January.25.2013

SJ Wall Blog Userguide

Written by SA Anh

Published in Template User-Guides

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Notes
1 Download
2 Template
3 Core Plugins
4 Other Extensions
- Install
- Configuration

The guide will help you install SJ Wall Blog and extensions included in this template step by step.
If you want to install the template exactly like our demo (same data), you should purchase and install the Quickstart Package.

Important Notes
1. Download Template and Extensions
2. SJ Wall Blog Template - Installation and Configuration
3. Imperative Plugins - Installation and Configuration
4. Other Extensions - Installation and Configuration

Important Notes

Requirement:

Joomla!
K2 Component
Premium SJ Extensions (see part 3-Core Plugins and 4-Other Extensions)

1. Download Template and Extensions

1.1 Used for members of JTC - Joomla Template Club

STEP 1: Login at SmartAddons.com

STEP 2: Go to Download -> Joomla Templates Club (JTC)

STEP 3: Under Premium Joomla Templates, click SJ Wall Blog to download

STEP 4: Under SJ Wall Blog -> Download packages as you want

1.2 Used for single product purchased via e-cart

Receive Donwload-Info email -> Download packages as you want

2. SJ Wall Blog -Installation and Configuration

2.1 Installation

Log in Administrator of Joomla!, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
On this page, click Choose File button, select our template file you have downloaded then click Upload & Install

INSTALL
Set SJ Wall Blog as default template

SET DEFAULT

2.2 Configuration

The parameters of SJ Wall Blog Template are divided into the following groups:

Global Settings
Site Styles
Typography
Layout Settings
Top Menu Settings
K2 Component
Content Component
Optimize CSS,JS
Advanced Options

GLOBAL SETTINGS

Generator tag - Generate tag for your template
Hide Main Content Block - Allow to hide Content Component on Homepage
Direction - Choose direction of language: RTL/LTR
Logo Type - Choose your logo type: image OR text
Override Logo Image - Choose logo image file to use
Logo Text - Set text for Text type of logo
Slogan - Set your Website slogan here

SITE STYLES

Default Style - Allow to choose a style from preset ones
Body background color - Set color for background, hex value
Link color - Set color for links
Text color - Set color for text
Body background class - Set CSS class using for image background

TYPOGRAPHY

Default Font Size - Allow to choose default font size
Default Font-Family - Allow to choose a font-family from 13 available ones. The default one is Arial
Google Font-Family - Allow to choose a google font-family used for html tags which are in Affected Selectors parameter below
Affected Selectors - Tag names will be applied with google font, comma seperated

LAYOUT SETTINGS

Select Layout - Allow to choose default layout xml file
Overwrite Layouts Windows - Used with window mode, when you want to use another layout for a menu. Syntax:
- Itemid1:Layout_Name1 | Itemid2:Layout_Name2 | ...
With:
- Itemid1, Itemid2...: Id of Menus. You can see these in Menu Item Manager
- Layout_Name1, Layout_Name2...: The name of layout. You can see these in templates/{this_template_name}/layouts folder. NOTE: remove .xml extension
Tool Layout - Set Yes to allow Keep-on-Top menu and Float-Sidebar menu

TOP MENU SETTINGS

Default Type Menu - Allow to choose default menu type shown with template, this list is gotten from Menu Manager
Default Menu Style - We support several styles for Menus
- CSS, Moo and Dropline Menu: simple menu
- Mega Menu: multimedia menu
Use JS for Dropline Menu - Allow to use JS effect for Dropline Menu OR not
Easing - Allow to select which JS Effect used with Moo Menu and Mega Menu
Speed - Set speed of opening menus
Start Level - Set level of menu to start rendering the menu
End Level - Set level of menu to stop rendering the menu

K2 COMPONENT

K2 Listing Special - Allow to apply special layout for K2 listing page (with smaller image and neat appearance) OR not

CONTENT COMPONENT

Apply for Blog View - Allow to show the Content block at blog pages OR not
Apply for Frontpage view - Allow to show at Frontpage view OR not
Leading Images Width - Set width of images of Leading Articles
Leading Images Height - Set height of images of Leading Articles
Intro Images Width - Set width of images of Intro Articles
Intro Images Height - Set height of images of Intro Articles
Thumbnail Background Color - Set color background for thumbnail images
Thumbnail Mode - Set thumbnail mode:
- Fill
- Fit
- Stretch
- Center

