Vendor Module Details
At the vendor module details page you can enable or disable your vendor specific modules and change their details and settings.
The main settings section:
You can setup the general settings of your module or activate and deactivate the 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. The module header is language specific, A flag at the right side of the field, indicates what language version of the field is displayed and edited. 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. |
Please note: There are no vendor specific additional settings for vendor specific modules. Vendor specific modules use the additional settings of the mall modules with the same module type, if any additional settings are used for the mall modules.
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 module elements. 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. |
| 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 modulefont 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 pages section:
The pages section determines the pages where the module appears at the storefront, if it is active.
Please note: The pages section of the for the vendor module details only offer a subset of the available shop pages. Since vendor modules only appear at vendor specific pages.
Only the following pages are available for vendor specific modules:
home, catalog, page, products and product
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 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.
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.
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 “Module Management” button to return to the vendor module management page.