[SOLVED] Can't get the template fonts to work

Happy New Year guys!

I've just installed the template and I'm trying to add a fontface kit from Squirrel Fonts.

However, I cannot get ANY fonts to change. Standard fonts, Google fonts or the already installed Squirrel Font BebasNeue.

I've checked through the plugins and all the Gavick plugins are activated. The config file is definitely updating.

I've enabled the typography.

All of the text, headers and body text, is all still displaying at Times New Roman. I've attached screen shots of my settings and of the front end to show it doesn't change the fonts.

Am I missing something? Happy to email login details to the site so you can see my settings.

Do you have any link to your website please?

spanners.net.au/website/propex

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Can you send me new details again via private message, for security reasons i haven't used the ones you wrote in public.

See you around...

Just posting what you sent me via private message for the benefit of anyone else having this issue.

Check your font selectors now and you will see there are css class names separated by comma, so your selection of font will effect any css class that is listed there. If the css class name is not listed there than font selection will not effect that class.

Thanks very much for helping me out with this.
Here is the code from the Body Selectors text area in the Fonts parameteres of Extensions > Templates > gk_the_real_design:

Code: Select all

body,
#gkMainMenu,
.gkDate > div.gkComments, .nspArt h4.nspHeader,
.nspLinks ul li h4

And here is the code from the Headers selectors, where I want my Squirrel font to be activated:

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h1#gkLogo.text a > span,
.box h3.header,
.box_menu h3.header,
.box_text h3.header,
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6,
.gkDate > div,
table.calendar tr td.calendarCurrentMonth,
table.weblinks th,
table.category th,fieldset.phrases legend, fieldset.only legend,
p.gkInfo4, p.gkTips4, p.gkWarning4,
p.numblocks span,
span.gkDropcap1,
span.gkDropcap2,
span.gkDropcap3,
.gkBlockTextLeft,
.gkBlockTextRight,
.gkBlockTextCenter,
.gkTooltip:hover em,
.gkIsWrapper-gk_the_real_design .gkIsPreloader span,
ul.gkTabs li,
#gkMainMenu > div > ul div.childcontent .group-title

However, I will add this in a separate post.

This seems overly complicated. In previous Gavick J1.5 templates, there was no need to add code to the selectors. You could simply select the font you wanted to use for Body, for Headers and Other, and it would apply your chosen font across the board. Leaving selectors blank.

Why was this changed? It seems to have changed just for J1.7 templates. I noticed this as I upgraded a Pixellove template on another website from J1.5 to J1.7 and my Squirrel fonts haven't applied. Is that right?

Imagine having to explain how to do accurately activate font selectors to a client or co-worker after I've handed a website over.

Is there at least some documentation about how to do this?

I've had a look around the forums for an answer but I haven't found anything.

Regarding documents it has been sometime Gavick Team didn't release any documents for new templates. I am not sure if this is to do with limited time as they had backlogs converting templates to 1.7 version.

At the moment best practice would be to install a quick-start package and compare with it if you are installing joomla > then template routine.

Regarding font selectors/headers, I find it more easier to work with and more flexibility when also changing other third party components/modules fonts/titles to look same with in the template. Rather then going through multiple components/modules CSS files we just simply write its css class in selectors and be done with it.

See you around...

Rather then going through multiple components/modules CSS files we just simply write its css class in selectors and be done with it.

That actually makes a lot of sense. Thanks for responding. I certainly wasn't trying to ask a loaded question, and I appreciate your response.

My previous practice was to do as you said: fresh install of Joomla, then install the template, and edit.

I'll use the quickstart file and work that way (I REALLY like the Header module with Image Show, so it will be interesting to see how you've configured that).

Thanks again for your help. Love your work, as always.

No problem at all , anytime , marking this topic as solved.

See you around...