Features and Screenshots
- New: RokStories Module
- New: RokMicroNews Module
- New: RokNewsPager Module
- New: RokWeather Module
- New: RokStock Module
- New: RokGzipper Plugin
- Source Ordered Layout
- Multi-column Menu
- RokMoomenu, Suckerfish, Splitmenu menus
- 10 Preset Styles
- 9 Module Variations
- FF3, Opera 9.6, Safari 3, IE6,7,8 Compatible
- W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid
Extensions, Extensions and even more Extensions!
The May template release is accompanied by an army of extensions from modules, plugins to components. There are 4 new modules, RokStories, RokMicroNews, RokNewsPager, RokStock and RokWeather which are all visible on the frontpage which provide a high degree of content control and visual majesty. Similarly, the popular extensions of old are also in tow, with RokNewsFlash making a reappearance along with RokTabs, RokAjaxSearch, RokNavMenu, RokBox and RokCandy. There have never been so many ways to diversify your site.
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Source Ordered Layout
SolarSentinel continues the latest trend of SEO optimised templates. The layout of the template has been constructed differently to the norm. A typical Joomla template, in regards to the mainbody source, will load the left column first, then the right column and finally the main column (where your main articles are loaded). SolarSentinel takes a different approach and loads the main column code before the left and right columns. Therefore, this template loads in this order: Header, Menu, Showcase, Main Column, Left Column, Right Column, Bottom, Footer. This is perfect for SEO purposes as the search crawlers will find your main content before your subsidiary content in your side columns. This is a major step forward and will improve your search engine results for your pages.
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SolarSentinel Documentation
Get started using SolarSentinel with a wide variety of written and video tutorials explaining installation, configuration, custom modules, and much more More Details...
Frequently Asked Questions
What is RokStock? How to setup?
RokStock, is a Stocks module for your site. It has been finely tuned to give stocks character such as a coloured line graph, coloured indexes, draggable indexes, tooltips and much more. The module fits seamlessly into the template and is perfect for any news site. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokStock overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokGzipper? How to setup?
RokGZipper is a plugin whose primary aim is to improve the performance and speed of your site. It does this by compressing your CSS (stylesheets) and JavaScript files. For javascript files, it compresses them altogether (via GZip) and places them in the cache folder. It differentiates between the pages so if you have a particular combination of scripts on one page, and a different combination on another, two files will be created and loaded independently. A similar method is used for the CSS but is based on path. To exemplify, all the CSS files in template's /css directory are combined into one file, with the module CSS files being combined elsewhere. Compressing all these files means your site can load faster. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokGzipper overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokStories? How to setup?
RokStories is a great module to display your articles and accompanying images as a featured item. The module itself is facilitated by Mootools to transition between images and articles seamlessly. Perfect for showcasing featured articles on your site, as seen on the frontpage. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokStories overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokMicroNews? How to setup?
RokMicroNews is a new module, perfect for displaying your content. Your content (plus auto loaded image) are displayed adjacent to your article titles and the hover or click of these titles triggers a javascript transition to another article. Perfect for showcasing news items in a small, but structured spaced. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokMicroNews overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokWeather? How to setup?
RokWeather, as the name suggests, is a weather module, using the Google API, you can easily display weather data from regions across the globe. This includes temperature, climate, wind speed as well as being configurable from the frontend via the user. Perfect for any news site. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokWeather overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokNewsPager? How to setup?
The module is an article previewer and rotator. It displays content articles, in a summarised form and, using mootools based javascript transition, rotates through a series of pages displaying articles in a contracted list format. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokNewsPager overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokNewsFlash? How to setup?
RokNewsFlash is a custom mootools module that displays your newsflash tidbits at the top of your site. The RokNewsflash also includes small buttons allowing your visitors to toggle through the different newsflash items you have set up. See it in action on the frontpage. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokNewsFlash overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokTabs? How to setup?
RokTabs is a content module, displaying articles in a tabbed format. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokTabs overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokAjaxSearch? How to setup?
RokAjaxSearch is a mootools enhanced search module that dynamically displays search results. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokAjaxSearch overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is RokNavMenu? How to setup?
RokNavMenu is a powerful menu module that allows the functional and amazing menu features to be possible. Setup is simple and is explained in great detail at the
RokNavMenu overview page on our demo.
