Joomla! provides plenty of flexibility when displaying your web content. Whether you are using Joomla! for a blog site, news or a website for a company, you'll find one or more content styles to showcase your information. You can also change the style of content dynamically depending on your preferences. Joomla calls how a page is laid out a layout. Use the guide below to understand which layouts are available and how you might use them.
Content
Joomla! makes it extremely easy to add and display content. All content is placed where your mainbody tag in your template is located. There are three main types of layouts available in Joomla! and all of them can be customised via parameters. The display and parameters are set in the menu item used to display the content your working on. You create these layouts by creating a menu item and choosing how you want the content to display.
Blog layout
Blog layout will show a listing of all content items of the selected blog type (section or category) in the mainbody position of your template. It will give you the standard title, and Intro of each content article in that particular Category and/or Section. You can customise this layout via the use of the content parameters, (See Content Parameters) this is done from the menu not the section manager!
Blog Archive layout
A Blog Archive layout will give you a similar output of content as the normal Blog Display but will add at the top two dropdown boxes for Month and year plus a search button to allow users to search for all archived content from a specific month and year
Table layout
Table layout will simply give you a table of all the titles in that particular section or category. No intro will be displayed just the titles. You can set how many titles will be displayed in this table by Parameters. The table layout will also provide a filter section so that users can reorder, filter and set how many titles are listed on a single page (up to 50)
Wrapper
Wrappers allow you to place stand alone applications and 3rd party websites inside your Joomla! site. The content within a wrapper appears within the primary content area defined by the "mainbody" tag and allows you to display content to display them as part of your own site. A Wrapper will place an IFRAME into the content section of your website and wrap your standard template navigation around it so it appears in the same way a content item would.
Content Parameters
The parameters for each layout type can be found on the right hand side of the editor boxes in the menu item configuration screen. The parameters available depend largely on what kind of layout you are configuring.
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As with previous releases, Joomla! provides a unified and easy-to-use framework for delivering content for websites of all kinds. To support the changing nature of the Internet and emerging web technologies, Joomla! required substantial restructuring of its core functionality and we also used this effort to simplify many challenges within the current user interface. Joomla! 1.5 has many new features.
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Out of the box, Joomla does a great job of managing the content needed to make your website sing. But for many people, the true power of Joomla! lies in the application framework that makes it possible for thousands of developers around the world to create powerful add-ons that are called extensions. An extension is used to add capabilities to Joomla! that do not exist in the base core code. Here are just some examples of the hundreds of available extensions:
Dynamic form builders
Business or organisational directories
Document management
Image and multimedia galleries
E-commerce and shopping cart engines
Forums and chat software
Calendars
Email newsletters
Data collection and reporting tools
Banner advertising systems
Paid subscription services
and many, many more
You can find more examples over at our growing Joomla! Extensions Directory. Prepare to be amazed at the amount of exciting work produced by our active developer community!
You can read more about the specifics of these using the links in the article table of contents (another useful feature of Joomla!) at the top right or by clicking on the next link below.
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I'm an avid user of the extension, and a problem I tend to have is I forget to add an editor_content.css file to my template to give us the white editor background, because I tend to use dark colored "body" colors or graphical body backgrounds.I'm wondering if we can add a "white background" editor_content.css file as one of the starting base files in a future update. It would make me very happy.
As with previous releases, Joomla! provides a unified and easy-to-use framework for delivering content for Web sites of all kinds. To support the changing nature of the Internet and emerging Web technologies, Joomla! required substantial restructuring of its core functionality and we also used this effort to simplify many challenges within the current user interface. Joomla! 1.5 has many new features.
Joomla! makes it easy to launch a website of any kind. Whether you want a brochure site or you're building a large online community, Joomla! allows you to deploy a site in minutes and add functionality as you need it. The hundreds of extensions will expand your site and allow you to deliver new services that expand your reach into the Internet.
The one thing about a website, it always changes! Joomla! makes it easy to add article, content, images, videos and more. Site administrators can edit and manage content 'in-context' by clicking the 'edit' link. Webmasters can also edit content though a graphical administration panel that give you complete control over your site.
With a library of hundreds of free extensions, you can add what you need as your site grows. Don't wait, look through the Joomla! extensions library today.
The Widgetkit Slideset takes your product showcase to the next level. It provides a sleek way to show multiple sets of items and uses smooth effects while looping through them.
Features
Clean and very lightweight code
Eye-catching transition effects
Support of named custom sets
Swipe navigation on mobile phones
Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
Works with Joomla and WordPress
Slide Example
The sets are auto generated (4 items per set), item names are shown and it uses the slide effect and navigation buttons.
[widgetkit id=32]
Zoom Example
The sets are arranged manually, the sets names are used as navigation and it uses the zoom effect.
[widgetkit id=33]
Drops Example
The sets show the item names and it uses the drops effect and navigation buttons.
