Pages SuperGrid is a set of Pages templates and a complete solution to make your Pages databases (with articles, directories and so on) appealing and engaging.
SuperGrid is one of the most popular files in the Applications & Plugins category on the IPS Marketplace and used on hundreds of websites.
What’s needed:
- requires the Pages application and Pages databases using the stock Record Image with images with a sufficient resolution
Which templates are included:
- A beautiful grid-based Front Page template with two records featured at the top — for when your database is set to article mode.
- A beautiful grid-based Listing template replacing the dull forum listing design — for when you open a category or have a database without categories.
- A unique Record View template with a large header image — for when you open a specific record.
- A category listing template – in case you use more than one category.
- Note: You can use the templates for any number of databases, but the settings will always apply to all SuperGrid templates.
Bonus Feature:
Block template! Create blocks anywhere on your site – pointing to your database – and make them as beautiful as the database itself.
Detailed Feature Description and Notes:
- Pages SuperGrid is built with the IPS design framework and is therefore fully responsive and compatible to most well-coded/well-designed themes. The styling of your theme(s) is inherited and the Pages SuperGrid templates will usually work out of the box.
- The template is designed to work on single-column pages with or without a sidebar. The grid will automatically adopt to the available width and collapse on smaller devices.
- The content field is not shown in the grid-based listing templates and all images will be scaled and cropped (without distortion) to the same size to allow a consistent look.
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The templates come with lots of options you can easily adjust within the template.
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Front Page/Listing Template:
- Show reaction images or reaction count
- Show author/category/date: Yes/No
- Alignment author/category/date
- Show comments/views/ratings/likes: Yes/No
- Alignment comments/views/ratings/likes
- Show record owner’s avatar: Yes/no
- Alignment record owner’s avatar
- Title alignment
- Image Aspect Ratio
- Use thumbnail or full-size images
- Turn images into record link: Yes/No
- Assign fallback image for records without an image
- Show “featured record” badge for featured records: Yes/No
- Pick badge style for featured records
- Show “pinned record” badge for pinned records: Yes/No
- Pick badge style for pinned records
- support for category images using the Pages Category Images plugin
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Record View Template:
- Image Aspect Ratio
- Pick Avatar size from 7 options
- Turn header image on or off
- Show “featured record” badge for featured records: Yes/No
- Pick badge style for featured records
- Show “pinned record” badge for pinned records: Yes/No
- Pick badge style for pinned records
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Block Template:
- Show or hide block title
- Shuffle entries
- Randomize shuffled entries
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Front Page/Listing Template:
Edited by opentype
What's New in Version 3.2 See changelog
Released
Marked as compatible with Invision Community 4.7
No changes were made to the resource.
Support via support topic. Please do not use the review function to ask questions or to report problems.
Support notes on my About Me page.
Usage
Assigning the Templates to existing Databases
- Install the plugin through the ACP
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In your ACP access the database settings by going to:
Pages > Databases > [Your Database] > Edit -
Assign all 4 or selected SuperGrid templates to your database:
- Articles template > Supergrid FrontPage
- Listing Template Group > Supergrid Listing
- Display Template Group > Supergrid RecordDisplay
- Category Template Group > Supergrid Categorylisting
- That’s it! Open the page with your database and check the results.
Changing Settings
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To edit the settings of the SuperGrid layouts, open:
ACP > System > Plugins > SuperGrid > Edit
Using the Block template (optional)
- In your ACP go to Pages > blocks
- Create a new block with the type Database Feeds or open an existing block with that type.
- In the block settings open the last tab labelled Content.
- Pick supergrid in the Template select box.
