Synapse Basic Customisation

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Saturday, 31 March 2007 17:50

A guide to the basic Synapse customisation options that can be configured in the template "index.php" file with a description of each of the available options and how they affect the presentation of the template.

Synapse features several built in configuration options that have been designed to be easily changed with a single control. You can take advantage of these customisation options by making changes in the Synapse "index.php" file. Here is a breakdown of the available options:

The PNGfix

You can turn off or on the pngfix with this setting. More info at our Tutorial Site.

Font Spans

With the following setting enabled, you can have multi-colored headers.

Font Family

You can choose which font you would like to use for your titles.

LeftColumn Width

With the following setting, you can choose the width of the left column.

RightColumn Width

With the following setting, you can choose the width of the right column.

Splitmenu Location

With this setting, choose to have the sidebar placed on the left or right of the mainbody. The name of the module positions changes to reflect left or right.

Default Font

Based on your own personal preference, you can set the default font size with this setting below.

Font Buttons

You can enable or disable the font sizer buttons that will display at the top of the template.

Show Pathway

This setting controls whether the pathway appears on your site.

Module Slider

There is now a convenient toggle to show the tabbed modules or not.

Module List

With the setting illustrated below, 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.

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Default Style

Synapse has 10 pre-made styles that can be easily selected from the option shown below. Simply change the settings between the two " " tags to your style of choice.

Header Style

Synapse has 6 pre-made header wood textures that can be easily selected from the option shown below. Simply change the settings between the two " " tags to your style of choice.

IE6 Warning

Warn your visitors using Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a more secure version with this toggle.

RokZoom Enabled

RokZoom, a powerful and presentationally excellent script can sometimes come into conflict with other javascript libraries, you can disable it with the following settings.

Template Width

You have the ability to select, with ease, the width of the template. The setting below is what you edit to either reduce or increase templates width.

Menu Name

The following parameter controls which Joomla! menu is loaded for the horizontal navigation bar. Therefore, you can use a custom menu instead of a default menu such as "tab-menu" or use another default menu such as "topmenu".

Menu Type

Synapse has 4 options for the horizontal navigation bar. You can either, select moomenu, the latest menu addition; suckerfish, the basic vertical dropdown menu; splitmenu, the popular classic or have the area as a separate module position.

Module Count

The module configuration variable below controls how many consecutive modules you can have for a position.

Module User3

This is the User3 module position, which is using no module class suffix.

You can publish multiple modules to this module position and can have 4 modules wide in this bottom bar.

Module User4

This is the User4 module position, which is using no module class suffix.

You can publish multiple modules to this module position and can have 4 modules wide in this bottom bar.

Module User5

This is the User5 module position, which is using no module class suffix.

You can publish multiple modules to this module position and can have 4 modules wide in this bottom bar.

Module User6

This is the User6 module position, which is using no module class suffix.

You can publish multiple modules to this module position and can have 4 modules wide in this bottom bar.