More Details...What is Source Ordering?
SolarSentinel introduces a source ordering layout, which, even if the visual aspect of the template is left column, main column, right column, the actual code itself places the main column before the left and right. What does this mean for your site? Effectively, the search engine crawler will come across your main content before your side column data and process that. This is in contrast to the side columns, of which its content is not generally of the same calibre and focus as your main content. This is a major step forward and will improve your search engine results for your pages.
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Changelog
SolarSentinel Template
This is a non-exhaustive changelog for the SolarSentinel Template, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.
Joomla 2.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.1 Release [09-Jul-2012] -------
# Fixed publish date data missing in J1.7.3
# Fixed wrong position of 'you are here' in breadcrumbs
# Fixed Change Article Headers from h2 to h1
# Fixed alignment of input fields on login component
# Fixed Breadcrumbs Separator Arrows not the right one
# Fixed article page navigation not working in j2.5
# Fixed remove ie6 warning
# Fixed j2.5 images and links compatibility
# Fixed advanced search options
# Fixed syndication feeds module padding
# Fixed article pagination issue
# Fixed RokCandy Override Needs Fix
Changed File(s):
/css/template.css
/css/body-beige.css
/css/body-white.css
/css/body-beige.css
/css/header-blue.css
/rt_head_includes.php
/html/com_rokcandy/default.ini
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/category/blog_item.php
/html/com_content/featured/default_item.php
/html/mod_breadcrumbs/default.php
/index.php
/templateDetails.xml
Deleted File(s):
/css/template_ie6.css
/images/emailButton.png
/images/pdf_button.png
/images/printButton.png
/js/mootools-release-1.11.js
/js/rokie6warn.js
Added File(s):
/images/system/emailButton.png
/images/system/index.html
/images/system/livemarks.png
/images/system/printButton.png
------- 1.0 Release [21-Oct-2012] -------
! Initial Release
Joomla 1.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.5.9 Release [19-Aug-2010] --------
# Mootools 1.2 Update
# RokCandy Tweak
Changed Files:
/elements/colorchooser.php
/html/mod_rokcandy/default.ini
/html/mod_roktabs/default.php/moorainbow/mooRainbow.js
/rt_head_includes.php
/rt_utils.php
Added Files:
/js/rokdate-mt1.2.js
/js/rokfonts-mt1.2.js
/js/rokie6warn-mt1.2.js
/js/rokmoomenu-mt1.2.js
/js/rokutils-mt1.2.js
/moorainbow/mooRainbow-mt1.2.js
------- 1.5.8 Release [06-Aug-2010] --------
# Bug fix for email,pdf, and print button layouts
Changed Files:
/css/template.css
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_content/frontpage/default_item.php
------- 1.5.7 Release [02-Jun-2010] --------
# Bug fix for RokAjaxSearch layout
Changed Files:
/css/template.css
------- 1.5.6 Release [29-Apr-2010] -------
# Bug fix for Joomla 1.5.17 password reset.
Changed Files:
/html/com_user/reset/confirm.php
------- 1.5.5 Release [25-Mar-2010] -------
# Fixes horizontal scrollbar issue
Changed Files:
/css/template.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.4 Release [03-Jun-2009] -------
# Fixed low security XSS vulnerability
Changed Files:
/rt_styleswitcher.php
/rt_styleloader.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.3 Release [05-May-2009] -------
# Fixed issues with preset style changer not working properly from administrator
# Fixed issue with rokbox login module checkbox not appearing
Changed Files:
/params.ini
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.2 Release [01-May-2009] -------
# Implemented option for excluding input button sets from the input styling script
# Fixed issue with content rating radio buttons not appearing when input styling is enabled
Changed Files:
/index.php
/js/rokutils.inputs.js
/params.ini
/rt_head_includes.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.1 Release [30-Apr-2009] -------
# Fixes for better 3rd party component compatibility concerning component headings
Changed Files:
/css/template.css
/css/template_ie6.css
/css/body-beige.css
/css/body-white.css
/templateDetails.xml
Added Files:
/images/body/white/component-head-bg.png
/images/body/beige/component-head-bg.png
------- 1.5.0 Release [29-Apr-2009] -------
Next, go to Extensions → Template Manager. Find rt_ solarsentinel_j15 on the list of installed templates.