Setting up The Grid Template
This article outlines the steps required to replicate the layout and configuration of the demo site.
Installing the template.
Choose this option if you already have your site created or have at least made changes to the default Joomla installation and want to overlay this theme onto your site. For a complete installation of the demo site on your server please refer to installing the quickstart package.
Installing the template is achieved using the same method as installing any other template or extension.
- Navigate to your Joomla admin area at yoursite.com/administrator
- Navigate to Extensions > Install/uninstall
- Click browse and locate the template zip on your harddrive.
- Click upload and install.
- After you receive the success message, navigate to Extensions > Template Manager
- Select the radio checkbox next to the Canvas template and then click on the button at the top right of the screen that says default.
- Now if you navigate to the front page of your site and you should see the Canvas template installed into your Joomla site.
Installing the Extensions
Installing the modules.
- Navigate to your Joomla admin area at yoursite.com/administrator
- Navigate to Extensions > Install/uninstall
- Click browse and locate the extension zip on your hard drive. If the zip is named unzipfirst then you must unzip the files.
- Click upload and install.
- After you receive the success message, navigate to Extensions > Module Manager
- Select the radio checkbox next to the module you just installed and begin to configure the options.
- Ensure that the module is published, is assigned to a menu item on the bottom left and all of the necessary parameters are configured.
- Apply or save the changes you have made.
Installing the JB Library Plugin
Once you have installed this plugin please ensure that the plugin is published. You can do this by doing the following:
- Navigate to your Joomla admin area at yoursite.com/administrator
- Navigate to Extensions > Install/uninstall
- Click browse and locate the extension zip on your hard drive. If the zip is named unzipfirst then you must unzip the files.
- Click upload and install.
- Navigate to Extensions > Plugin Manager.
- Scroll to the system group of plugins and locate JB LIbrary.
- Select the checkbox to the left of the plugin name and scroll to the top right of the page and click publish.
This plugin inserts a script reference into the head of the template that loads jQuery to load and enables all of the jQuery driven effects on the site to work properly. For more information see the content item for the JB Library plugin.
