I get an error on attempting to install the Snow template through the normal Joomla Template installation manager that is related to a missing XML file - so the template won't install through Joomla for me. Anyone else seen this or have an idea?

Hey Stanton,

Make sure you are installing the Snow template zip and not the quickstart package if you have Joomla installed already.
Could you give us the exact error and you version of Joomla?

Cheers,
Jason.

Joomla 1.5.15

Error. Could not find an XML setup file in the package.

Hey Stanton,

The snow template is from 2007 so make sure you unzip the package first. You will find two zips within it. One for J1.0 and one for J1.5
The second zip is the one you should install. Let me know if this is still giving you trouble.

Cheers,
Jason.

Jason, thank you. Made good progress on the install, but it did not solve the problem I was hoping it would solve. The JoomlaBamboo description of module positions in Snow is as follows:

"In keeping with the sparseness of this template, there are only four module positions in this template. We have in order of appearance:

Top at the top.
User1 below the logo
Right on the right
Bottom on the bottom"

I am not finding those module positions available or even visible in the Module Manager. Something I'm doing wrong?

Hey Stanton,

You're welcome. The Snow template is very minimal in its description and in its xml as well.
The positions will not appear in the drop down list when you are publishing a module but you can type the position name in the drop down box and it will work.

The positions you can use are
top
left
right
bottom

Let us know how you progress.

Cheers,
Jason.

Jason, your comments have been helpful and spot on, thank you!
One last question on this thread about Snow if I may. Snow seems to be designed to a three column format. For one application I have in mind, the ability to combine columns 2 and 3 into one larger column would be very helpful. So, the end result would be one left column and then the middle and right columns combined into one right column. Is that doable with Snow?

Hey Stanton,

Glad to help. The 3 columns i snow are left, main container and right.
If you do not publish any modules to the right position then you effectively have a 2 column layout.
The widths of the columns can be tweaked in order to have the desired look. This can be done by altering the css that comes with the template.
If you post a link to the site I can help with that.

Cheers,
Jason.

springvalleylodge.com

Hey Stanton,

If you are not using the 'right' position at all,

You can alter the css file as follows.

/templates/snow1.5/css/template_css.css

on line 133

#content {
border-right:1px dashed #CCCCCC;
float:right;
padding:10px 10px 10px 0;
width:580px;
}

on line 118

#right {
float:right;
margin-bottom:10px;
margin-top:10px;
padding-left:10px;
width:0;
}

Save and you should have a two column layout.

Cheers,
Jason.