The 'General' Tab - Changing the Global Design Settings for your Store

The 'General' tab contains a range of settings for selecting images and entering text for various elements in your store design.

The settings within the grid are explained below:

Field

Meaning

 

Site

Company Logo Image

The main logo image to appear within your store pages.

Select '<Browse>' to select an image.

CompanyLogoFilename

Header

Enter some text to appear at the top of every page in the store.

HeaderText

Footer

Enter some text to appear at the bottom of every page in the store.

FooterText

Cart Price Description

The price prompt shown in the confirmation page (when you are using a shopping mode of 'Quantity on Confirmation Page').

CartPriceDescription

Receipt Currency Label

The text that is displayed just above the shopping cart and indicates the currency of the online store.

It is also displayed in the order receipt. The %s will be automatically replaced with the currency you set in 'Business Settings | Options'.

ReceiptCurrencyLabel

Price Caption

The header text for the product prices column in the shopping cart.

PriceCaption

Text for Left Box

Only used in 'Smart' theme (by default).

Text for the boxes that appear in the sidebars.

LEFTBARTEXT

Heading for Left Box

Only used in 'Smart' theme (by default).

Text for the boxes that appear in the sidebars.

LEFTBARTITLE

Text for Right Box

Only used in 'Smart' theme (by default).

Text for the boxes that appear in the sidebars.

RIGHTBARTEXT

Heading for Right Box

Only used in 'Smart' theme (by default).

Text for the boxes that appear in the sidebars.

RIGHTBARTITLE

Width for Main Area

This is a width in pixels that is used to limit the width of the 'bulk' area of your pages.

ACTSTDWIDTH

Section

Default Section Image

Defines the image to be used for all section links except:

1) Where an image has been defined for a section.

2) Where the parent section for a subsection has an image defined for it. In this case, the subsection will inherit the image defined for the parent section.

DefaultSectionImage

Single Add to Cart Button Layout

This works in a similar way to the 'Add to Cart' button (above) except that here you choose the layout for the add to cart button that appears on the page when the shopping mode is set to 'Single Add To Cart Button Per Page' (see Changing The Shopping Mode).

SingleAddToCartButton

Image for Single Add to Cart Button

Select an image to use for the cart button that appears when you have set a shopping mode of 'Single Add To Cart Button Per Page'.

In order to use this image you must be using a 'Single Add To Cart Button Layout' of 'Image Single Add To Cart Button'

SingleCartButtonImage

Text for Single Add to Cart Button

The default text to appear on the 'Single Add to Cart' button.

In order to use this text you must be using a 'Single Add To Cart Button Layout' of 'Single Add To Cart Button'.

SingleCartButtonText

Product

Add to Cart Button Layout

Select how you want your 'Add to Cart' buttons to look.

If you select 'Add to Cart Button', then Actinic will generate a standard HTML button using the text from the 'Text for Cart Button' field, below.

If you select 'Add to Cart Button Image' then you can select an image in the 'Cart Button Image' field in this tab.

AddToCartButton

Default Product Image

Select an image that will be used for all products that do not have an image selected.

The default supplied with Actinic is 'invisible_image.gif', but you can choose your own image here. Select '<Browse>' to find the image file on your PC.

DefaultProductImage

Cart Button Image

Select an image to use for the standard add to cart button.

In order to use this image you must be using a 'Add To Cart Button Layout' of 'Add To Cart Button Image'.

CartButtonImage

Text for Cart Button

The default text to appear on the 'Add to Cart' button.

In order to use this text you must be using a 'Add To Cart Button Layout' of 'Add To Cart Button'.

The advantage of this is that you can override this text per product (see Product Questions and Prompts.)

CartButtonText

Product Price Description

The default 'Price:' text that appears next to the prices in your products.

ProductPriceDescription

Retail Price Description

If you are using customer group pricing, then this is the prompt that appears next to the retail prices.

RetailPricePrefix

Your Price Description

If you are using customer group pricing, then this is the prompt that appears next to the customer group price.

YourPricePrefix

Brochure

Brochure Logo Image

Select an image to be used at the top of your brochure pages. Use 'Browse' to locate the image on your PC.

The image can be either *.jpg, *.png or *.gif.

BrochureLogo

Brochure Page Link Layout

Each brochure page you create adds a link into the brochure navigation bar (if the theme you are using uses navigation images).

Use this field to decide whether you want the links to be text links or image links. The images are selected when you create the pages.

BrochurePageLink

Brochure Page Navigation Bar Layout

Set whether you want the brochure page list that appears on brochure pages to be horizontal or vertical.

BrochureNavBar

Default Brochure Page Link Image

This image will be used for the link to a brochure page if one has not been specified in the 'General' tab of the brochure page.

Select <Browse> to choose an image on your 'PC'.

DefaultBrochureImage

Default Brochure Page Link Image (Highlight)

This image will be used for the rollover image for a link to a brochure page if one has not been specified in the 'General' tab of the brochure page.

Select <Browse> to choose an image on your 'PC'.

DefaultBrochureImageAlt

Appearance Settings

Background Image

The background image for your site. This is only used if ' Store Is Using A Background Colour (Not An Image)' is set to 'False'.

Select <Browse> to choose an image on your 'PC'.

 

Store Is Using A Background Colour (Not An Image)

This allows you to select either a colour or an image for the page background of your site.

If you select 'True', then you can set a colour in 'Design | Themes | Color Scheme' - see Colour Schemes.

If you select 'False', then you can enter a background image in the 'Background Image' field.

 

Default Font For The Store

Select a font from the list or else select <New> to add your own.

 

Default Text Size

Enter a font size for the standard text in the store (e.g. checkout text, product descriptions etc.)

 

Small Text Size

Enter the size for any small text in the store (e.g. the terms and conditions)

 

Slightly Larger Text Size

Enter the size for any slightly larger text. These are generally subheadings in Actinic.

 

Large Text Size

Enter the size for any large text in Actinic. This is generally for main headings.

 

Extra Large Text Size

Enter the size for any extra-large text in Actinic. This is generally for main headings.