Installing and using Joomla Templates

Installing Joomla Template
Utilizing Menus
Customizing the Footer
Joomla Positions
Joomla Module Style

Installing Joomla Template

To install an exported and zipped template via the Joomla administration panel please do the following:

1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Install/Uninstall
2. In the "Extension Manager" choose the first option "Upload Package File".
3. Click the "Browse..." button to select the zip file from your computer.
4. Click the "Upload File & Install" button.

For more information please visit http://docs.joomla.org/How_to_install_templates

Utilizing Menus

Applying Artisteer style to your menu

Please use the following steps to utilize menu style designed with Artisteer:

1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Module Manager
2. Open an existing menu or create a new one and place it into the "user3" position.

NOTE: the "user3" position can contain only a single menu, or none.

For more information please visit http://docs.joomla.org/Screen.modules.15

Creating multilevel menu

Here are the steps you should follow to create a multilevel menu in your Joomla Website:

1. Enable multiple menu levels in Artisteer->Menu -> Subitem -> Levels -> Multilevel.
2. Go to Joomla Administration (www.your-site.com/administrator) and enable multiple levels in your menu module (Extentions -> Module Manager v click to edit menu (e.g. Top Menu) -> Module Parameters -> "Always show sub-menu Items").
3. Make sure that you have menu items at lower levels defined in Joomla.

Creating vertical menu

Starting with Artisteer 2.4 you can use an art-vmenu Module Class Suffix to apply Artisteer vertical menu style to your menu module.
To do this, please follow these steps:

1. Log in to Joomla Administration and go to Extensions -> Module Manager.
   Select the module you want to edit.
2. Go to Module Parameters and specify the art-vmenu suffix.
3. Keep in mind that you should disable caching if you create a click-open vertical menu

To create a Vertical menu with sub-items:

1. Enable Multiple menu levels in Artisteer > Vertical Menu tab -> Subitems -> Levels. Make sure that the sample Vertical Subitem works for you within the template previewed in Artisteer.
2. Create a menu with sub-menu items in Joomla.
   Sub-menu items should have parent items specified for them.
3. Enable multiple levels in your menu module ("Always show sub-menu Items").
4. Use art-vmenu Class Module Suffix to apply the designed vertical menu style to the desired menu modules

Note that subitems will not appear on mouse hovering but only when you click on the parent item (except for menus with open levels, where all sub-items are visible).

Customizing the Footer

To customize the template footer via Joomla administration place one or multiple modules into the "copyright" position. This will replace the default copyright text included in the template footer with the new content provided by the module.

Here are sample steps to configure custom footer:

1. Go to Joomla Administrator (www.your-site.com/administrator) -> Extensions -> Module Manager.
2. Click "New", select "Custom HTML", then select "Next".
3. In the module properties specify:
   • Title - Show Title: No
   • Position: copyright
   • Custom Output: (the desired footer content)
4. Save your changes.

You can now use the newly created module for further footer customizations without utilizing additional modules.

Joomla Positions

Joomla Module Style

The Default Position Style is applied to all modules located within a specific position.
If you want to change the style of a particular module, please follow the steps below:

1. Log into your Joomla Administration and go to Extensions -> Module Manager.

2. Select the module you want to edit.

3. Go to Module Parameters and specify a suffix of your choice in the Module Class Suffix parameter box. You can use one of the available suffixes: art-article, art-block or art-nostyle.



Starting with Artisteer 2.4 you can also the Module Class Suffix to art-vmenu to apply Artisteer vertical menu style to your menu module.

If you specify another suffix (not available in the template) the Default Position Style will be applied to your module.

4. Save the module settings.