Introduction

Saturday, 20 November 2010 21:55

GTMagic

What is really GTMagic?

From a view of the Joomla Content Management System, GTMagic is a component that contains when installing 2 additional templates. These are templates for Joomla, but are also compatible with GTMagic.

From the end user perspective, GTMagic can be considered a utility to change the colors of your site from an image.

From the standpoint of programmer GTMagic is a powerful tool that helps us to integrate any extension with dynamic layout capabilities.

What I can integrate with GTMagic?

GTMagic is designed to integrate with any extension (template, plugin, module or component), however, in this first phase is working on the integration of it with templates, so for now we will build on them.

GTMagic Basics

GTCss (GTMagic special css Code)

GTCss is a special code that allows you to use GTMagic within your css. This code will sort dynamic statements such as "Color image number 2" or "rectangular gradient 4 color begins and ends in transparency."

This code is declared in files with CSS, and to load the template, GTMagic will replace the appropriate CSS. These CSS files that contain code GTCss, are called "DYNAMIC" (dinamic) and will be well specified.

GTMAGIC.XML (More information GTMagic DTD)

GTMagic.xml file is responsible to declare the characteristics of a normal Joomla template to be integrated with GTMagic. Any Joomla template can be integrated easily, using this file.

You just have to locate the root folder of your template, and declare it appropriately.