• Joomla! 3.0
• Some SJ Extensions (see part 3-Core Plugins and 4-Other Extensions)

From SmartAddons homepage, navigate into Free Joomla Template

Click SJ Joomla3 then download packages as you want (guide here we will use template and Yt plugin but Quickstart)

2.1 Installation

• Log in Administrator of your Joomla! 3, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
  On this page, click Choose File button, select our template file you have downloaded then click Upload & Install
  
  
  
• Set SJ Joomla3 as default template
  
  

2.2 Configuration

• Global Settings
• Site Styles
• Typography
• Layout Settings
• Top Menu Settings
• 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
• Logo Type - Choose your logo type: image OR text
• Override logo image - Set logo image of Cpanel by inserting its link/path here
• 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 6 available ones
• Body Background Color - Allow to choose color for background of page body
• Link Color - Allow to choose color for all links
• Text Color - Allow to choose color for all texts
• Header Background Color - Allow to choose color for background of header
• Class Header Background Image - Allow to set CSS class used with image of header
• Footer Background Color - Allow to choose color for background of footer
• Class Footer Background Image - Allow to set CSS class used with image of footer

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 XML layout: right-main-left, main-left ....
• Overwrite Layouts - Used 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

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 currently support CSS style for Menus
• Start Level - Set level of menu to start rendering the menu
• End Level - Set level of menu to stop rendering the menu

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 jquery - Enable/disable jquery
• Enable Google Analytics - Enable/disable Google Analytics
• Enter your Google Analytics tracking ID - Copy and paste your Google Analytics tracking ID here

3.1 Installation

• STEP 1: In Administrator on your Joomla! 3, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
  On this page, click Choose File button, choose YT plugin file then click Upload & 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)

TO YT PLUGIN

SHOWING SJ HELP

4.1 Install

4.1.1 List of extensions used in SJ Joomla3 demo

List of modules/plugins/components which are used in SJ Joomla3 here:

4.2 Configuration

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:

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

4.2.1 Menu - Features

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Single Article

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND

BACKEND - TREE OF MENUS

4.2.3 Menu - Joomla! Pages

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Single Article

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND

BACKEND - TREE OF MENUS

4.2.5 Search Bar

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-0
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend (position-0 of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.6 Slideshow - SJ Carousel

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: slideshow
Suffix: blank

Frontend (slideshow of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.7 Custom HTML

There are some positions that used Custom HTML Module. Here we will configure an example. Let take the "Web Design", other will be the same.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-a
Suffix: border1

Frontend (position-a of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.8 Main Menu

There are some positions that used Menu Module. Here we will configure an example. Let take the Main menu, other will be the same.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-6 (first)
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend (position-6 of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.9 Statistics Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-6 (third)
Suffix: _menu

Frontend (position-6 of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.10 Banners Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-6 (forth)
Suffix: clear hidden-max676

Frontend (position-6 of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.11 Who's online Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-6 (fifth)
Suffix: style-icon mouse

Frontend (position-6 of demo layout above) - Backend

4.2.12 Latest News - SJ Basic News

There are some positions that used SJ Basic News Module. Here we will configure an example. Let take the Main menu, other will be the same only minor different in configuration.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-7 (first)
Suffix: bg1 latestnews

Frontend - Backend

4.2.13 Login Module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: position-7 (third)
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend - Backend