Joomla! 3 Template Essentials.
Using this hands-on, step-by step tutorial filled with practical examples, the readers will be able to create beautiful templates and themes for your websites that will make them stand out from others. This book is written for all of you who wish to create your own unique templates for Joomla! 3.x....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Packt Publishing,
2013.
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Colección: | Community experience distilled
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; www.PacktPub.com; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Joomla! Template System; What is Joomla! template?; Templates
- download for free, buy, or build your own; Free templates; Premium templates; How to earn money per sale; Conclusion; Identifying templates; Investigating design solutions; Introducing the Joomla! Template Manager; Exploring the default templates; Installing a new template; Unload a package file; Typical errors during template installation; Changing your default template; Customizing the current template.
- Changing the template used for specific menu itemsRemoving unnecessary templates; Summary; Chapter 2: Joomla! Template Frameworks; Understanding template framework; Exploring reasons to use a framework; Useful framework features; Learning different frameworks; Exploring popular Joomla! Version 3 template frameworks; Expose framework 4; The Gantry framework; The Gavern framework; The HD framework; The S5 Vertex framework; The Shaper Helix II framework; The Sparky framework; The Strapped framework; The T3 framework; The Warp 6 framework; The Wright framework; The YJSG framework.
- The past and future of frameworksSummary; Chapter 3: Building a Template from a Framework; Web-design trends; Back to basics
- minimalistic designs; HTML5 and CSS3; Replacing Flash with HTML5 and JavaScript; Responsive web design (RWD); One page and parallax effect; Fixed and scrolling header bars; Slideshows
- responsive and touch-friendly; Swiss design style; Large photos as backgrounds; App-style web interfaces; Flat design and colors; Web and big fonts; UX direction; Social media integration; What the future will bring; Setting client expectations.
- If you can imagine it, you can wireframe itHome page; Required tools; The basic elements of a Joomla! template; Building a template based on framework; Choosing a template framework; From zero to warp; Joomla! 3.x templates and LESS; Even comics have text content; Show me your badge
- start with logo; Picture in background; Navigation; Layout and backgrounds; Social buttons; Slideshow; Modules on the left side; Modules on the right side; Modules at the bottom; Summary; Chapter 4: Advanced Template and Styling Tricks; Constructing a template; Overriding the default layout.
- Adding a custom stylesheetUsing custom CSS; Module variations; Icons in menu items; The fixed navigation bar; Adding and changing the favicon; Modules and plugins; Frontend news display; Tabs and accordions; Slideshow; The parallax content slider; Responsive maps; Shortcodes; Advance hover effects; Typography tips; Adding a custom font; Dingbats fonts; Font awesome; Colorful notice styles; CSS generated content; Listing bullets with images; Kerning; Appending ellipsis automatically; Reducing the number of images; Summary; Chapter 5: Selling Your Template; Are you ready to sell?