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VortexFebruary 2007 Joomla Template

Vortex Looking for a colorful and fun user portal style for Joomla? You don’t need to look any further than Vortex. This new template from RocketTheme features a multitude of module positions, menu choices, content options, and plenty of color choices to give your site that “something extra”.

This colorful and solid design is perfect for all types of sites whether they are professional business sites or community and entertainment portals. Vortex is also packed full of features including the icon based ButtonMenu system.


Features and Screenshots


Vortex Color Styles Buttonmenu Module Positions
  • Great portal style design
  • 6 complete color variations
  • Fluid or Fixed-width configurations
  • 20 included menu buttons
  • 14 fully collapsible module positions
  • 1.0 RocketLauncher Package Available
  • 3 Built-in Menu Systems featuring Tab SplitMenu
  • Source Adobe PNG Source Files Included
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid


ButtonMenu, SplitMenu and SuckerFish Information

The exclusive RocketTheme menu systems in this template use the mainmenu by default and this menu is configured in the admin administator. 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.


Vortex Documentation

Get started using Vortex 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

  • Vortex Template (rt_vortex_j15.tgz) This file is the template package you will use to install Vortex into Joomla.
  • Vortex Custom Extensions (vortex-extensions-j15.zip) This package contains each of the individual custom extensions included in the Vortex template release.
  • Vortex Source PNG's (vortex-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_vortex_j15.tgz file you downloaded and then click Upload File & Install.


installation


Making Vortex the Default

installationNext, go to Extensions → Template Manager. Find rt_vortex_j15 on the list of installed templates.

Select the radio button to the left and then click Default up in the top right corner. Vortex 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 ButtonMenu and how do I set it up?
The ButtonMenu is a new menu style based on the advanced SplitMenu used in Sporticus. The twist however is that that the first level of menu options is rendered as a configurable list of button images. We supply 20 buttons in both "on" and "off" states plus blanks for each color variation. 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. Vortex 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...
How do I setup the frontpage module?
If you wish to mimic the demo setup the frontpage modules, you will need to follow our tutorial on the Demo Content tutorial page.More Details...
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