Creating a Simple MojoPortal Website: Part 5
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2011 12:13 Written by Ian McIntosh Sunday, 11 September 2011 12:00
This follows on from the previous article.
In the last article, I created a wine list with a graphic backdrop. In this article, I am going to use the same code to create a menu page with pairs of scrolls that will look like this:
Creating a Simple MojoPortal Website Part 4
Last Updated on Saturday, 3 September 2011 05:28 Written by Ian McIntosh Monday, 5 September 2011 12:00
This follows on from the previous article.
In this article, I am going to use the MojoPortal inbuilt HTML module to create an eye-catching mixture of graphics and text, including a resizable graphic background.
On my website I want to add my wine list page. I want something a bit more jazzy than just bullet-point text with a couple of images next to it. No specific inbuilt module springs to mind as best for this job and I am not ready for a custom module just yet, so I am going to use the HTML module and CSS.
mojoPortal Tip: Creating Custom Content Templates
Last Updated on Saturday, 3 September 2011 05:28 Written by Carole Bennett Sunday, 4 September 2011 12:00
The modular feature you will use most frequently in most mojoPortal installations is the HTML Content feature. With the assistance of creative CSS classes, leveraging typography from sites like Font Squirrel, you can create some very impressive content within the HTML feature. There will be times you would like to be able to create a specific look “on the fly”, without having to manually create the layout and paste it into the feature. This is where custom content templates come in handy.
Learn MoremojoPortal Tip: How to Break Out of The Mold and Into the Grid
Last Updated on Sunday, 4 September 2011 03:41 Written by Carole Bennett Saturday, 3 September 2011 12:00
By default, mojoPortal skins support a 3-panel mode; with a bit of tweaking, as shown in Ian’s article, you can add an additional header/footer pane. Even with all these options, creating an interesting, non-standard layout in mojoPortal, that’s still friendly to non-designers left to the task of creating and updating content can be a real challenge. If you are creating a mojoPortal-driven site for a client whose talents lie in other realms, it’s best to keep content management as simple as possible. With that in mind, let’s look at applying custom layouts to a mojoPortal implementation.
Learn MoreMojoPortal: Adding Header and Footer Content Panes to a Skin
Last Updated on Sunday, 7 August 2011 06:34 Written by Ian McIntosh Monday, 8 August 2011 12:00
This article explains how you can change an existing skin to add in header or footer content panes and how to make a few minor changes manually to the CSS files to get the look that you are after.
MojoPortal is generally setup to have 3 panes: center, left and right.
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