Elxis templates guide
Elxis template guide is a complete template creation and modification guide for Elxis CMS written by Ioannis Sannos and Dejan Viduka. The guide is also an Elxis CSS reference list. The guide is provided for free in PDF format and is written in English. Official anouncement and download page: Elxis templates guide at Elxis Downloads Center
Table of contents
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1. What is Elxis CMS and where I can get it?
- 1.2. What this guide is for?
- 1.3. Why templates are important?
- 1.4. Requirements
- 1.5. Preparation
- 2. The template package
- 2.1. Template files structure
- 2.2. Template files
- 2.2.1. index.php
- 2.2.2. template_css.css
- 2.2.3. Images and JavaScript
- 2.2.4. template_thumbnail.png
- 2.2.5. templateDetails.xml
- 2.3. Template XML metadata file
- 3. Template layout (Fixed)
- 4. Modules
- 4.1. Load module by position
- 4.1.1. $position
- 4.1.2. $style
- 4.1.3. Examples
- 4.2. Load module by type
- 5. Menus
- 5.1. What is a menu?
- 5.2. Control menu appearance
- 5.3. Create your first menu
- 6. Rounded corners
- 6.1. The Box model
- 6.2. Curving box corners
- 6.3. Rounded corners without border
- 6.4. Rounded corners with border
- 7. Individual styling
- 7.1. CSS class suffixes (currently not available)
- 8. Elxis modules CSS reference
- 8.1. Module Archive
- 8.2. Module Banners
- 8.3. Module Frontpage
- 8.4. Module Language
- 8.5. Module Latest News
- 8.6. Module Login/Logout
- 8.7. Module Main Menu
- 8.8. Module Most Read
- 8.9. Module News Flash
- 8.10. Module Poll
- 8.11. Module Random Image
- 8.12. Module Random Profile
- 8.13. Module Related Items
- 8.14. Module RSS Feeds
- 8.15. Module Search
- 8.16. Module Sections
- 8.17. Module Stats
- 8.18. Module Template Chooser
- 8.19. Module Top Weblink
- 8.20. Module Who Is Online
- 8.21. Module Wrapper
- 9. Optimize template for SEO
- 9.1. Headers
- 9.2. XHTML and CSS valid
- 9.3. Content first
- 10. Advanced tips
- 10.1. Hiding columns
- 10.2. Printing
- 10.3. JavaScript integration
- 11. Help on the web
Version: 0.4
Author: Ioannis Sannos (IOS) & Dejan Viduka
Format: PDF
Language: English
Pages: 45
Filesize: 0.8MB
This guide is provided for free and without any guarantee.
Re-publication, re-distribution, print and usage of whole or part of this book by another guide,
without the written permission of the authors, is prohibited.
