Gantry

The Gantry Framework forms the core foundation of Somaxiom, combining a complex and powerful infrastructure with an intuitive and simple control interface.

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YouHaveChoices An array of integrated plugins, ranging from the content presentation widget RokStories, to the RokTabs, with RokNewsPager & RokAjaxSearch also.
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TwoMenuOptions Two menu options, the mootools powered CSS dropdown menu, Fusion; and a triple level splitmenu which places submenu items either in the subnavigation or side column areas.
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NeatiPhoneSupport The Gantry framework offers a custom theme for the iPhone platform, rendering a mobile version of the Somaxiom theme for more effective interaction with your site.
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Right-To-LeftSupport RTL support from Gantry in its grid system - widget position allocation and size, as well as for the Fusion menu, in conjunction with the theme elements itself such as the breadcrumbs.
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8PresetStyles An assortment of eight style variations, being primarily light & color based, with the inclusion of one dark only preset. Design differences are present between High and Low modes.
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RestrictiveIE6Support The theme has limited support for IE6, inclusive of: RTL is non-functional; and the forcing of the low background/body level where applicable; amongst other limitations such as no Fusion Menu.
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Two Menu Systems

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Fusion: advanced mootools / javascript powered CSS dropdown menu system. Read More

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Splitmenu: places children below the main menu bar, then others in the side column. Read More

New RokStories Layout

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January sees the release of an updated RokStories, with a 5th layout option with image masking, as well as vertical number listing.

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RokStories - Content Showcase

Functional showcase widget for displaying content items and their accompanying images.

RokNewsPager - Article Previewer

RokNewsPager is an article previewer and rotator in a summarised form and, using Mootools.

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Powered By Gantry

Saturday, 15 January 2011 13:10 Written by Jakub Baran
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Somaxiom is driven by the Gantry framework. There are many great features in this Gantry, ranging from iPhone support, to Google Web Fonts, to Smart Loading, and much more.

iPhone Platform Theme

The Gantry framework expands its browser portfolio to iPhone‘s Safari, producing a mobile version of the Somaxiom theme for all visitors using the popular smartphone.

  • iPhone Theme: An iPhone specific layout, combining pre-existing theme elements with mobile specific styling.
  • Aliases: Assign current module positions to mobile equivalents such as mobile-header → header-a

Google Web Fonts

Google have launched their new font directory service, which offers a Font API for web developers to load Custom Fonts straight from their servers.

  • Preview all available Google fonts from the Google Font Directory located here
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  • RokNewsPager Widget
    An article previewer and rotator. It displays content articles, in a summarised form...
  • JavaScript Styling
    Additional styling for form elements, such as radios and checkboxes in the poll and...
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Built with Gantry

Somaxiom is powered by the Gantry Framework, which lay at the heart of the theme offering great versatility, flexibility and simple easy of use, such as the intuitive administrative interface.

It uses the 960 Grid System for its modular setup, allowing for up to 6 widgets per position row with fixed dimensions so cross-browser precision. Amongst many other features.

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  • Integrated RocketTheme Plugins
  • Right-To-Left Theme and Gantry Support
  • Limited Internet Explorer 6 Support
RokTab Image RokAjaxSearch – Ajax based search widget
An ajax powered search widget, allowing for interactive search of both your local WordPress site, as well as the web at large with its Google integration, e.g. Google Web/Image/Video… support.

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a RokTab Image RokTabs – Rotating tabbed content widget
A tabbed content widget, perfect for maximising content exposure without sacrificing on site real estate. Powered by Mootools which facilitates all the inbuilt script effects such as animations, transitions and auto-rotation.

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RokTab Image For Arabic, Hebrew, Farsi or others
RTL (Right-to-Left) support from Gantry in its grid system – widget position allocation and size, as well as RTL support in the Fusion menu, in conjunction with the theme elements itself such as the breadcrumbs, content typography and widget styling, amongst others.

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Browser dependent restrictions
The theme has restricted support for the Internet Explorer 6 browser, inclusive of, but not limited to the following areas: RTL (Right-to-Left) is non-functional, and will automatically degrade back to LTR (Left-to-Right); the forcing of the low background/body level were applicable; and the Fusion menu is automatically degraded to the Suckerfish CSS dropdown system; amongst other limitations.

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PNG Sources

Adobe® Fireworks PNG Sources for customizing the theme such as the logo or background images.

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Demo Launcher

The RocketLauncher is a full WordPress install, including the theme, content and plugins.

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Widget Styling

A range of widget class suffixes to individually style all widgets on a widget-by-widget basis.

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Valid XHTML/CSS

Full compliance with the XHTML 1.0 Transitional and CSS3 standards, as set by the W3C.

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