Gantry Framework
Definition of Gantry
gan·try (gan′trē) noun
- (RocketTheme) A framework used for assembling, building and maintaining a RocketTheme template
Overview of Gantry
Gantry is a sophisticated WordPress theme framework with the sole intention of being the best platform to build a solid theme with. Gantry takes all the lessons learned during the development of many RocketTheme themes and distils that knowledge into a single super-flexible framework that is easy to configure, simple to extend, and powerful enough to handle anything we want to throw at it.
Key Features
The Gantry framework is packed with many great features that enable the rapid development of feature-rich designs with a minimum amount of effort. We’ve also gone to great lengths to enhance the standard WordPress administration user interface to make configuring a Gantry-powered theme easier than ever before. Check out a sampling of the features Gantry brings to the table:
- 960 Grid System
- Stunning Administrator interface
- XML driven and with overrides for unprecedented levels of customization
- Per item/taxonomy level control over any configuration parameter
- Preset any combination of configuration parameters, and save custom presets
- 65 base widget positions. Easily add more!
- 36 possible layout combinations for mainbody and sidebars
- Up to 3 sidebars for a total of 4 column layouts
- Many built-in widgets such as font-sizer, to-top smooth slider, IE6 warning message, etc.
- Flexible grid layout system for unparalleled control over block sizes
Installing/Updating Gantry
The Gantry plugin is a separate from the themes that use it. It is installed separately as gantry in the plugins directory. Therefore, to update Gantry, you just need to reinstall through the WordPress interface rather than manually edit files in the theme.
Each theme will have a bundle download option available to install both the theme and the Gantry plugin at the same time, in conjunction with a standalone download.
Overview of the Administrator Interface
The administrative interface for Gantry is one of, if not the, most extensive and intuitive WordPress administrators in the community as a whole today. Gantry takes the theme options ability of WordPress and takes it to the next level with a robust, diverse, functional and overall, substantial array of options to control, essentially, all aspects of the theme.
The options are subdivided into various categories:
- Content – Set the content display options
- Style – Configure preset specific settings such as Link Color
- Gizmos – Control the various Gantry gizmos such as Feed links
- Layout – Customize the layout options of Gantry such as the Feature-a/f row distribution
- Advanced – Various other options are located here
Gantry Framework Full Features
- 960 Grid System
(http://960.gs – 12 & 16 Column Support)
- WordPress Support
Currently The Gantry Framework is available for the WordPress! A very powerful and popular GPL Content Management System
- Stunning Administrator interface
Gantry provides a uniquely intuitive interface to control all aspects of the design
- XML driven and with overrides for unprecedented levels of customization
Gantry is easy to configure, customize and extend
- Per item/taxonomy level control over any configuration parameter
Layouts, colors, features, etc can all be different for any item/taxonomy
- Preset any combination of configuration parameters, and save custom presets
Creating custom presets allows you to easily save any combination of configuration settings for later use
- Built-in extensible AJAX communication layer
Our powerful AJAX system allows dynamic functionality in features as well as opening up AJAX to 3rd party plugins
- RTL language support
Gantry makes it easier than ever to develop Right-to-Left (RTL) based designs for languages such as Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi
- Built-in CSS and JS compression and combination
Reduce the total number of requests for your site as well as adding compression for maximum page optimization
- Flexible grid layout system for unparalleled control over block sizes
Control the sizes of your blocks with our simple grid layout controls
- Optimized codebase with speed, size, and reuse core tenants of the framework design
Gantry is more than just unparalleled flexibility and control, it also provides a powerful basis to build professional quality designs.
- 65 base widget positions.
To get you started right we’ve included plenty of widgets, but adding even more is a trivial procedure
- 38 possible layout combinations for mainbody and sidebars
The mainbody and sidebars now have an unprecedented level of control. Gantry provides support for all kinds of layout options
- Source-ordered 4 column mainbody
With up to 3 total sidebars, Gantry allows you to achieve highly complex mainbody layout scenarios
- Many built-in widgets such as font-sizer, to-top smooth slider, date, etc.
Easily add your own unique functionality with Gantry’s gizmo support
- Ability force ‘blank’ module positions for even more advanced layout customization
Create layouts with blank spaces or complex alignment requirements with this functionality
- Flexible parameter system with ability to set parameters via URL, Cookie, Session, Presets, etc.
Any parameter can be configured via XML to be settable from a variety of mechanisms for complete customization
- Table-less HTML overrides with content overrides
Gantry designs provide modern table-less output for the best in SEO and usability
- Standard typography and WordPress core element styling
Great typographical features right out of the box
- ini-based configuration storage for easy portability
All configuration options are stored in simple text-based ini files
- Automatic per-browser-level CSS and JS control
Advanced control of CSS and JS for any specific browser version allows browser bugs and issues to be isolated and patched with a minimum of fuss
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