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Angels struggling on and off the field following Adenhart tragedy

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels returned home Tuesday and found the shrine still sitting at the front of the stadium, the T-shirts still hanging untouched in the locker, all the painful reminders right where they had left them. When starting pitcher Nick Adenhart died in a car accident April 9, centerfielder Torii Hunter said that the field would serve as a sanctuary, the one place where the Angels could put aside their grief. Then the Angels went 1-5 on the road, falling to the bottom of the American League West, and it became clear that there was no easy escape.

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[readon1 url=»http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/lee_jenkins/04/22/angels.roughstart/index.html?eref=T1″]Source: CNN[/readon1]

The civil servant arrested for leaking Home Office documents to the Tories has said he does not regret doing so as he believed it was in the public interest.

Christopher Galley also told the BBC he was only responsible for four of the 20 documents leaked over two years. Mr Galley and the MP who received the papers have been told they will not be charged, after a five-month inquiry.

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[readon1 url=»http://news.bbc.co.uk»]Source: BBC[/readon1]

What is the PNGfix?

If you have ever opened a webpage with a transparent PNG in Internet Explorer 6, you will see an obvious problem. The images do not appear transparent but adopt a light blue background, which is unsightly to say the least. This is the purpose of the PNGfix, to allow transparent PNG images to work correctly in the web browser Internet Explorer 6. A common way around this is to use a range of different Joomla! extensions which can be applied to your site. However, this is already built in to new RocketTheme templates (the fix already provides other solutions to various other IE6 issues). The author of this new PNGfix is Drew Diller.

[readon url=»http://www.dillerdesign.com/experiment/DD_belatedPNG/»]Learn More[/readon]

Below is a list of all the Rocket Theme Templates which have the PNGfix described above, incorporated into it. Also, all new templates releases will contain this as it has become an recurrent feature.

1. SolarSentinel
2. Mynxx
3. Meridian
4. Akiraka
5. Mixxmag

How do I use the PNGfix?

To apply the PNGfix to a particular image, all you need to do is add a class, png. We have an example of image HTML code below:-

<img src="image.png" alt="Image" />

Now add class=»png» to the code such as:-

<img src="image.png" alt="Image" class="png" />

[span class=alert]Uninstall all other PNGfixes before using the template version, that includes plugins you may have installed into Joomla as they will conflict with the template fix[/span]

How to remove the PNGfix

If you wish to remove the PNGfix from the template, you have to remove the file and remove the reference from the rt_head_includes.php file. The file is called DD_belatedPNG.js and is located in the /templates/rt_solarsentinel_j15/js directory. You would then remove the following from the rt_head_includes.php file:-

<script src="<?php echo $this->baseurl; ?>/templates/<?php echo $this->template?>/js/DD_belatedPNG.js"></script>
<script>
    DD_belatedPNG.fix('.png');
</script>

The demo for SolarSentinel utilises a large stock of custom code and styling to make the most of every content item and show what SolarSentinel can do. This basically means that the HTML used in the custom modules and content have customisations
which employ the characteristics of the template to make the «perfect» content.

This demo content section will take you through some of the content areas and general techniques used to further your understanding and help you realise the true potential of SolarSentinel. If you would like to quickly deploy a replica of our SolarSentinel demo for a new Joomla site, be sure to check out our RocketLauncher package.

Frontpage Leading Article

The following statement produces the leading article on the Frontpage, which is using RokCandy syntax:

[fpleading url="#" img="images/stories/latest1.jpg" label="Full Story" vlabel="Video" vurl="#" title="Obama reverses Bush-era stem cell policy" subheader="Federal funding ban on stem cell research lifted"]Mr Obama signed an executive order in a major reversal of US policy, pledging to "vigourously support" new research.[/fpleading]

Frontpage Sub Article

The following statement produces the sub article on the Frontpage, which is using RokCandy syntax:

[fpsub url="#" img="images/stories/latest2.jpg" label="Full Story" vlabel="Video" vurl="#" title="Drugmakers unite in $41.1 billion deal"]Merck, Schering-Lough deal gives companies more firepower in a competitive industry.[/fpsub]

Media Headlines

The following statement produces the Media Headlines module on the Frontpage, which is using RokCandy syntax:

[inset2 img="images/stories/inset1.jpg" url="#" title="Video" label="More Videos..." icon="video" width="210" /]

[inset2 img="images/stories/inset2.jpg" url="#" title="Photos" label="More Photos..." icon="photo" width="210" /]

Video

The following statement produces the video showcase as seen on Logo Tutorial page, which is using RokCandy syntax:

[video url="images/video/logo.mov" title="RokCandy Video Tutorial" img="images/stories/logo-editing-video.jpg" header="RokCandy Video Tutorial" label="Watch Now!"]Learn how to edit the template logo using Adobe Fireworks.[/video]

Read More Buttons

Read more buttons are automatically generated for content items that use the intro and main text option. However, you can easily insert them manually as witnessed on this demo. Use the following code:

[readon url="insert link here"]Read More...[/readon]

[readon1 url="insert link here"]Read More...[/readon1]

The following is a step by step guide to customising your SolarSentinel logo image by replacing the logo text with your own organisation or company’s name and logo.

[span class=attention]In order to utilise the Fireworks Source PNG included with the solarsentinel template release, you will need Adobe Fireworks. The 30-day free trial of this software as well as more information is available here at the Adobe website.[/span]

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One of the first steps of customising your new SolarSentinel template will undoubtedly be altering the logo text to reflect the name of your company / organisation. RocketTheme makes this process a simple one by including both the Source PNG for the template, as well as the font(s) used.

The most effective way to customise the logo is to use the included Source PNG file. When opened in Adobe Fireworks, this file contains all of the Layers in the design allowing you to tweak and change any of the image elements of the template design. The following steps will help you quickly get your new logo ready to go:

Step 1

First, open the solarsentinel-headerfooter-source.png file in Adobe Fireworks. On the right side, you will notice a taskbar named Layers. Inside this column, a list of elements within the source will appear, divided into folders. The first is Web Layers which controls the green slices on the page that are used to export the images. Click the eye which is immediately left to the folder name Web Layers to make it invisible. This allows you to edit the logo.

Step 2

Next, double click on the logo. This will activate the text tool so you can edit the element. Highlight the entire text box with your cursor and type your text instead (such as your company name.)

You will notice the crescent icon above the logo name, you can keep it but in this guide we shall remove it.

Step 3

Next, reactivate the Web Layers slice. As you did in the initial step, select the eye icon to make it visible and subsequently making the slices visible on the canvas. Select the logo slice, either on the canvas itself or in the Web Layers folder. If you find the slice is too small, hover your cursor over the blue points around the slice and drag it to a new size.

Step 4

To export your logo, right click on the green slice that is situated above your new logo. A popup menu should appear with numerous options. The value we want to deal with is «Export Selected Slice…». As the name suggests, this option will export/save this slice only out of the entire source window.

Step 5

If you are new to Fireworks, you may be wondering why it appears that there is only one style variation in the source. This is not the case as we take advantage of the Frame features of Fireworks. You need to simply switch frames to see all the other style variation sources.

There are a few ways to change frames and we will show 2 methods that you can use.

In the right column where you find the Layers toolbar including the Web Layers area, you should see another tab/toolbar named Frames. Just left click on the title Frames to enter the frames area. Then you can click on either of the frames which are named to show which style variant is on that particular frame.

The second method is the most easiest and simplistic. At the bottom of the Fireworks canvas is a row of buttons, arrows just as previous and next. Select the arrows to switch between frames.

[span class=attention]By default, the source should set the export file format to PNG32. If this is not the case, you will need to change your Fireworks export settings. Firstly, expand the Optimise & Align taskbar in the upper right of Fireworks. From the available dropdowns, select PNG32.[/span]

Step 6

Once you have successfully edited then exported your new logo, you will need to upload it to your server. This process is best done via a FTP client such as Filezilla

1. Open your FTP client on your local computer.
2. Login to your web server where SolarSentinel is installed.
3. Navigate to the /templates/rt_solarsentinel_j15/images/header/*style* directory.
4. Upload logo.png (and any other logo related images) to this directory (You may need to browse on the local panel in the FTP client to find where you have exported your logo).
5. Clear your browser cache before viewing such as using the keyboard commands on Windows, Ctrl+F5.

