Features and Screenshots
- Gantry Framework
- Transparent Design
- Color Chooser with 12 Preset Styles
- Fusion with MegaMenu, and Splitmenu
- Custom Typography & JS Form Styling
- 68 Module Positions
- 24 Module Variations - 72 Combo Possibilities
- RocketTheme Extensions Styling
- 3rd Party Extensions Compatibility Styling
- FF 3.6, Safari 4, Opera 10.x, IE7-IE8 Compatible
- Limited IE6 Browser Compatibility
- Template RTL Support
- W3C XHTML 1.0 / CSS 3 Valid
Transparent Design & Color Chooser
Transparency lays at the heart of the Zephyr template, with the entire theme being developed around it. Every structural image is transparent to allow background colors to bleed through seamlessly.
Color Chooser is a Gantry-Admin based control interface which, through simple controls, allows you to change all color and style elements of the template, such as text and background color.
Access the Color Chooser from Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_zephyr_j15 → Settings
- Utility: Select the Overlay type.
- Body, Main, Navigation, Showcase, Feature, Bottom & Footer: Control the Background, Overlay, Text and Link Colors.
- Header: Choose the Background, Text and Link Colors.
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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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Third Party Extensions Compatibility Styling
Zephyr has compatibility styling for 5 major third party extensions: JomSocial, Tienda, Virtuemart, K2 and JComments.
The extensions will not be included in the RocketLauncher package, but can be download / purchased from the developers of each extension, and installed. Remember to activate
Third Party Styling in
Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → rt_zephyr_j15 → Advanced
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_zephyr_j15.tgz - Standalone template file.
- Template (Bundle) rt_zephyr_j15-bundle.tar.gz - Template plus Gantry Component.
- RokNavMenu rt_zephyr_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_zephyr_j15-sources.zip - Adobe® Fireworks PNG source file(s) and any applicable fonts.
- Extensions rt_zephyr_j15-extensions.zip - All extensions for the template.
- RocketLauncher rt_zephyr_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_zephyr_j15.tgz or rt_zephyr_j15-bundle.tar.gz file that you downloaded earlier and then click Upload File & Install.
Making Zephyr the Default
Next, go to Extensions → Template Manager. Find rt_zephyr_j15 on the list of installed templates.
Select the radio button to the left and then click Default up in the top right corner. Zephyr 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.
More Details...What is the Color Chooser?
Zephyr is accompanied by a Gantry-Admin based Color Chooser. The entire template styling is controlled by the Color Chooser, utlizing very few images such as the Logo. Set the Color Chooser options from Admin → Template Manager → rt_zephyr_j15 → Settings. The available controls are listed below:
More Details...What is RTL Support?
RTL, meaning Right-to-left, is a language format used for Arabic, Hebrew and others, in contrast with LTR (Left-to-right) languages such as English. Zephyr has support for this, from the gantry grid system to the template elements themselves such as the menu and typography.
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 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, RokNewsPager, RokIntroScroller, RokStories and RokAjaxSearch. Also, JomSocial, Tienda, Virtuemart, K2, and JComments - third party components - are also integrated.
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Changelog
This is a non-exhaustive changelog for the Zephyr Template, inclusive of any alpha, beta, release candidate and final versions.
Joomla 1.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.5.7 Release [13-Dec-2011] -------
# Incompatible with JomSocial v2.4
Changed Files:
/css/extended.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.6 Release [27-Jul-2011] -------
# JomSocial 2.2.3 compatibility fixes
Changed Files:
/css/extended.css
/css/extended-rtl.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.5 Release [14-Jun-2011] -------
# Fixed menu item height issues in Chrome
Changed File(s):
/css/fusionmenu.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.4 Release [17-May-2011] -------
# Fix for article overlay style selector
Changed File(s):
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.3 Release [20-Apr-2011] -------
# IE6 and IE7 fixes and tweaks
# Fusionmenu styling tweaks
Changed File(s):
/index.php
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/template-ie7.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.2 Release [13-Oct-2010] -------
# Fix for breadcrumbs show home toggle
# Fixed typo in templateDetails on utility position name
# Updated Article Style box in Template Manager
Changed File(s):
/admin/en-GB.tpl_rt_zephyr_j15.ini
/html/modules.php
/html/mod_breadcrumbs/default.php
/js/gantry-ie-zindex.js
/params.ini
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.5.1 Release [09-Aug-2010] -------
# Various fixes and tweaks for IE7
# Tweaks for pagination display and compatibility
# Fixes for IE7 in RTL mode
# Fixed dropdown menu focus issues
# iPhone display updates and tweaks
# Jomsocial fixes and tweaks
# Fixes for list display with core joomla modules using module variations
# Fixes for RokPad frontend editing display
# Fix for max height error notification in Firefox
# Updated RokIntroScroller with Mootools 1.2 support
# Added functionality to enable/disable the mainbody output
Changed File(s):
/css/extended.css
/css/fusionmenu.css
/css/fusionmenu-rtl.css
/css/iphone-gantry.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/overlays.css
/css/demo-styles.css
/css/template-ie7.css
/css/template-webkit.css
/css/template-gecko.css
/css/template-opera.css
/features/styledeclaration.php
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-fusion/layout.php
/html/mod_rokintroscroller/default.php
/js/rt-rokstories-thumb-scroller.js
/admin/en-GB.tpl_rt_zephyr_j15.ini
/index.php
/params.ini
/templateDetails.xml
Added File(s):
/html/mod_latestnews
/html/mod_mostread
------- 1.5.0 Release [01-Aug-2010] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
Joomla 2.5
Legend:
* -> Security Fix
# -> Bug Fix
+ -> Addition
^ -> Change
- -> Removed
! -> Note
------- 1.6.6 Release [14-Mar-2011] -------
# Fixed article page navigation not working in j2.5
# Fixed article info style layout3 not working in j2.5
# Fixed smart search pagination vertical in j2.5
# Fixed rokquickcart html overrides
Changed File(s):
/css/joomla.css
/css/joomla.css
/html/com_content/article/default.php
/html/com_rokquickcart/rokquickcart/default.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.5 Release [13-Dec-2011] -------
# Fixed Publish date data missing in J2.5.3
# Fixed article padding in blog layout
# Fixed article info popup only working on leading article
# Fixed wrong position of 'you are here' in breadcrumbs
# Fixed position of 'load more articles'
# Fixed Incompatible with JomSocial v2.4
Changed Files:
/css/extended.css
/css/joomla.css
/css/template.css
/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
------- 1.6.4 Release [11-Nov-2011] -------
# Fixed login component not showing all user options
# Fixed RokNavMenu id
Changed Files:
/css/joomla.css
/css/overlays.css
/css/template.css
/html/com_users/login/default_login.php
/html/mod_roknavmenu/themes/gantry-splitmenu/layout.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.3 Release [27-Jul-2011] -------
# JomSocial 2.2.3 compatibility fixes
Changed Files:
/css/extended.css
/css/extended-rtl.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.2 Release [14-Jun-2011] -------
# Fixed menu item height issues in Chrome
Changed File(s):
/css/fusionmenu.css
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.1 Release [17-May-2011] -------
# Fix for article overlay style selector
Changed File(s):
/html/layouts/body_mainbody.php
/templateDetails.xml
------- 1.6.0 Release [21-Apr-2011] -------
! Initial Release
------- Initial Changelog Creation -------
