https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/ 2026-05-11T19:48:20+00:00 https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/ https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2016-12-01T15:25:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/add_js_google_analytics?rev=1480605903&do=diff Adding Javascript to the Design If you find you need to add your own javascript into the software you will need to insert it into the design a specific way so that it does not get parsed by the Smarty precompiler. It is simple to protect your js from the parser. Simply surround your js code with some specific tags. Many clients want to insert Google Analytics code into the software so we'll use that as an example: text/html 2015-07-17T22:46:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/adjusting_wysiwyg_size?rev=1437173213&do=diff WYSIWYG Adjustments Adjusting WYSIWYG Window Size With the v7.3 release the size adjustment for the description textarea has been moved from a specific configuration in the admin tool to the css. The default.css file contains the following to control that: text/html 2016-07-18T17:30:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/category_display_mobile_desktop?rev=1468863047&do=diff Category Display Mobile Vs Desktop In order for the the default design to look good in both mobile view and desktop view on the default front page template we've created two different category displays. The descriptions here only affect the following templates in the default template set: text/html 2015-09-01T17:47:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/change_logo?rev=1441129646&do=diff Logo Change in Default Design How do you change the "your logo here" image? The "your logo here" image is a jpg image within your custom template set. For some of you this process may be unbearably over simplified while to others this may seem like rocket science. We can't tell which before hand so simply scan through for the basics if over simplified and follow exactly if not. The first step is to get your logo into the template set so it can be referenced within the design. You can do th… text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/change_preview_window_size?rev=1411664132&do=diff Preview Window Size in Listing Process The "preview window" was a feature added to the software in v7.2. You will need at least that version to see the specific featured mentioned here. The size of the preview window is determined by css within the system. Note also that with the use of the text/html 2017-04-25T06:39:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/changes_in_front_page?rev=1493102378&do=diff Front Pages Changes in Default Design Change Rotating Images Top Right of Search Box These instructions deal with the area in the red circle of the screenshot below: To change the slideshow images next to the search box of the front page of the default design you will need to edit the following template: text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/changing_agreements?rev=1411664132&do=diff Changing the Terms and Conditions Text Within the software there are two areas to change the terms and conditions the software comes installed with. The first one is the terms and conditions page linked to from the footer of the default design. That page is an extra page in the system and uses an extra page body template to contain the content for that page. You can edit this template using the following admin tool: text/html 2015-02-14T17:13:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/changing_links_in_the_header?rev=1423934035&do=diff Header Changes in Default Design This support wiki page concerns all the links that appear in the header of the default design. All the changes within this page would be affected in the header.tpl template. Changing the Home to Help Links This section of this support article concerns the links in the red circle here of the default design: text/html 2016-09-02T19:00:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/default_banner_locations?rev=1472842851&do=diff Default Banner Locations Changing the Banners on the Left Side of the Default Front Page To change the banners in the left side of the front page of the default design you will need to edit the following template: /main_page/front_page.tpl of your custom template set. Open the html source view of the above template within following admin tool: text/html 2014-11-11T17:18:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/extra_pages_changes?rev=1415726303&do=diff Changes to Extra Pages The extra pages are pages built into the system to allow you to place your own content undisturbed yet still in the framework of the software. We do not place dynamic content on extra pages by default. The "body html" content on these pages are simply templates you set within the admin tool. These pages are designed to allow you to display supporting materials, additional advertising or general tutorial pages on your site yet still be within the templates and framework… text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/featured_gallery_configuration?rev=1411664132&do=diff Featured Gallery Configuration This feature appears at the top of category browsing results while you browse categories. Any featured listing with an image attached to it and are within the current category browsed will appear in this feature. This tutorial deals with the following section of your installation after you click any category browsing link: text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/footer?rev=1411664132&do=diff Footer Layout The footer of the page is entirely contained in the footer.tpl template file. In this page of the wiki we will go over the layout, and help with how to make changes, add/remove links, and things like that. Overall Layout & Breakpoints text/html 2018-06-21T18:45:57+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/footer_changes?rev=1529606757&do=diff Footer Changes Copyright Within the default design the copyright notice is set within the footer.tpl template. The code looks like that below <div class="disclaimer"> <h4>{$common_text.502407}<!