Hi there!

Perhaps I'm doing something very wrong here, but then I try to install a template (tried Vision from June, Vision 2 and Helio for example) the top half of the templates gets totally messed up.

Screenshot #1
Screenshot #2

Only thing I did here was installing one of the templates on a clean install of Joomla 1.5.8. What am I missing here?

EDIT: I see now that it's just the top half of the Vision templates. Helio for example is all the way messed up.

Hi Michael,

You need to check out the setup instructions or module position overview for the templates. At the moment they are just showing you the default joomla modules so as a first step I would unpublish most of the modules that you currently have published and start to assign the modules that you want to appear on the page.

Here is a link to the module overview for Vision: showcase.joomlabamboo.com/vision/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27

And the link for Helio - at the bottom of the page:
www.joomlabamboo.com/joomla-club-templates/may-08-template-helio

Let me know if this helps

And yep thats a bug iun fireboard that Im sure they will fix soon or may already be so.

Anthony

Right, fixed now. A lot better. Thank you for your fast help!

One other question, can I adjust the width/height of the template?

It's a bit wide for my site at the moment.

Which one are you using?

Sorry, Vision (June).

Forgive me for being asking these simple questions, I'm far from good at this kind of stuff.

No problems at all Michael

You can change the width of Vision by editing the following css widths:

.outer_wrap, .inner_wrap, #edge, #footer_wrap there may be some fiddling with the slideshow but this will get you moving in the right direction.

Thanks Anthony

Hi there again Anthony,

Sorry for the late response, been rather busy. Still I came up with 2 more things I couldn't fix. Please take a look at this testsite I'm messing with.

The first thing, the header with the NUEWEBSITE thingy in it. What is it, and how can I change it? I'm not sure how and if I want to implement the slider there, so that's for later.

Second, the menubar. How do I remove buttons? If you look closely on the right side of the Contact-button you can see the beginning of the new button. I tried fixing it the spartan way by just decreasing the website width a pixel, but that's already too much.

Any ideas? You been great help so far!

PS: It's Michel, different from Michael.

Hi Michel,

Apologies about the name

You can change the logo by editing the logo.jpg in the images directory of the template.

Not sure about the button issue - have you got it published currently?

Thanks Anthony

No problem ofcourse.

The logo, that makes sense...thank you!

About the example, I posted the link in my previous reply.

[url=http://www.mjboerenkamp.nl/joomla[/url]

Merry Christmas btw!

Hi Michel,

Merry christmas to you

I cant actually see the search box on the site is it on one of the sub pages?

Cheers Anthony

Hi there again. I guess there's some minor miscommunication, I never mentioned a searchbox I guess.

What I mean is the button in the topmenu called 'Contact'. On the right side of that button you can see the start of the next button. I don't need that next button so I want it removed, but I don't know how. For now it's only partly masked because of me decreasing the body width.

Hi Michel,

Yes sorry I misunderstood your previous post. The background images for the nav items are positioned to the right of each menu item - you could change them to be positioned to the left but that would give you the same issue but to the left. Im not sure that there is a way around this other than making the template a little wider in the same way that the demo site is setup - that way the space to the right of the menu doesnt look so awkward.

Thanks Anthony

Hi there,

Been a while in these busy days, time to get back to my site again.

Next question:

How do I remove the top "module" an place the JB Slideshow there instead?

Hi Michel,

Do you mean move it above the menu bar?

To do any major moving you need to edit the index.php file and move the various blocks of code around.

This is the banner code where the slideshow is:
and this is the top nav markup which includes the whole top area:

I can't seem to find the instructions... Am I supposed to use the the .sql file that comes with Helio? I already have installed Joomla 1.5.9 ... how do I change the db once it is already installed?
There were no instructions included with the download...
joomla 1.5.9, windows2003 server, plesk

Thanks,
-B

Hi William,

Here is some info regarding the difference between the quickstarts and templates:
www.joomlabamboo.com/tutorials/Do-I-need-the-quickstart-package-or-the-the-template-.html

We dont offer standalone sql files so if you are installing on a an existing site then you will need to setup manually.

The quickstart package contains a sample database file which contains all of the demo content and module positions but it will overwrite anything you have on the existing site. If you are versed in phpmyadmin you could do separate sql inputs of the database.

Thanks Anthony

Welp... i am in a world of hurt... I installed the JB_Helio_J1.5_Full_Database.sql that was included and now I can't even login to admin :/
It was a fresh joomla 1.5.9 install so there wasn't anything except the example data in there anyway.
I went in via PhpMyAdmin and changed the password, but it still isn't working.

Any ideas?

-B

try admin / admin - otherwise if you post a support ticket Ill take a look later today. Please send some ftp and cpanel login details.

Thanks Anthony.

Ok.. I created a fresh db and re-config-ed joomla.
Then I turned on Helio template... which leaves the database and the exended-menu-module to setup.

Which Helio db should I use?
JB_Helio_J1.5_Full_Database.sql
or
JB_Helio.sql

Thanks,
-B

Hi William,

Its best to use the sample database file you can find in the installation folder of the quickstart package.

Thanks Anthony