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Ethereal: Recreating the Demo - About Us Page

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Ethereal Demo for Joomla


Introduction

The About Us example page demonstrates how you can create a beautiful page with the Ethereal template. Here is some information to help you replicate this page as it appears in the demo.

Modules and Particles

Below is a brief rundown of the modules and particles used to make up the demo page.

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Showcase - Custom HTML (Module)
2
Mainbar - Page Content
3
Extension - Custom HTML (Module)
4
Bottom - Custom HTML (Module)
5
Footer - Custom HTML (Module)
6
Footer - Custom HTML (Module)
7
Footer - Custom HTML (Module)
  1. Showcase
  2. Mainbar
  3. Extension
  4. Bottom
  5. Footer

Showcase Section

This area of the page is a Custom HTML module. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Any mod_custom (Custom HTML) modules are best handled using either RokPad or no editor as a WYSIWYG editor can cause issues with any code that exists in the Custom Output field.

Custom HTML (Module)

Details

Field Setting
Title About Us - Header
Show Title Hide
Position showcase-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-layercontent g-layercontent-small">
    <h2 class="g-layercontent-title">About Us</h2>
    <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Who We Are</div>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix flush center

Mainbar Section

The Mainbar section includes the About Us article, displayed through the Page Content particle. Here are the settings found in the About Us article.

Option Setting
Title About Us
Alias about-us
Status Published
Featured No
Category Sample Pages

Content Body

<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block flush center size-100">
    <div class="g-content">
      <div class="g-layercontent g-layercontent-small">
        <h2 class="g-layercontent-title">
          Why You Should Join Us
        </h2>
        <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">
          Choose the theme that suits your needs. 100% satisfaction guaranteed.
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block flush size-100">
    <div class="g-content">
      <div class="g-grid center">
        <div class="g-block nopaddingall">
          <div class="g-content">
            <img alt="image" src="/images/rocketlauncher/pages/about-us/img-01.jpg">
            <h2 class="g-title">
              Introduction
            </h2>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="g-block nopaddingall">
          <div class="g-content">
            <img alt="image" src="/images/rocketlauncher/pages/about-us/img-02.jpg">
            <h2 class="g-title">
              Mission
            </h2>
          </div>
        </div>
        <div class="g-block nopaddingall">
          <div class="g-content">
            <img alt="image" src="/images/rocketlauncher/pages/about-us/img-03.jpg">
            <h2 class="g-title">
              Business
            </h2>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Extension Section

This area of the page is a Custom HTML module. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Any mod_custom (Custom HTML) modules are best handled using either RokPad or no editor as a WYSIWYG editor can cause issues with any code that exists in the Custom Output field.

Custom HTML (Module)

Details

Field Setting
Title Sophisticated - Responsive - Powerful
Show Title Hide
Position extension-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-dashboard fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Sophisticated</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-arrows-alt fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Responsive</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="g-block box-grey size-33-3">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title"><span class="fa fa-sliders fa-fw fa-2x"></span> Powerful</h2>
      <p>Dynamically procrastinate B2C users after installed base benefits.</p>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix Blank

Bottom Section

This area of the page is a Custom HTML module. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Any mod_custom (Custom HTML) modules are best handled using either RokPad or no editor as a WYSIWYG editor can cause issues with any code that exists in the Custom Output field.

Custom HTML (Module)

Details

Field Setting
Title We Always Try to Create a Difference
Show Title Hide
Position bottom-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-layercontent">
    <h2 class="g-layercontent-title">We Always Try to Create a Difference</h2>
    <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Versatile and Flexible Features Powered by the Gantry Framework.</div>
    <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla/templates/ethereal" class="button button-2">Download Ethereal</a>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix flush center

Footer Section

1
Custom HTML (Module) 1
2
Custom HTML (Module) 2
3
Custom HTML (Module) 3

This area of the page is made up of three Custom HTML modules spanning three different module positions: footer-a, footer-b, and footer-c. You will find the settings used in our demo below.

Any mod_custom (Custom HTML) modules are best handled using either RokPad or no editor as a WYSIWYG editor can cause issues with any code that exists in the Custom Output field.

Custom HTML (Module) 1

Details

Field Setting
Title About Ethereal
Show Title Show
Position footer-a
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<p>All demo content is for sample purposes only, intended to represent a live site.</p>

<p>The sample pages are intended to show how Ethereal can be constructed on your site.</p>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix Blank

Custom HTML (Module) 2

Details

Field Setting
Title Newsletter
Show Title Show
Position footer-b
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-newsletter">
  <div class="g-newsletter-headtext">
    Subscribe to our newsletter and stay updated on the latest developments and special offers!
  </div>
  <form onsubmit="window.open('http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=rocketthemeblog', 'popupwindow', 'scrollbars=yes,width=550,height=520');return true" target="popupwindow" method="post" action="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify" class="g-newsletter-form">
    <input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email Address" class="g-newsletter-inputbox"> <input type="hidden" name="uri" value="rocketthemeblog"> <input type="hidden" value="en_US" name="loc"> <input type="submit" value="Join" class="g-newsletter-button button button-3" name="Submit">
  </form>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix Blank

Custom HTML (Module) 3

Details

Field Setting
Title Sample Sitemap
Show Title Show
Position footer-c
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-grid">
    <div class="g-block">
        <ul class="nomarginall noliststyle">
            <li><a href="/index.php">Home</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=1&amp;Itemid=105">Features</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Typography</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Particles</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=3&amp;Itemid=107">Variations</a></li>
        </ul>
    </div>
    <div class="g-block">
        <ul class="nomarginall noliststyle">
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=2&amp;Itemid=106">Buttons</a></li>
            <li><a href="/?amp;view=article&amp;id=4&amp;Itemid=111">Pages</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/docs/joomla/templates/ethereal">Guide</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/forum/joomla-template-ethereal">Support</a></li>
            <li><a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla/templates/ethereal">Download</a></li>
        </ul>       
    </div>  
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix Blank

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