panFora Forum - Edit Forum Layout

Edit Forum Layout	panFora
Forum Admin

	Only Forum Administrators have access to Setup tools in panFora.

	By default, panFora Forums are displayed in a three-frame layout:
	[Topics Frame], [Threads Frame] and [Content Frame].

	However, panFora allows you to customize your Forum environment layout
	You may add up to 4 additional frames in 15 possible configurations.
	Customize size, color, border color and resizing ability of new frames.
	Upload html content for each added frame. You can add:
	Advertisement content
	Project or Forum Community specific content.
	Images, animation, links, etc.

To Edit Forum Layout

	Select Edit Forum Layout under [Forum] in the Menu Frame
	The Task Frame updates to display the Modify Frameset Layout form.

	To Modify Frameset Layout
	1.Click the appropriate radio button next to the preferred layout.
	The thumbnails represent the various layout configurations:
	The three-frame Forum is colored in gray and white.
	The additional frames, and their position in relation to the existing Forum,
	are colored yellow with red borders.
	2.Click
	The Editing Frame displays the Enter Frame Sources form for the selected layout.

	A larger thumbnail of the Selected Layout configuration is pictured here.
	Each additional Frame is numbered to facilitate editing.

	You need to select the appropriate html files to provide these frames with the desired content.
	If you leave the content blank, the default home.html page is selected.
	Files can be added through the edit files page.
	They will go into the main Forum directory, for example, /MyForumName/my.html.
	You can also upload images, and documents to this directory.

	Editing New Frames
	1.Enter the appropriate URL for each of the new frames
	You may enter either absolute (e.g. http://...) or relative (e.g. /MyForumName/Forum/...) URLs.
	The content for each URL will appear in the appropriate frame.
	You may edit the html files at any time.
	You can edit through the Files interface, or re-upload if necessary.
	Pay attention to the numbers to ensure the correct HTML files go in the appropriate places.
	2.Set width and height of each new frame.
	Width and Height can be entered as absolute numerical values (e.g. 120),
	percentages (e.g. 20%) or "*", meaning the frame will take all available space.
	When two new frames are adjacent to each other, setting the height of one
	will lock the height of the other.
	3.Set resize ability for each new frame
	This is defined as the ability to enlarge the frame-size by dragging on its borders.
	When two new frames are adjacent to each other, setting the resizing ability of one
	will affect this option for the other.
	4.Select Frame Border size from the Frame Border pull-down menu.
	Options range from 1 to 5 pixels
	Notes:
	A border of at least 1 pixel is required to make the Forum frames resizable.
	Borders must be set to 5 pixels for border color to work in Internet Explorer.
	5.Set Frame Border Color by entering a hex value in the text field.
	By default, #FFFFFF (white) is entered.
	6.Click to submit your changes.
	Tip
	Before committing your changes, click Preview, to see how your edits would affect your Forum environment.