Helio Coming Soon and Landing Page Template Documentation

by: mix_design
version: 1.0.0
created: 06.11.2023
last update: 06.11.2023

Introduction

Thank you for choosing Helio - coming soon and landing page template. We have prepared detailed documentation to make Helio customization an easy task for you. If you have any questions that are beyond the scope of this help file, you can email us on support@mixdesign.club.

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Installation

Follow the steps below to setup your site template:

In order to start working with Helio unzip the downloaded package and open HTML folder to find all ready-to-use template files. Choose one of the demo *.html files (any ready-to-use demo you like) and rename it to index.html.
Next you'll need to prepare a project for customization. Below is a list of files and folders that are required in the root directory of your project:
- index.html - your chosen *.html file (renamed already);
- css folder - stylesheet files;
- js folder - JavaScript files;
- fonts folder - icon and lining nums fonts files;
- img folder for project images and favicon;
- video folder - project video files;
- mail.php file for sending e-mails;
- .htaccess - this file contain rules for files caching on web server;
The other files can be used according to your preferences.
Your project is ready to go! Now you can start adding your texts, images and video to your new awesome website.
After the customization is over, you'll need to upload the project files to your hosting web server using FTP client or cPanel interface in order to use it on your website.

Files Structure

After downloading and extracting template package you will find 3 folders:

HTML: ready to use HTML template;
HelioGULP: if you want to totally customize Helio, you can use this template;
Documentation: this help file.

This section describes HTML folder structure. More about HelioGULP folder structure you can find out in HelioGULP section.

Helio is one page HTML template. So, mostly you will need one *.html file and supporting *.css, *.js, *.php files with some images. All the directories and files are well organized as it shown on the image bellow.

all HTML files are located in the root directory;
separate folders are created for CSS files, JavaScript files, fonts, images and video;
source-files folder contains all expanded CSS files, expanded JavaScript files, plugins and components files;
mail.php file for sending e-mails is located in the root directory;
.htaccess file is located in the root directory. This file contain rules for files caching on web server.

Demo Pages

Helio is one page HTML template and comes with 2 homescreen variations and 6 ready-to-use demo pages:

HTML structure

Helio has a simple and easy to customize structure based on Bootstrap 5.3.2 Grid. Here is a sample page structure:

    
      <!DOCTYPE html>
      <html lang="en" dir="ltr">

        <head>
          Meta tags, Title, Favicon and Icons, Facebook Metadata, CSS, Custom Browser Color
        </head>

        <body>

          <!-- Loader Start -->
          <div class="loader">
            ...
          </div>
          <!-- Loader End -->

          <!-- Top Controls (Button and Color Switcher) Start -->
          <div class="top-controls d-flex">
            ...
          </div>
          <!-- Top Controls (Button and Color Switcher) End -->

          <!-- Main Section Start -->
          <section id="main" class="main">
            ...
          </section>
          <!-- Main Section End -->

          <!-- About Section Start -->
          <section id="about" class="inner about">
            ...
          </section>
          <!-- About Section End -->

          <!-- Works Section Start -->
          <section id="works" class="inner works">
            ...
          </section>
          <!-- Works Section End -->

          <!-- Contact Section Start -->
          <section id="contact" class="inner contact">
            ...
          </section>
          <!-- Contact Section End -->

          <!-- Notify/Subscribe Popup Start -->
          <div id="notify" class="popup notify">
            ...
          </div>
          <!-- Notify/Subscribe Popup End -->

          <!-- Root element of PhotoSwipe. Must have class pswp. -->
          <div class="pswp" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-hidden="true">
            ...
          </div>

          <!-- Load Scripts Start -->
          <script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
          <script src="js/gallery-init.js"></script>
          <script src="js/custom.js"></script>
          <!-- Load Scripts End -->
          
        </body>

      </html>

CSS Files

Helio template CSS files have a well-organized structure and a table of contents, as you can see on image below:

All CSS files are placed in css folder and have to be included in the <head> tag. Helio uses uncompressed CSS files. If you want to improve Google PageSpeed Insights performance, you can use minificated files from source-files → helio-css-min-files.

