JV Auriga

Demo & Downloading

Go to JV Auriga download area, There will be multiple files in the download page. Before selecting which file(s) to download, please consider what you are planning for your site development.

If you are setting up a new site, the Quick-Start version is the best choice, because it will install an entire new site with all associated extensions and styled to look like the template’s live demo.

If you already have a site and don’t want to replace it, or you only want the template without extensions and styling, the Theme version will be your choice. Installing a theme will give you only a new template/theme without any extra extension or data loss.

If the file you downloaded has ‘unzip_first’ in its name, please extract it before continuing with the installation.

Installation

1. Installing JV Auriga template with Quick star version:

2. Installation with template/ theme version

You will need to install a theme managing component called JV Framework before you can install JV Auriga as a theme.

Installing JV Framework

Click on JV Frame Work download on the upper right corner, just under user menu.

In the new page, select the version(s) you need and click download. There are different versions for Joomla! 1.5 and Joomla 1.7.

Please note that from JV Framework version 4.5 and newer, the ‘install file’ can be used for all version of Joomla!.

If the file you downloaded has ‘unzip_first’ in its name, remember the extract the file before continue installing. The resulting file(s) from extracting an ‘unzip_first’ file will be called ‘install file(s)’ henceforth,

Log into your joomla! back end, select extension manager (Joomla! 1.7) or Install/Uninstall (Joomla! 1.5) from extension manager menu.

On install tab, type the path to your file into the blank field of ‘install from package’ section or click on ‘browse’ to find it manually

Click on ‘Upload & Install’.

Now you can find ‘JV Framework” from the component menu.

Installing JV Auriga theme

Version 4.4 (1.5.4.4 or 1.7.4.4) or older:

Rename your install file and remove the number at the end, leaving only the theme’s name.

From back end, access JV Framework from component menu.

Inside JV Framework theme manager page, click on the upload theme button.

Type the path to your file into the blank field or click on browse to find the theme manually.

Click on install to finish uploading the new theme.

Version 4.5 or newer:

From back end, access JV Framework from component menu.

Click on tab ‘Theme manager’ tab.

Inside JV Framework Theme manager page, click on the ‘Install theme’ button.

Type the path to your file into the blank field or click on browse to find the theme manually.

Click on install to finish uploading the new theme.

Installing manually:

Extract the theme’s ‘install file’.

Copy the resulting folder to <templates\jv-framework\themes> within your site’s source folder.

Return to JV Framework’s theme manager in your site’s back end and check your theme list.

Managing JV Auriga

For the basic functions of JV Framework, please refer to JV Framework User guides

The main difference between themes when using JV Framework is the position layout. The following image will show the default layout of JV Auriga:

Extensions of JV Auriga:

If you used the Quick-start version of JV Auriga template, the following extensions will be included, styling included. For a JV Auriga theme user, you would have to download and install these extensions manually:

.1 JV Slide Pro

To replicate the Demo site, this module should be assigned to the position ‘Slide’ on all pages.

Prepare a folder where you store the images you wanted to use. If you wanted to display thumbnails for your slides, create a “thumbnails” folder within the image folder and store the resized images you want to use as thumbnails there .

Within your site back end, go to Module Manager and click on the module’s name.

Inside Module mod, set the location to your image folders, select your source and set the parameters.

Set the module to published/enable and select the pages where you want to display it.

Save the setting and click on Preview (Joomla! 1.5) or View Site (Joomla! 1.7).

For the parameters’ effects, please read JV Slideshow User Guide

To replicate the Demo site, make a module named ‘Popular news’ base on this module, then assign them to the pages: News (from Main menu as well as Footer menu) and Popular News.

The parameter of this module in a quick-start version would look like the following image:

For the parameters’ effects, please read the JV News User Guide

One you are done, save the setting and click on Preview (Joomla! 1.5) or View Site (Joomla! 1.7), then open the news menu item to see the result.

Aside from menu modules and the above downloadable, to replicate the demo site, you will also need to create these modules:

• “Breadcrumbs”: Module type ‘Breadcrumbs’, assigned to the position ‘Breadcrumbs’ on all pages
• “Latest news”: Module type ‘Latest News’, assigned to the position ‘right’ on the pages: News (from Main menu as well as Footer menu) and Popular News.

• Login Form: Module type ‘Login’, assigned to the position ‘right’ on the ‘home’ page (both on Main and Footer menu)

• Search: Module type ‘Search’, assigned to the position ‘search’ on all pages.