer, supports accordion and list layout styles.
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RokNavMenu Powered Template

RokNavMenu is a powerful menu module which provides functions above and beyond the capabilities of the core Joomla menu. It provides a feature rich platform for extending the menu, allowing for overrides and plugins for the menu itself, in addition to versatile theming capabilities and so much more.

SpliceMenu

SpliceMenu is a MooTools powered dropline menu system. The first and second level of menu items in the header and others in the sidebar.

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Fusion with MegaMenu

Fusion is a javascript enhanced CSS dropdown menu system, that is fully crawlable by search engines. Mootools adds transitions and animations to the dropdown, providing a smooth and dynamic interface for the navigational structure. MegaMenu features include a vast assortment, such as multiple columns, grouped child items, dropdown widths and item distribution. These provide for individual control over each specific dropdown menu item or column.

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Triple Level Splitmenu

The Triple Level Splitmenu on Halcyon provides a static menu system that displays 1st and 2nd level items in the main horizontal menu and further children in the Sidebar.

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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_halcyon_j15.tgz or (J25) rt_halcyon.zip - Standalone template file without the Gantry Framework.
  • Template (Bundle) (J15) rt_halcyon_j15-bundle.zip or (J25) rt_halcyon-bundle.zip - Template plus the Gantry Framework.
  • RokNavMenu (J15) rt_halcyon_j15-extensions.zip(unzip first) or mod_roknavmenu.zip; or (J25) rt_halcyon-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 (J25).

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_halcyon_j15-sources.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG source file(s) and any applicable fonts.
  • Source BG PNG(s) rt_halcyon_j15-sources-bg.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG BG source file(s). Only distributed if the template has complex BGs.
  • Extensions (J15) rt_halcyon_j15-extensions.zip or (J25) rt_halcyon-extensions.zip - All extensions for the template.
  • RocketLauncher (J15) rt_halcyon_j15-rocketlauncher.zip or (J25) rt_halcyon-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_halcyon_j15 → Default
  • (J25) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_halcyon → Make Default


Making Halcyon the Default

  • (J15) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_halcyon_j15 → Default
  • (J25) Make the template default at Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_halcyon → 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 Halcyon Template, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.

Joomla 1.5

Legend:

* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note


------- 1.1 Release [05-Jan-2012] -------

# Fixed Ecwid dark body style
# Fixed Email article link

Changed File(s):

/css/blue.css
/css/ecwid-dark.css
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/green.css
/css/lightblue.css
/css/orange.css
/css/pink.css
/css/purple.css
/css/red.css
/css/yellow.css
/html/com_content/icon.php
/templateDetails.xml


------- 1.0 Release [01-Jan-2012] -------

! Initial Release


------- Initial Changelog Creation -------

Joomla 2.5

Legend:

* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note


------- 1.1 Release [05-Jan-2012] -------

# Fixed Ecwid dark body style

Changed File(s):

/css/blue.css
/css/ecwid-dark.css
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/green.css
/css/lightblue.css
/css/orange.css
/css/pink.css
/css/purple.css
/css/red.css
/css/yellow.css
/templateDetails.xml


------- 1.0 Release [01-Jan-2012] -------

! Initial Release

------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
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