    
      <!-- Template Styles Start-->
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/loaders/loader.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/plugins.css">
      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/main.css">
      <!-- Template Styles End-->

CSS files that have to be included in chosen .html file:

loader.css
plugins.css
main.css

If you want to customize CSS styles, We recommend to create your own custom.css file and include it to Template Styles section of the HTML file. This solution will help you in future updates.

JavaScript Libraries

All JavaScript files are placed in js folder and have to be included before the </body> tag.

libs.min.js - all JavaScript libraries that are necessary for Helio proper work, are compiled in this file;
gallery-init.js - for photoswipe gallery initialization;
custom.js - includes other scripts calls and settings;

    
      <!-- Load Scripts Start-->
      <script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
      <script src="js/gallery-init.js"></script>
      <script src="js/custom.js"></script>
      <!-- Load Scripts End-->

We used minificated libs.min.js file to add all necessary JavaScript libraries to this template. The file contains:

jQuery
Modernizr
Typed.js
KBW Countdown
Jquery CSS Skills Bar
Magnific Popup
Swiper Slider
Vegas
Particles.js
PhotoSwipe JavaScript Gallery
AjaxChimp
app.js - Helio template custom JavaScript file.

All this uncompressed files you can find in the source-files folder.

Fonts

In the Helio template we used Oswald Font, Inter Font and Phosphor Iconic Font.

Google Fonts

Helio uses

Oswald font for titles;
Inter font for controls, basic text content and additional text.

The font is embedded in the main.css file:

@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@300;400;700&display=swap");
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Oswald:wght@300;400;500;600;700&display=swap");

You can customize this font or embed another fonts for your project with Google Fonts. In this case, you'll also need to change the fonts in the css files per your fonts used.

Phosphor Icons

Helio uses free version of Phosphor Regular iconic font. You can use phosphoricons.com page to easily find the icon you want to use. Regular icons are already compiled in the plugins.css file and ready for use.

To insert icon in your project, just choose Web tab and copy the code: <i class="ph ph-heart"></i>, <i class="ph ph-arrow-up"></i>, <i class="ph ph-instagram-logo"></i>.

<li>
    <a href="https://www.instagram.com/" target="_blank">
        <i class="ph ph-instagram-logo"></i>
    </a>
</li>

More information about Phosphor icons you can find on official documentation website - Phosphor Docs.

Favicon and Apple touch icons

Helio covers almost all platforms design requirements for favicon and icons:

Classic favicon:

      
        <link rel="icon" href="img/favicon/favicon.ico" sizes="any">

Android Web App Manifest & Apple Touch Icon:

      
        <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="img/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png">
        <link rel="manifest" href="img/favicon/manifest.webmanifest">

Universal SVG Icon for All Sizes ang Dark & Light Browser Color Themes:

      
        <link rel="icon" href="img/favicon/icon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">

Facebook Metadata:

      
        <!-- Facebook Metadata Start -->
        <meta property="og:image:height" content="1200">
        <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200">
        <meta property="og:title" content="Helio - Coming Soon and Landing Page Template">
        <meta property="og:description" content="Helio - bright and clean coming soon and landing page template to kick-start your project">
        <meta property="og:url" content="http://mixdesign.club/themeforest/helio/">
        <meta property="og:image" content="http://mixdesign.club/themeforest/helio/favicon/og-image.jpg">
        <!-- Facebook Metadata End -->

You can use Helio favicon as an example or generate new one with Favicon Generator or any other favicon generator by your needs.

Customization

Helio template comes with easy-to-customize page elements. You can choose from 6 ready-to-use demo files, 2 homescreen versions, various backgrounds and much more.

Preloader

Loader will hide contents of your site until it's fully loaded. If you want to customize or remove loader, find this code in *.html file:

<!-- Loader Start -->
<div class="loader">
  <div class="loader">
    <div class="loader__content">
      <div class="loader__logo">
        <img src="img/loader.svg" alt="Helio - Coming Soon and Landing Page Template">
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- Loader End -->

Loader styles are included in the <head> tag:

<!-- Template Styles Start-->
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="css/loaders/loader.css">
...
<!-- Template Styles End-->

Colors

Helio template provides 2 color themes and 6 ready-to-use demo pages. The template automatically detects the device's color theme and applies the same one - dark or light. You can change the color theme by clicking color theme switcher.

