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Organica has a diverse range of parameters accessible in the template administrator in Joomla 1.5 and the index.php file in Joomla 1.0.

The settings in the first part of the template parameter relate to the javascript and lightbox settings.

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  1. Enable jQuery - In order to use all of the jQuery javascript effecs such as the panel menu, fsuperfish menu, ront page slider, front page accordion, prettyPhoto or prettyBox, or faceBox for the microBlog module, you must set the first option to yes. Once jQuery is included in the template then there is noneed to include it anywhere else on your site. Some of our modules also use jQuery and if you are using them please set the option to no to include jQuery in the module administrator.
  2. Superfish Menu - Set this option yo yes if you want to use the superfish menu. The first jQuery option must be set to yes. If you set the superfish menu to know then the superfish menu will degrade to a standard suckerfish menu using the Extended menu module.
  3. Enable FaceBox - FaceBox is used by the microBlog moduleto display content items in a lightbox. If you are using that feature of the microBlog module set this option to yes.
  4. Enable PrettyPhoto - prettyPhoto is another lightbox script thats used by the prettyBox gallery module, which can also be used as a stand alone lightbox script. if you are going to use the prettyPhoto script then you need to set this to yes.
  5. Opacity - This setting relates to the opacity of the overlay that is used by prettyPhoto. Set this option to the opacity you desire - 0 is 100% transparent while 1.0 is 100% opaque.

The settings in the following image relate the colours that appear ont he front page accordion.

Each of the fields below relate to images in the images/fold folder in the template directory. You can see a full range of the colours available here.

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The next set of options relate to the titles for each fold. You have the option to display these images or not and also choose from 23 predefined labels. The source pngs are provided enabling you to create your own. The font that is used for the logo and for these labels is Courier New.

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The next set of options relate to the titles for the slider that appear on the front page. The titles are automatically published if you have the module that correlates to the title published. eg if you have a module published to slide2 then the title for the slide2 module will also be published.

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The next set of steps relate to the the front page slider and the timing of the transition as well as the type of transition and its duration.

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1. Start and Finish - This one is pretty straight forward. Do you want the transition effect to occur at the start or end of the slide.

2, Transition Effect - The type of effect used each time the slide occurs on the front page slider.Some are subtly different while the bounce, elastic and back options can have dramatic results.

3. Duration - The duration determines the time it takes for one slide to occur.

The next set of options relate to the layout of the sub page columns. Please view the article about the sub page layout for more information.

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  1. Layout - The first option determines the order in which the various elements in the main content area in the sub page layout appear. This essentially determines which of the four columns contains the main content body.
  2. Width of whole page - This setting relates to the width of the container that holds the four columns. This can be a px width or a percentage measurement depdning on your needs. Please make sure you add the unit of measurement after the value you are using eg 900px or 90%. Also be sure to doublecheck the widths in all browsers as there may be variable results depending on the width settings below.
  3. Four Columns - These settings determine the width of the four columns from a percentage value. These widths come into play when the left, right and insetpositions have at least one module published to them. The main content area makes up the fourth column.
  4. Three Columns - These widths come into play when any two of the positions, left, right and inset have modules published to them. The main content area makes up the third colum.
  5. Two Columns - These widths are used by the template when only one of the positions left, right and inset have modules published to them. The second column is the main content area.
 

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