-- Copyright --> &copy; {$smarty.now|date_format:"%Y"} {$site_name}. {$common_text.502408}<!-- All Rights Reserved --></h4> {$common_text.502409}<!-- User Agreement Footer Blurb --> </div> text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/header?rev=1411664132&do=diff Header Layout This wiki page will go over the layout for the header section in the default design. The header section is contained in the sub template file header.tpl. Below is an explanation of how the different parts work together, by understanding this you will be able to better customize the look to your own desires. text/html 2015-09-17T14:13:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/html_head?rev=1442499180&do=diff HTML Head Many clients they may need to insert their own javascript or something else within the html head section of their pages. To do that you would not make changes within the following: /main_page/header.tpl The above template only contains the visual header that appears at the top of all pages within the default design. To add something to the html head you would do so within the html head of the follow page templates of the default design: text/html 2016-04-02T22:44:16+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/html_title_management?rev=1459637056&do=diff Changing The HTML Title That HTML Page Title is what typically shows up in your browser's window within a "Tab" or "Title Bar". The software offers several options for editing the Page Title within your site. It just depends upon how in depth you want to get with it. Within the "title module" you are able to set page specific titles for all pages in the system. Then, within the software's category admin menu, you can even set category specific titles for each category in the system. Furtherm… text/html 2015-09-11T22:01:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/listing_details_page?rev=1442008909&do=diff Listing Details Page Options Contact Seller Form Within Listing Details The default listing details template design contains a "contact seller" link within it. Clicking that link will send the client into the contact seller page to ask the seller a question. You have the option of placing that "contact seller" form within the listing details page directly if you wish. To do so you only need to insert the following tag within the listing details templates. The default listing details templa… text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/move_body_left?rev=1411664132&do=diff Moving Sidebar From Left to Right This can be accomplished through a couple small changes in the attributes of one css value. But since that value is in your default.css file where you can't make changes you will need to add that css attribute to your custom.css so you can change it. Copy the following css to your custom.css file: text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/overall_layout?rev=1411664132&do=diff Overall Layout This page applies to version 7.3.0 and up. This page will describe every part of the "overall" template, why things are in certain places, etc. with regards to the overall template. Note that on this page, whenever we speak of templates or anything like that, we will be referring to how things work in the text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/page_width?rev=1411664132&do=diff Page Width Within the default v7.3 design page width is controlled within the following css within your default.css file: .wrapper { width: 100%; max-width: 70em; margin: auto; border: none; background: transparent; } But you cannot make changes to the default.css file. You can make changes to your custom template sets custom.css file to override those css. To change just the page width you only need to insert the following into your custom.css file to override just that setting: text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/scroll_featured_pic_module?rev=1411664132&do=diff Making Your Featured Pic Module Scroll/Slide There are a couple featured pic displays on our default design front page that scroll. They are featured pic modules displayed that way. The featured gallery scrolling within the top of the category browsing pages by default is the featured gallery feature of the Core Display addon. To make any featured pic module slide/scroll like they do in our v7.1 and up demos you'll need to follow the steps below. text/html 2014-09-25T16:55:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/site_off_page?rev=1411664132&do=diff Change Site Off Page If the site is turned off using this admin tool setting: SITE SETUP > GENERAL SETTINGS > Site On/Off Switch And someone visits your site they are redirected to the following html page within your Geo file set: site_off.htm That file is within the base directory of your Geo installation. The site_off.htm file is in the same directory as the config.php file for the software. If you wish to change the look of the site off page you would need to download and edit the above … text/html 2014-11-24T19:20:00+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://geodesicsolutions.org/wiki/startup_tutorial_and_checklist/design_configuration/specific_html_elements/start?rev=1416856800&do=diff (default) Specific HTML Elements of Default Design This section will explain how to manage specific elements of the default design. If you change your template sets completely or make massive changes to your design you may need to consider the elements of this section more as concept than as exact step by steps to managing those features.