It's easy to change the dark and light color themes by changing default variables in the main.css file:

:root {
  ...
  /* light color scheme */
  --base--light: #e1e1e6;
  ...
  /* dark color scheme */
  --base--dark: #090516;
  ...
  /* permanent colors */
  --per-base: #130e28;
  ...
}

Dark Color Skin
Light Color Skin

Feel free to experiment!

Logo

The logo container is located in the header of the template - div class="intro__header".

Please note! If you want to change the logo color with the color theme switch button, you need to use an SVG inline code image with fill="currentColor" property:

<!-- Logo Start -->
<div class="header__logo">
  <!-- Your Logo Here -->
  <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="130px" height="60px" viewBox="0 0 130 60" fill="currentColor">
    <path id="caption" fill="currentColor" d="..."/>
    <path id="logo" fill="currentColor" d="..."/>
  </svg>
</div>
<!-- Logo End -->

Of course, you can use an ordinary <img> tag, but in this case the logo won't change it's color with the theme.

Images

All images used in the Helio template live demo are just for preview purpose only and they are not included in main download files. You easily can find all images on freepik.com or pexels.com. We are using placeholders from dummyimage.com instead of real images. You can easily replace placeholder URL with a path to your image like img/yourimage.jpg.

All tmplate background images you can replace in the main.css file:

/* ------------------------------------------------*/
/* Template Backgrounds Start */
/* ------------------------------------------------*/
.media-image-1 {
  background-image: url("https://dummyimage.com/1440x1620/4d4d4d/636363");
}
...
/* ------------------------------------------------*/
/* Template Backgrounds End */
/* ------------------------------------------------*/

    
      <!-- Navigation Start -->
      <nav class="menu__container">
        <ul class="navigation">
          <li>
            <a id="about-trigger" class="btn btn-default btn-navigation hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
              <em></em>
              <span class="btn-caption">About Us</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a id="works-trigger" class="btn btn-default btn-navigation hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
              <em></em>
              <span class="btn-caption">Portfolio</span>
            </a>
          </li>
          <li>
            <a id="contact-trigger" class="btn btn-default btn-navigation hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
              <em></em>
              <span class="btn-caption">Contact</span>
            </a>
          </li>
        </ul>
      </nav>
      <!-- Navigation End -->

Header

Helio template comes with 1 header type with left aligned logo and right aligned menu trigger on mobile and full menu list on desktop.

Desktop view:

Mobile view:

Header contains SVG logo, mobile menu trigger and navigation list. You can find the header in the main section of the *.html file:

<!-- Main Section Header Start -->
<div class="intro__header d-flex justify-content-between">
 
  <!-- Logo Start -->
  <div class="header__logo">
    <!-- Your Logo Here -->
    ...
  </div>
  <!-- Logo End -->
 
  <!-- Menu Trigger Start -->
  <a id="menu-trigger" class="menu-trigger btn btn-round btn-outline hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
    ...
  </a>
  <!-- Menu Trigger End -->
 
  <!-- Menu Start -->
  <div id="menu" class="header__menu">
    ...
  </div>
  <!-- Menu End -->
 
</div>
<!-- Main Section Header End -->

Headline Types

Helio template comes with 3 functional niche layouts with various animated backgrounds. Backgrouds settings you can find in the Plugins and Animated Backgrounds sections of this file.

1. Portfolio and various backgrounds. Beautifully designed layout with animated headline, kenburns and single image background. Represent your best works on the first screen! Animated backgrounds settings you can find in Animated Backgrounds section of this file.

Replace this headline demo text with your own:

<!-- Headline Start -->
<div id="headline" class="headline">
  <p class="headline__subtitle">👋 Let's meet</p>
  <!-- animated headline -->
  <h1 class="headline__title animated-headline">I'm <span class="colored">Elen Walker</span>
    <br>
    <span id="typed-strings">
      <b>Web Designer</b>
      <b>3D Artist</b>
      <b>Illustrator</b>
    </span>
    <span id="typed"></span>
  </h1>
  <div class="headline__numblock d-flex align-items-start">
    <div class="numblock d-flex flex-column flex-md-row align-items-md-center">
      <span class="numblock__number">7+</span>
      <span class="numblock__descr">Years of<br>experience</span>
    </div>
    <div class="numblock d-flex flex-column flex-md-row align-items-md-center">
      <span class="numblock__number">1.5k+</span>
      <span class="numblock__descr">Happy<br>customers</span>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- Headline End -->

2. Coming soon or under construction demo with large headline, countdown and various backgrounds. Animated backgrounds settings you can find in Animated Backgrounds section of this file. Slider settings you can find in the Slider section of this file.

