Blog is a multi-module behemoth specifically created to turn Joomla into a full functioning multi-category blog. By using the display news module and taking advantage of the flexible content and module layout it is possible to create a complex blog style layout with very little effort. Check out the step by step instructions on the demo site for getting the best out of this template.

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  • Top menu top with a menu nav class -nav
  • Search uses  user4.
  • Main Menu Left uses left and is positioned on the left)
  • Tutorial Articles (Display News module) uses User 1 and is positioned underneath the left module.
  • Who's Online uses Right
  • Layout articles (Another display news module), and newsflash use User 2  and sits underneath the right module.
  • Banner (Sits above the content and below the top menu and uses the banner position)
  • User 3 uses newsflash and sits above the content in the middle column.
  • User 8 uses another newsflash and sits below the main conent in the middle column.
  • Latest News, popular and Example menu use User 5, 6 and 7 (using the module class -bottom)
  • Other Menu uses the bottom module position.


 

 

The focus here is on flexibility, with a unique configuration enabling different width left and right columns depending on which modules you have published.

Features

Overview

Blog is a fixed width, three column layout that validates to xhtml and css 2.0 web standards. It has a total of 13 module positions, most of them collapsible. The focus here is on flexibility, with a unique configuration enabling different width left and right columns depending on which modules you have published.


The key feature of this template is the flexible three column layout. As you can see from the items on the top menu it is possible to have a layout of three columns that is either the standard larger middle column with two smaller left and right columns or three equal columns. This achieved by selective publishing of module positions.

For instance when  the left, right, user 1 and user 2 modules are all published (or have a module published in that position) the columns are equal in width; but if only user 1 and user 2 are published you get a slightly wider middle column (main body) and two slightly thinner left and right columns.

The left and right columns are also collapsible, which means you can have a full width wrapper or full width article using only the top men or bottom modules for navigation. The template is also deisgned to reduce to two columns if you unpublish the left and user1 modules to have no left column or unpublish right and user 2 to have no right column.