Color Palettes

Color Palettes

Palettes are used to define the color and images used for your design in the store. You can set up as many different palettes as you want to and use them for various pages throughout the store. The settings for a palette are as follows:

1. Palette Name – Name used to refer to this palette in the admin area.
2. Titles – Color to use for titles of pages, if no image selected
3. Text – Color for the main text of the site
4. Links – Color for links
5. Visited Links – Color for links that have been visited already
6. Line Color – Color for lines on the page, if no image used
7. Background Color – Background color for the page
8.  Layout File – Custom layout, if any, to use with this palette. See the custom layout section below for more information.
9. Parameters – For more advanced CFWebstore developers, this allows you to send custom parameters to a layout page, to do things like swap header images, etc. This allows you to easily use a single cfm template for multiple store palettes.
10. Background Image – Graphic used for the background of the page
11.  Main Line – Large line image. Upload an image, enter ‘HR’ for an HTML line, or leave blank for no line.
12.  Minor Line – Thin line image. Upload an image, enter ‘HR’ for an HTML line, or leave blank for no line.
13.  New Image – Graphic used to highlight new products, categories or features
14.  Sale Image – Graphic used to highlight special products or categories
15.  Hot Image – Graphic used to highlight products marked as ‘Hot’
16.  Order Box, Highlight Box – These colors are used for the order box that appears for products and the highlight box used for various featured information, such as products on sale, or quantity discounts for a product. The color settings for the box are:
    1. Header Background – Color for the background of the header of the box
    2. Header Text – Color of the text on the header
    3. Table Background – Color of the background for the main section of the box
    4. Table Text – Color of the text for the main section of the box
    5. Required Field – Color used to highlight required fields if not filled out
17.  Input Form – These are the colors used for the forms on your site, anytime the user needs to enter information. The settings are:
    1. Header Background – Color for the background of the header of the form
    2. Header Text – Color of the text on the header
    3. Table Background – Color of the background for the main section of the form
    4. Table Text – Color of the text for the main section of the form
    5. Required Field – Color used to highlight required fields if not filled out
18.  Output Form – Colors used for forms displaying information to the user, such as the item lists in the administrator area, the shopping cart, and the User Manager. The color settings are:
    1. Header Background – Color for the background of the header of the form
    2. Header Text – Color of the text on the header
    3. Table Background – Color of the background for the main section of the form
    4. Table Text – Color of the text for the main section of the form
    5. Table Alt Background – Color used for alternating color rows (shopping cart)
    6. Table Highlight – Used to highlight specific information (e.g. selected date on calendar)

If you created a new palette to use for your store default, be sure to also update your Main Settings to use it.

The Palettes list includes a link to Copy an existing palette, so you can duplicate all the current colors and make a few changes to create a new layout.