quintagroup.theme.schools 6.0.6

Free Diazo theme for Plone 4.1

Schools is a free diazo theme for Plone 4.1

Features
--------

* Replaceable header image for the whole site or site sections. To have new top image, add image with
``topimage`` shortname into desirable location on site. Default image size is 993*107px.

In case you upload higher image - it will not be completely displayed unlesss you configure ``logo_min_height``
value in 'Diazo theme' panel -> 'Parameter expressions' tab. Replace default value 107 with a new header height.

* Right top area is reserved for a portlet. The first portlet from right column is displayed there.

* Basic edits via 'Diazo theme' panel (/@@theming-controlpanel)

Open 'Advanced settings' tab in 'Diazo theme' panel. In 'Parameter expressions' field replace default values for the following
parameters to modify:

- column width: update values for ``columnonewidth`` and ``columntwowidth`` (numbers only)
- links colors: update values for ``links_color``, ``hover_links_color``, and ``visited_links_color`` (be carefull to insert valid css colors instead of default ones)
- slogan: update text for ``site_description``, replace default slogan 'Free Theme for Plone' with a new one.
- In case Schools theme gets broken after your modifying the above parameters - reinstall the theme to revert to default parameters.

* Carousel Banner

Rotating banners can be added in case you install Products.Carousel add-on. Custom Carousel display style applies automatically to carousel banner.

To create a banner on the front page - go to the 'Carousel' tab in the task bar. Set carousel options and select
'Carousel Banner' from 'Add new...' drop-down menu. Upload image that will be used as one rotating banner, type its title and
text (will be displayed under the image), and provide web address image title will be linked to. Add as many carousel banners
as you need.

Optimum image dimensions are 397*288px. There are 4 demo images that might be used as demo banners - see 'src' folder within
theme package (quintagroup -> theme -> schools).

* Replaceable logo as in default Plone: ZMI -> customize portal_skins -> sunburst_images -> logo.png image.

* Editable footer as in default Plone: ZMI -> customize portal_view_customizations -> plone.footer

* Compatibility with popular add-ons

Add-ons Compatibility
=====================

Theme was enhanced to work correctly with:

* Products.Carousel
* quintagroup.dropdownmenu
* Products.LinguaPlone
* Products.PloneFormGen
* Products.ContentWellPortlets

Recommended
===========

Theme was tested with:

* Plone 4.1
* plone.app.theming 1.0b9
* Products.Carousel 2.1
* quintagroup.dropdownmenu 1.2.5
* Products.LinguaPlone 4.1.1
* Products.PloneFormGen 1.7.0
* Products.ContentWellPortlets 4.1.0

Dependencies
============

* plone.app.theming

Home Directory
==============

http://skins.quintagroup.com/schools

Authors
=======

* Yuriy Hvozdovych
* Volodymyr Rudnytskyy
* Serhiy Valchuk
* Taras Peretiatko

Quintagroup: http://quintagroup.com, 2006-2012


Installation
------------

quintagroup.theme.schools can be installed in any of the following ways.

Installation via diazo panel
============================

* Download zip file at http://plone.org/products/schools-plone-skin/releases/6.0.6/schools.zip
* Import the theme at the 'Diazo theme' control panel

Installation via buildout
=========================

In the buildout.cfg file of your instance:

* Add ``quintagroup.theme.schools`` to the list of eggs to install, e.g.::

[buildout]
...
eggs =
...
quintagroup.theme.schools

* Re-run buildout::

$ ./bin/buildout

* Restart the Zope server::

$ ./bin/instance restart

Then activate 'Schools Theme' in Plone (Site Setup -> Add-ons).


Installation: development mode
==============================

If you want to customize Schools theme please use the following installation instructions:

* download ``quintagroup.theme.schools-version.zip`` archive from http://pypi.python.org/pypi/quintagroup.theme.schools
* extract theme archive to get ``quintagroup.theme.schools-version`` folder. Remove version from
folder name to have ``quintagroup.theme.schools`` folder
* put ``quintagroup.theme.schools`` folder into ``src`` directory of your buildout
* in buildout.cfg file of your buildout add ``quintagroup.theme.schools`` to the list of eggs you are developing and to the list of eggs to install::

[buildout]
...
develop = src/quintagroup.theme.schools
...
eggs =
...
quintagroup.theme.schools

* Re-run buildout::

$ ./bin/buildout

* Start instance in development mode::

$ ./bin/instance fg

* Install ``Schools Theme`` in Plone (Site Setup -> Add-ons).

Now you can customize Schools Theme by modifying ``quintagroup.theme.schools`` package in ``src`` directory
of your buildout.




ChangeLog
---------
=======

6.0.6 - January 20, 2012

- bug fixed

6.0.5 - January 17, 2012

- Products.PloneFormGen compatibility added
- Products.Carousel dependency removed

6.0.4 - December 30, 2011

- plone.app.themingplugins dependency removed

6.0.3 - December 19, 2011

- possibility to edit slogan added
- possibility to replace header image added
- logo replacement fixed

6.0.2 - December 2, 2011

- base styles updated
- styles for ContentWellPortlets adapted
- improved css for correct work with Poducts.Carousel
- added possibility to make basic edits via diazo panel: column width,
links color (link, hover, visited), logo height and top portlet block height.

6.0.1 - November 28, 2011

- styles for searchbox with dropdown menu fixed

6.0 - November 23, 2011

- theme package converted into diazo theme

4.2 - Apr 11, 2011

- work with quintagroup.dropdownmenu fixed
- Styles for sitemap, document editable and live search fixed
- columnOneWidthInt value added to base_properties
- Products.LinguaPlone compatibility fixed

4.1 - Jan 24, 2011

- theme updated to Plone 4

4.0 - Mar 01, 2010

- theme product is package now [serg]
- top portlet manager was added [serg]
- Products.Carousel product integration [serg]
- most of css images were merged into image sprite [serg]
- new properties were added to base_propeties [serg]
- favicon was added [serg]

3.3.2 - Dec 2, 2009

- Improved print.css [serg]

3.3.1 - Oct 16, 2009

- Default theme logo changes [serg]

3.3 - Sep 4, 2009

- Restored breadcrumbs [serg]

3.2 - June 15, 2009

- Ie fixes were separated
- Customized templates were updated to Plone 3.2

3.1 - June 25, 2008

- Language selector panel styled
- Plone 3.1.2 compatibility tested

3.0.4 - Mar 18, 2008

- Updated installation/uninstallation

3.0.3 - Mar 12, 2008

- Added styles, changed txt files

3.0.2 - Mar 12, 2008

- Fix problem with unreferencable object in imported content

3.0.1 - Feb 13, 2008

- Fixed problems with editing imported content.

3.0 - Oct 31, 2007

- Release for Plone 3.0.x

1.0.1 - June 18, 2007

- Release for Pone 2.5.2