Module Details
At the module details page you can enable or disable your modules and change their details and settings.
The main settings section:
You can setup the general settings of your module at the main settings section.
The following fields are available:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| ID | The internal module ID |
| Type | The module type. Most module types are unique except for the custom module type |
| Module Title | The title of your module. This helps you identify your module at the admin area. |
| Module Header | The header at the top of the module. This header appears on top of each module, if “show header” is set for the module.Please note: Some modules may not display a header at all, especially bar modules. |
| Show Header | Select, if you want to display the header or not. Please note: Some modules may not display a header at all, regardless of this setting, especially bar modules. |
| Show Border | Show a border around the module |
| Active | Select, if the module is active or disabled |
| Position | The layout position where the module appears. Please note: depending on the active skin template the layout positions may vary. |
| Priority | The sorting priority of the module.Modules will be sorted by priority when used at the same layout position and the same storefront page. Lower numbers indicate a higher priority and will be displayed first. |
| Language | The language for title and content of the module. Please note: Some modules are “multilanguage ready” which means they will use your shop storefront language files for the module headers. If you want to use the language file text, instead of the text you can enter at the details page, leave the header field blank. |
The additional settings section:
The additional settings section, only appears, if the module has additional settings.Modules with extra settings are marked with a cog icon at the module manager.
Those extra settings are usually used for style options or to setup the functionality and the behavior of any module functions.
e.g.: At the category bar module, you can setup a maximum number of categories you want to appear, how many sub levels of the categories should be included and if you want additional links to appear for special category sections.
The optional parameters section:
You can setup optional parameters at this section. Optional parameters affect the styling of your module. If you don’t won’t to change the styling of the module, you can ignore those settings and leave the fields at their default and blank settings.
The following fields are available:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Class Suffix | The css class suffix to be used with the module. This will override the default module css class and add a new css class to the Since this settings is used to set a css class, the entered css class suffix needs to be present in the stylesheet declaration of the used storefront skin template for this setting to work.module elements. |
| Font-Family | The font family to be used for the module.You can select a font family from a list of default fonts. Additional web fonts will appear in the list and can be selected if they were added at the web font manager. This will override the default module font family. |
| Font-Size | You can select a font size from a list of sizes from 1px to 30px. This setting will override the default module font size. |
| Font-Style | You can select one of the following font styles:
This setting will override the default module font style. |
| Font-Weight | This setting will override the default module font weight. |
| Font-Color | You can set a font color for the module by either using the color picker on the right side of the field or by entering a color value manually: e.g.: #dc8e8e This setting will override the default module font color. |
| Background | You can set a background color for the module by either using the color picker on the right side of the field or by entering a color value manually: e.g.: #dc8e8e This setting will override the default module background color. |
| Background Gradient Start Color | You can set a background gradient start color for the module by either using the color picker on the right side of the field or by entering a color value manually: e.g.: #e0e0e0 This setting will override the default module background color and set a start color for a background gradient. |
| Background Gradient End Color | You can set a background gradient start color for the module by either using the color picker on the right side of the field or by entering a color value manually: e.g.: #959595 This setting will override the default module background color and set a end color for a background gradient. |
The box HTML section:
This section only appears, when a custom content module is edited or created.
Enter your text or HTML code in the HTML/text editor. The entered text and HTML code will appear as module content in the module body.
Please note: The content entered at the HTML section is language specific. The flag at the right side of the header indicates which language version of the content is currently edited or created.
The pages section:
The pages section determines the pages where the module appears at the storefront, if it is active.
The pages section is organized in several subsections depending on the storefront page type.
The following subsections are available:
- Common Pages -
This subsection includes all pages that don't fall into the user or vendor management pages subsection - User Management -
This subsection only includes pages that are accessible and used by registered shop users. - Vendor Management - This subsection only includes pages that are accessible and used by shop vendors.
To select which pages the module should appear at, check the appropriate pages in the list.
If you want the module to appear at all pages, just check the “all” checkbox at the top of the pages section.
The page exceptions section
The page exceptions section determines, if the module should or should not appear under certain circumstances.
The “Module is visible during vendor shop sessions” field is used to select how the module should behave, when opening vendor specific and general shop pages at the storefront.
There are several scenarios where this setting is useful:
e.g.: the “home” page is available as mall homepage and vendor homepage version.There might be some circumstances where you don’t want a module to appear at a certain page.
e.g.: You select “all” as pages settings for a module that displays information about a vendor, but only want a module to appear, when a vendor specific page is opened at the storefront, since there is no vendor information to display at a general mall page.
The following options are available for the vendor shop session setting:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Module is ALWAYS visible during vendor shop sessions | The module is visible, when opening vendor specific pages and when opening general shop pages. |
| Module is NEVER visible during vendor shop sessions. | The module is only visible, when opening general shop pages. The module will not appear if a vendor specific version of a page is opened |
| Module is ONLY visible during vendor shop sessions. | The module is only visible, when opening vendor specific shop pages. The module will not appear if a general mall page is opened |
Click on the “Save Changes” button to save any changes to your module settings.
Click on the “Reset Form” button to reset any changes you made while editing the form.
Click on the “Back” button to return to the module management page.