Joomla 2.5.28
VM 3.0.12
The Joomla VM combo seems to work well on multiple devices with exception of Banners and Shop Vendor description. Everything else the display adjusts according to the device.
The banner stays full width and doesnt scale down like the header logo does. (I know banners is a joomla issue but thought it might be worth mentioning since vendor description isnt showing at all)
We also added html in shop/vendor/description area for a custom look and this doesnt show up at all on mobile device, which is strange. Hoping someone might be able to help figure this out.
The Joomla templates provided with Joomla 2.5 were not made to be responsive (mobile friendly), and the demo VMBeez5 template is only slightly different from the default Beez5, mainly in css. There are plenty of third party responsive templates that work on J2.5.
Joomla 3.x is responsive "out of the box".
Thanks JenkinHill.
I was able to get the banner fixed by using
img {
max-width: 100%;
}
However nothing is displaying from the vendor/shop/description box. It works perfectly on a desktop, but nothing displays at all on a mobile device. I would think the content would display even unformatted for a mobile device but its just a blank area.
Is there a workaround this perhaps with some kind of wrapper or something?
You could rewrite the css to include screen size conditional styling, but you will still have problems. I reiterate, the Joomla templates supplied with Joomla 2.5 were not intended to be responsive, and to add to that, Joomla 2.5's core output is not responsive.
In other words jenks is suggesting why not use Joomla 3... I build all my new ones in J3 now
I will do a full backup and give the migration a shot. Thank you very much.
please on a clone
I have found VM2.6->VM3 easy
J2.5->J3 can go horribly wrong.. some go well but they can be tricky...
One big problem I have seen often is if there are sql files starting with 1.6.xxx or 1.7.xxx in
administrator\components\com_admin\sql\updates\mysql\
this makes a mess of the tables so delete all that start with these (these are only there if you have upgraded from J1.6/J1.7 etc)
wow the migration to joomla 3.4.5 went very smooth. However my home page content article is still not responsive. :(
Maybe to add
img {
max-width: 100%;
}
to the css now?
J3 is responsive but if your template isn't then your site isn't..
but unless you show us a link to the site no one can help u further
VM 3.0.12
Joomla 3.4.5
Template vmbeez5
The rest of the template seems to be responsive but home page is not. Would be greatly appreciative for any help in getting this home page responsive.
Ive tried adding max-width:100% to div container but the smaller images overlap each other.
I tried using <br class="clearfloat: /> as a dive break but joomla ignores or removes it. Ive used <p></p> instead so maybe this is the issue?
vmbeez5 is simple not designed to be responsive.. if u want to try a stock template use protostar
removing the float on .fourcolumns3 at smaller screen sizes gets you some way there.. but this is the wrong way to do it
try using the stock vm templates -- so change the vmbeez5 html/com_virtuemart to another name -- then the stock vm3 templates will be used
I dont understand what you mean by renaming the path. I would then have to apply all the css changes to the new default.
If I choose to have the categories show in shop as default home page, it appears to be responsive, as does rest of site. ??? I have to give up on this at this point. I cant help but think it was my html / css coding that wasnt responsive for some reason