Template Questions

[LTVX]

Hello all,

I'm kind of new to Joomla and I was asked by a friend of the family to help him out on his website. No I don't think this is such a big problem but I tried googling a solution and non of them worked. The following site runs on Joomla 1.6.3



Now this person wants the address and phone in the top header on the right (where I made a blue circle), and she wanted a new page added to her site which wasn't hard to do but now the menu bar now appears in two rows (red circle) I tried decreasing the font size in the CSS file but nothing worked.

Does anyone have a solution for both these problems?

Thanks in advance,

-LTVX

[Aidan38]

Hello,

for your "blue circle problem", I think you have a module position in this area. You just need to create a new module and publish it in this position.

If you use Joomla 1.6.3, you have to update to 2.5.7 (after a backup).

[ozneilau]

Hello,

For your "red circle" problem, you can reduce the horizontal padding to make all the menu options fit.

To do this, change the padding at line 441 in the CSS file at:

http://www.mondhygiene-amerbos.nl/templ ... mplate.css from this:

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#topmenu a {
    color: #969696;
    display: block;
    height: 19px;
    padding: 20px 24px;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

to this:

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#topmenu a {
    color: #969696;
    display: block;
    height: 19px;
    padding: 20px 16px;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-transform: uppercase;
}

You can use an extension like eXtplorer to edit files in Joomla or download and edit the file and upload the amended version using FTP.

Neil.

[LTVX]

Dear Aidan38 and ozneilau,

Thank you for your replies! My red circle issue has been resolved. But I'm still facing some issues with the blue circle problem. I have some additional questions regarding this issue.

1. If I were to update Joomla will the current template still be compatible?
2. The text which I intend to add is suppose to replace the text saying "geen afbeeldingen", I looked into the index.php of the template and the module for this position is called position-0. Is it possible to use this position to display the text?

Thanks in advance!

[ozneilau]

Hi,

1. The current template looks like it is compatible with Joomla 2.5. If you don't have the latest version installed already, consider upgrading to the latest version. It looks like it's a free download from: http://www.hurricanemedia.net/portfolio ... -hm02j1-7/

2. You can see the template positions at: http://mondhygiene-amerbos.nl/index.php?tp=1 and "geen afbeeldingen" is currently at module position "position-0". You should be able to find this in Extensions -> Module Manager where there is probably a Custom HTML module or similar. You should be able to edit this and change the text to whatever you want.

You should go ahead with the update to Joomla 2.5 but it is always best to do a backup first before such a significant update. Download the excellent free Akeeba Backup from http://akeebabackup.com if you don't have it installed already and run a backup before starting the update. According to https://www.akeebabackup.com/compatibility.html you should install Akeeba Backup version 3.2.7 while you are still on Joomla 1.6.

The most reliable way to update from Joomla 1.6 to Joomla 2.5 is to use Akeeba Admin Tools. This is also a free download from http://akeebabackup.com. According to https://www.akeebabackup.com/compatibility.html you should install Akeeba Admin Tools version 2.1.x while you are still on Joomla 1.6.

I hope this helps.

Neil.

[Per Yngve Berg]

Mod. Note: Relocated the topic from J1.5 to the J2.5 forum.

[LTVX]

Dear ozneilau,

Everything worked like a charm!
Thank you for your thoughtful replies and support.

LTVX

[ozneilau]

Thanks for letting us know!

Neil.