JV Times

In this age and day, information is power and time is money, and JV Times were designed to help those trying to create an e-newspaper on both

This template has everything readied for you: cool newspapers style design, a working default layout, various modules necessary for net-based newspaper like slide show already included.

In case you are not satisfied with the default look, JV Times also provided various tools that make layout modification easier.

Try it out and be surprised at how much time and effort it can save for you.

Downloading

Go to download page, then select appropriate files for your site development.

Download the Quickstart package if you are planning to make an entire new site with all included extension. The new site will be identical to demo site. All you need to do is to replace the demo content with yours.

Download the Extension-pack/ Theme version if you’ve already had an existing site and do not want to replace it or you only want to install the template without extensions or style. Installing with theme version will give you template with any extra extensions or data loss.

InstallATION

1. INSTALLATION WITH QUICK-START VERSION

view quickstart installation details

2. INSTALLATION ON YOUR JOOMLA

This installation procedure allows JV Times to be installed on an existing site (instead of creating entire new site). However, this method will not install included extensions, making it look different from the demo site

To install a Template version of JV Times take the following steps:

✔ Step 1: The first thing you need to do is to download JV Framework and JV Times Theme zip files.

✔ Step 2: Once you have JV Framework and JV Tiimes theme zip file downloaded on your computer, login to the administrative area of your Joomla website and upload & Install JV Framework the through the Extension Manager (Extensions -> Extension Manager). The process is the same for templates, modules, plugins and components.

If you are not familiar with Extensions (templates, modules, plugins and components) Installation, please check the following guide:

View Extension Installation Details

install JV Framework through extension manager

✔ Step 3: Once you have JV Framework installed, you need to install theme: Go to Component -> JV Framework -> Tab Themes-> Click Install theme -> Browse JV Times Theme Zip file to install

install theme through JV Framework

✔ Step 4: Once you have JV Times Theme installed in JV Framework, Go to Tab Styles -> Click New to add JV Times Theme to JV Framework Style

add new theme to JV Framework

✔ Step 5: Set default for JV Framework: In Tab Style, tick JV Times, then Click “Default”

MANAGING JV TIMES

1. THEME EDIT

With JV Framework, you can edit the theme’s files (.css, .xml, etc) via “Edit Theme”

Go to Themes Tab => Click JV Times to enter theme edit page

2. STYLE EDIT

Go to Style Tab => Click JV Times to enter Style Edit Page

In "Edit Style" page, you will see a list of following tabs: GLOBAL SETTING, LAYOUT MANAGER, MENU SYSTEM, COLOR, GOOGLE FRONT API, MOBILES, PERFORMANCE, USER TOOLS

Go to each tab to edit the parameters

edit template style with JV Framework

EXTENSION CONFIGURATION

In this part we will show you how to configure main installed Extensions. As mentioned in part I:

If you use quickstart package to install template you will have extensions installed.

If you install template on your Joomla, you have to install new extensions before you configure them

Please check the following guide to know how to install extensions

View Extension Installation Details

Go to Extensions => Module manager, select the module you want to assign and edit it. You can also use filter to find them easily.

1. JV SlideShow

You should take a look at JV SLideShow Overview first to have an overall view of the extension.

Click JV SlideShow in the list to manage JV SlideShow Module

Back-end settings:

2. JV HOTNEWS

You should take a look at JV Hotnews first to have a general understanding of the extension.

Back-end settings:

3. JV NEWS

You should take a look at JV News first to get a general understanding of the extension.

In JV Time, JV News is used in following modules: World News, Special Reports, Latest News & Event, Features & Analyst, Most Read, Other Top Stories

Back-end settings:

Front-end Appearance:

4. JV STOCK

Please visit JV Stock Overview if you want to know more about the Module

Back-end Settings: