Basic Customisation

A guide to the basic Akiraka customisation options that can be configured in the theme manager

Preset Style

The theme is bundled with 10 pre-made style variants that be be easily and quickly chosen from the theme configuration. There is also an option for Custom which you will choose if you do not wish to use the preset styles. NOTE: The Header Color ... Footer Link options will not work unless you click Custom in the Preset Styles section.

Colour Scheme Options

If you selected Custom in the Preset Styles option, you will now have a choice of 27 options to customise your sites colour scheme.

Overlay Textures

Choose from 5 varying overlaying texture options that will load onto the Akiraka theme.

Menu Type

Akiraka is bundled with 3 menu options, 2 of which are integrated menu approaches. These are splitmenu, suckerfish and no menu. Splitmenu displays the 1st level menu items in the horizontal bar and the 2nd in the side column; suckerfish displays the menu items in dropdown lists. You can also select none so the entire horizontal menu does not appear.

Splitmenu Location

One of the theme's menu options is splitmenu which displays the first level items in the horizontal menu bar and the 2nd in a side column module. This option allows you to choose between the left column or the right column.

Drop Down Columns

The number of columns for a dropdown. Applicable only to MooMenu and Suckerish, as well as second+ menu levels.

Template Width

This theme configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the theme itself, simply change the number to another pixel value.

LeftColumn Width

This theme configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left column, simply change the number to another pixel value.

RightColumn Width

This theme configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right column, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Left Inset Width

This theme configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the left inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Right Inset Width

This theme configuration option allows you to easily change the width of the right inset position, simply change the number to another pixel value.

Default Font

This option allows you to choose what the font size will be, you have 3 options to choose from, these are small, default and large.

Show Copyright

Choose whether the copyright area has the RocketTheme logo image, or is the footer module position. If this option is set to no and there are no modules assigned to the footer area, it will collapse completely.

Show Font Controls

This setting allows you to disable the text size controls in the upper right of the theme.

Fixed Header

Select whether the header always appears, pinned to the top of your website or not.

Fixed Footer

Select whether the footer always appears, pinned to the bottom of your website or not.

Font Family

You can choose which font you would like to use for your entire website, these are all web standard fonts.

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