MatterTheme

"Matter" is a modern look & feel theme for NatSkin with a strong focus on simplicity yet still flexibility. With a few clicks pages can be customized to give them a unique touch and thus make content more memorizable. The theme is inspired by google's material and flat design but does not strictly follow the trend in full detail.

The theme is the default theme setting if not specified otherwise, or can be set using

   * Set NATSKIN_STYLE = matter

Variations

   * Set NATSKIN_VARIATION = topmenu

There is one variation called topmenu that can be enabled optionally to the matter theme. This will move the menu at the top to the far right making room for larger logos. Note that this will disable the "greeter" section that normally holds the authentication/registration links or a logged in user's avatar and link to the account page.

Parameter

This theme comes with a set of own preference settings that can be either set on a per topic base using on the "Settings" tab of the editor, or may be set in the WebPreferences, SitePreferences and a user's private settings. In addition to the usual preferences of NatSkin below settings mainly are used to customize a banner at the top of a topic.

Preference	Description	Default
NATSKIN_BANNERMODE	select the kind of banner to be displayed; possible values: off: no banner flat: a flat color gradient: a radial or linear gradient background image: an image background that may be animated optionally video: a video background; an mp4 file is recommended pattern: an abstract pattern automatically computed based on the banner title	off
NATSKIN_BANNERIMAGE	url to image to be displayed; used in image mode	/pub/System/MatterTheme/images/bubbles.png
NATSKIN_BANNERVIDEO	url to vide to be displayed; used in video mode	/pub/System/MatterTheme/videos/clouds.mp4
NATSKIN_BANNERVIDEOLOOP	boolean flag to specify whether the banner video should be looped or halted after being played once	on
NATSKIN_BANNERFOREGROUND	possible values: light, dark; specify the contrast of the font on the banner; use light when the banner background is dark, or dark otherwise	light
NATSKIN_BANNERCOLOR	this color is used in modes flat, image, gradient and pattern to specify the background color of the banner	%WEBBGCOLOR%
NATSKIN_BANNERCOLOR2	second color used in gradient mode	transparent
NATSKIN_BANNERGRADIENT	specifies whether the gradient should be radial or linear	radial
NATSKIN_BANNERTITLE	title text to be displayed on the banner	TopicTitle of the current topic
NATSKIN_BANNERSUBTITLE	subtitle to be displayed on the banner	Summary formfield of the current topic
NATSKIN_ENABLEBANNERTITLE	boolean switch that allows to show/hide the title on the banner	on
NATSKIN_BANNERANIMATION	boolean switch used in image mode to enable a kenburns-like animation of the background image	off
NATSKIN_BANNERPOSITION	vertical position in percent of the background image; only used in image mode; note that this parameter can be specified interactively by dragging the background image and the clicking on the "save" icon	50