Replace this headline demo text with your own:

<!-- Headline Start -->
<div id="headline" class="headline">
  <p class="headline__subtitle">👋 See you soon</p>
  <h1 class="large">We'll <span class="colored">be back</span> in</h1>
  <div class="media__countdown">
    <div id="countdown"></div>
  </div>
</div>
<!-- Headline End -->

3. Creative agency demo with various backgrounds. Slider settings you can find in the Slider section of this file. Animated backgrounds settings you can find in Animated Backgrounds section of this file.

Replace this headline demo text with your own:

<!-- Headline Start -->
<div id="headline" class="headline">
  <p class="headline__subtitle">👋 Let's meet</p>
  <h1 class="headline__title">Cool 
    <span class="colored">branding</span> 
    for talanted 
    <span class="colored">people</span>
  </h1>
</div>
<!-- Headline End -->

Plugins

Countdown

Helio template comes with days only countdown, which is used in the headline:

#countdown

Helio template comes with KBW Countdown Plugin. This plugin can be tricky to set up, but it is very flexible and has a lot of features.

For more details you can see documentation reference page: keith-wood.name/countdownRef.html or see a minimal page with basic settings: keith-wood.name/countdownBasics.html. In our case we are using UTCDate function. (You can also find this function in documentation reference page):

$.countdown.UTCDate(tz, year, month, day, hours, mins, secs, ms)

tz - timezone offset, either in hours or minutes, from GMT, for example, Brisbane, Australia, would be +10 or +600;
year - local year;
month - local month (0 to 11);
day - local day in the month;
hours - local hour;
mins - local minute;
secs - local second;
ms - local millisecond.

So here: countdown.UTCDate(10, 2022, 11, 22)

10 - timezone;
2022 - local year;
11 - local month;
22 - local day.

Find the Load Scripts section at the end of <body> and make sure that all the necessary js files are added in the following order:

libs.min.js
custom.js

    
      <!-- Load Scripts Start-->
      <script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
      ...
      <script src="js/custom.js"></script>
      ...
      <!-- Load Scripts End-->

Setting your own date for countdown script can be done in custom.js file in js folder:

    
      $('#countdown').countdown({until: $.countdown.UTCDate(+10, 2024, 2, 2), format: 'D'});

Visit KBW Countdown site for more details and settings - keith-wood.name/countdown.html

Animated Headline

We used Typed.js plugin for animated headline feature. To customize an animated headline, you need to find the following markup in the main section of the *.html file and change the content of <b> tags:

<!-- animated headline -->
<h1 class="headline__title animated-headline">I'm <span class="colored">Elen Walker</span>
  <br>
  <span id="typed-strings">
    <b>Web Designer</b>
    <b>3D Artist</b>
    <b>Illustrator</b>
  </span>
  <span id="typed"></span>
</h1>

You can find headline settings (like type speed) in custom.js file:

if(animatedHeadline.length){
    var typed = new Typed('#typed', {
        stringsElement: '#typed-strings',
        loop: true,
        typeSpeed: 60,
        backSpeed: 30,
        backDelay: 2500
    });
}

Visit Typed.js plugin website for more details and settings - mattboldt.com/demos/typed-js

Swiper Slider

Helio uses Swiper Slider Plugin for the homescreen split slider. It's a half-screen slider with slide effect:

    
      <!-- Main Section Split Swiper Slider Start -->
      <!-- Slider main container -->
      <div class="swiper">
        <!-- Additional required wrapper -->
        <div class="swiper-wrapper">
          <!-- Slides -->
          <div class="swiper-slide split-slide split-slide-1"></div>
          <div class="swiper-slide split-slide split-slide-2"></div>
          <div class="swiper-slide split-slide split-slide-3"></div>
        </div>
        <!-- If we need pagination -->
        <div class="swiper-pagination split-slider-pagination-he d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center"></div>

