Recommendations for an aspiring template designer
-
-
- ZioRiP
- Hero Rocketeer
- Posts: 282
- Thanks: 0
-
Hello everybody, after a number of years using Joomla! I have decided that it may be time that I start applying some bit of HTML and CSS (that I have been studying for some weeks along with javascript and php).
I have no experience at all, I love Gantry as I am used to it and I have decided to rebuild the template of my personal website that is now using Acacia.
I have installed a Gantry template after reading a big slice of documentation (I just miss things that I still don't plan to use in the advanced section).
I have successfully added a custom position below the header, still in the 'Header' div.
I have noticed that there is a style, and wow, there are a lot of style files in the style folders.
I have also noticed that I can probably override everything with a file called grid-responsive.css in its folder, but I was wondering if there is any kind of resets for the existing style or what I should delete (if I should) in order to have a completely blank environment to style.
Also, if you have any other advices, I'll be happy to hear from any of you as this is my very very first experience
Thanks in advance. - Last Edit: 10 years 6 months ago by ZioRiP.
-
-
-
- Matt
- Preeminent Rocketeer
- Posts: 22291
- Thanks: 3228
- messin' with stuff
-
same as with RT Templates I wouldn't ever recommend editing core Gantry CSS files... you can instead use Custom CSS or Custom LESS files...
This is how to create a custom CSS override file compatible with Gantry 4...
Simply create a file called "<TEMPLATENAME>-custom.css" and put this file in the CSS folder of the template (where <TEMPLATENAME> is the name of the template as seen in template manager e.g. rt_gantry). GANTRY4 will automatically load this CSS file. If you wish, you can also have browser specific files by appending, for example, "-ie9" making the filename "<TEMPLATENAME>-custom-ie9.css"
More here: www.gantry-framework.org/documentation/j...custom_stylesheet.md
Even more here: www.rockettheme.com/forum/free-joomla-st...-or-less-custom-file
I've built a couple "raw" Gantry sites with the base Gantry template... I much prefer to use RT Templates and restyle them as I want... it's nice to not have to style a complicated menu system and to have consistent geometry throughout the site to work with which is why I prefer starting with RT Templates... but there's nothing too tricky about the base Gantry Template and it's a good exercise to beef up your code skills
- SEARCH the forum first! These boards are rich in knowledge and vast in topics. This includes searching just the 'Solved' forums, using Google, and using ChatGPT
-
Time to create page: 0.055 seconds