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SporticusJanuary 2007 Joomla Template

Sporticus Our RT members asked for a Sports Themed Joomla! Template, so that’s exactly what we delivered. This month we created a Sports/News design using design principles from our two most popular templates: InternetGazette and Versatility II to produce the ideal template for this genre.

The design is based around 64 color customisation to provide maximum flexibility in design. This allows you to create to site to match the appropriate color scheme of your particular sport/club/team with a few configuration adjustments.


Features and Screenshots


Sporticus Color Styles Incredible flexibility Module Positions
  • Sport/News orientated design
  • 64 color combinations
  • Fluid or Fixed-width control
  • 3 custom built extensions
  • 12 fully collapsible module positions
  • 1.0/1.5 RocketLauncher Package Available
  • 3 Built-in Menu Systems featuring Supersucker
  • Source Adobe PNG Source Files Included
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid


Supersucker, SplitMenu and SuckerFish Information

The exclusive RocketTheme menu systems in this template use the mainmenu by default and this menu is configured in the administrator. For these to function correctly, understand that the ‘top level’ menu items will show up as the horizontal buttons across the top of the template. For sub menu items, assign Parent Item to these top menus to the top-level item. These will then show up below in a sub-horizontal menu when you click on a top-level item.


Sporticus Documentation

Get started using Sporticus with a wide variety of written and video tutorials explaining installation, configuration, custom modules, and much more More Details...

Installation - Joomla 1.5


Downloading the Template Files

  • Sporticus Template (rt_sporticus_j15.tgz) This file is the template package you will use to install Sporticus into Joomla.
  • Sporticus Custom Extensions (sporticus-extensions-j15.zip) This package contains each of the individual custom extensions included in the Sporticus template release.
  • Sporticus Source PNG's (sporticus-sources.zip) This package contains the Adobe Fireworks source png's for making modifications and customizations to the images in the template. You will need Adobe Fireworks image editing to fully utilize the Source PNG files.

Using the Joomla Installer

From the Menu in your Joomla Administrator, go to Extensions → Install/Uninstall.

Next, browse for your rt_sporticus_j15.tgz file you downloaded and then click Upload File & Install.


installation


Making Sporticus the Default

installationNext, go to Extensions → Template Manager. Find rt_sporticus_j15 on the list of installed templates.

Select the radio button to the left and then click Default up in the top right corner. Sporticus 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 Splitmenu and how do I set it up?
The venerable SplitMenu is a solid choice for navigation. It works by rendering the top-level menu options horizontally, and the submenu/child items are rendered in a module on the side. More Details...
What is the Slimbox and how do I set it up?
There's a very popular JavaScript out there called Lightbox JS 2.0. It's a great way to show off images and create impromptu photo galleries. The only problem is that it's heavy and dramatically degrades the performance of your website. Fortunately there's a fantastic 'clone' called Slimbox that utilizes the great mootools JavaScript library to produce the same effect but with far less JavaScript, and advanced loading techniques that subsequently produces faster loading and more responsive pages. Sporticus fully integrates the JavaScript and the CSS so all you have to do to utilize this technique is an an extra element to your image link. More Details...
What is RT Login and how do I set it up?
Often there's a need for a nice clean login module to complete the new professional site you are working on. However, the default Joomla! login module uses some ugly tables and you can't turn of certain things to get that svelte look you want so badly. RocketTheme has created a modified version of the default Joomla! login module built to fill this need and you can see it in action at the very top of this demo. You will want to read the demo tutorial located at the Custom Modules page - the tutorial covers what the settings the module has and how to configure/use it. More Details...
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