AR5 Users,
In this latest update to AR5, version 5.0.4.0, we've added a number of new controls to improve and complement our existing set of design-to-web features. The spotlight is on styles and layout today as we review what's new, what's improved, and how it all works. Let's take a look!
Four new modules are available to add as boilerplates: Nav, Logo, Search Bar, and Crumbtrail. As with all boilerplates, you can easily control width, breaks, and module styles for these new modules using the options panel. Because they're now just like any other modules, your persistent design elements are just as quick and easy to control as regular page content, making masthead and footer buildout a breeze.
Module styles are AR5's way of applying custom looks or functionality to modules on a per-assignment basis: backgrounds, borders, disclosures, and more. Until now, you could apply only one style per assignment, but with this release you're able to add as many as you need. Styles are assigned by opening a module's options panel. For more information about module styles, click here to visit the help site.
The familiar width and break controls on options panels have been relabeled, and a new pair of controls has been added. The existing width and break controls are now labeled "Tile," and the new controls are labeled "Content."
The "Tile" width determines, as ever, how wide a module is relative to the column it's in. The new width option, in turn, determines how wide the content of the module is relative to the total width of the module (as determined by the "Tile" width setting). If the content width is set to less than "Full," you can align the content within the module: on the left, in the center, or to the right.
In the screenshots below, you can see the new options panel for a section, as well as an example of what the settings in the sample options panel would produce on the front end if applied to a section in the left column. In the example, the tile and content areas have been highlighted and labeled.
Options panel with content controls and multiple styles.
Section with content set to ¾ and centered.
Please note that the new modules in this release require stylesheet updates before they can be used. If you're interested in transitioning your logo, navs, search, and crumbtrail to the new modules, please contact us and we'll help you make the transition. As ever, we thank you for choosing Agency of Record.
Sincerely,
The AR Team
AR5 Users,
The latest update to AR5 is now here, bringing with it a number of improvements to our suite of tools for front-end design. Themes have been expanded to include more types of page content, and you can now create and define custom module styles that you can apply, on the fly, to modules on the page. Let's take a closer look.
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