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  • Core Template Features
  • Integrated RocketTheme Extensions
  • Advanced Menu Features
  • K2 Component Support
ImageRestructured Layout

The structure places the main content before the side columns in the code hierarchy, which is beneficial for SEO purposes, as your primary content is crawled first by the search engines such as Google.

ImageJavascript Form Styling

Form elements, such as checkboxes and radio icons, typically inherit their styling from the browser. However, with javascript, we can modify the elements for seamless integration of the forms, into the template style.

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ImageRokAjaxSearch

Ajax powered module, allowing for interactive search of both local Joomla pages and the web with its Google integration.

ImageRokTabs

Tabbed content module, perfect for maximising content exposure without sacrificing on site real estate. Built-in mootools effects.

ImageRokStories

Functional showcase module for displaying content items and their accompanying images in an interactive and versatile manner.

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ImageConfigurable Controls

A series of template parameters allow you to control all aspects of the menu from type such as Fusion Menu or no menu at all, to every aspects of the Fusion Menu animations, transitions and other controls / parameters.

ImageFusion Menu

Fusion Menu, an advanced dropdown based CSS menu. It supports both mootools powered transition and animation enhancements for its dropdown as well as a script-less format with basic, animation-less dropdowns.

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ImageCCK Application

K2 is a Content Construction Component (CCK) that expands the Joomla content manager well beyond its default capabilities

You need to disable the K2 Base CSS in its parameters for K2 to load the CSS from the Nexus template.

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Style Control

Nexus is divided into numerous sections, each of which are styled independently from one another. Therefore, you can easily mix 'n' match the various styles to match your desired purposes. This is all made quick and easy via template parameters in the Joomla Administrator.

Style Control

You need to set Preset Style to Custom in Extensions → Template Manager → rt_nexus_j15 for the configuration options to work.

The options are as follows, and the areas that they control are indicative in their name:-

  • Header Style: Light or Dark
  • Body Style: Light or Dark
  • Showcase Style: Light or Dark
  • Primary Style: Yellow, Light Blue, Blue, Dark Blue, Orange, Green, Silver, Brown, Red, Purple
  • Footer Style: Light or Dark

Creating your own Preset Styles

  • Login to the Joomla Administrator
  • Go to Extensions → Template Manager → rt_nexus_j15
  • Set Preset Style to Custom
  • Choose your desired style options
  • Hit Custom Style in the top right button menu
  • Copy the code from the Custom Style Output box.
  • Go to /templates/rt_nexus_j15/styles.php
  • Edit the code between array() with your copied code block
  • Save and upload
We recommend that you keep the original style1-style10 names and just modified the dark, light, colour references, for compatibility reasons.

Custom Fonts

Using the CSS font-face facility, Nexus can use non-standard fonts as you would expect from flash solutions such as sIFR. Using CSS increases performance and is wide reaching. The feature is IE compatible.
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K2 Component Support

K2 is a powerful content component that adds features and functions that are well beyond the constraints of the default Joomla Content Manager. Nexus provides individual CSS for this extension.
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RocketLauncher Available

ImageRapid Deployment

RocketLauncher is a complete Joomla install to replicate the demo, inclusive of the template, extensions, images and all the content.

35 Module Positions

ImageFlexible Layout

With a large assortment of positions, which are collapsible, Nexus can adapt to any layout or structure you would wish to use.

Integrated Extensions

ImageComplimentary Addons

A selection of integrated RocketTheme extensions to extend the features of Nexus such as RokAjaxSearch, RokStories and RokTabs.