This template is based on the JA-Purity template.
There are Ramblers Branding Guidelines which can be accessed from the volunteers section of the Central Office web site
The document that describes the branding in most detail is aimed at Designers. The easiest way to find it is to go to http://www.ramblers.org.uk/ and put branding into the search area.
- Note that page 9 of this document describes the colours to be used on Ramblers publications. The list of colours is also shown here.
Ramblers Colour Palette
Here is a representation of these colours, note that the colours may appear different in different applications.
Pantone 0110 | |
Pantone 0159 | |
Pantone 0186 | |
Pantone 0555 | |
Pantone 0583 | |
Pantone 1815 | |
Pantone 4485 | |
Pantone 5565 | |
Pantone 7474 |
Template Settings
You are able to set a number of items with this Template
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Group – Enter the name of the Group or Area, this will appear in the Heading area of the site.
Logo Link - the web site the Logo should link to, usually http://www.ramblers.org.uk/
Logo Title - a text alternative to the Logo
Logo Image - an image for the logo, usually logo92.png
Logo Height - the image height
Logo Width - the image width
Display Logo - whether to display the logo or not
Horizon Elements – This will appear in the right hand side of the heading area. You may add your own horizons by adding them to image/horizons within the templates directory. To add images to this directory you need access to either FTP or a host provided file manager.
Horizontal Navigation Type – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Vertical Navigation Type – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Font size – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Template Width – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Specified width – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Specified minimum width - the minimum width the web site window, stops items getting too cramped.
Header Themes – there are two types of theme for the heading a solid and an outline version, you can also select which Ramblers colour to use
Background Themes – this is the same as Ja-Purity template
Primary Elements – select the Ramblers colour for the main content of the web pages
Horizontal Menu Colour – select the colour for the horizontal menu
Vertical Menu Colour – select the colour for the horizontal menu
Page stats code in Header - place any code/scripts that you wish to add to every page in the HEAD tag. This is useful for adding Google Analytics code for logging usage statistics.
Page stats code in Body- place any code/scripts that you wish to add to every page at the bottom of the BODY tag. This is useful for adding Google Analytics code for logging usage statistics.
Vertical and Horizontal Menus
If you want to use a drop down menu then you need to place your menu in either the hornav or vertnav positions.
Make sure that Always show sub-menu Items is set on
Set Menu Class Suffix to _menu
Modules
A number of special modules layouts are provided as part of the template
- _pantonexxxx
- _outlinexxxx
- _headingxxxx
where xxxx is the Ramblers colour from the list above
Example of _pantone7474
Image may be NSFW.
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Example of _outline0186
Image may be NSFW.
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Example of _heading0110
Image may be NSFW.
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