The 2nd generation of Bare Template 1 is taylored to Joomla! 2.5 and has a multitude of improvements. It is a one-sided column template (either left or right), with a fixed width.
New features, updates and fixes
- Styling of images and links for articles,
- Review of the contact sheet: styling of captcha, tabs, slides, override of the standard icons,
- Styling of the smart search, fixes in the standard search, new placement for the search module,
- Styling of the feeds,
- Added drop caps for the 1st paragraph of an article,
- Added text selection style,
- Fixed the need for a standard logo image, fixed the h1 header so it is SEO compatible,
- Added new module placements: triplets can appear on top and bottom of content, quadruplets show in the footer,
- Breadcrumbs are now placed above the content,
- Added the ability to have full size backgrounds (100% of the browser window) for the footer and the rest of the framework,
- Modified the framework so columns won't show if there is no module into it,
- Tidied up the stylesheets, added modifications.css for overrides of the framework, leaving the other stylesheets intact (easier for updates),
- Added a style switcher and the possibility to add color styles,
- And many other bug fixes and modifications.
v1.1.1 brings other exciting features
- Use of menu item alias as template framework class to allow styling content based on the menu item,
- Styling of menus in sidebar, triplet and quadriplet positions,
- Multi-level styling of menus in sidebar position,
- Added favicon link,
- Updated icon images,
- Cleaning of stylesheet elements carried over from Joomla! v1.5,
- Added menu alternate layout ('With Description') to show menus with link title attribute,
- Added input type 'email' to stylesheets,
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Added styles to
component.phpanderror.php, - Added footer elements like 'copyright' modifyable at template parameter level,
- Modified menu separator (use of CSS content rather than borders),
- Added column size parameter to allow for precise layouts.