[span class=attention]
Ensure that you are uploading the correct logo to avoid confusion if it does not change. Also take into account hosting permissions. Sometimes, hosts which are not designed for Joomla may have permissions not suited for the setup, thus, the upload will not be complete. In this case, contact your hosting provider.
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A guide to the many configurable options that can be configured in the template manager.

Preset Style

The template is bundled with 10 pre-made style variants that can be easily and quickly chosen from the template configuration. There is also an option for Custom which you will choose if you do not wish to use the preset styles.

[span class=attention]NOTE: The various options will not work unless you click Custom in the Preset Styles section.[/span]

Colour Chooser Options

If you selected Custom in the Preset Styles option, you will now have a choice of several options to customise your sites colour scheme. Therefore, you can either manually type your desired colour into the input field or select the colour from the popup.

The names of the various selections denote the area that they apply to.

[span class=alert]Click the Custom Styles button in the toolbar to output your custom style configuration into the Custom Config output box, underneath all the params. You will use these values in the styles.php file to customise your own defaults.[/span]

Display Frontpage Component

This setting allows you to select whether the frontpage area (where content items are placed) is active or not. This is useful if you wish to have an entirely modular frontpage and no article-based content.

IE6 Warning

Warn your visitors using Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a more secure version with this toggle. This option activates a javascript based dropdown in IE6 at the top of the template where a description of why IE6 is a redundant browser is visible. The warning will only appear once as it is stored via a cookie.

Font Family

You can choose which font you would like to use for your entire website, these are all web standard fonts.

Font Spans

Set to Enable or Disable Font Spans. Font Spans refer to the multi-coloured effect on titles, such as module headers.

Input Style

Set to Enable or Disable Input Styles. This is the javascript enabled custom styling for radio icons and similar inputs such as in the Poll. You can see these icons in the params above.

Template Width

This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the template itself, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Left Inset Width

This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Right Inset Width

This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Splitmenu Location

One of the template’s menu options is splitmenu which displays the first level items in the horizontal menu bar and the 2nd in a side column module. This option allows you to choose between the left column or the right column.

Default Font

This option allows you to choose what the font size will be, you have 3 options to choose from, these are small, default and large.

Show Date

Choose whether the date, in the upper left of the template appears.

Client Side Date

Select whether the date is server based or based on the time and date of your visitors computer.

Show Main Logo

Choose whether the logo area has the template logo image, or is the logo module position. If this option is set to no and there are no modules assigned to the logo area, it will collapse completely.

Show Logo Slogan Text

Choose whether the slogan, to the right of logo appears.

Slogan Text

Enter the text you wish to appear for the slogan.

Show Copyright

Choose whether the copyright area has the RocketTheme logo image, or is the footer module position. If this option is set to no and there are no modules assigned to the footer area, it will collapse completely.

Show Text Size Controls

This setting allows you to disable the text size controls in the upper right of the template.

Show Top Button

This setting allows you to disable the top button in the lower right of the template.

Mootools / Javascript Compatibility

Enable or disable js compatibility mode for better compatibility with non mootools based js libraries. Warning, setting to «true» will cause several js template features to not work properly.

Menu Type

SolarSentinel is bundled with 4 menu options, 3 of which are integrated menu approaches. These are splitmenu, moomenu, suckerfish and module. Splitmenu displays the 1st level menu items in the horizontal bar and the 2nd in the side column; moomenu and suckerfish display the menu items in dropdown lists with moomenu having a javascript powered approach; and the module options turns the menu bar into the toolbar module position so you can insert modules into the area (this will disable the menu however). You can also select none so the entire horizontal menu does not appear.

Drop Down Rows per Column

The maximum number of menu item rows per column. Applicable only to MooMenu and Suckerfish, as well as second+ menu levels.

Drop Down Columns

The number of columns for a dropdown. Applicable only to MooMenu and Suckerfish, as well as second+ menu levels.

Multi-Column Level

The menu level that is affected by the multiple column dropdown affect. Set to 0 to affect all dropdown levels or set a number greater than 0 to specify a particular level with the multiple column function. Applicable only to MooMenu and Suckerfish.

