Hybrid November 2010 Joomla Template
Joomla 1.5Joomla 2.5
Hybrid is the November 2010 template release, featuring a rich, vibrant and adaptable design. The theme is divided into several independent color zones, for a truly dynamic appearance.
The design has 12 header styles, 12 footer styles, and 5 body color & accent styles, allowing for great diversity in stylistic possibility. Configure these via the Gantry Administrator. Hybrid's beautiful appearance rests on the powerful Gantry Framework and our other standard features such as Fusion with MegaMenu.
NOTICE: Hybrid is a Joomla 1.5 and Joomla 2.5 Template.
Features and Screenshots
- Gantry Framework
- 15 Preset Styles
- 12 Header and Footer Styles
- 5 Body Color and Accent Styles
- Fusion with MegaMenu & Splitmenu
- 75 Module Positions
- 16 Module Variations - 21 Combo Possibilities
- RocketTheme Extensions Styling
- Custom Typography
- Basic 3rd Party Compatibility Styling
- FF 3.6, Safari 4, Opera 10.x, IE7-IE8 Compatible
- Limited IE6 Browser Compatibility
- W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS 3 Valid
NOTE: Gantry v3.0.12+ is required for Hybrid to work correctly. For more details on the Gantry Framework, please visit its Feature Page on the Hybrid Demo.
iPhone Specific Theme
The template supports an iPhone specific version for view in the mobile platform.
- Theme: iPhone specific theme, combining pre-existing template elements with mobile specific styling.
- Aliases: Assign current module positions to mobile equivalents such as mobile-header → header-a.
- Reszier: Avoid unnecessary scrolling by the automatic resizing of content images.
15 Presets: Header, Footer, Body, Accents Styles
The theme is divided into 4 major style areas: Header, Footer, Body and Body Accent. These denominations control the styling for each area, as selectable from the Gantry Administrator. There are 15 style variations to choose from, by default, which offer a range of color schemes, demonstrating the stylistic versatility of Hybrid.
- Background Level: High or Low
- Body Level: High or Low
- Header Color Style: Style 1 to Style 12
- Body Color Style: Style 1 to Style 5
- Body Accent Style: Style 1 to Style 5
- Footer Color Style: Style 1 to Style 12
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Fusion with MegaMenu
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.
MegaMenu Features:
- Triple/Quad Column Modes: Have up to 4 columns in the Fusion dropdowns.
- Child Items Menu Grouping: Group child menu items inline with its parent.
- Column Width Control: Set the total, as well as individual column widths.
- Load Modules / Positions: Place modules or positions within the dropdown columns.
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All images sources in the Adobe® Fireworks PNG format.
Installation - Joomla 1.5
Downloading the Template Files
To install the template, you need one of the following files:-
- Template (Standalone) rt_hybrid_j15.tgz - Standalone template file.
- Template (Bundle) rt_hybrid_j15-bundle.tar.gz - Template plus Gantry Component.
- RokNavMenu rt_hybrid_j15-extensions.zip(unzip first) or mod_roknavmenu.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.
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_hybrid_j15-sources.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG source file(s) and any applicable fonts.
- Extensions rt_hybrid_j15-extensions.zip - All extensions for the template.
- RocketLauncher rt_hybrid_j15-rocketlauncher.zip - Demo replica installer.
The latest extensions can be downloaded from the Extensions Download area located here
Using the Joomla Installer
From the Menu in your Joomla Administrator, go to Extensions → Install/Uninstall.
Next, browse for the rt_hybrid_j15.tgz or rt_hybrid_j15-bundle.tar.gz file that you downloaded earlier and then click Upload File & Install.
Making Hybrid the Default
Next, go to Extensions → Template Manager. Find rt_hybrid_j15 on the list of installed templates.
Select the radio button to the left and then click Default up in the top right corner. Hybrid is now your default template.
Additionally, you can also edit the template's customization parameters by selecting this same radio button and clicking the "Edit" button in the top right corner.
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.
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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.
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What extensions are integrated with the template?
A few of our RocketTheme extensions have been given individual styling by the template, these are RokQuickCart, RokTabs, RokNavMenu, RokFeatureTable, RokStories and RokAjaxSearch.
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Changelog
This is a non-exhaustive changelog for the Hybrid Template, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.
