Gantry Features

Gantry Features

Gantry is packed full of features to empower the development of designs into fully functional layouts with the absolute minimum of effort and fuss.

  • 960 Grid System

    (http://960.gs – 12 & 16 Column Support)

  • WordPress Support

    Currently The Gantry Framework is available for the Joomla! & WordPress – A very powerful and popular GPL Content Management Systems

  • 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 page/post/taxonomy level control over any configuration parameter

    Layouts, colors, features, etc can all be different for any page/post/taxonomy etc.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 65 base widget positions.

    To get you started right we’ve included plenty of widget positions, 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 features such as font-sizer, to-top smooth slider, IE6 warning message, etc.

    Easily add your own unique functionality with Gantry’s feature support

  • Ability force ‘blank’ widget 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

  • 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

  • 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.

Visit the Official Gantry Framework site

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Gantry Support

We have written extensive documentation that covers a full range of topics from installation to advanced concepts such as custom features. If you find your question cannot be answered in the provided documentation, you can also find additional help via IRC as well as the RocketTheme Forums (available to active RocketTheme Club Members).

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