Appearance
The Appearance configuration options provide a comprehensive set of tools to customize the visual aspects and layout of your eMuseum site. These settings allow for the personalization of colors, fonts, layout structures, and navigation behaviors, ensuring the site aligns with your institution's branding and user experience goals. Below is a detailed description of each configuration option, including practical examples of how they could be used:
General Settings
Rounded Corners
Enables rounded corners for UI elements such as buttons and text inputs. Using rounded corners can create a softer, more modern look for the website.
All Caps Text
Transforms menu items and small labels to upper case. Labels for buttons like "SUBMIT" and "CANCEL" appear in all caps for emphasis.
Enable Big Search Box
Displays a large search box inside the content area instead of in the header.
Enable Sharing
Enables social media sharing buttons for objects in the collection, allowing users to share individual works using social media applications such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, as well as email. It also enables sharing in the List, Images, and Detail pages.
Global Link Color
Sets the color for hyperlinks across the site. Choosing a distinct blue for all links to maintain visual consistency.
Global Link Hover Color
Sets the color for links when the mouse hovers over them to provide clear visual feedback to users.
Global Base Dark Color
Sets the color for menu items and text.
Global Highlight Color
Sets a color for highlighted elements such as buttons, selected text, and active states.
Media Zone Background Color
Sets the background color on detail pages when using a one-column layout to ensure images and videos stand out.
Global Layout Max Width
Sets the maximum width of the content for all pages.
Typography Body Font
Sets the font face for text in the body of all pages.
Typography Title Font
Sets the font face for titles on all pages.
Typography Font Base Size
Sets the base font size, which scales all text sizes up or down.
Grid Gutter Width
Sets the amount of space between items in grid view.
Header
Centered Header
Centers the logo and main menu on the page.
Bar
Adds a colored bar behind the header section.
Header Vertical Padding
Adds padding to the top and bottom of the header.
Header Bg Color
Sets the color of the header bar if it is enabled.
Header Text Color
Sets the text color inside the header if the header bar is enabled.
Footer
Footer Enabled
Enable or disable the page footer.
Centered Footer
Footer Padding Vertical
Adds padding to the top and bottom of the footer.
Footer Bg Color
Sets the background color of the footer.
Footer Text Color
Sets the color of text inside the footer.
Image Grid
Stacks images on top of each other like bricks.
Each item is given an equal amount of space on the grid.
Crops images so that images are a uniform size.
Crops images with varied sizing throughout the grid.
Results Layout
One Column
Displays filters and results in one column.
Two Column
Displays the filters and results in two columns.
Details Layout
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