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Manage Appearance Reference
The following is a referece to settings in the Manage Appearance section of the admin panel. This section is designed as a quick and dirty reference to individual settings, and not meant to be a global overview of this section.
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This section is used to tell the system what to display at the top of the system. You may enter text, HTML, whatever you wish to be displayed as the header. If you wish to load an external php file for execution or HTML file, use "file:/path/to/the/file.php" in the box. Please note that this path is the physical path, NOT the url to the file.
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| Page Footer |
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This section is used to tell the system what to display at the bottom of the system. You may enter text, HTML, whatever you wish to be displayed as the footer. If you wish to load an external php file for execution or HTML file, use "file:/path/to/the/file.php" in the box. Please note that this path is the physical path, NOT the url to the file.
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| Page width |
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This sets the overall width of the application. This value may be set as "# of pixels" such as "750", or as a page percentage such as "98%".
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| Number of listings per page |
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This setting selects how many links to display on a single page.
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| Number of category columns for index |
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This pulldown option allows you to tell the system how many columns to display the categories/subcategories when viewing the index.
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| Number of listing columns for index |
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This pulldown option allows you to tell the system how many columns to display the listings when viewing the index.
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| Display subcats under categories |
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This selector allows you to turn on/off the random subcategory display until a category link.
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| Menu items to display |
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This series of checkboxes will allow you to enable/disable selected menu items from the top and bottom menu bars.
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| Listing items to display |
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This series of checkboxes will allow you to choose which items to display for a listing when viewing a category.
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| Side panels to display |
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This section permits you to choose which of the optional side panels to display, and in which order you wish to display them.
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| Banner |
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This section will allow you to remove, or change the banner located at the top of all pages.
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| CSS |
The CSS section allows you to setup the overall fonts/coloration for the script. If you are unfamiliar with CSS, you may find reference materials at the official home to CSS: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
Below is a brief explanation of individual lines. Removal of any element from the CSS is NOT recommended.
.dirBody - This sets up the <body> of the pages created.
The #generalBox class is used for all general content such as account creation, listing input, review input, etc.
#generalBox table - The table created to hold the block
#generalBox td - The content itself
#generalBox .alttd - Alternate content, such as when listing rows of data
#generalBox .headtd - The headings for the content
#generalBox INPUT - <input> boxes and buttons
#generalBox TEXTAREA - <textarea> boxes
#generalBox SELECT - Pulldown menus/selections
#generalBox a - Links within the general content
#generalBox a:hover - The hover state for links within the general content
#generalBox .error - Error messages
#generalBox .small - Small informational text such as detailed directions
#copyright - The block for the copyright notice, to include text displayed
#copyright a - Links contained in this block
#copyright a:hover - The hover state for any links in this block
The #menu class is used for the top and bottom menu bars
#menu table - The table created to hold the menu
#menu td - The individual cells for menu items
#menu a - The menu links
#menu a:hover - The hover state for links in the menu
#menu INPUT - <input> boxes and buttons
The #search class is used to define the search bar under the top menu
#search table - The table created to hold the search box
#search td - The individual cells for the search box
#search a - The "advanced search" link
#search a:hover - The hover state for the link
#search INPUT - <input> boxes and buttons
The #categories class is used when displaying categories/subcategories on the index
#categories table - The table created to hold all of the categories
#categories .cat - The category title/link
#categories .cat:hover - The hover state for the category title/link
#categories .subCat - The subcategory title/link displayed under the category
#categories .subCat:hover - The hover state for the subcategory title/link displayed under the category
#categories .catDesc - The category description text
#categories .related - The related category text
#categories .relatedA - Links for the related categories
#categories .relatedA:hover - The hover state for the links
The #listings class is used when displaying the listings for a category
#listings table - The table created to hold all of the listings
#listings td - The cell used to display the listing
#listings .alttd - Alternate cell used to display the listings, for multiple rows
#listings .title - The title link for the listing
#listings .title:hover - The hover state for the title link
#listings a - The url link display
#listings a:hover - The hover state for the url link
#listings .info - The small text, such as "Date added"
#listings .infoLink - Small links, such as "Read reviews"
#listings .infoLink:hover - The hover state for the small links
#listings img - The image attached to a listing
The #info class controls items such as page controls and sorting options
#info table - The table to hold the controls
#info a - The links within the controls
#info a:hover - The hover state for the controls
These 4 background colors are used for the optional "Colorized" listings
.background_1 - Option 1
.background_2 - Option 2
.background_3 - Option 3
.background_4 - Option 4
The #panel class is used for setting up the side panel displays
#panel table - The table to hold the panel
#panel td - The cell for the panel
#panel .head - The header for the panel
#panel a - Links within the panel
#panel a:hover - The hover state for the links
The #reviewBox class is used to control how reviews are displayed
#reviewBox table - The table for the reviews
#reviewBox td - The content for the reviews
#reviewBox .alttd - The alternate content for the reviews
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