Screen: ShopSite > Preferences > Layout Settings

Layout Settings

Use this screen to create a standard header or footer to appear on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You might want to include links to important documents, or your e-mail address, phone number, or copyright information. If you are familiar with HTML, you can even create a graphical navigation bar.

You can select whether or not to include the Layout Settingsfor individual pages on the Edit Page Layout screen, and whether or not to include the Layout Settings on product More Information Pages on the More Info Page settings screen.

Page Header and Footer

The following text appears at the top and bottom of each page in your store.
Header
 Enter the text or HTML to display at the top of Store Pages and product More Information Pages.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.
Footer
 Enter the text or HTML to display at the bottom of Store Pages and product More Information Pages.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Central Control for Colors, Background Image and Page Width

These options give you control over formatting the colors, background image, and width of your page.
Text Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker. This will be the default color of the text in your store.
Background Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker. This will be the background color of the each page in your store.
Link Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker. This will be the color used to inform visitors of a hyperlink within your store.
Visited Link Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker. This will be the color that a hyperlink will turn if it has already been visited.
Active Link Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker. This will be the color a hyperlink will appear when a visitor hovers over the link.
Table Shade Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Advanced Search Form Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Quantity Price Background Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Quantity Price Comment Background Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Quantity Price On Sale Background Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Field Warning Highlight Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Field Warning Shade Color
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Background Image
 Enter the image URL or directory path, or click Select to select an image.
Page Width
 Use the drop-down list to select the page width format ('%' or 'px') and provide a number in the textbox.
Using the above values change the fields for these features
 Use the check boxes to select where you want to apply the above formatting. The options are: Page, Product more Information, Product Quantity Pricing, Search, Order System, and Gift Certificate.

Fonts

Use these options to control which font is used and how big it should appear.
Font
 Use the drop-down list to select a font or type in the font name.
Font Size
 Use the drop-down list to select the font size format ('pt', 'px', 'em', or '%') and provide a number in the textbox.

Images

These fields control whether to use a company logo and header image as well as two additional images that can be used in custom templates.
Company Logo and URL
 Set the check box to use a company logo in your template. Specify which image to use for the logo, what size image to use (if you created multiple sizes of the image when you uploaded it), and where the image should direct visitors who click on it (either the homepage created by ShopSite or another URL).
Header image and URL
 Enter the image URL or directory path, or click Select to select an image to use in the header.
Image 1 and URL
 Enter the image URL or directory path, or click Select to select an image.
Image 2 and URL
 Enter the image URL or directory path, or click Select to select an image.

Extra Color Fields

These fields can be used to specify particular colors for use in your custom templates.
Color 1
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Color 2
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Color 3
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Color 4
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.
Color 5
 Enter a Hexadecimal color value or use the Pick link to select a color from the color picker.

Text

Use these fields to display custom HTML or text. Often, this is a block of text known as "boilerplate" and it is useful when you need to repeat information on several pages.
Text A
 Enter the text or HTML to display in your custom template.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.
Text B
 Enter the text or HTML to display in your custom template.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Examples

Below is an example of putting a simple store navigation bar in the footer. To do this, you must set the File Name field for all pages in your store, so that you can use those file names in the links for the navigation bar.

Enter the following text and HTML into the footer section

and the text comes out looking like this, with the red and blue text being hotlinks:

This is an example of a footer containing contact and copyright information.

Email customer_service@yourstore.com
If you have questions or comments, you can contact us toll free at 800-555-1345. We appreciate your patronage.
©2000 Yourstore, Inc.

You can view and copy the source code for this footer by using the View Source function of your browser. You can include the copyright symbol (©) by typing © or © in the footer text.

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Last updated: March 01, 2010
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