OPTIMIZE CSS, JS

Optimize Merge File - Choose Yes to optimize all CSS and JS Files which are used in your website
Optimize CSS - Choose Yes to optimize only CSS files
Optimize CSS Exclude - CSS files which are not optimized, comma separated
Optimize JS - Choose Yes to optimize only JS files
Optimize JS Exclude - JS files which are not optimized, comma separated
Optimize Folder - A specific folder with Css/Js files need to be optimized

ADVANCED OPTIONS

Show Back to Top - Allow you to show Back to Top button OR not
Show Cpanel - Allow you to show YT Framework Control panel OR not
Include LazyLoad plugin - Enable/disable LazyLoad
Enable Google Analytics - Enable/disable Google Analytics
Enter your Google Analytics tracking ID - Copy and paste your Google Analytics tracking ID here

3. Imperative Plugins-Installation and Configuration

You need to install: Yt Plugin.
- Yt Plugin supports Yt Framework for adding extra parameters used with Mega Menu and to compress CSS/JS/HTML when optimizing code.

3.1 Installation

Now you install this plugin

STEP 1: In Administrator on Joomla!, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
On this page, click Choose File button, choose plugin file (extracted from extensions zip file) from then click Upload & Install

INSTALL

STEP 2:Now, go to Enable Yt Plugin (for Yt Framework) in Extension/Plug-in Manager

3.2 Configuration of YT Plugin (for Yt Framework)

Yt Plugin supports Optimizing CSS/ JS/ HTML and support showing Mega Menus nicely. You can see how to optimize CSS/JS/HTML in Configuration part above and how to use YT Menu Params for styling any Menu Items by remarking an example:

SUPPORT OPTIMIZING CSS/JS/HTML AND STYLING MEGA MENUS

After installing Yt Plugin, go to Extension -> Plug-in Manager and choose to configureYt Plugin:

TO YT PLUGIN

Configure Yt Pluginto show SJ Help with Report Bugs, Template Tutorials and YT Framework Tutorials

SHOWING SJ HELP

4. Other Extensions - Installation and Configuration
After creating articles and data..., you have to install and configure extensions to have a Website with functions and modules as our pre-made demo.

4.1 Install

4.1.1 List of extensions used in SJ Wall Blog demo
You can find a list of modules/plugins/components which are used in SJ Wall Blog by clicking menu Explore -> Extensions of demo Website

4.1.2 Installation

In Administrator on Joomla!, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
On this page, click Choose File button, choose an extension file then click Upload & Install

Install the rest of extensions as step above

4.2 Configuration

After installing extensions which are included in the SJ Wall Blog template, navigate into Extensions -> Module (or Plug-in) Manager then choose the module or plug-in you want to configure. The following example is choosing a module from Module Manager:

By this screenshot, you will see how module is placed in the default layout:
Back

This guide will help you place essential menus (Mega Menu), modules (one example each type) and other blocks as homepage of demo Website:

4.2.1 Mega Menu - Explore

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Text Separator

Frontend - Back End

FRONTEND

BACK END - YT MENU PARAMS

BACK END - TREE OF MENUS

4.2.2 Mega Menu - About Joomla

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Text Separator

Frontend - Back End

FRONTEND

BACK END - YT MENU PARAMS

BACK END - TREE OF MENUS

4.2.3 Mega Menu - K2

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: External URL

Frontend - Back End

FRONTEND

BACK END - YT MENU PARAMS

BACK END - TREE OF MENUS

4.2.4 Smart Search Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: search
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.5 SJ K2 Slideshow Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: slideshow
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.6 SJ Responsive Content for K2

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: top1
Suffix: nospace

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.7 Bottom Categories - Menu Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: bottom1
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.8 Follow me - Custom HTML Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: left (first)
Suffix: mod-social

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.9 SJ Accordion Menu Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: left (second)
Suffix: _menu

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.10 SJ Login Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: left (third)
Suffix: icon-login

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.11 Tag Cloud - K2 Tools Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: left (fourth)
Suffix: icon-tag

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

4.2.12 Contact us - Custom HTML Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: left (fifth)
Suffix: icon-envelope sj-content

Frontend (demo layout above) - Back End

BACK END

That's homepage configuration. For advanced and customized configurations, please submit ticket OR purchase our installation services.

Notes
1 Download
2 Template
3 Core Plugins
4 Other Extensions
- Install
- Configuration

Important Notes
1. Download Template and Extensions
2. SJ Wall Blog Template - Installation and Configuration
3. Imperative Plugins - Installation and Configuration
4. Other Extensions - Installation and Configuration

Important Notes

Requirement:

Joomla!
K2 Component
Premium SJ Extensions (see part 3-Core Plugins and 4-Other Extensions)

1. Download Template and Extensions