Jun052009

Themes for Grid2

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The Grid2 Joomla template is built on the Zen Grid Framework and has an amazing amount of control when it comes to changing the way that your site looks.

The Grid2 template features an advanced customisation set of variables that give you an amazing amount of control over the templates appearance from the template admin.

1. Using the presets.

There are two methods to choose the theme for your Grid2 site. The first is via presets that function in the same way as previous Zen Grid compatible templates - ie a hilite css file provides the new colours on top of the base template composition. The css file responsible for the prests reside in the css/hilite folder of the Grid2 template.

Preset themes for Grid 2.

Black_Squares

Blue_Scratches

Blue_Squares

Board_Scratches

Brown_Scratches

Grid2_Dark

Grid2_Dark_Scratches

Grid2_Graph1

Grid2_Graph2

Grid2_Graph3

Grid2_Graph_Simple

Grid2_Graph_Simple2

Grid2_Light

Grid2_Light_Scratches

Grid2_Original_Wall

Grid2_Original_Wall_Icon

Grid2_Original_Wall_Texture

Grid2_Original_Wall_purple

Grid2_Original_White_Squares

Grid2_Original_White_Squares_LIght

2. Using the customisation options for Grid2.

The Zen Grid Framework v1.0.4 released in conjunction with Grid2 delivers a new flexible approach to controlling the theme elements in Zen Grid Compatible templates. The screenshot below highlights the options for controlling the appearance.

Grid2 comes with the option of controlling your theme via the following methods:

Please note that any images you would like used for the background must be uploaded to templates/grid2/images/background or templates/grid2/images/leftbackground for the left column. Once the images have been uploaded they will then be visible in the dropdown list for the background images. 

The options here are in addition to the standard css overrides available in the Zen Grid framework that make it possible to control the major elements on the page without editing any of your template files.

Read this knowledge base article for more information.

A screenshot of the options available for controlling the appearance in the Grid2 template.