        <!-- If we need navigation buttons -->
        <div class="swiper-button-prev split-slider-btn-he split-slider-btn-he-prev">
          <a class="btn btn-round btn-outline-per hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
            <em></em>
            <i class="ph ph-caret-left"></i>
          </a>
        </div>
        <div class="swiper-button-next split-slider-btn-he split-slider-btn-he-next">
          <a class="btn btn-round btn-outline-per hover-anim hover-secondary" href="#0">
            <em></em>
            <i class="ph ph-caret-right"></i>
          </a>
        </div>
        
      </div>
      <!-- Main Section Split Swiper Slider End -->

All slides background images you can replace in the main.css file:

    
      /* ------------------------------------------------*/
      /* Template Backgrounds Start */
      /* ------------------------------------------------*/
      ...
      .split-slide-1 {
        background-image: url("https://dummyimage.com/1440x1620/4d4d4d/636363");
      }
      ...
      /* ------------------------------------------------*/
      /* Template Backgrounds End */
      /* ------------------------------------------------*/

Find the Load Scripts section at the end of <body> and make sure that all the necessary js files are added in the following order:

libs.min.js
custom.js

    
      <!-- Load Scripts Start -->
      <script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
      ...
      <script src="js/custom.js"></script>
      <!-- Load Scripts End -->

If you want to change this slider settings, find the custom.js file in js folder and make the necessary changes to the swiper init lines:

    
      var swiper = new Swiper('.swiper', {
        // Optional parameters
        grabCursor: true,
        effect: "creative",
        creativeEffect: {
          prev: {
            //shadow: true,
            translate: ["-20%", 0, -1],
          },
          next: {
            translate: ["100%", 0, 0],
          },
        },
        parallax: true,
        speed: 1300,
        loop: true,
        autoplay: {
          delay: 3000,
          disableOnInteraction: false,
        },
      
        // If we need pagination
        pagination: {
          el: '.swiper-pagination',
          clickable: true,
        },
      
        // Navigation arrows
        navigation: {
          nextEl: '.swiper-button-next',
          prevEl: '.swiper-button-prev',
        },
      
      });

More information about Swiper settings you can find in the official documentation - swiperjs.com/get-started

Skillbars

Helio uses jQuery CSS Skills Bar Plugin to show he skill set.

You can change percent parameter in the HTML file:

<!-- skillbar single item -->
<div class="show-skillbar">
  <div class="skillbar" data-percent="96">
    <span class="skillbar-title tools">Figma</span>
    <p class="skillbar-bar"></p>
    <span class="skill-bar-percent tools"></span>
  </div>
</div>

All other parameters you can change in custom.js file:

$('.skillbar').skillBars({
  from: 0,
  speed: 4000,
  interval: 100,
  decimals: 0
});

See jQuery CSS Skills Bar Plugin page for more settings.

Magnific Popup

Helio uses Magnific Popup for video showreel in the Main and About sections of the template.

You can change a link to the video in your *.html file:

<div class="showreel__button">
  <!-- video trigger -->
  <a id="inner-video-trigger" class="btn btn-round-onesize btn-filled hover-anim hover-anim-onesize hover-accent" href="https://vimeo.com/65036292">
    <em></em>
    <i class="ph ph-play"></i>
  </a>
</div>

All popup parameters you can change in custom.js file:

$('#inner-video-trigger').magnificPopup({
  type: 'iframe',
  mainClass: 'mfp-fade',
  removalDelay: 160,
  preloader: false,
  fixedContentPos: false,
  callbacks: {
    beforeOpen: function() { $('body').addClass('overflow-hidden'); },
    close: function() { $('body').removeClass('overflow-hidden'); }
  }
});

$('#showreel-trigger').magnificPopup({
  type: 'iframe',
  mainClass: 'mfp-fade',
  removalDelay: 160,
  preloader: false,
  fixedContentPos: false,
  callbacks: {
    beforeOpen: function() { $('body').addClass('overflow-hidden'); },
    close: function() { $('body').removeClass('overflow-hidden'); }
  }
});

See dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup page for more settings.

Photoswipe Gallery

Portfolio gallery is made using PhotoSwipe JavaScript Gallery.

