Create the _Configuration Topic

In administration go to "Content Management" > "Topics (Pages)" and create the topic with the system name _Configuration . Copy a sample configuration object below and paste it into the text area.

A simple Menu

First we create a simple, flat menu with standard menu items using tokens.

{
   menu: [
      { title: "[HOMEPAGE]" },
      { title: "[NEWPRODUCTS]" },
      { title: "[BLOG]" },
      { title: "[FORUM]" },
      { title: "[MYACCOUNT]" },
      { title: "[CONTACTUS]" }
   ]
}

Categories Submenu

We add a submenu to the homepage, automatically populated with the categories of our store.

{
   menu: [
      { title: "[HOMEPAGE]", submenu: [
            { title: "[CATEGORIES]" }
         ]
      },
      { title: "[NEWPRODUCTS]" },
      { title: "[BLOG]" },
      { title: "[FORUM]" },
      { title: "[MYACCOUNT]" },
      { title: "[CONTACTUS]" }
   ]
}

News with Submenu

We create a top item "News" pointing to the news page and adding a submenu containing links to "New products", "Blog" and "Forum".

{
   menu: [
      { title: "[HOMEPAGE]", submenu: [
            { title: "[CATEGORIES]" }
         ]
      },
      { title: "News", url: "/news", submenu: [
            { title: "[NEWPRODUCTS]" },
            { title: "[BLOG]" },
            { title: "[FORUM]" }
         ]
      },
      { title: "[MYACCOUNT]" },
      { title: "[CONTACTUS]" }
   ]
}

To be continued...

What Browsers are Supported?

The theme has been tested with modern browsers: IE9/10, latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Opera.
It works with IE8 and IE7 with minor visual issues. It's not tested with IE6. Right-to-left is not supported. If you are a developer capable to implement this, please contact us.

How do I install the Theme?

See this guide how to install a theme: nopCommerce Designer's Guide

How can I change the Logo?

Create a logo image in gif format and name it logo.gif, copy/overwrite it in the images folder of the theme.

Upgrades

This theme will be upgraded to new nopCommerce versions if possible. All such upgrades will be available for you without any additional charge.

See also the Configuration Samples

Header Configuration

Headers are created through topics with a specific system name. Topics can be created in the administration area "Content Management" > "Topics (Pages)". To create a header that shows on all pages, create a topic with the system name _Header_1 . This will display a static header on all pages. If you want to create a slider, create also a topic with system name _Header_2 . You can create up to 4 slider pages with the topics _Header_3 and _Header_4 .

To create a header/slider for a specific page, first read the page-id when logged in as administrator. The page-id will be displayed on all pages below the menu and header.



Then create a topic with the following system name: _Header_Page-ID_1 . For example, the system name for a topic for the home page would be _Header_Home_Index_1 . And optional, create _Header_Home_Index_2 , _Header_Home_Index_3 , _Header_Home_Index_4 for a slider. If you want to change the options of the slider (speed, delay, etc.), change the initialization of the slider in the file Themes Folder > Content > Scripts.js. Find here all options you can use with AnythingSlider.

Left and Right Columns Configuration

Like headers, custom left and right columns are created through topics with a specific system name. To create default custom columns, create topics with the following system names:
_Left_2Columns . The default left column for the two columns layout.
_Left_3Columns . The default left column for the three columns layout.
_Right . The default right column for the three columns layout.
Like with headers (see above), you can create custom columns for a specific page using the page-id. For example, the system name for a left column at the home page in three columns layout would be _Left_3Columns_Home_Index .

Theme Configuration Object

The theme is configured through the topic with the system name _Configuration . With the text in this topic in the form of a JSON object, you can configure the menu and the page layouts.

A sample configuration object:

{
   background:"Leaf",
   menu:[
      {
         title:"Shop",
         url:"/",
         megamenu:false,
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"[CATEGORIES]"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         title:"Custom",
         url:"/",
         megamenu:false,
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"[TOPIC:_Megamenu]"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         title:"Mega",
         url:"/",
         megamenu:true,
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"[TOPIC:_Megamenu2]"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         title:"Topics",
         url:"/t/topic1",
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"One Column Layout",
               url:"/t/topic1"
            },
            {
               title:"Two Column Layout",
               url:"/t/topic2"
            },
            {
               title:"Three Column Layout",
               url:"/t/topic3"
            },
            {
               title:"Full Customized",
               url:"/t/topic4"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         title:"News",
         url:"/news",
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"[NEWPRODUCTS]"
            },
            {
               title:"[BLOG]"
            },
            {
               title:"[FORUM]"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         title:"[MYACCOUNT]"
      },
      {
         title:"[INFORMATION]",
         submenu:[
            {
               title:"[INFORMATION]"
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   columnsdefault:0,
   columns1:[
      "Topic_TopicDetails_topic1"
   ],
   columns2:[
      "Topic_TopicDetails_topic2",
      "Topic_TopicDetails_testseite1"
   ],
   columns3:[
      "Topic_TopicDetails_topic4",
      "Topic_TopicDetails_topic3",
      "Home_Index"
   ]
}

Check out this nice Online JSON Formatter...

Configuration object properties:
 

MenuItem object properties:

Top MenuItem Title Tokens:

Sub MenuItem Title Tokens:

Topic Token Replacement

You can use the following tokens in any Topic:

Layout of Topic Pages

There is another option how you can take control of the layout of topic pages. By default, topic pages are displayed in three column layout (nopCommerce standard behaviour). To use a one- or two-columns layout, you can add -1 or -2 to the system name of the topic. This only works if you don't have specified a page layout in the configuration object.