Logo Editing

The following tutorial outlines how to edit the logo with Adobe Fireworks CS4. Fireworks is required for logo editing. (CS3 can be used with our sources).

Editing in Adobe Fireworks CS4

Step 1

Open the quasar-logo-source.png file in Adobe Fireworks.

Focus on the right column, titled Layers. Select the Web layers directory and click the eye icon to the left of the logo slice (the green object). This will make the slice invisible so you can edit the file.

Step 2

Double click on the logo text. Now you can edit the text of logo to your choosing.

Now, double click on the slogan text. Now you can edit the text of slogan to your choosing.

Now, select the icon and disable it, if you so wish.

Step 3

Reactivate the Slice in the Web Layers column, this will place a green rectangle over the logo image. Change the size of the slice to match the new size if applicable.

Step 4

Now you will want to export the logo. Right click on the image slice and select Exported Selected Slices... from the contextual menu. Proceed to export it to your computer for uploading.

Step 5

If you are new to Fireworks, you may be wondering why it appears that there is only one style variation in the source. This is not the case as we take advantage of the Frame features of Fireworks. You need to simply switch frames to see all the other style variation sources.

There are a few ways to change frames and we will show 2 methods that you can use.

In the right column where you find the Layers toolbar including the Web Layers area, you should see another tab/toolbar named Frames. Just left click on the title Frames to enter the frames area. Then you can click on either of the frames which are named to show which style variant is on that particular frame.

The second method is the most easiest and simplistic. At the bottom of the Fireworks canvas is a row of buttons, arrows just as previous and next. Select the arrows to switch between frames.

Uploading the changed files

Step 1

Once you have successfully edited then exported your new logo, you will need to upload it to your server. This process is best done via a FTP client such as Filezilla

1. Open your FTP client on your local computer.
2. Login to your web server where Quasar is installed.
3. Navigate to the /templates/rt_quasar_j15/images/logo/*style*/ directory.
4. Upload logo.png (and any other logo related images) to this directory (You may need to browse on the local panel in the FTP client to find where you have exported your logo).
5. Clear your browser cache before viewing such as using the keyboard commands on Windows, Ctrl+F5.

Style Control

You can control all the Presets via the template manager configuration. All 6 presets appear at Extensions → Template Manager → rt_quasar_j15 → Presets.

You would then adjust the parameters in Settings to meet your requirements. On selection of a preset, the administrator automatically updates the Settings to match that particular preset. This is where you will edit the options to meet your requirements such as CSS Style. This system allows you to quickly and effortlessly customise a preset to your liking.

The options are as follows, and the areas that they control are indicative in their name:-

• Style Presets: Preset 1 to Preset 6
• Background Level: Low - Medium - High (slider)
• Body Level: Low - Medium - High (slider) - Inapplicable in Quasar
• CSS Style: Style1 to Style6 (dropdown)
• Link Colour: Hex Colour (popup colour wheel)
• Font Settings:
  • Font Family: Quasar, Bebas, Continuum, Geneva, Optima, Helvetica, Trebuchet, Lucida, Georgia, Palatino (dropdown)
  • Font Size: Default, Extra Large, Large, Small, Extra Small (dropdown)

Creating your own Preset Styles

In the event that you need to customise all the preset arrays, and do not wish to use the template administrator, then you can customise the preset arrays in the gantry.config.php file. Do note that it is much easier to use the template administrator, and editing the preset array is only really necessary if you wanted to use multiple custom configurations on your site which is uncommon.

Menu Setup

CSS Dropdown Menu

Quasar is outfitted for support for a CSS driven dropdown menu. Setup is simple, just follow the instructions below:-

• Login into the Joomla administrator
• Go to Extensions → Module Manager
• Select the New button
• Select Menu from the list
• Set the Title to No; Set the Menu Name to mainmenu; Set Always show sub-menu items to yes
• Select either header-b → header-f as the position

Effectively, all you need to do is assign a Menu Module to the Header-B position.

How to create Child / Sublevel menu items in Joomla

In order for menu dropdowns in Moomenu and Suckerfish, and the dropline / side column items of Splitmenu to appear, you need to setup parent and child menu items.

• Login into the Joomla administrator
• Go to Menu → Menu Name
• Select a menu item that you wish to be in the dropdown
• Locate the Parent Item form
• Select the menu item that you wish for your item to appear under
• Save

Perform the same task for all menu items that you wish to be child items.

RocketLauncher

What is RocketLauncher?

RocketLauncher is a Joomla installation package that installs Joomla as the demo. The launcher installs the sample data, which has been customised to match the demo, and the template, extensions and images are already built in. The launcher is the best method to replicate the demo with ease.

Due to the complexity of our demos, it is much easier to see it in action then it is to read in written tutorials and / or viewing screenshots. Therefore, the process of using the template on your Joomla site is much faster, simpler and makes for a better experience.

Version

We use the latest Joomla version available at the time for our launchers and when Joomla updates, we proceed to update all the launchers so they are up to date for all new downloads. Please go to the Joomla Downloads repository to see what version the RocketLauncher is using.

For information on upgrading Joomla, please see: http://docs.joomla.org

Instructions

Step 1 - Upload the files

• Download the Quasar RocketLauncher Package (Joomla_RT_Quasar_j15.zip) from the Quasar template downloads section
• Unzip the zip packaged onto your computer to reveal the Joomla_RT_Quasar_j15 folder
• Upload this to your site using your FTP client

Note, on some servers, you can upload the zip and extract the package directly onto your server using cPanel or SSH access. For more details on this, please contact your hosting provider.

Step 2 - Installation

• Direct your browser to the installation such as www.yoursite.com/Joomla_RT_Quasar_j15 or to whatever directory your uploaded to
• Choose a Language for your site then click next
• Review the Pre-Installation Check page then click next
• Review the License page then click next
• Insert your Database information: host name, mysql username and mysql password then click next
• Insert your main configuration information: site name, admin password and email address
• Click Install Sample Data then click next
• Delete the /installation directory on your server

Further Guides

Learn the steps to uploading the RocketLauncher package files to your server and installing the RocketLauncher template package by following along with the steps in this detailed video tutorial. It's now easier than ever before to deploy a replica of the RocketTheme template demo sites.

Launch Video

An in depth guide that details the steps necessary to properly upload the files from the RocketLauncher template package directly to the root of your site. This will ensure your RocketLauncher installation installs to the root of your site, and not in a subfolder.

Learn More

If you are a Mac user and develop in a localhost environment, you will want to use Terminal to update your Joomla as it is the fastest and simplest way to update locally on a Mac.

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