MODULES WEB MODULE

Web Template

The Web Template controls general site layout and style, and contains all data EZGenerator needs to automatically generate all images for the site navigation menus, submenus, buttons, framed tables (decorative tables), bullets etc.

Thanks to the predefined web templates you can concentrate on creating the actual site content and let EZGenerator generate the navigation interface and graphics according to the style you have selected. After you have created your site project with a particular template, you can switch to another web template at any time while working on the project (thus replacing the whole design style) without any manual work.

The official EZGenerator website allows you to browse the full set of freeware templates and dowload them for use in your sites.

Please, note that we have a Video Tutorial available on this topic. You can check it out at EZGenerator Tutorials.

Web Template Settings

The Web Template window contains the following settings:

Template

• Filter (list box) - The box contains a list of web templates grouped by certain criteria (horizontal or vertical menus, built-in search box and other). For example, if you want to browse only templates with horizontal categories and menu's, you select Templates with horizontal categories and menu's.
• Name (list box) - This box contains a list of all web templates available in EZGenerator. The template selected here is used for the current project (you can see a preview of the template design in the window as you select the various entries). Click the "+" and "-" buttons to switch to the next or previous template, respectively.
• Style (list box) - Each template has one or more styles, each of them having different color theme and/or images used to form the template design. The Style list box contains a list of all styles available for the currently selected web template. You can see a preview of the template design changes in the window as you switch between the various styles. Click the "+" and "-" buttons to switch to the next or previous style, respectively.
• Search for Template Updates (button) - Click this button when you want EZGenerator to connect to Internet and check for new templates and template styles.

Note, that this will not download templates, but only their preview icons for each style, and also will make them available in the Template list (see above). The template will be downloaded only after you select it from the list box and press the Download button (unless it has already been downloaded). Another way to download certain styles for any available template is the Template Browser (see below).

For all downloaded templates you will see OK button on the right, and for all not yet downloaded - Download button, along with the message "This template style is not installed on your pc" at the bottom. For all templates that are downloaded on your pc, but a message in red "This template style is installed on your pc. New version is available on server" is shown at the bottom, use OK button to get the template update.

• Browse (button) - Click this button to display the Templates Browser (see below). The Templates Browser displays all web templates available on the EZGenerator website and allows you to download them to your copy of EZGenerator.

Options

• Use Text Menus (check box) - If this option is checked, the text in the website's navigation menu is displayed using standard HTML text, otherwise EZGenerator renders the text as a graphic on the menu images. This option may be unavailable for some templates.
• Space Saving Menus (check box) - If this option is checked, the viewers have to click the site menu entries to expand the contained submenu (useful for sites with many submenu entries). If the option is not checked, all submenus are visible at the same time. This option may be unavailable for some templates.
• Reset Template (button) - Use this button if you want to reset template default settings. This will remove all your template customizations.

Templates Browser

The Templates Browser displays all web templates available on the EZGenerator website and allows you to download them to your copy of EZGenerator. The browser is hidden by default; to display it, click on the Browse button.

To see the available styles in a template, click on the '+' icon once to expand the list. Each style has color icon on its left side. The colors have the following meaning:

• Red Color - The template style is available on the EZGenerator website, but not in your copy of EZGenerator. Right-click the style and select Download to install this style from the website.
• Yellow Color - The template style is available on the EZGenerator website, and its preview is present in your copy of EZGenerator, but you need to download the full template contents to use it in your site. Right-click the style and select Download to install this style from the website.
• Green Color - The template style is available in your copy of EZGenerator.

Context menu

• Download - will download template with all available styles.
• Download With Browser - use this option only if you can't use the regular download. Will open your default Internet Browser with template download location and you will have to install template manually.
• Disable/Enable Template - use this option if you want to disable/enable template. If template is disabled, it will not be listed in Template combo box.