Aurora Way Sample
Template Details
| Template type | PREMIUM |
| Control panel version | 2 |
| Supports categories | YES |
| Supports sub pages | YES |
| Supports video | NO |
| Contact form | YES |
| Supports logo | YES |
| Slideshow in gallery | YES |
| Maximum galleries | UNLIMITED |
| Images in galleries | UNLIMITED |
Image Sizes
All images should be uploaded to your image bank and optimized for the web.
| Image | Width | Height |
| Background image | 900 | 280 |
| Gallery images | 900 | 530 |
| Page images | 900 | 280 |
Site Colors Settings:
Go to Site Settings/Colors in your site control tools
You will find the ability to change about nine(9) colors from the Colors section.
| Color Name | Color Description |
| Title Color: | this controls your site title color and page title color when on an Information page. |
| Text Color: | this controls the navigational elements of your site (main/sub menus, music player, copyright message, etc) |
| Body Color: | this controls the color of the browser body. |
| Secondary Color: | this controls the color of the top/bottom color panels on the site. |
| Border Color: | this controls the music player icon and the intro dashed bar. |
| Page Background Color: | this controls the background color of the contact field labels of your contact form. |
| Custom Color 1: | this controls the 'click' color of your menu, music player, etc. |
| Custom Color 2: | this controls the 'mouseover' color of your menu, copyright, navigational items. this also controls the border color of your contact form fields and labels. |
| Custom Color 3: | this controls the text on all pages (not the page titles but just the text on the information and contact pages) |
Special Features:
Custom Category and Info Page thumbnails
Aurora allows you to make custom thumbnails for each of your Categories and Pages. Create a thumbnail sized image that is 200 pixels by 132 pixels. Name the thumbnail the exact name of your Category Title or Page Title with the name ending in "_thumb.jpg" (that is an underscore before the word thumb) Example: "Weddings Two_thumb.jpg" Where the Category name is "Weddings Two". This is case sensitive. And do not include the quotes. You will upload these images differently as well. Go to Images/Upload Images then use the link that says 'the old fashioned way'. NOTE: With the version 3 admin panel, the 'old fashion way' does not apply. Just upload thumbnail as in the above example and admin panel will automatically load to correct category/page.
Advanced Template Settings
Below is a screenshot of some of the advanced features configurable in the Admin under Advanced > Template Settings. Including the transparency value of the color fields on the site, Info and Contact Page background transparency, menu names and extra links, and slideshow speed in seconds.
Intro Slideshow
Intro Background Images can be added under Advanced > Extra Files > Upload New Extra Files… Background and gallery image sizes listed above.To control the order of the images please upload the images like this: 01intro.jpg, 02intro.jpg, 03intro.jpg and so on.
Slideshow Speed
The slideshow speed can be controlled in the Advanced > Template Settings area. The value entered in this area is in seconds. If slideshow speed is not defined, the template has a default slideshow speed of 4 seconds.
Redirect
To have a link in your menu or sub menu that redirects to another website, create a page or sub page in your admin with the following text in the text area using standard mode:
REDIRECT:http://www.bigfolio.com
(replace 'http://www.bigfolio.com' with your website URL)
Music
To add songs to your site, upload them from your Admin panel under: Site Settings > Music > Upload New Music Track…
The jukebox will read ID3 tags from MP3 files. Depending on what music player you use, you may have to “Convert ID3 Tags…” before they are uploaded to your site. ID3 version 2.4 is recommended.
Texture
Aurora supports a textured background for the body of your website. the texture should be sized around 1400-1600 pixels Wide x 900-1200 pixels High, with a file size well under 300K.
Upload a texture image in your Admin just as you would upload a gallery image. Then specify the texture file name in Advanced or (Site settings *this is on newer versions) > Template Settings > Texture File Name: (Example: "texture4.jpg")
App Alpha
The app alpha will change the alpha of the top and bottom sections of the site. (the big color sections above and below the actual content of the site.)
Info Page Alpha
The info page alpha is the alpha specific to the page image/text area on all pages (not galleries) and contact form.
Main Menu Redirects
The main menu (top right) for the site allows you to add three redirects. To add/remove items simply chose Advanced/Template Settings. Set Men Num Links to 0-3 (0 for no redirects, 1 for 1 redirect, etc). Then scroll down to Menu Link 1 Title and name the link text (this is what the site visitor will see) and then add the Menu Link 1 URL (where the redirect will link to).
Main Menu Labels
In the site control tools chose Advanced/Template Settings and change the labels for your info section main link, portfolio main link and contact form label to whatever you like.
Calendar
This template includes a built in availability calendar. To activate it follow these steps:
1. Create a page in the pages section called calendar
2. Go to the advance tab and select template settings
3. Add the title of your availabilty calendar to the field labeled Calendar title
4. Under the field for calendar text please insert the wording you would like to show up on that page. Something like "Dark dates are the days I am unavailable" is recommended
5. Now under Unavailable dates you need to have at least two dates input for the calendar to work. The format is simple. Insert dats with this format: MM,DD,YYYYMM,DD,YYYYMM,DD,YYYY. Make sure there are no spaces between the sets of dates and no line breaks.
FAQ's - For more questions not covered here make sure to check out our FAQ page.
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