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Dark Layout

Dark template layout

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The dark layout has dark version navbar, navigation & footer.

Description

The dark layout has a dark color navbar, navigation menu and footer. In this page you can experience it. If you want to create a dark version template you can use this layout.

CSS Classes

This table contains all classes related to the dark layout. This is a custom layout classes for dark layout page requirements.

All these options can be set via following classes:

Classes Description
.navbar-dark To set navbar dark color you need to add .navbar-dark class in navbar <nav> tag. Refer HTML markup line no 7.
.menu-dark To set the main navigation dark color on page .menu-dark class needs to add in navigation wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 12.
.footer-dark To set the main footer dark color on page .footer-dark class needs to add in footer wrapper. Refer HTML markup line no 37.

HTML Markup

This section contains HTML Markup to create dark layout. This markup define where to add css classes to make navbar, navigation & footer dark.

  • Line no 7: Contain the .navbar-dark class for adjusting navbar color dark.
  • Line no 12: Contain the .menu-dark class for adjusting main navigation color dark.
  • Line no 37: Contain the .footer-dark class for adjusting footer color dark.

Robust has a ready to use starter kit, you can use this layout directly by using the sk-dark.html

        
            <!DOCTYPE html>
              <html lang="en">
                <head></head>
                <body data-menu="vertical-menu" class="vertical-layout vertical-menu 2-column menu-expanded">

                  <!-- navbar-fixed-top-->
                  <nav role="navigation" class="header-navbar navbar navbar-with-menu navbar-fixed-top navbar-dark navbar-shadow navbar-border">
                      ...
                  </nav>

                  <!-- BEGIN Navigation-->
                  <div class="main-menu menu-dark menu-fixed menu-shadow">
                      ...
                  </div>
                  <!-- END Navigation-->

                  <!-- BEGIN Content-->
                  <div class="content robust-content container-fluid">
                      <div class="content-wrapper">
                          <!-- content header-->
                          <div class="content-header row">
                              ...
                          </div>
                          <!-- content header-->

                          <!-- content right-->
                          <div class="content-right">
                              ...
                          </div>
                          <!-- content right-->

                      </div>
                  </div>
                  <!-- END Content-->

                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->
                  <footer class="footer footer-dark footer-fixed">
                      ...
                  </footer>
                  <!-- START FOOTER DARK-->

                </body>
              </html>

JADE Configuration

Robust Admin use JADE as template engine to generate pages and whole template quickly using node js, for getting start with JADE usage & template generating process please refer template documentation.

JADE Variables

This table contains required JADE variables to generate dark layout.

Variable Value Description
headerCustom 'navbar-dark' You need add navbar dark class to headerCustom variable value as 'navbar-dark' in headerConfig block.
menuCustom 'menu-dark' You need add navigation dark class to menuCustom variable value as 'menu-dark' in menuConfig block.
footerCustom 'footer-dark' You need add footer dark class to footerCustom variable value as 'footer-dark' in footerConfig block.
JADE Code

To generate dark layout page or template, you need to use following JADE code.

  • Line no 20-21: headerConfig block has a headerCustom variable, it contains navbar specific classes in that you need to add navbar-dark
  • Line no 23-24: menuConfig block has a menuCustom variable, it contains navigation specific classes in that you need to add menu-dark
  • Line no 26-27: footerConfig block has a footerCustom variable, it contains footer specific classes in that you need to add footer-dark
  • Line no 37-38: content block has content section html file included include ../contents/layout-dark.html, which can be customizable on page level.

If you want to use this layout on page level you need to define it on page it self. This template has one example jade file for dark layout layout-dark.jade, however you can use it on template level but it will generate whole template as a dark layout.

              
                  block pageVars
                    - var pageTitle    = "Dark Layout"
                    - var pageSubTitle = "Dark template layout"
                    - var description  = "The dark layout has dark version navbar, navigation & footer."
                    - var activeMenu   = "layout-dark"

                  extends template

                  block headerConfig
                    - var headerCustom = "navbar-fixed-top navbar-shadow navbar-dark navbar-border" //- OPTIONS: navbar-dark, navbar-light, navbar-semi-dark, navbar-fixed-top, navbar-hide-on-scroll, navbar-border, navbar-shadow
                  block menuConfig
                    - var menuCustom = "menu-fixed menu-dark menu-shadow" //- OPTIONS : menu-border, menu-native-scroll, menu-icon-right menu-fixed
                  block footerConfig
                    - var footerCustom = "footer-dark" //- OPTIONS: footer-dark, footer-transparent, footer-fixed

                  append breadcrumbs
                    include ../includes/mixins
                    +breadcrumbs([{url:"index.html",name:"Home"},{url:"#",name:"Page Layouts"}, {name:"Dark Layout"}])

                  append page-header
                    include page-headers/breadcrumb-top

                  //- Include page content in page block
                  append content
                    include ../contents/layout-dark.html

                  //- Page specific dependency
                  //------------------------------

                  //- Add custom page specific CSS
                  block pagecss
                    link(rel='stylesheet', type='text/css', href='robust-assets/css/plugins/ui/prism.min.css')

                  //- Add custom page specific JS
                  block pagejs
                    script(type='text/javascript', src='robust-assets/js/plugins/ui/prism.min.js')