Presentation on the template framework for Construct Unified by Matt Thomas. Presented at Joomla Dagen Nederland 2011 #jd11nl

1. Construct
A template framework for developers

2. Babs Gösgens

3. Babs Gösgens
• Webdeveloper sinds 1995

4. Babs Gösgens
• Webdeveloper sinds 1995
• Automotive, Retail, Corporate

5. Babs Gösgens
• Webdeveloper sinds 1995
• Automotive, Retail, Corporate
• Joomla sinds 2006

6. Babs Gösgens
• Webdeveloper sinds 1995
• Automotive, Retail, Corporate
• Joomla sinds 2006
• Contributor Molajo en Nooku

7. Construct Unified

8. Construct Unified
• Template framework

9. Construct Unified
• Template framework
• Created by a webdeveloper like us

10. Construct Unified
• Template framework
• Created by a webdeveloper like us
• No restrictions

11. Construct Unified
• Template framework
• Created by a webdeveloper like us
• No restrictions
• Fully customizeable

12. Templating, the old way

13. Templating, the old way
• Have you ever customized 3rd party
templates?

14. Templating, the old way
• Have you ever customized 3rd party
templates?
• Have you ever created multiple layouts?

15. Templating, the old way
• Have you ever customized 3rd party
templates?
• Have you ever created multiple layouts?
• What is your approach to keep your CSS
organized?

16. Construct, the features

17. Construct, the features
• Mobile device detection

18. Construct, the features
• Mobile device detection
• Google web fonts

19. Construct, the features
• Mobile device detection
• Google web fonts
• IE6 Support (CSS3, transparent PNG)

20. Construct, the features
• Mobile device detection
• Google web fonts
• IE6 Support (CSS3, transparent PNG)
• JQuery (noconflict)

21. Construct, the features

22. Construct, the features
• Joomla 1.6 XHTML overrides

23. Construct, the features
• Joomla 1.6 XHTML overrides
• Advanced theming

24. Construct, the features
• Joomla 1.6 XHTML overrides
• Advanced theming
• Extended template overrides

25. Construct, the features
• Joomla 1.6 XHTML overrides
• Advanced theming
• Extended template overrides
• Follows Joomla templating structure

26. Dynamic layouts

27. Dynamic layouts
• Component

28. Dynamic layouts
• Component
• Category

29. Dynamic layouts
• Component
• Category
• Section

30. Dynamic layouts
• Component
• Category
• Section
• Article

31. Dynamic layouts
• Component
• Category
• Section
• Article
• Menu item

32. Advanced theming

33. Advanced theming
• Group sets of extended layout and style
overrides

34. Advanced theming

35. Advanced theming
• Construct let’s you group overrides as an
advanced theme based on a selected
stylesheet:
mytheme.css
mytheme-com_content.php

36. Why Construct

37. Why Construct
• Dedicated CSS

38. Why Construct
• Dedicated CSS
• Less logic in template

39. Why Construct
• Dedicated CSS
• Less logic in template
• Full technical and creative freedom

40. Why Construct
• Dedicated CSS
• Less logic in template
• Full technical and creative freedom
• Easily extendible

41. Do you need this?

53. Yes.You probably do.

54. Let’s play...

55. Questions?

56. 50% discount
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57. Thank You.

58. Thank You.
• babs@crossinghippos.nl

59. Thank You.
• babs@crossinghippos.nl
• info@joomlaengineering.com