Site Preferences (.sitepref form)

Form tabs

Use this form to customize your web site pages. The settings that you configure on this form are the default settings for your FirstClass information when rendered to the web. Your users can override some of these configurations, and personalize their web view through their FirstClass privileges settings.

For default settings, see Site preferences defaults in our online help. For information on changing web site preferences, see About changing web site preferences.

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Display tab

Use this tab to set the number of items per pages, the number of items downloaded from a conference, page width, menu items, and icon size for your web site.

Primary web interface	Allows you to choose the default template set for your site. You can choose FirstClass Classic, FirstClass Enhanced, Mobile, Screenreader, or OTSM templates. For information on displaying different template sets, see Displaying different web client interfaces.
Menu	Controls the position of the menu items and whether to display text plus small icons, or just buttons.
Text Left menu width	The width, in pixels, of the navigational bar on the left side where menu items are displayed when set to Text Left.
Icon size	Controls the size of the icons displayed.
Page width	The overall table width. This number can be in either pixels or a percentage. If you are using pixels, type just the number, for example, 300. If using a percentage, type the number and percent sign.
Number of columns	The number of columns for folders and conferences in List view.
List page size	The maximum number of items per page. For best performance, do not set the maximum number of items per page to more than 50. If you have a slower server, it is recommended that you don't set this number to more than 30.
Keep threads together	Check this box to display threads in their entirety. This occurs even if the threads extend beyond the normal page size.
List download size	The number of items downloaded from a conference listing. By default, 100 items are downloaded. Administrators with many users that have modems or slow connections may want to set this number to 50 - 75 for better performance.	Default: 100
Site name	Identifies the site to which this form pertains. This is useful if you are running multiple sites each with its own .sitepref form, see Understanding the web site structure.
Include footer	Includes the content of the field at the bottom of your web page.

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Appearance tab

Use this tab to set your color and font preferences for your web site.

Themes

Lets you select a predetermined color and tab scheme for your web site. Choose Custom if you want to determine your own fonts and colors.

Colors subtab

Use this subtab to set page, toolbar, title, and row colors for your web site. All colors are configured in standard RGB numbers.

Toolbars	Sets the color of navigation bars.
Navigation Button	Sets the color of the navigation buttons. The navigation buttons appear if you selected Buttons Top or Buttons Bottom for "Menu" in the Display tab.
Highlighted tab	Sets the color of the current highlighted tab if you select Livelink for "Primary web interface" in the Display tab.
Forms	Sets the color of forms and message envelopes.
Form body	Sets the color of the body on any form.
Pages	Sets the color of the web pages on the user's Desktop.
Page titles	Sets the color of page titles.
Section titles	Sets the color of section titles and other subheadings.
Table headings	Sets the color for table headings.
Column headings	Sets the color for column headings in List view.
Even rows	Sets the color for even rows in List view.
Odd rows	Sets the color for odd rows in List view.

Fonts subtab

Use this subtab to set titles and text font attributes for your web site.

Page titles	Sets the font for the title of a page. Not visible in conferences or folders in List view, or in calendar views.
Secondary page titles	Sets the font for the second title on a page (only visible in calendar views).
Summary bar text	Sets the font for the page summary text at the top of each page.
Section titles	Sets the font for section titles.
Table headings	Sets the font of the text used for each heading on a table.
Listings text	Sets the font for text in List view.
Standard text	Sets the font for all the text in the envelope on a form.
Guide text	Sets the font of the text for a field name.
Form fields	Sets the font of the text used for each field on a form.
Button text	Sets the font of the text used on buttons.
Navigation text	Sets the font for text in the menu that is displayed on each web page.

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Images tab

Use this tab to apply background images to your web pages for each site.

Background image	The picture file of the background image you want to use for web pages.
Small company logo	The file name and URL of the picture file you want to use as your company logo, plus the tooltip you want displayed when users hover the cursor over this logo.
Advertising banner	The file name and URL of the picture file you want to use as your advertising banner, plus the tooltip you want displayed when users hover the cursor over this banner.

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