Setting up the Rasa template in a fresh installation of Joomla is reasonably straight forward. This document assumes that you have already setup Joomla and you have also included the default Joomla sample data.

Elements to install.

• Essential elements Install the Zen Grid Framework
• Install the Ecolift template and set it to default
• Install the JB LIbrary plugin and enable it in the extensions > plugin manager

Optional Elements

• Install JB Slideshow
• Install Microblog
• Install the JB BB Code plugin (For two line menus)
• Install K2

Elements to unpublish

• Unpublish all modules in the right column
• Unpublish all modules in the left module position except for the resources module
• Disable the module title in the breadcrumb module
• Disable main menu items except for home menu item

Elements to publish

Publish the search module to the search position and do not enable the search button. Also ensure the search module title is unpublished.

Change the position of some elements on the page

Move main menu to the menu position and make sure the module title is disabled. While you are there also set the number of columns to 1 for the main menu item.

While you are there if you intend to use the drop down menus ensure that you have set up the menu as per this knowledgebase item and also removed the module class _menu that the main menu ships with by default.

At this stage you should have a pretty simple and straight forward site to start creating your site from. For a detailed anlalysis of how to setup the slideshow and microblog modules on the demo site please refer to the main Joomla Bamboo documentation for the Rasa template.  The screenshot below shows you the default Joomla installation after following the points above.