Joomla 1.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.5.6 Release [14-Jun-2011] -------
# Fixed dropdown shifted in fusionmenu RTL mode
Changed File(s):
/css/fusionmenu-rtl.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.5 Release [20-Apr-2011] -------
# Minor fixes for menu dropdown behavior
# Fixes for panel open/close functionality
# Various tweaks and fixes
Changed File(s):
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/template.css
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/layout.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.4 Release [16-Nov-2010] -------
# Fixed an issue with certain sidebar ordering configurations in IE and Opera
Changed File(s):
/css/template.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.3 Release [05-Nov-2010] -------
# Fixed an issue with sidebar ordering when not using consecutive sidebar module positions
Changed File(s):
/html/layouts/orderedbody_mainbody.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.2 Release [04-Nov-2010] -------
# Fixed an issue with mainbody and sidebar ordering
+ Added support for wrapped header, body and footer toggle
# Additional IE6 Fixes and tweaks
# Suckerfish fix for Inline ads
Changed File(s):
/css/template-ie6.css
/css/template.css
/admin/en-GB.tpl_rt_hybrid_j15.ini
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-suckerfish/layout.php
/index.php
/templateDetails.xml
/params.ini
Added File(s):
/html/layouts/orderedbody_mainbody.php
------- 1.5.1 Release [02-Nov-2010] -------
# Fixes for preset style references in template xml
# IE6 Fixes and tweaks
# Third party extension compatibility tweaks
Changed File(s):
/css/template-ie6.css
/css/extended.css
/admin/en-GB.tpl_rt_hybrid_j15.ini
/gantry.config.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.0 Release [01-Nov-2010] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
Joomla 2.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.6.5 Release [17-May-2012] -------
# Fixed rokgallery grid view options and alignment
# Fixed alignment of input fields on login component
# Fixed fusionmenu subtext covers daddy icon
# Fixed add 'login popup' and 'module popup' input styling exclusion
# Fixed edit profile buttons alignment
# Fixed article page navigation not working in j2.5
# Fixed smart search pagination vertical in j2.5
# Fixed j2.5 images and links compatibility
# Fixed issue when displaying article options as text only
# Fixed Hybrid J2.5 is missing RokCandy files
Changed File(s):
/css/joomla.css
/css/joomla-rtl.css
/css/fusionmenu-rtl.css
/css/fusionmenu.css
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/template-options.xml
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s) and Directory:
/html/com_rokcandy
/html/com_rokcandy/default.ini
/html/com_rokcandy/index.html
------- 1.6.4 Release [13-Dec-2011] -------
# Publish date data missing in J2.5.3
Changed Files:
/html/com_content/archive/default_items.php
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.3 Release [11-Nov-2011] -------
# Fixed login component not showing all user options
Changed Files:
/css/body1-accents.css
/css/body2-accents.css
/css/body3-accents.css
/css/body4-accents.css
/css/body5-accents.css
/css/joomla.css
/html/com_users/login/default_login.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.2 Release [14-Jun-2011] -------
# Fixed dropdown shifted in fusionmenu RTL mode
Changed File(s):
/css/fusionmenu-rtl.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.1 Release [21-Apr-2011] -------
# Fixes for Joomla 1.6.2 updates
# Fixes for hide component and mainbody options
# Various style tweaks and fixes
# Fixes issue in FixedFooter JavaScript
# Fixes for menu dropdown behavior
# Fixes for panel open/close functionality
Changed File(s):
/css/body1.css
/css/body2.css
/css/body3.css
/css/body4.css
/css/body5.css
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/template.css
/html/com_content/archive/default.php
/html/com_content/archive/default_items.php
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/html/com_search/search/default.php
/html/com_search/search/default_form.php
/html/com_search/search/default_results.php
/html/com_users/login/default_login.php
/html/com_users/login/default_logout.php
/html/com_users/profile/edit.php
/html/com_users/registration/default.php
/html/com_users/remind/default.php
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/html/layouts/orderedbody_mainbody.php
/html/mod_articles_latest/default.php
/html/mod_articles_popular/default.php
/html/mod_breadcrumbs/default.php
/html/mod_login/default.php
/html/mod_menu/default.php
/html/mod_rokajaxsearch/default.php
/html/mod_rokfeaturetable/default.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/layout.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/layout.php
/html/mod_rokstories/layout5.php
/html/modules.php
/js/rt-fixedfooter.js
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.0 Release [18-Mar-2011] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------