Logo Editing

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The following is a step by step guide to customising your Ionosphere logo image by replacing the logo text with your own organization or company's name and logo.

Gantry sets the dimensions of the logo, so CSS modification is unnecessary.

Step 1 - Open the File

• Open the logo-source.png file in Adobe® Fireworks.

• In the right column, find Layers. Select the Web layers directory and click the eye icon to the left of the logo slice (the green object). This will make the slice invisible so you can edit the file.

Step 2 - Text/Slogan/Icon Editing

• Double click on the logo text. Now you can edit the text of logo to your choosing. Edit the icon as desired.

Step 3 - Slice Modification

• Reactivate the Slice in the Web Layers column, this will place a green rectangle over the logo image. Change the size of the slice (or move it) to match the new size if applicable.

Step 4 - Export

• Now you will want to export the logo. Right click on the image slice and select Exported Selected Slices... from the contextual menu. Export it to your computer.

Preset Styles

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Access the Style Control settings from: Admin → Extensions → Template Manager → (J1.5) rt_ionosphere_j15 or (J2.5) rt_ionosphere → Settings

Simple configure the options, then save and Gantry will automatically load the modified preset to your site.

• Accent Colors: Set the Accent Colors with Color Chooser and the Overlay : Light - Dark to determine the body shade/style
• Body Style: Set the Accent Colors with Color Chooser and the Overlay : Light - Dark to determine the body shade/style
• BackGround Style: carbon, noise, paper, plaid, squares, textile, triangles, elegant, grunge, dustnscratches, fibers; Set which background pattern set you wish to load
• Style Panel: Set the position of Style Panel; Default and recommended position is panel
• Load Transition: On - Off; Enable or disable the page loading transition animation effects
• Web Fonts: On - Off, Google Font Directory; WebFonts allow you to use 3rd party WebFonts from providers such as Google. You must SAVE then APPLY before the new fonts will show up in the Font Family dropdown.
• Font Settings: Select a font family from the available options and also choose a default font size
  • Font Family: Ionosphere, Geneva, Optima, Helvetica, Trebuchet, Lucida, Georgia, Palatino, or Various Google Fonts (dropdown)
  • Font Size: Default, Extra Large, Large, Small, Extra Small (dropdown)

With Gantry, the ability to assign a certain style to an individual page has never been easier and/or more efficient. Just follow these simple steps:

• (J1.5) Go to Extensions → Template Manager → rt_ionosphere_j15 → Menu Items → *Menu Item*
• (J2.5) Go to Extensions → Template Manager → rt_ionosphere → Assignments → *Menu Item*
  
  
• (J1.5) Select your preset from Presets → Style Presets, configure and save.
• (J2.5) Select your preset from Show Presets, configure and save.

About Joomla!

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What is Joomla?

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