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Ethereal: Recreating the Demo - Contact Page

Your Guide to Recreating Elements of the Ethereal Demo for Joomla


Introduction

The Contact 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.

1
Showcase - Custom HTML (Module)
2
Mainbar - Page Content
3
Sidebar - 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. Sidebar
  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 Contact - 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">Contact</h2>
    <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Keep in Touch with Us</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 is set to 60% width and both the Sidebar and Aside sections are set to 20%.

The page's content is sourced from a Single Contact menu item assigned to the outline. This creates the contact form as seen in our demo.

Settings used in our demo for each of these particles can be found below.

Page Content

Particle Settings

Field Setting
Particle Name Page Content

Block Settings

Field Setting
CSS ID Blank
CSS Classes nomarginall
Variations Box 2
Tag Attributes Blank
Block Size 100%

Aside Section

The Aside section is set to 20% width.

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 Contact Details
Show Title Hide
Position aside
Status Published

Custom Output

Enter the following in the Custom Output text editor.

<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block size-100">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <p><img src="/images/rocketlauncher/pages/contact/img-01.jpg" alt="image"></p>
      <p><strong>Ethereal</strong> is only available as part of the Club Subscription. Please use the RocketLauncher to install an equivalent of the demo onto your site.</p>
    </div>
  </div>  
</div>

<div class="g-grid">
  <div class="g-block size-100">
    <div class="g-content ">
      <h2 class="g-title">Contact Details</h2>
      <div class="g-contact ">
        <div class="g-contact-item">
          <div class="g-contact-icon"><span class="fa fa-phone fa-fw"></span></div>
          <div class="g-contact-label">Call Us</div>
          <div class="g-contact-text">+1(555)-555-555</div>
        </div>
        <div class="g-contact-item">
          <div class="g-contact-icon"><span class="fa fa-map-marker fa-fw"></span></div>
          <div class="g-contact-label">Office</div>
          <div class="g-contact-text">555 RocketTheme Blvd, CO</div>
        </div>
        <div class="g-contact-item">
          <div class="g-contact-icon"><span class="fa fa-envelope fa-fw"></span></div>
          <div class="g-contact-label">Say Hi</div>
          <div class="g-contact-text">hello@no-reply.com</div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </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 Got Billing and Payments Questions?
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">Got Billing and Payments Questions?</h2>
    <div class="g-layercontent-subtitle">Email Us for Questions Involving Payments, Billing, and Membership.</div>
    <a href="http://www.rockettheme.com/joomla/templates/ethereal" class="button button-2">Send Email</a>
</div>

Basic

Option Setting
Prepare Content No
Select a Background Image Blank

Advanced

Option Setting
Module Class Suffix flush center

Footer Section

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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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