ZO2 Framework Official Site

Introduction

I. ZO2 Framework Overview

ZO2 frameworks is essentially starter template that you can use as a foundation for the creation of your own templates can significantly boost your performance and efficiency. Some are more elaborate than others featuring in depth templating system, but this is the gist of a framework.

ZO2 Framework is the third generation template framework developed by ZooTemplate.com for Joomla! 2.5 and brings new improvements and features: a new structure, Layouts, Responsive Ready, Right to Left Language Support, shortcodes system, ping blog to social network and a powerful menu system called Mega Menu. The framework itself is our three years experience providing templates for Joomla!, it was developed to shorten the website development.

ZO2 frameworks come with everything you need to get faster the proces of designing and coding a Joomla template by reducing your time, and more effectively than starting from scratch.

ZO2 Framework also comes with a new structure: a light template, a template to hold the default design and media core scripts, a plugin to manage the shortcodes, google map, but the plugin to hold menu parameters for Mega Menus have been integrated into the core framework plugin to make the updating easier.

II. ZO2 Default Template

ZO2 Default Template is a new clean template design powered by the new framework.

Benefits:

  • Easy to start developing templates from a blank core template
  • Easy to update the core while customizing the template layout design.
  • Easy to change color, logo, background image.
  • ZO2 Default uses the responsive layout based on Twitter's Bootstrap Framework, with its collection of utility classes, to provide a great degree of flexibility for a responsive web design.
  • Template administration panel is now your best friend: it allows you to edit files, upload your themes and customize settings like never before.
  • Flexibility have never reached this level!

Please checkZO2 Framework demo.

Template Framework Comparison

  Features Classic Joomla! Templates ZO2 Framework
Design Features Beautiful Typography No Yes
Right to Left Languages Support No Yes
Responsive Web Design No Yes
Shortcoders No Yes
Administration Easy Typography Usage No Yes
Upload Themes in Back-end Yes Yes
Edit Colors in Back-end No Yes
Basic Template overrides No Yes
Multiple module positions Yes Yes
100% div based XHTML design No Yes
Advanced Load modules as menu items No Yes
Page layout overrides Yes Yes
Schemes Colors No Yes
Front-end user tools Color theme control * No Yes
Font size control * Yes Yes
Google Font control * No Yes
Schemes Colors * No Yes
Menu systems Mega Menu No Yes
Dropdown Menu Yes Yes

III. System Requirements

ZO2 Framework does have some system requirements, listed below are those requirements broken down into their distinct groups:

Joomla Requirements

We highly recommended that you always use the latest stable version of Joomla to ensure all known bugs and security fixes are addressed. At the time of this writing the current stable version is 2.5.7.

Server Requirements

The recommended minimum requirements are:

  • PHP 5.2.17+ (5.3+ recommended)
  • MySQL 3.23 (5+ recommended)
  • Apache 1.3 (2.2+ recommended)
  • mod_mysql
  • mod_xml
  • mod_zlib

Browser Requirements

  • Firefox 4+
  • Safari 5+
  • Google Chrome 10+
  • Opera 10+
  • Internet Explorer 8+
Zo2 Framework Settings

Select one of sample color schemes

Google Font

Menu Font
Body Font
Heading Font

Body

Background Color
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Top Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Header Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Menu Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Slider Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Inset Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Main Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Left Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Right Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image

Bottom Wrapper

Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image
Background Color
Modules Title
Text Color
Link Color
Background Image
 
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