Recently, you may have heard about the widespread use of AJAX technology which is being used by Gmail, Yahoo mail. Today, we are happy to announce the release of JA Capella II using moo.fx and propotype (easy-to-use toolkit for class-driven development and the Ajax library) to prove that Joomla! template utilization can be a very flexible and creative job.

The hide/show right panel of JA Capella II is much smoother and looks nicer than the old version (JA Capella). Although this is only a small improvement, this is one of the very first steps to prove we can make use of AJAX in designing Joomla! templates as well as making components and modules. Currently, JoomlArt.com team is working on a menu system for Joomla! using the cool features of moo.fx and propotype and expect our templates club members to give it a try in the near future.

JA Capella II features and screenshots

Please go to the JA Capella info page for template features and screenshots.

How to change the fade duration of the right panel

1. Open the styleswithcher.js file in template folder.
2. Search for the following codes on line 83 and 84:
   

   fadeSize = new fx.FadeSize('rightside', {duration: 400});
   rightmargin = new fx.FadeSize('rightmargin', {duration: 400});

   You can change the duration value to your liking, the higher the value, the slower the righpanel show/hide. The default value is 400 and this value on demo page is 1000.