Cascade Lakes is a Premium template. Here is some helpful information pertaining to the template:
Template Details
| Template type |
PREMIUM |
| Control panel version |
3 |
| Supports categories |
YES |
| Contact form |
YES |
| Supports logo |
YES |
| Slideshow in gallery |
YES |
Image Sizes
All images should be uploaded to your image bank and optimized for the web.
| Image |
Width |
Height |
| Intro images |
900 |
600 |
| Gallery images |
900 |
600 |
| Page images |
900 |
600 |
| Contact image |
900 |
600 |
Site Colors Settings:
Go to Site Settings/Colors in your site control tools
You will find the ability to change about seven(7) colors from the Colors section.
| Color Name |
Color Description |
| Title Color: |
this controls the color of the logo text if no logo file is specified |
| Text Color: |
this controls the color of the page and contact page text, and the background of the send button on the contact form |
| Body Color: |
this controls the color background of the site (around the frame). This color will be covered up if a texture is used. |
| Secondary Color: |
this controls the color of the load bar and the backgrounds of the gallery sub menu and the audio player |
| Border Color: |
this controls the border color. |
| Page Background Color: |
this controls the color of the rectangle that sits behind the pages |
| Custom Color 1: |
this controls the color of the main and sub menus, icons, gallery buttons, sub page links, page links, audio controls,scroll bars and copyright |
| Custom Color 2: |
this controls the color on mouse over color of the main and sub menus, icons, slideshow toggle, sub page links, page links, scroll bars and audio controls |
| Custom Color 3: |
this controls the color of the contact form field backgrounds and the color of the 'send' text |
Special Features
Intro Images
Intro images should be uploaded into the advanced tab under extra files and will play as a slideshow. To control the order of the images please upload the images like this: 01intro.jpg, 02intro.jpg, 03intro.jpg and so on.
Page Linking
To make a page link redirect to some other page (ie. http://google.com) Put the following as the first and only text in the page text: REDIRECT:http://google.com
Contact Page
Just add a page in the pages section titled contact and the contact form will show up on the site. you can also assign an image to this page by selected one from the drop down when editing the contact page.
Texture
Cascade Lakes supports a textured background for the body of your website. The texture needs to be sized around 1400 pixels W x 900 pixels H (doesn't need to be exactly that size but around there). The file needs to be uploaded to the image bank and the file name must be specified under Site Settings > Template Settings > Texture file.
Music
Music is uploaded into the music area under Site Settings. 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. Otherwise the jukebox will not be able to read the song/artist information.
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 Site Settings 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,YYYY][MM,DD,YYYY][MM,DD,YYYY]. Make sure there are no spaces between the sets of dates and no line breaks.
Full Screen Button
Cascade Lakes has the ability to fill the viewing area of a visitor by pressing the full screen button. To show the full screen button, enter a value of 'true' in the 'Allow fullscreen button' field under Site Settings > Template Settings.To hide the full screen button, enter a value of 'false' in the 'Allow fullscreen button' field under Site Settings > Template Settings.
Slide Show Speed
You can adjust the speed of the slide show under Site Settings > Template Settings. Enter the desired amount in seconds to the Slideshow speed field.
Portfolio Page Title
You can specify the name used on the portfolio menu item. Under Site Settings > Template Settings enter the desired name you want to use in the Portfolio page title field. Then in the Pages tab creat a page with the same name.
Contact Page Title
You can specify the name used on the contact menu item. Under Site Settings > Template Settings enter the desired name you want to use in the Contact page title field.
Page Titles
You can enable and disable titles on pages. Under Site Settings > Template Settings > Show page titles enter 'yes' if you want page titles to appear, or 'no' if you do not want page titles to appear.
Image Captions
To create a caption for an image click on the desired image under Images > Image Bank**. In the caption field enter a few sentences to describe the image. When the image shows up in a gallery on your site, the caption icon will appear. Click on the caption icon to show the caption for that image. Click the caption icon again to hide the caption.
** You may need to wait for the entire image bank page to load before you can enter a caption.
FAQ's - For more questions not covered here make sure to check out our FAQ page
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