CMS Made Simple templates (full themes)

Documentation

Requirements

Our Templates are compatible with CMS Made Simple 2.2.22+.
Modules required like  Gallery, LISE, SmartForms etc. - please refer to each template for additional information and exact info on modules requirements

Who are these Templates for

Templates on this site are suitable for web developers, designers and site admins that have at least basic knowledge of working with CMS Made Simple.

If you are new to CMS Made Simple please visit:

http://www.cmsmadesimple.org - official site
https://docs.cmsmadesimple.org - CMSMS documentation
http://forum.cmsmadesimple.org - project forum

Live Demo

Each Template has a Live Demo link which is strongly recommended to check. Live Demo will show you the Template in action along with additional information on what is available, how to use it etc.

What's in the Templates package

• Theme XML file, which contains: CMSMS customizable template, Menu Manager template, Search template, News templates, full stylesheet, design images, js files etc.
• Gallery XML files for Slider and Photo galleries
• SmartForm template
• LISE module templates (for some of our templates)
• Documentation (html page)
• README_FIRST.txt (license information)

* each Template package could be slightly different, please refer to Details page of the Template of interest
* photos not included - images for slider and gallery in Live Demo are copyrighted material and are not included within a package

Installation

Please keep in mind that this is a general procedure. Each Template package contains README_FIRST.txt file and Documentation (html page) with installation instructions for that particular template.

In this tutorial, we are using a generic template name 'tpl-buddy-id', where 'id' is actual number of your Template (007, 010 and so on).

Before installing the Template

• Install latest version of CMS Made Simple (version 2.2.22+) and all Modules (latest versions), see the requirements list.
• Unpack Template package (zip archive) to the local folder
• To open and copy .txt files from a package use plain text editor (like Notepad or similar)
• Please install this Template on a test environment first. This way you can examine it and see what is available, different content parts etc.
  If you want to install it directly on a live site, backup your old site first (all files and database)!

Importing the Template (through sites Admin panel)

• Go to Layout > Design Manager > Designs and choose Import Design.
• Under Upload a Design XML File click Choose File, select tpl-buddy-ID_v1.2.xml file and click Next.
• Confirm import 'Yes, I am sure I want to import this design'. Click Next.
• Go to Layout > Design Manager > Designs, find row tpl-buddy-ID_v1.2 and click on the gray checkmark in the column "Default" to make it Default. Click 'Set All Pages' as well.
• Use ftp connection to copy the folder tpl-buddy-ID_v1.2 from 'uploads/designs' folder in the package to 'uploads/designs' folder of your sites server. Please match this path, otherwise the template would not work properly. Some of the files will already be there (from the xml import), you can keep them.

Gallery module set up (through sites Admin panel)

• Go to Content > Gallery > Templates tab, Import template via XML file, click Browse, choose file Gallery/Gallery-tpl-buddyGallery.xml. Click Save. Make this template a Default one.
• Go to Content > Gallery > Templates tab, Import template via XML file, click Browse, choose file Gallery/Gallery-tpl-buddySlider.xml. Click Save.
• Go to 'Content > Gallery > Field definitions tab', click on 'Add Field Definition' and fill out as follows:
  Name: link
  Type: Text Input
  Field properties: 255
  Apply field for: Images
  Public: ON (checked)
  Click Save.

SmartForms module set up (through sites Admin panel)

This is replacement module for FormBuilder and is used on Contact page and in Home page footer. Captcha has been added to the form.

• Go to Extensions > SmartForms, click Import form, Choose file Form/BuddyID_v1.2 - Form.smtfm. Click Submit.
• Go to Extensions > SmartForms, click Import form, Choose file Form/BuddyID_v1.2 - Form Footer.smtfm. Click Submit. (for some templates).

News

Templates related to News module are imported automatically from main .xml file.
Go to Site Admin > Settings - News module and add categories as you need.
Go to Content > News, create and publish articles so you can display news in the content page.

Logo image replacement (through ftp connection)

Logo file can be found in uploads/designs/tpl-buddy-ID_v1.2/logo.svg. Replace the file with your own logo file.

Using the Template

It is very important that you did finish Installation steps carefully, that you set tpl-buddy-ID_v1.2 as a default template and applied to all pages of the site.

Please read the Documentation that you received, each template has its own sections and options.

Support

For support regarding Templates installation and usage, you may contact us.
We do not provide support related to CMS itself, Modules installation / usage, or hosting/server support.

Please keep in mind that customization is not regular Template support.