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- MyStore 3.x DECORATION
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- The "Layout" folder contains gif or jpeg images in sub folders
- that are used to decorate documents containing a layout table,
- to set a page background image if desired, and to provide your
- own navigation button designs.
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- The path to the images is set in "storefront.htm" as:
- var layout = 'Layouts/yourfolder';.
- You can have as many looks as you want just by adding more sub
- folders to the "Layouts" folder and changing the path name in
- your "storefront.htm" file.
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- By default the layout table in the "show" frame is set at 480 pixels
- wide to allow successful viewing on low resolution screens.
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- The layout images are set as background images in a table data (<td>)
- field. They will tile if their size is less than the td width or height.
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- The top row of the layout table is 480 X 80 pixels. The image that
- displays here is "hrow.gif" or "hrow.jpg". To display a single image,
- make the size match the table row size, that is: 480 x 80 pixels.
- Some very interesting effects, however, can be achieved by using small
- images and letting them tile.
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- The left column defaults to 20, 40, or 80 pixels wide depending on
- the document. This is done to fit everything into a 480 pixel wide
- table. The image here is "col.gif" or "col.jpg". The height of the
- image will vary according to the page viewed and the amount of information
- on that page. For this reason, you should use a small image that will
- look good when tiled.
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- The page background image is called "back.gif". This can be any size
- to create the effect you want.
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- Within each of the "yourfolder" that you create, there must be a sub
- folder called "Buttons". There are 12 navigation button images here.
- Most names should make their use self evident.
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- "altgo.gif" is used as the default image in the left column of the
- browse page when no image is specified in your category database list.
- See the "databaseset.txt" for more information about this. It serves
- as the link for your customer to click to view products in a category.
- The image size can be up to 80 x 80 pixels.
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- "quest.gif" is used in the left row of the products display page. It
- serves as the link to product detail pages. It can be up to 40 x 40
- pixels.
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- "enterorder.gif", getnewcat.gif", and "backcat.gif" are all navigation
- buttons appearing in the bottom row of a table displayed within a page.
- These images look best as long narrow buttons similar to default form
- buttons. Their size should be approximately 25 x 150 pixels.
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- All of the other buttons appear in the bottom navigation row of your store.
- This row is set to 42 pixels high; so, the buttons should not exceed
- about 36 pixels in height. The width is limited by the browser window size
- and the length of your storename. Assuming a window width of 640 pixels
- and a name length of 200 pixels and some space between these seven buttons,
- allows up to about 55 pixels in width for each button.
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- Around line 84 of the "storefront.htm" file you get to choose a logo
- to display over the top of your "hrow.gif" assuming one was used.
- By default this is set to a small MyStore logo. You can change this
- to YourStore logo and set a link to YourDomain. The size of this
- logo is not important to the rendering of your pages. However, it
- should not exceed approximately 350 pixels in width to allow room
- for the adjoining text. Logo heights greater than 80 pixels will
- simply expand the 80 pixel default table row height. View the trial
- software, "storefrontdeco.htm", for an illustration of this.
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