Learn all about the exciting new RocketTheme exclusive modules that are included in the Chromatophore template release. Here you can find instructions for installation and configuration for each of the custom modules.
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Step One: Installing the Module
- Download the chromatophore_extensions.zip archive from the Chromatophore download section of the RocketTheme Joomla! Club. Unzip the archive, inside you will find individual zip files for each of the modules.
- Login in to your administrator console on your Joomla! website and navigate to the Installers menu item, and select Modules from the dropdown menu.
- In the Upload Package File section, click the Choose File button and select one of the mod_modulename.zip that was inside of the zip file you downloaded earlier. Next click the Upload File & Install button to install the module.
Step Two: Publishing the Module
- Now the module is installed it must be published in the appropriate module position and configured to suit our needs. From the top menu, select Modules then Site Modules.
- This will take you to the Site Module Manager which allows you to configure the placement and configuration of all modules in your Joomla! website.
- Locate the module from the list. Remember there could be a few pages. Once you have found it, you can publish in 2 ways: The first is selecting the cross next to the tile or clicking the title then set Publish to Yes followed by a Save.
Once again, we have implemented the Signal Login module. The Signal Login module is installed using the procedure explained above. Once installed, we recommend publishing it to the
top template position. The default options are fine as the module is styled from within the template.
For
Chromatophore, we have integrated RokSlide into the core of the template so you have the RokSlide functionality in terms of tabs with stylish transitional effects with the modular layout of the template.
RokSlide by default has 5 tabs available. Each tab has a module position ranging from Advert1 to Advert5, respective to the individual tab. Therefore, you have a single modular position per tab but you have the option of applying multiple modules to a single position. For example, you can assign 3 modules to the Advert1 position and they will appear in a horizontal layout in Tab 1.
Configuration of the integrated RokSlide itself is primarily controlled in the index.php with the other template
configurations. Below is a snippet related to the integrated rokslide:-
// module slider configuration
$modules_list = array(array("title"=>"Group 1 Stuff", "module"=>"advert1"),
array("title"=>"Group 2 Panel", "module"=>"advert2"),
array("title"=>"Group 3 Collection", "module"=>"advert3"),
array("title"=>"Group 4 Assortment", "module"=>"advert4"),
array("title"=>"Group 5 Items", "module"=>"advert5"));
$max_mods_per_row = 3; // maximum number of modules per row
(adjust the height if this wraps)
With the setting
$module_list, you can control the aspects of the integrated rokslide feature to a great extent. You can control the tab title and also the module position which appears in each of the tabs.
In the code snippet, we have 5 lines, each line controls a single tab. Each line is segregated into 2 distinct parts. These are
"title"=>"Tab Title", which controls the Tab Title. The second part is
"module"=>"Module Position"),
You can change the height for the
Rokslide tabber in the
template_css.css file.
#moduleslider-size {
height:220px;
}
The module configuration variable below controls how many consecutive modules you can have for a position.
$max_mods_per_row = 3; // max number of modules per row
(if wraps, adjust height)
With the integrated RokSlide, you will find that you may need to add extra module positions. These positions are
User10, and Advert4-5. These are not available by default in Joomla so you will need to create these yourself. To do this, follow the instructions below:-
- Login into the Joomla administrator
- Navigate to Site -> Template Manager -> Module Positions
- In the column called Positions, find a blank field
- Insert the names and proceed to the next field and type the other positions
- Select Save