Gantry was born when the RocketTheme development team wanted to consolidate our extensive set of custom Joomla template functionality into a simple, easy to use framework. However, we wanted to ensure we didn’t lock ourselves into a rigid framework that would stifle the creativity and bleeding-edge design features that we had become known for. It had to be powerful enough to do everything our templates already handled, but allow us to easily extend and build-on these features with a minimum of effort and complexity.
We wanted to have a solid base we could build on top of when creating a new Joomla template. Anything that was common to all templates was a prime candidate to be put in the core of Gantry, and anything specific to the template design itself should be part of the template itself. Traditionally the Joomla layout options are limited, but Gantry was built to provide a new layer on top of this traditional module configuration to give an unprecedented level of control and flexibility.
Gantry is a powerful framework that RocketTheme uses as the basis for all of its new Joomla template designs, and we have made it available to you via the GPL license. You are free to use it in your template development projects. Please check out the Documentation for full details and information on how to implement Gantry in your own projects. We have put together extensive online documenation and video screencasts to show you how to get this done with the minimum of effort. Also RocketTheme club members can access our internal Gantry Forums for an even greater level of assistance and insight.
Gantry installation is a simple process that follows the same process for other Joomla extensions. The installation bundle contains a unified installer with both the framework and the default template. More...
The Gantry Framework comes bundled with some important core capabilities, or features. This short screencast provides an overview of those features and their capabilities. More...