An overvview of the Construct Template development Framework from http://joomlaengineering.com

1. Construct Template Development Framework

2. Another framework? Evolving since January, 2009

4. Maximize Flexibility, Control And Customization

9. Template layout and styling fully customizable How does it work? Core, offline, error, mobile, mobile offline views Layouts and CSS can be overridden and customized

11. Semantic position names

13. Allows fine grain, dynamic customization Extended Template Overrides Override layout, dynamically add style sheets Global, view, section, category, component, item, article Cascade layouts / style sheets with nested categories

15. General Parameters Designer tools and aides Custom Style Sheet Enable layout, style inheritance

17. IE Support Targeted IE6 PNG transparency fix IE6-8 CSS3 Support

19. Deploy as is or make it your own Mobile / Tablet Support Responsive layout for various device sizes Assignable navigation position Layout can be overridden

20. Mobile / Tablet Support Base CSS mobile template Enhanced with jQuery Mobile (HTML5, CSS3) Comprehensive detection by The MobileESP Project Responsive, gracefully degradable

26. Typography Built-in, web safe font-family classes 3 freely assigned Google Web Fonts Relatively sized, body {font-size: 76%;} target(px) ÷ container (px) = result (em)

28. Future Plans “Akeeba” style support manual Drop in HTML5 support You tell me… Community driven feature set

29. Construct Template Development Framework Thank you!