BL4NK

Light, powerful and free template for Joomla!™ for faster and easier web development.

How to use

This template is for local developing under Node.js® and Gulp. A good workflow is to code your template on localhost and if it is ready to deploy it on the live server. And for shure, you should have a Joomla!™ installation ready for this.

Install

If Node.js® is installed, install Gulp via command prompt (e.g. console or terminal).

npm install -g gulp

Install BL4NK like a normal template in Joomla!™. Open your command prompt and go to the template directory. Install all dependencies.

npm install

Run Gulp to compile, compress and build

gulp

See the magic happen on your command line if you edit some files.

Working files

Let's start the work by coding in the following files.

• index.php (html)
• js/script.js (javascript)
• css/template.scss or .less (css)

The building files are stored in folder /build in your template directory.

Functions

• Including less and sass compiler
• Crazy fast with css and js compressor
• Start from scratch with normalize.css
• Customizable error, offline and print page

Addons

• Normalize.css

PSD

Download psd.zip (12 MB) for faster icon and thumbnail creation. Package inlcudes following files:

• App Icon Template [2.0].psd
• template_preview.psd
• template_thumbnail.psd

Documentation

Read the book about BL4NK and mastering templates for Joomla!™

Bootstrap

Take a look at BL4NK Boostrap Edition.

Licence

Blank is open source software released under GPL.