A guide to the basic Versatility IV customisation options that can be configured in the template with a description of each of the available options and how they affect the presentation of the template.
Here is a breakdown of the available options:
Default Style
The template is bundled with 10 pre-made style variants that be be easily and quickly chosen from the template configuration.
Menu Style
The template is bundled with 4 pre-made menu style variants that be be easily and quickly chosen from the template configuration.
Header Wrap
This option allows to choose whether the header bar extends across the whole page or is cropped to the size of the wrapper.
Footer Wrap
This option allows to choose whether the Footer bar extends across the whole page or is cropped to the size of the wrapper.
IE6 Warning
Warn your visitors using Internet Explorer 6 to upgrade to a more secure version with this toggle. This option activates a javascript based dropdown in IE6 at the top of the template where a description of why IE6 is a redundant browser is visible. The warning will only appear once as its stored via a cookie.
Font Family
You can choose which font you would like to use for your content item, these are all web standard fonts.
Font Spans
Choose whether module titles are multi-coloured by enabling Font Spans.
Template Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the template itself, simply change the number to another pixel value.
LeftColumn Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left column, simply change the number to another pixel value.
RightColumn Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right column, simply change the number to another pixel value.
Left Inset Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.
Right Inset Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.
Splitmenu Location
One of the template’s menu options is splitmenu which displays the first and second level items in the horizontal menu bar and the 3rd in a side column module. This option allows you to choose between the left column or the right column.
Menu Name
The following parameter controls which Joomla menu is loaded for the horizontal navigation bar, by default this is mainmenu but you can change it to whatever menu such as othermenu.
Menu Type
Versatility IV is bundled with 4 menu options, 3 of which are integrated menu approaches. These are splitmenu, moomenu, suckerfish and module. Splitmenu displays the 1st level menu items in the horizontal bar and the 2nd in the side column; moomenu and suckerfish display the menu items in dropdown lists with moomenu having a javascript powered approach; and the module options turns the menu bar into the toolbar module position so you can insert modules into the area (this will disable the menu however). You can also select none so the entire horizontal menu does not appear.
Default Font
This option allows you to choose what the font size will be, you have 3 options to choose from, these are smaller, default and larger.
Show Module Slider
This option allows you to enable or disable the Module slider that operates on the User11-User20 module positions.
Module Slider Location
Select which area of the template you wish to have the RokSlide (Module Slider) feature located.
Module Slider Height
Set the height value, in pixels, that the Module Slider will conform to.
Left Banner Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left banner position, simply change the number to another pixel value.
Right Banner Width
This template configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right banner position, simply change the number to another pixel value.
Module Header Icons
Select which icon set you wish to load for the module hilite module headers, if any.
Show Pathway
The pathway or breadcrumbs function can be disabled with this setting.
Show Logo
Versatility IV allows you to turn the logo into a module position (icon) to allow for more flexible control.
Show Bottomlogo
This setting allows you to enable/disable the RocketTheme logo.
Show Date
This setting allows you to disable the date in the upper left of the template.
Show Text Sizer
This setting allows you to disable the text size controls in the upper right of the template.
Mootools / Javascript Compatibility
Enable or disable js compatibility mode for better compatibility with non mootools based js libraries. Warning, setting to “true” will cause several js template features to not work properly
Module Count
The module configuration variable below controls how many consecutive modules you can have for a position.