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| Written by David G Broadbent |
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A guide to the basic MetaMorph customisation options that can be configured in the template manager with a description of each of the available options and how they affect the presentation of the template.
Default StyleThe template is bundled with 5 pre-made style variants that be be easily and quickly chosen from the template configuration.IE6 WarningWarn your visitors using Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a more secure version with this toggle. This option activates a javascript based dropdown in IE6 at the top of the template where a description of why IE6 is a redundant browser is visible. The warning will only appear once as its stored via a cookie.Font FamilyYou can choose which font you would like to use for your content item, these are all web standard fonts.Template WidthThis template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the template itself, simply change the number to another pixel value.LeftColumn WidthThis template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left column, simply change the number to another pixel value.RightColumn WidthThis template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right column, simply change the number to another pixel value.Splitmenu LocationOne of the template's menu options is splitmenu which displays the first and second level items in the horizontal menu bar and the 3rd in a side column module. This option allows you to choose between the left column or the right column.Menu NameThe following parameter controls which Joomla menu is loaded for the horizontal navigation bar, by default this is mainmenu but you can change it to whatever menu such as othermenu.Menu TypeMetaMorph is bundled with 4 menu options, 3 of which are integrated menu approaches. These are splitmenu, moomenu, suckerfish and module. Splitmenu displays the 1st level menu items in the horizontal bar and the 2nd in the side column; moomenu and suckerfish display the menu items in dropdown lists with moomenu having a javascript powered approach; and the module options turns the menu bar into the toolbar module position so you can insert modules into the area (this will disable the menu however).Default FontThis option allows you to choose what the font size will be, you have 3 options to choose from, these are smaller, default and larger.Show Module SliderThis option allows you to enable or disable the Module slider that operates on the User11-User15 module positions.Module Slider LocationChoose whether the slider module appears in the left, middle or right column.Module Slider HeightSet the height value, in pixels, that the Module Slider will conform to.Show PathwayThe pathway or breadcrumbs function can be disabled with this setting.Show LogoMetaMorph allows you to turn the logo into a module position (icon) to allow for more flexible control.Show Bottom LogoThis setting allows you to disable the bottom logo i.e. the second instance of the MetaMorph logo.Show DateThis setting allows you to disable the date in the upper left of the template.Show ControlsThis setting allows you to disable the text size controls in the upper right of the template.Show CopyrightMetaMorph allows you to turn the RocketTheme logo into a module position (footer) to allow for more flexible control.Module CountThe module configuration variable controls how many consecutive modules you can have for a position.Module ListWith this setting, you can control the aspects of the integrated rokslide feature to a great extent. You can control the tab title and also the module position which appears in each of the tabs. |