I am unable to access the gantry template backend editor from the Template Manager page (on multiple templates). I get an all text page instead of the normal gantry editor with menus and buttons, etc. (see pasted text below).
blank Maelstrom for Joomla is a RocketTheme Joomla Template Club release featuring the revolutionary Gantry Joomla Template Framework, developed exclusively by RocketTheme to enable flexible and highly extensible template development.
Definition of Gantry
gan·try (gan′trē) noun
1. (RocketTheme) A framework used for assembling, building and maintaining a RocketTheme template
Overview of Gantry
Gantry is a sophisticated Joomla template framework with the sole intention of being the best platform to build a solid template with. Gantry takes all the lessons learned during the development of many RocketTheme templates and distills that knowledge into a single super-flexible framework that is easy to configure, simple to extend, and powerful enough to handle anything we want to throw at it.
Key Features
The Gantry framework is packed with many great features that enable the rapid development of feature-rich designs with a minimum amount of effort. We've also gone to great lengths to enhance the standard Joomla administration user interface to make configuring a Gantry-powered template easier than ever before. Check out a sampling of the features Gantry brings to the table:
* 960 Grid System (
960.gs
) for simple consistent layout. 12 and 16 column support
* Per-menu control over all Gantry functionality
* Ability to save/remove custom presets
* Built-in AJAX Support
* iPhone and iPod Touch mobile autotheme support
* Built-in Gantry RokGZipper to compress and combine Gantry JS and CSS files
* Cleaner more understandable index.php. All the complicated bits are handled for you in the Gantry core.
* Flexibility to configure up to 6 modules in row position.
* 65 base module positions in the Gantry core. These can be easily extended to add more
* 36 possible combinations for the layout of the mainbody/sidebars alone!
* Flexibility to configure different grid-size layouts based on number of published modules. You are not forced to use the same grid layout for every page
* 12 built-in Gantry Features like Logo, font-sizer, to-top smooth slider. Easily create your own to add more functionality with little coding required.
* Ability to force module display and 'blank' module positions for advanced module placement ability.
* Stunning new Admin interface providing better usability and control.
* Unique Layout controls allow you to configure your layout without having to do math or ever create a 'broken' layout.
* Layout controls provide visual representation of your front-end layout for simple and intuitive customization.
* Gantry is XML driven, adding another row of completely flexible module positions is as simple as editing one XML file.
* New flexible parameter system allows loading preset theme attributes and modifying for a custom design. Also support session and cookie level overriding for development.
* All new table-less HTML overrides based on the excellent GNU/GPLv2 overrides from YOOtheme (
www.yootheme.com
)
* New standard typography and Joomla core elements styling
* New advanced caching system makes using Gantry really fast!
* All configuration state is stored in params.ini and cached for speed.
* Optimized codebase with speed, size, and reuse core tenants of the framework design
Changelog
Version 1.5.0
* Initial Release
Menu Assignment
Menus: Cannot assign default template.
Parameters The parameter file /templates/rt_maelstrom_j15/params.ini is writable!
If your permissions are ok in Help > System info > Directory permissions then you have a conflicting plugin if you Joomla, Gantry and template installation is alright.
If you have Google pagespeed plugin, disable it. One more troublemaker could be different cache plugins...
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