Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 Is Here: User-defined Presets, Option to Manage Offcanvas Menu Levels, and More

27 August 2021

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Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 Is Here: User-defined Presets, Option to Manage Offcanvas Menu Levels, and More

Hello Helix Ultimate users! We are so excited to release another important update to your favorite Joomla template framework. We’ve brought the system back to create your own preset using the option.xml file. Also, now you have more control over the Offcanvas menu as you can decide on the layers of menu items you want to showcase.

Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 also brings some notable enhancements and several known fixes. Please update Helix Ultimate to the latest version to enjoy the enhancements and fixes applied lately.

What’s New in Helix Ultimate 2.0.2?

Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 brings several improvements and fixes some known issues. Some of the notable changes are explained below.

User-defined Presets

Helix Ultimate has 8 color presets to use. Also, you can edit each of them to customize sites to your preference. Apart from that, you can also create your own preset on the options.xml file. You just need to copy an existing one and rename it.

Manage Offcanvas Menu Levels

Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 brings an advanced option to manage the Offcanvas menu. Alongside enabling the Offcanvas menu, you can also decide on the layers of menu items you want to showcase on your Offcanvas menu.

Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 Changelog

New: User-defined preset is back to options.xml
New: Option to manage Offcanvas menu’s levels added (Joomla 4)
Update: Custom preset’s header background default color changed to #fff
Update: Custom [CSS/SCSS/JS] file attachment functionalities move to plugin rather than the template.
Update: Pre-defined headers’ names are now displayed from the language file
Update: Template overrides moved to the plugin folder
Fix: Custom CSS field’s hitting enter not working issue.
Fix: Article rating not working after compressing JS issue.
Fix: The import not working issue fixed
Fix: Typography’s color field’s default value removed

So, what are you waiting for? Get the latest Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 and enjoy the new enhancement and fixes. Also, please let us know your thoughts on the changes in the comment section below. Enjoy!

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Rayhan Arif

Assistant Vice President, Business Development

Content and web evangelist who loves to discuss life-changing web tools like SP Page Builder & Helix Ultimate, and introduces new templates and helps users have a clear understanding of how they work.

Joomla! Man

2 years ago

Everything works fine. THX!

#11835

You are welcome.

#11836

pepperstreet

:D ;) Good one!

#11866

Alitis

thanks for great support & development.

#11837

#11839

Alvaro

Great Work, but the Logo in header 6-MultiRows is not centered, is from center to left + 15px of gutter, If you want to center and give space to the positions contact and social s, you should use col-xl-5 col-xl-2 (logo) and col-xl-5.

Thanks

#11838

Thank you so much for sharing that issue with us. We will check and take any step necessary.

#11840

In plugins/system/overrides/com_finder/search/default_form change btn-group to input-group for fix finder form to bootstrap 5

#11842

Kawshar Ahmed

Will be resolved.

#11843

Kawshar, Thank you for the amazing work creating Helix. You have given us the option to add our own presets, but this would be complete if you gave us the option to edit new color names that we can add in the new presets. Currently you can only edit the names found in /helixultimate/src/form/preset.xml, in the file /helixultimate/src/Platform/Settings.php on line 278 you can create a condition so that it first looks for the file preset.xml in /templates/TEMPLATE_NAME/preset.xml and if this does not exist, the predefined one that is in the plugin is loaded.

Thanks

#11845

YUMA SCOTT

Is there a way to turn that menu off in desktop mode?

#11841

I found in in the template option. Thanks.

#11846

BenL

Are you planning implement dark mode to helix ultimate as additional option?

#11844

No plan yet.

Thanks

#11847

Paul Frankowski

Q: Do you mean for Template Options or in general, as an extra template dark color style?

#11857

Two things I've noticed. The login at the top right opens a new page. Is there a way to make it a pop up window instead?
Also, when you set the website to offline, even if it's turned off in the template, it will show the countdown counter on it.

#11858

For now, it's a link. Maybe in the future, we can add an option to open the login form in a popup.

Thanks

#11864

elinam

Helix is soo good I feel bad Joomshaper is not making any money with it. with my experience with CSS, having helix ultimate is all I need when it comes to Joomla templates. I think you guys should start thinking of how to make money from helix ultimate.

#11859

Thanks, we will think :)

#11865

New bug Found in Joomla 3.10.x Class 'Joomla\Component\Tags\Site\Helper\RouteHelper' not found details in https://github.com/JoomShaper/helix-ultimate/issues/221

#11860

We are working on an update. Hopefully, the update will be available soon.

Thanks

#11862

Just started with testing HU2.
Actually, I am shocked. Why did you do this?!?
"... Update: Template overrides moved to the plugin folder ..."

How should a developer work with the regular Override feature in backend, and also manually? By the way, what about the new J!4 feature, which checks file modifications/differences in template files and overrides?

I am confused.

#11861

Besides the overrides, how do you like it so far? We have a great objective behind moving the files to the plugin folder which is providing better support for Helix Ultimate-based templates.

Thanks

#11863

"... great objective behind..." ?! Please, enlight us and give a clue. Why in the world is this necessary? IMHO, it's completely against the J! core logic...

Besides, I like your custom header and off-canvas concept. Although I miss an option to select NONE menu. I have mentioned some experiences & bugs in the fb Helix group.

In general, I miss some often discussed options to restrict blog and other features to certain CATEGORIES. Nothing has improved in this regard, you have to create a template style. Which is a nightmare on a complex or multi-language site.

The floating UI is strange to me. What is the benefit of this toolbar and small(!) scrollable windows? Everything inside is too tiny. And the window is a limitation and results in a slow workflow.
Nothing against rendering a Joomla admin form in an overlay window. But the template settings are a big step backwards.

I already skipped Ultimate1... I am not sure I would use v2.

#11867

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Helix Ultimate 2.0.2 Is Here: User-defined Presets, Option to Manage Offcanvas Menu Levels, and More