[widgetkit id=49]
Deck Example
This auto generated sets uses prev/next buttons as navigation and the deck effect.
[widgetkit id=43]
How To Use
The Widgetkit Slideset takes full advantage of the very user-friendly Widgetkit administration user interface. You can create and manage all the slidesets and their different items in one place. After you have created a slideset you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
The Widgetkit Accordion enables you to display a set of items in a compact space, by clicking on each items header it expands or collapses it's content section.
Features
Clean and very lightweight code
Smooth transitions on content section toggle
Option to match automatically the height of varying content
Option to auto collapse or allow multiple opened items
Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
Works with Joomla and WordPress
Example
[widgetkit id=30]
How To Use
The Widgetkit Accordion lets you easily create and manage all the accordions contents through the user-friendly Widgetkit administration user interface. After you have created an accordion you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
The Widgetkit Map provides a simple solution for adding a map to your website. Various features let you customize the map like changing colors and adding markers or directions.
Features
Location selection with auto geocoding
Support for multiple map markers with text popups
Option to get the direction to the active marker
Support for custom map styles and colors
Uses the latest Google Maps API
Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
Works with Joomla and WordPress
Direction Example
This map features all map controls, multiple markers and you can get the direction.
[widgetkit id=26]
Color Scheme Example
Set or invert the hue, saturation, lightness and gamma of a map.
[widgetkit id=28]
Minimal Example
This map has a fixed width, no controls and no markers.
[widgetkit id=29]
How To Use
With the Widgetkit Map you can quickly create and manage simple maps with features like multiple markers, text popups and custom color schemes. Once you have created a map you can load it anywhere on your website using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
The Widgetkit Gallery provides a smart and automated way to publish images on your website. You only need to select the image folders and the whole gallery is generated automatically.
Features
Comes with image wall, slider and slideshow styles
Folder based image selection
Support for multiple image folders
Automatic thumbnail creation
Support for image captions and custom links
Uses the Widgetkit Spotlight and Lightbox
Built with HTML5, CSS3, PHP 5.2+, and the latest jQuery version
Works with Joomla and WordPress
Showcase Box Example
This is an image showcase with eye-catching transition effects and a thumbnail navigation.
[widgetkit id=39]
Image Wall Example
This is an image wall with zoom effect, no margins and squared corners using the lightbox.
[widgetkit id=24]
Polaroid Example
This is an image wall with scattered polaroid pictures using the lightbox.
[widgetkit id=25]
Slider Example 1
This is an image slider where the image centers automatically during the effect. It also features a spotlight caption and the lightbox.
[widgetkit id=27]
Slider Example 2
This is an image slider where the image stays left during the effect.
[widgetkit id=31]
Slideshow Screen Example
This is an image gallery using the nice swipe effect from the slideshow widget.
[widgetkit id=48]
Slideshow Default Example
This is an image gallery using all the features from the slideshow widget.
[widgetkit id=19]
Showcase Example
This is a simple image showcase mashing up all the features from the slideshow and slideset widget.
[widgetkit id=40]
Spotlight Example
This is an image wall with some margins and rounded corners using the spotlight and lightbox.
[widgetkit id=23]
Slideset Example
This is an image gallery using all the features from the slideset widget.
[widgetkit id=44]
How To Use
The Widgetkit Gallery comes with a user-friendly administration user interface which let's you create new galleries with just a few clicks. The integrated directory browser let's you easily add or remove source directories of your images. All galleries can be loaded anywhere in your theme using shortcodes or the universal Widgetkit Joomla module or WordPress widget.
The Widgetkit Media Player is a HTML5 audio and video player completely built HTML and CSS. You can easily embed video files into your website by using the HTML5 video element. A Flash player fallback is included for all unsupported browsers.
Features
Native playback for modern HTML5 browsers
Supports MP4 (h.264), WebM, FLV, WMV and MP3 files
Completely built with HTML and CSS
Same UI in all browsers
Create your own skins
Flash player fallback for unsupported browsers
Works with Joomla and WordPress
Examples
This is a MP3 Audio Sample:
How To Use
Use the HTML5 video element to embed video in your website. For example:
The Widgetkit Twitter module is the neatest way to display tweets directly on your website. All displayed tweets get cached so they show up super fast, even if Twitter is not available.
Features
Filter tweets by hashtags, words, from users, to users, referencing users
Block tweets using a blacklist
Tweets are cached for high performance
Tweets show up even if Twitter is not available
3 different styles to show your tweets
Built with HTML5 using article and time elements
Works with Joomla and WordPress
How To Use
Create a Twitter module in Joomla or a Twitter widget in WordPress and publish it in a module position. A lot of options are available to choose which tweets you want to show.
For example you can show only tweets from a specific user or tweets that contain a certain hash-tag or a specific word. All options can be combined. To filter by more than one word or user use a space between them. For example: yootheme joomla.