This is an example for one portfolio item, just duplicate it to add new pictures or fill it with your content:

<!-- Works Gallery Single Item Start -->
<figure class="col-12 col-sm-6 my-gallery__item" itemprop="associatedMedia" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject">
  <a href="https://dummyimage.com/1440x1620/4d4d4d/636363" data-image="https://dummyimage.com/1440x1620/4d4d4d/636363" class="my-gallery__link" itemprop="contentUrl" data-size="1440x1620">
    <img src="https://dummyimage.com/1440x1620/4d4d4d/636363" class="my-gallery__image" itemprop="thumbnail" alt="Image description">
  </a>
  <figcaption class="my-gallery__description" itemprop="caption description">
    <h5>Designer Portfolio
      <small>UI/UX design</small>
    </h5>
    <p>Mauris porttitor lobortis ligula, quis molestie lorem scelerisque eu. Morbi aliquam enim odio,
      a mollis ipsum tristique eu.
    </p>
  </figcaption>
</figure>
<!-- Works Gallery Single Item End -->

JavaScript files that have to be included:

libs.min.js
gallery-init.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/gallery-init.js"></script>
...
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

More information about PhotoSwipe Gallery you can find in PhotoSwipe Documentation.

Animated Backgrounds

All backgrounds CSS styles are compiled in plugins.css file so you don't need to add any CSS files.

Particles

This background effect is based on the Particles.js plugin. Make sure you have <div id="particles-js"> in *.html file:

<!-- Background Effect Start-->
<div id="particles-js"></div>
<!-- Background Effect End-->

Find the Load Scripts section at the end of <body>and make sure that all the necessary js files are added in the following order:

libs.min.js
custom.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
...
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

Done! More information about particles.js configuration you can find on official website.

Triangles

This background effect is based on the Particles.js plugin. Make sure you have <div id="triangles-js"> in *.html file:

<!-- triangles background -->
<div id="triangles-js"></div>

Find the Load Scripts section at the end of <body>and make sure that all the necessary js files are added in the following order:

libs.min.js
custom.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
...
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

Done! More information about particles.js configuration you can find on official website.

Ken Burns

To provide this effect we use Vegas jQuery Plugin . Make sure you have <div id="bgndKenburns"> in the *.html file:

<!-- kenburns background -->
<div id="bgndKenburns"></div>

Find the Load Scripts section at the end of <body> and make sure that all the necessary js files are added in the following order:

libs.min.js
custom.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
...
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

To replace or add images to the slideshow, find the custom.js file in js folder and make the necessary changes to the slides array:

$('#bgndKenburns').vegas({
    ...
    slides: [
        { src: '../img/example-slide-1.jpg' },
        { src: '../img/example-slide-2.jpg' },
        { src: '../img/example-slide-3.jpg' }
    ],
    ...
});

More information about Vegas settings you can find in the official documentation - vegas.jaysalvat.com/documentation

HTML5 Video

To provide self-hosted (local) video background feature we use HTML5 <video> tag. Aso we used <source> property with 3 video formats to maximize browser support:

<!-- video background -->
<div class="video-background">
  <video id="main-video" preload="auto" autoplay="autoplay" loop="loop" muted="muted" poster="https://dummyimage.com/960x1080/4d4d4d/636363">
    <source type="video/mp4" src="video/video.mp4">
    <source type="video/webm" src="video/video.webm">
    <source type="video/ogv" src="video/video.ogv">
  </video>
</div>

You can use online service to convert your video: Online Uniconverter or any other similar applicaton.

Please note, if you'll not use muted property of the <video> tag, your video will not start automatically in some browsers.

Forms

Helio template is provided with 2 form types:

Mailchimp Subscription Form
AJAX Contact Form.

Mailchimp Subscription Form

This active subscribe form will save emails to MailChimp list.

<!-- Notify Contact Form Start-->
<form class="form notify-form form-light">
  <input type="email" placeholder="Your Email" required>
  <button class="btn btn-default btn-filled hover-anim hover-accent" type="submit">
    <em></em>
    <i class="ph ph-paper-plane"></i>
    <span class="btn-caption">Submit</span>
  </button>
</form>
<!-- Notify Contact Form End-->

JavaScript files that have to be included:

libs.min.js
custom.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
...
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

Follow these steps to get Mailchimp list URL:

Login or create an account on mailchimp.com and go to the Audience section.
Choose "Signup Forms" from the list:
Find "Embedded forms" and click "Select":
The form, you'll see on the next screen fits for our "Notify Me" form, so click "Continue":
Now the form is ready and you need to copy action URL from the form - highlighted in pink:
Add https:// if it is not included with MailChimp list URL.

