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Synapse - Mar 08 Joomla Templates

The Synapse template was created to provide a beautiful design focused on elegance and

variety. Synapse comes bundled with 10 beautifully rich style variations, a versatile 20 module positions, and a whole slew of preset font configurations. The style variants allow you to utilize Synapse in a range of different sites to suit your needs.

Synapse also features some powerful functionality including the all new sleek RokContentRotator module, RokMooMenu, tabbed modules, RokZoom integration, and so much more…

Overview

An overview of the key features of this template are as follows:

Joomla 1.0+ compatible
Joomla 1.5 Native version available (Now with 1.5 RokZoom plugin!)
NEW 1.0 & 1.5 Native RocketLauncher now available! - Create your own site just like the demo site with only a few clicks
NEW RokContentRotator module
NEW Optional IE6 Warning / Upgrade Notification
The immensely popular RokSlide based tabbed module system
10 Rich color variations
6 selectable Header / Footer textures for each style variation
Persistent font-sizer
20 fully collapsible Module Positions
Unique and colorful module variations
Ability to utilise 1, 2, and 3 column layouts
3 built-in menu options - The exclusive RokMooMenu menu system, Suckerfish, SplitMenu, as well as a module position to use your own custom menu module (Module)
RokZoom Integration - custom slimbox variant built from the ground-up with cool zoom effect and a brand new look
Built-in IE6 PNG fix
W3C XHTML 1.0 Transitional. W3C CSS Valid
Fully compatible IE6, IE7, Safari 2, Firefox 1.5+, Opera 9, OmniWeb, Shira, Netscape.
Source Adobe Fireworks PNGs included

Demo

Please check out Synapse on our demo server

The New RokContentRotator

This month, we are pleased to release yet another excellent mootools based module called RokContentRotator. This module is another fine way to introduce snippets of your top stories in a seamless fashion. You can view this module in action on the frontpage of this demo.

RokSlide Powered Tabbed Modules Return

Harnessing the power and functionality of the popular RokSlide module, HiveMind offers the ability to present your modules in sliding tabs. Publish multiple modules into to a single tab module position as well as customize the titles that appear in each tab.

Organize large amounts of information in easy to navigate tabbed panes and reduce the clutter and space needed to display your content. By default, User 7-11 module positions appear in the bottom tabbed module pane. You can also add more module positions if needed.

The Exclusive RokMooMenu

Our highly popular exclusive menu is called RokMooMenu. This menu has been developed from scratch using the latest and greatest MooTools JavaScript framework. The RokMooMenu is a highly advanced and fully customizable menu system is accessible and degrades to a standard SuckerFish menu if JavaScript is not enabled or supported. Some of the great features include:

Hover support for IE6 using the sfHover javascript class just like in Suckerfish.
Fully degradable to standard SuckerFish menu if javascript is not supported.
Configurable mouse-out delay to allow for accidental mousing out of the menu.
Completely customizable animation effects using MooTools transitions. Can be configured in X and/or Y directions.
Support for fade-in transparency
Experimental support for IE6 z-index bug using the iFrame hack.

Learn more about RokMooMenu on the Menu Options Demo Page.

Menu Information

The exclusive RocketTheme menu systems in this template use the mainmenu by default and this menu is configured in the admin administator. For these to function correctly, understand that the ‘top level’ menu items will show up as the horizontal buttons across the top of the template. For sub menu items, assign Parent Item to these top menus to the top-level item. These will then show up below in a sub-horizontal menu when you click on a top-level item. For an example of this check out the demo server

For more details on the menu configuration options in Synapse, check out the instructions on the demo site

Installation Instructions

We’ve created a guide that covers how to set up your new Synapse template on your Joomla site and configure its features, functionality, and content to look similar to the RocketTheme Synapse Demo FrontPage. Full details on how to install and setup the template can be found on the “demo server”: http://demo.rockettheme.com.

Module positions are summarized in the diagram below: