Site Customisation

This form allows you to change various aspects of your site's display. It shows a set of possible choices, with an indication of those currently in force. Most options are chosen by ticking or unticking the associated box. Their meanings should largely be obvious, but see the explanations below:

• Event ordering: when the page is loaded, the list of events on the Events page may be shown initially in strict date order, or by category, beginning with the predefined categories like "Meetings" followed by the group pages with which the event is associated. Once the page is displayed, site visitors will be able to virw the list in either order as they wish/
• U3A logo in colour: black and white or standard orange and blue. Use the coloured version with care, as it doesn't blend well with some other colour-sschemes! NB it is possible to make the standard logo the default for your site, but upload one or more special logos for some of your pages.
• Timetable on group page: this is generated automatically from the day / time data entered for group meetings. It can be turned off if you prefer to show the information in a different way.
• Group page events on main Events page: by default the event details are repeated, labelled with relevant group page header. Turn this option OFF if it is not required.
• Group page links on main Links page: by default the links are repeated, labelled with the relevant group page header. Turn this option OFF if it is not required.
• Inline pictures: special effects: by default, clicking on an inline thumbnail image will show the standard full-size version on a new page. The alternative special effect is to show the full-size picture immediately as an overlay on the current page, allowing visitors to move backwards and forwards through all inline pictures on the current page with the mouse or left / right cursor keys.
• Display style.
  • "A" is a light style, with few explicit borders, in which page elements are tightly-integrated. It works well with colour-schemes using strongly-contrasting colours.
  • "B" uses more borders and centred headings to separate page elements, and helps to provide more definition in colour-schemes based on light pastel background colours.
  • "C" is the same as "B", but in addition shows the menu items as separate buttons rather than as part of a continuous bar. (The traditionalists' choice.)

Whenever any option in this screen is changed, it is always necessary to click the "Save" button in order to register it. After the changes have been registered, the same form is shown again for confirmation. At that point you may wish to click the "View Full Site" in the sidebar menu, to check whether the changes had the desired effect.

Below the main data entry form you will also see an alternative option to enter a brief message - less than 255 charactersin length - for a scrolling banner to appear on your site home page for the following 21 days.