Menu Name

The following parameter controls which Joomla menu is loaded for the horizontal navigation bar, by default this is mainmenu but you can change it to whatever menu such as othermenu.

The following is a guide that covers how to set up your new template on your Joomla site. Here you can find an overview of the files included in the SolarSentinel release and instructions on installing and activating the template in your Joomla install.

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Video Tutorial Currently Available!
Launch the Joomla Template Installation Video Tutorial now!
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Downloading the necessary files

The first step is to download all the necessary files needed for installation, setup and configuration. Below is a summary of each of the available packages for the SolarSentinel release.

[list class=bullet-1][li]SolarSentinel Template (rt_solarsentinel_j15.tgz) This file is the template package you will use to install your template into Joomla.[/li]

[li]SolarSentinel Custom Extensions (solarsentinel-extensions-j15.zip) This package contains each of the individual custom extensions included in the SolarSentinel template release.[/li]

[li]SolarSentinel Source PNG(s) (solarsentinel-sources.zip) This zip contains the source PNG(s) for making modifications and customisations to the images in the template (and if applicable, the font used for the logo). You will need an image editing software (preferably Adobe/Macromedia Fireworks) to utilise the Source PNG files. [/li]

[li]SolarSentinel RocketLauncher (Joomla_RT_SolarSentinel_j15.zip) This is the RocketLauncher pack for SolarSentinel which is a complete and separate Joomla install which has the template pre-installed and configured. Similarly, the demo content is injected and the extensions are also pre-installed.[/li][/list]

Step 1 – Using the Joomla installer

Navigate to the Joomla administrator (http://yoursite.com/administrator) for your site. Along the top menu bar, go to Extensions → Install/Uninstall. Next, select the browser button and locate the rt_solarsentinel_j15.tgz package on your computer that you downloaded. Then, click Upload File & Install. After installation, an introduction page will appear with the template’s name, description and thumbnail, select Continue when this page appears. You should now see rt_solarsentinel_j15 in the list of installed templates.

Step 2 – Making SolarSentinel Default

In the Joomla Administrator, navigate to Extensions → Template Manager. You will be directed to a page which lists all the installed templates. Locate rt_solarsentinel_j15 in the list. Select the radio button / circular icon to the left of the name. Then select the Default in button menu in the top right area of the Administrator. The SolarSentinel template will now be the default template on your Joomla site.

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=59&Itemid=70″ img=»images/tutorials/icon1.png» title=»Installation» label=»Read More…»]An overview of template files and instructions for installing and activating the template.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=60&Itemid=71″ img=»images/tutorials/icon2.png» title=»Extensions» label=»Read More…»]Learn all about the included custom modules and how to configure them for your site.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=61&Itemid=72″ img=»images/tutorials/icon3.png» title=»Menu Options» label=»Read More…»]An overview of the menu options including the top menu icon configuration.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=73″ img=»images/tutorials/icon4.png» title=»Configuration» label=»Read More…»]A guide to the many configurable options that can be selected within the template manager.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=74″ img=»images/tutorials/icon5.png» title=»Using Typography» label=»Read More…»]A guide to using the included the typography styles for your site.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=75″ img=»images/tutorials/icon6.png» title=»Demo Content» label=»Read More…»]A look at some of the modules and techniques used in the demo content on the frontpage of this demo.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=63&Itemid=76″ img=»images/tutorials/icon7.png» title=»Logo Editing» label=»Read More…»]An overview for customizing your logo and replacing the logo text with your organization or company name and logo.[/tutorial]

[tutorial url=»index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=66&Itemid=77″ img=»images/tutorials/icon8.png» title=»IE6 PNG fix» label=»Read More…»]An overview of how to utilise and understand the Internet Explorer 6 PNG fix.[/tutorial]

[contentheading]More SolarSentinel Template Tutorials[/contentheading]

Continue learning how to configure and customize the SolarSentinel template with the following guides and tutorials available in the RocketTheme members forum board.

• Change side column width
• Adding a header position
• Change template text
• Logo Changes
• Disable the Template Scripts
• Removing/Editing Logo/Footer Links