Open custom.js file from js folder. Just replace our Mailchimp form action URL with your Mailchimp list URL:

$('.notify-form').ajaxChimp({
    callback: mailchimpCallback,
    // Replace this Mailchimp form action URL with your Mailchimp list URL
    url: 'https://besaba.us10.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e8d650c0df90e716c22ae4778&id=YOUR_LIST_ID'
});

Done! Now you can save emails to your MailChimp Audience List!

Contact Form

Helio template has integrated ajax contact form.

It's very easy to set up this forms to receive feedback on your e-mail:

First of all you need to make sure that mail.php file is added to the root directory of your project.
Then find <form> tag with id="contact-form" in the *.html file.

This form contains 3 hidden required inputs. Replace data in the value parameter of these hidden fields:

<!-- Contact Form Start -->
<form class="form contact-form" id="contact-form">
  <!-- Hidden Required Fields -->
  <input type="hidden" name="project_name" value="Helio - Coming Soon and Landing Page Template">
  <input type="hidden" name="admin_email" value="support@mixdesign.club">
  <input type="hidden" name="form_subject" value="Contact Form Message">
  <!-- END Hidden Required Fields-->
  ...
</form>
<!-- Contact Form End  -->

Check JavaScript files connection.

JavaScript files that have to be included:

libs.min.js
custom.js

<!-- Load Scripts Start-->
<script src="js/libs.min.js"></script>
...
<script src="js/custom.js"></script>
<!-- Load Scripts End-->

Done! Now you can receive messages on your e-mail.

HelioGULP

If you want to totally customize Helio, you can use our all-inclusive HelioGULP template. HelioGULP includes Bootstrap 5 Grid, Gulp, Sass, Bourbon, Autoprefixer, Browsersync, Clean-CSS, CSS Beautify, Uglify, and other packages for efficient and comfortable work.

HelioGULP requires node, npm and git.

Getting started

Install Node Modules: npm i
Run HelioGULP: gulp

Project structure

The source code is located in the app directory;
SASS files are located in the sass directory;
The dist folder is a production folder. It contains ready project with optimized HTML, CSS, JS and images.

Gulp tasks

gulp: run default gulp task for web development;
build: build project to dist folder;
clearcache: clear all gulp cache.

If you have any questions about HelioGULP, you can email us on support@mixdesign.club.

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 06.11.2023

Initial release

Credits

CSS and JavaScript files

jQuery - jquery.com
Modernizr - modernizr.com
Bootstrap 5 grid - getbootstrap.com
KBW Countdown - keith-wood.name/countdown.html
Typed.js - mattboldt.com/demos/typed-js
Magnific Popup - dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup
Swiper Slider - swiperjs.com
Vegas - vegas.jaysalvat.com
Particles JS - vincentgarreau.com/particles.js
PhotoSwipe JavaScript Gallery - photoswipe.com
jQuery CSS Skills Bar - github.com/umarwebdeveloper/jquery-css-skills-bar
AjaxChimp - github.com/scdoshi/jquery-ajaxchimp
UniMail - github.com/agragregra/uniMail

Icons and images

Icons - Phosphoricons.com
Images - Freepik.com and Pexels.com
Mockups - Designdeck.io

Helio Coming Soon and Landing Page Template Documentation

Introduction

Installation

Files Structure

Demo Pages

HTML structure

CSS Files

JavaScript Libraries

Fonts

Google Fonts

Phosphor Icons

Favicon and Apple touch icons

Customization

Preloader

Colors

Logo

Images

Navigation Menu

Header

Headline Types

Plugins

Countdown

Animated Headline

Swiper Slider

Skillbars

Magnific Popup

Photoswipe Gallery

Animated Backgrounds

Particles

Triangles

Ken Burns

HTML5 Video

Forms

Mailchimp Subscription Form

Contact Form

HelioGULP

Getting started

Project structure

Gulp tasks

Changelog

Version 1.0.0 06.11.2023

Credits

CSS and JavaScript files

Icons and images