Panacea Free Joomla Template



Panacea Joomla Template, the July 2010 Template Club release, encapsulates stylistic freedom with the inclusion of the Color Chooser, allowing for easy style customization with just a few clicks. Offering an unconventional approach to such designs, combining ease of alteration with a mainstream appearance.

The template also supports a Background Rotator for the sub-header area, as well as popular features such as Ajax Content Loading, an iPhone Specific Theme as well as Smart Loading for all content images.


Features:

Demo
Name:Panacea
Author:RocketTheme
Version:Joomla 1.5.1
Released:July 2010


Release Notes
  • Gantry Framework
  • Color Chooser with 12 Preset Styles
  • RTL Support
  • Native iPhone Versions
  • Ajax Article Loading & Smart Loading
  • Inbuilt Background Rotator
  • 3rd Party Extensions / RT Extensions Styling
  • Custom Typography & JS Form Styling
  • Fusion Menu & Splitmenu
  • 13 Module Variations & 68 Module Positions
  • FF3.6, Opera, Safari 4, IE7,8 Compatible
  • Limited IE6 Support
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS 3 Valid
Color Chooser

Panacea is accompanied by a Gantry-Admin based Color Chooser. The entire template styling is controlled by the Color Chooser, utlizing very few images such as the Logo. Set the Color Chooser options from Admin → Template Manager → rt_panacea_j15 → Settings. The available controls are listed below:
  • Main Background: Select the Background Color.
  • Header, Body & Footer: Control the Background, Overlay, Text and Link Colors.
  • Module Variations: Choose the Background, Border, Text and Colors.
Background Rotator

The Background Rotator is a Gantry Feature which offers basic background rotator functionality with content calling controls. Load articles from a set category/section and select images from the background manager to fully control the effect, it is very simple. Control the feature from Admin → Template Manager → rt_panacea_j15 → Settings.
  • Rotator Controls: Set the Order, Delay(s), Category and/or Section, as well as if the controls are displayed and if rotation is automatic or manual.
  • Background Manager: Control which images appear in the Rotator with the popup, drag and drop, javascript interface.
iPhone Specific Theme

The template supports an iPhone specific version for view in the mobile platform.
  • Theme: iPhone specific theme, combining pre-existing template elements with mobile specific styling.
  • Aliases: Assign current module positions to mobile equivalents such as mobile-header → header-a.
  • Reszier: Avoid unnecessary scrolling by the automatic resizing of content images.
Article Controls

The template extends the range of styling and abilities of default Joomla Content. On the first count, there are controls for 3 Article Details layouts as well as 8 Article Styles; and on the second count, Panacea also supports Ajax Loading for its articles, meaning page refreshes are unnecessary for reading More Articles.
  • Article Details: Choose from 3 Layout modes, varying from a standard form, to an offset style and a tooltips based format.
  • Article Styles: Select from 8 styles which echo the various module variations, Title1-5 and Box1-3.
  • Ajax Loading: Set whether Ajax is used to load additional content in a category/section layout.
Third Party Extensions Support

Panacea has compatibility styling for 5 major third party extensions: JomSocial, Tienda, Virtuemart, K2 and JComments.

Quantive Free Joomla Template


Quantive Joomla Template was the April 2010 Template Club release, encapsulates the notion of simply complex, featuring a more subtle and conservative design, in contrast to other 2010 releases. Naturally, the Gantry Framework forms the core of the theme, driving the complex mechanisms and features that lie beneath.

Stylistic choice is another key aspect of the release, with its 8 CSS style choices, each of which can come in either light or dark body styling, as noted in the 10 preset style variations, providing true design choice and flexibility.

Features:

Live Demo
Name:Quantive
Author:RocketTheme
Version:Joomla 1.5.1
Released:April 2010

Release Notes:
  • Gantry Framework
  • 10 Preset Styles
  • RTL Support
  • RT Extensions Styling
  • Custom Typography
  • javascript Form Styling
  • Fusion Menu
  • Triple Level Splitmenu
  • 13 Module Variations
  • 68 Module Positions
  • FF3.6, Opera, Safari 4, IE7,8 Compatible
  • Limited IE6 Support
  • W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS 3 Valid
Gantry Framework Version 2.5

Quantive is the built with the Gantry Framework, version 2.5, which includes powerful features such as menu item control, RTL support, custom presets and many more. This is all on top of the first generation features, making Gantry the most noticeable, and far reaching feature of the template.

Gantry is, as a basic definition, A framework used for assembling, building and maintaining a RocketTheme template. It is an advanced platform for dramatically extending the capabilities of the entire theming system of Joomla.

RTL Support

Template side RTL support from the Fusion menu to the Typography. This is in conjunction with Gantry’s RTL support for the automatic flipping of the grid system.

If Joomla is set to RTL mode, in its language settings, the Quantive template will automatically adjust to its RTL layout. The modules will invert inside a row, such as showcase-a and showcase-f being in alternate locations; the various template elements such as the breadcrumbs and typography will also flip; and also the menu will adjust accordingly (ensure you are using the latest version of RokNavMenu however).