Atlas Theme for OJS 3.3 and OJS 3.5

Description

Atlas is a professionally crafted, editorial-style theme for OJS 3.3 and 3.5. It pairs a calm, typographic design language with the functionality readers and editors actually use: prominent featured articles, fast filtering by section, at-a-glance journal statistics, and a publisher landing page that ties multiple journals together. Light and dark modes are first-class, the layout is fully responsive, and dozens of administrative toggles let each journal switch features on or off from the OJS settings panel.

Core Design

• Editorial, content-first visual language with generous whitespace and a clear type hierarchy
• Built-in light and dark modes with a one-click toggle in the utility bar
• Customizable accent color and theme palette from the theme settings
• Adjustable content container width and article-grid column count
• Modern, readable font system tuned for long-form academic reading
• Fully responsive layout — desktop, tablet, and mobile
• Namespaced CSS and self-contained assets (no conflicts with other plugins or themes)

Homepage — Editor’s Pick Hero

• Featured Editor’s Pick hero with cover image, title, lede, and author list
• Multi-slide rotation for highlighting several featured articles
• Wide, balanced text column with the issue/section context shown alongside
• One-click call-to-action straight to the full article
• Show, hide, or reconfigure the hero entirely from the admin panel

Current Issue & Filterable Article Cards

• Current-issue showcase with the issue cover and published articles
• Filter tabs by section — readers narrow the list to a single article type instantly
• Sort controls (by page order, date, or views)
• Clean article cards with thumbnail, section badge, author list, and metadata
• Optional article thumbnails (show/hide per journal)
• Consistent comma-separated author names, independent of locale settings

Journal Metrics & Content Strips

• Journal metrics section with sparkline visualization (issues, articles, and more)
• Indexing strip to surface the databases that index the journal
• Editorial-board strip to highlight the people behind the journal
• Recent announcements and archive previews on the homepage

Command Palette & Smart Search

• Keyboard-driven command palette (Ctrl/⌘ + K) for fast navigation and search
• Site-level search that queries all journals on a multi-journal installation
• Quick links to issues, sections, and key pages

Article Detail Page

• Spacious, readable article layout with a widened title area
• Two-column author list on desktop for articles with many contributors
• Corresponding-author labelling with a clickable email, shown inside the author’s own card
• Localized author country names with flags and correct casing (show/hide per journal)
• Drop-cap, justified abstract for a polished editorial feel
• Section/type pills and clear galley (PDF/HTML) access
• Compatible with citation and sidebar plugin blocks, neatly framed in the aside column

Issue & Archive Pages

• Issue table of contents presented as a single, filterable list — section names appear on each card and double as filter tabs (matching the homepage)
• Graceful empty states (e.g., when no current issue is set) instead of errors
• Archive browsing with issue covers and clear navigation

Publisher / Multi-Journal Landing Page

• Dedicated multi-journal landing page for publishers and journal networks
• Journal cards showing each journal’s thumbnail (with a wordmark fallback)
• Per-journal statistics — e.g., “3 issues · 35 articles published” — with a show/hide option
• Consistent “Enter journal →” call-to-action aligned across all cards
• Social media presented in the site-level utility bar

Administrative Controls

• Extensive show/hide toggles for homepage sections and article-page elements
• Per-journal control of thumbnails, journal statistics, corresponding author, author country, and more
• Color, container width, and column settings exposed in the theme options
• Journal-only features (such as launch mode) correctly scoped away from the site level
• Sensible defaults — the theme looks complete out of the box

Localization & Standards

• Full English and Turkish localization included
• Author metadata (countries, names) rendered with proper localization and casing
• Parameterized database access and escaped output throughout
• Clean override structure that follows OJS conventions — no core file modifications

Performance, Accessibility & Compatibility

• Lightweight, self-contained assets for fast page loads
• Defensive handling so third-party plugin pages inherit the theme’s container width automatically
• Keyboard-friendly navigation and readable color contrast in both modes
• Works across modern browsers
• Tested for compatibility with common OJS plugins (indexing, editorial board, country statistics)

What Makes Atlas Special

1. Editorial, not generic. Atlas reads like a designed publication, not a default template — typography, spacing, and hierarchy are tuned for scholarly content.
2. Editor’s Pick hero. Put your best work front and center with a featured-article showcase that publishers usually have to build by hand.
3. Filter, don’t scroll. Section filter tabs on both the homepage and issue pages let readers find the article type they want in one click.
4. Built for publishers. A real multi-journal landing page with per-journal thumbnails and live statistics — not just a single-journal skin.
5. Command palette. A modern Ctrl/⌘+K experience with site-wide search across every journal.
6. Editor-controlled. Almost every feature is a toggle in the settings panel — no code, no developer required.
7. Light and dark, done right. Both modes are designed deliberately, with consistent contrast and accent handling.

Perfect For

• Single academic journals that want a distinctive, modern presence
• University presses and multi-journal publishers managing several titles
• Editorial teams that want to feature and curate content on the homepage
• Journals serving bilingual (including Turkish) audiences
• Any OJS 3.3 and 3.5 site that wants a professional upgrade without custom development

Get Started

Atlas installs like any standard OJS 3.3 and 3.5 theme plugin and activates from the theme settings. Detailed English and Turkish user guides are included in the package. Give your journal the editorial-grade presentation it deserves — choose Atlas.