J1.5:Customising the JA Purity template/customisations/Using a single image for header and logo

Revision as of 14:05, 28 December 2009

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The original JA Purity template was provided from JoomlArt.com as a zip but the latest files have been installed along with Joomla. The relevant files, index.php, style.css are in the following directories:

    templates/ja_purity
                 index.php
                 styles/
                     header/
                         blue/
                             style.css
                         green/
                             style.css

If you've been following the tutorial you can download a tutorial version of the template that installs to the following directory:

    templates/ja_purity
                 index.php
                 styles/
                     header/
                         blue/
                             style.css
                         green/
                             style.css

1. First modify index.php to eliminate the random image code on line 112

110.  <!-- BEGIN: HEADER -->

111.  <div id="ja-headerwrap">

112.         <div id="ja-header" class="clearfix" style="background: url(<?php echo $tmpTools->templateurl(); ?>/images/header/<?php echo $tmpTools->getRandomImage(dirname(__FILE__).DS.'images/header'); ?>) no-repeat top <?php if($this->direction == 'rtl') echo 'left'; else echo 'right';?>;">

2. It should look like the following when done

110. <!-- BEGIN: HEADER -->

111. <div id="ja-headerwrap">

112.         <div id="ja-header" class="clearfix">

3. Modify style.css to the following (you'll want to do this same edit in both green and blue themes).

6. .ja-headermask {

7.         width: 602px;

8.         display: block;

9.         background: url(images/myheader-image.png) no-repeat top right;

10.         height: 80px;

11.         position: absolute;

12.         top: 0;

13.         right: 0;

14. }

4. Create an image 602 x 80 in your favorite graphics application and save it as myheader-image.png, in the styles/header/xxxxx/images directory. You'll either want to fade the image to transparent at the edges or ensure it matches the background color for your header.