• Compatible with version Joomla: Joomla!2.5.x and Joomla 3.3
• K2 component (customized, downloadable)
• Many SJ Extensions (see part 3 Core Plugins and 4 Other Extensions)

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2.1 Installation

• Log in Administrator of Joomla! v2.5.x, 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 WorldNews as default template
  
  

2.2 Configuration

• Global Settings
• MainBody Column Settings
• Layout Settings
• Style Settings
• Top Menu Settings
• Content Component
• Advanced Options

GLOBAL SETTINGS

• Generator tag - Generate tag for your template
• Template Width Type - Allow to choose: pixel OR percentage for your width
• Template Width - Set width of 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
• Logo Text - Set text for Text type of logo
• Slogan - Set your Website slogan here

MAINBODY COLUMN SETTINGS

• Main Body Width Type - Allow to choose between pixel OR percentage for your width
• Main Width - Set width of your Mainbody column
• Left Width - Set width of left column
• Right Width - Set width of right column

LAYOUT SETTINGS

• Default Mode View - Allow to set default layout: for Mobile OR for PC
• Window layout - Layout used when visitors are from PC
• Mobile layout - Layout used when visitors are from mobilephone
• Iphone layout - Layout used when visitors are from Iphone
• Android layout - Layout used when visitors are from Android
• Handheld layout - Layout used when visitors are from other handhelds
• 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

STYLE SETTINGS

• Default Style - Allow to choose a style from 7 available ones: Orange, Brown, Cyan, Green, Pink, Red, Violet
• 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

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 4 styles for Menus
  
  • CSS Menu
  • Moo Menu
  • Mega Menu
  • Dropline Menu
• Keep menu bar on top - Allow to always show the menu bar OR not
• Use JS for Dropline Menu - Allow to use JS effect for Dropline Menu OR not
• Javascript Effect - Allow to select which JS Effect used with Moo Menu and Mega Menu
• Duration Effect - Set time before showing any submenus
• 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

ADVANCED OPTIONS

• Show Back to Top - Allow you to show Back to Top arrow OR not
• Show Cpanel - Allow you to show YT Framework Control panel OR not
• Override logo image - Set logo image of Cpanel by inserting its link/path here
• Enable jquery - Enable/disable jquery
• Enable Lazy Load - Enable/disable LazyLoad
• 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
• Optimize HTML - Allow to use Optimize HTML feature
• 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 Joomla! v2.5.x, go to Extensions -> Extension Manager
  On this page, click Choose File button, choose those two plugin files then click Upload & Install
  
  
  
• STEP 2: Enable SJ Core and Yt Plugin (for Yt Framework) in Extension/Plug-in Manager

3.2 Configuration of YT Plugin (for Yt Framework)

SUPPORT OPTIMIZING CSS/JS/HTML AND STYLING MEGA MENUS

TO YT PLUGIN

SHOWING SJ HELP

4.1 Install

4.1.1 List of extensions used in SJ WorldNews demo

You can find a list of modules/plugins/components which are used in SJ WorldNews by clicking menu Features -> Extensions of demo

4.2 Configuration

After installing extensions which are included in the SJ WorldNews 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:

This guide will help you place essential menus, modules and blocks as demo:

4.2.1 Mega Menu - Features

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Text Separator

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - FEATURES

BACKEND - YT MENU PARAMS for FEATURES

BACKEND - TREE OF FEATURES

4.2.2 Mega Menu - K2

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Text Separator

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - K2

BACKEND - YT MENU PARAMS for K2

BACKEND - TREE OF K2

4.2.3 Mega Menu - Joomla

Menu Item Type

Menu Item Type: Text Separator

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - JOOMLA

BACKEND - YT MENU PARAMS for JOOMLA

BACKEND - TREE OF JOOMLA

4.2.4 The top menu

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: nav2
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - TOP MENU

BACKEND - TOP MENU

4.2.5 Smart Search on the top

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: top1
Suffix: _blank

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - SEARCH

BACKEND - SEARCH

4.2.6 Login - Register on the top

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: top2
Suffix: Not Used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - LOGIN

BACKEND - LOGIN

4.2.7 Custom HTML Modules

There are 4 positions that used Custom HTML modules: "In The Worldnews", "Get connected with Us", "Subscribe to our newsletter" and "Stay connected with (user3 position)". Here we will configure an example for custom HTML modules:. Let take "Get connected with Us", other will be the same.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: usera
Suffix: _blank

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - CONNECT

BACKEND - CONNECT

4.2.8 Breaking News - SJ K2 Splash

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: slide_show
Suffix: Not used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - SPLASH

BACKEND - SPLASH

4.2.9 Top news - K2 Content

There are two positions that used K2 content, main_bottom and userc. Here we will configure an example. Let take "K2 content at main_bottom", other will be the same.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: main_bottom
Suffix: badge-cool title6

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - TOP NEWS

BACKEND - TOP NEWS

4.2.10 Yt K2 Slideshow II

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: user2
Suffix: k2_slideshowii

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - YT K2 SLIDESHOW II

BACKEND - YT K2 SLIDESHOW II

4.2.11 Community Blog - SJ K2 Extra Slider

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: user3
Suffix: style-box title4

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - BLOG

BACKEND - BLOG

4.2.12 Editor's Choice - So K2 Slider

There are two positions that used So K2 Slider, user4 and user6. Here we will configure an example. Let take "So K2 Slider at user4", other will be the same.

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: user4
Suffix: style-box title2

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - EDITOR

BACKEND - EDITOR

4.2.13 SJ Mega K2 News

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: main_bottom
Suffix: Not used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - SJ MEGA K2 NEWS

BACKEND - SJ MEGA K2 NEWS

4.2.14 SJ Module Tabs

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: right_top
Suffix: Not used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - SJ MODULE TABS

BACKEND - SJ MODULE TABS

4.2.15 SJ K2 Accordion

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: right_top
Suffix: Not used

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - SJ K2 ACCORDION

BACKEND - SJ K2 ACCORDION

4.2.16 Who's Online module

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: right-bottom
Suffix: style-box bgcolor2

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - WHO'S ONLINE

BACKEND - WHO'S ONLINE

4.2.17 Footer - Menu Module

There are two positions that used Menu Module, user7 and footnav. Here we will configure an example. Let take "Menu Module at footnav", other will be the same

Module Position - Module Suffix

Position: footnav
Suffix: Not Use

Frontend - Backend

FRONTEND - FOOTER

BACKEND - FOOTER