Configuration Options

The iastate-theme package contains the public assets (image, stylesheet) and php class needed to quickly create new pages using the ISU Template.

The following options are supported by the theme by default.

Head

`head_title`

This value is placed in the document head inside a <title> tag. If null it will be populated with the page_title, site_title, and org_title all separated by the title_separator.

Default:

function(Theme $theme)
{
    $titles = [];
    foreach (['page', 'site', 'org') as $type)
    {
        if (($part = $theme->getOption($type .'_title')) != null)
        {
            if (count($titles) && $titles[count($titles) - 1] == $part)
            {
                continue;
            }
            $titles[] = $part;
        }
    }
    return $titles;
}

`title_separator`

The title separator used to separate each title part in head_title.

Default: ' • '

`head_meta`

An array of <meta> items to place in the document <head>. Use unique keys for ease of use.

Items are provided as key => value pairs and the values can be of type:

string

will use the value as the content and the key as the name.

array

content: the content attribute value
key_type: primary attribute name
key_value: primary attribute value

Default:

[
    'charset' => 'utf-8',
    'x_ua_compatible' => [
        'content' => 'IE=edge,chrome=1',
        'key_value' => 'X-UA-Compatible',
        'key_type' => 'http-equiv',
    ],
    'viewport' => 'width=device-width,initial-scale=1',
],

`head_script`

A stack of <script> items to place in the document <head>.

This option contains two keys: file and script. Use the first option to include files, and the second for inline scripts.

file

Array of items provided as key => value pairs and the values can be of type:

string: will use the value as the src.
array: an array of attribute name => value pairs and an additional order key to determine order within the stack.

script

Array of items provided as key => value pairs and the values can be of type:

string

will use the value as the inline script content.

array

content: content of the script element
attributes: additional attributes to apply to <script>
order: order of item within the stack

Use unique keys for ease of use.

Default:

[
    'file' => [],
    'script' => [
        'html5_shiv' => /* enable html5 elements in older IE */,
    ],
]

`head_link`

An array of <link> items to place in the document <head>. Use unique keys for ease of use.

Items are provided as key => value pairs and the values can be of type:

string: will assume it's a stylesheet and use the value as the href.
array: an array of attribute name => value pairs and an additional order key to determine order within the stack.

Default:

[
    'base' => [
        'href' => '{{theme_asset_path}}/css/base.css',
        'order' => -2,
    ],
    'iastatecss' => [
        'href' => '{{theme_asset_path}}/css/iastate.css?v='. self::VERSION,
        'order' => 0,
    ],
    'favicon' => [
        'rel' => 'icon',
        'type' => 'image/x-icon',
        'href' => '//cdn.theme.iastate.edu/favicon/favicon.ico',
    ],
    'favicon1' => [
        'rel' => 'icon',
        'type' => '',
        'href' => '//cdn.theme.iastate.edu/favicon/favicon.png',
    ],
    'favicon2' => [
        'rel' => 'icon',
        'type' => 'apple-touch-icon',
        'href' => '//cdn.theme.iastate.edu/favicon/apple-touch-icon.png',
    ],
    'nimbus_sans' => [
        'href' => '//cdn.theme.iastate.edu/nimbus-sans/css/nimbus-sans.css',
        'order' => 0,
    ],
    'font_awesome' => [
        'href' => '//cdn.theme.iastate.edu/font-awesome/4.7.0/css/font-awesome.css',
        'order' => 0,
    ],
]

`head_style`

An array of inline <style> items to place in the document <head>. Use unique keys for ease of use.

Items are provided as key => value pairs and the values can be of type:

string

will use the value as the inline style content.

array

content: content of the style element
attributes: additional attributes to apply to <style>
order: order of item within the stack

Default:

[]

Header

`show_header`

Whether to show the template header containg the dark top strip, red ribbon, and navbar.

Default: true

`show_navbar_iastate`

Whether to show the dark top strip containing utility links like site-wide logins, ISU index, directory, maps, etc.

Default: true

`show_navbar_site`

Whether to show the red ribbon containing the search bar, site nameplate, and site title and tagline.

Default: true

`show_search_box`

Whether to show the search box.

Default: true

`search_action`

The action used to submit the search form.

Default: 'http://google.iastate.edu/search'

`search_client`

The search client to use (Google Search specific). Set to null to remove from form.

Default: 'default_frontend'

`search_output`

The search output type (Google Search specific).

Default: 'xml_no_dtd'

`search_placeholder`

The search input placeholder text.

Default: 'Search'

`search_site`

Provide a specific domain to search instead of all of iastate.edu (Google Search specific).

Default: null

`search_submit`

The search button value.

Default: null

`search_style`

The template for the search results page (Google Search specific).

Default: 'default_frontend'

`show_site_links`

Whether to show the site links beneath the search bar.

Default: true

`site_links`

The site links to show beneath the search bar.

Format:

[
    [
        'label' => 'Label',
        'uri' => '/route',
    ],
]

Default: null

`show_site_title`

Whether to show the site title in the red ribbon.

Default: true

`site_title`

The site title displayed in the left hand side of the red ribbon.

Default: null

`site_url`

The link to use for the site title. Set to null to not hyperlink.

Default: ''

`show_page_title`

Whether to render a page title contained within an <h1> before the page content.

Default: true

`page_title`

The title of the current page. Will be displayed in an <h1> tag before the content.

Default: null

`org_title`

The organization title, used in the document head <title> and for nameplate <img> alt attributes.

Default: 'Iowa State University'

`org_url`

The organization URL used as the main nameplate link.

Default: 'http://www.iastate.edu/'

`show_navbar_menu`

Whether to show the dropdown navigation.

Default: true

`navbar_menu_hover`

Whether to display dropdown on hover(true) or click(false).

Default: true

`navbar_menu_affix`

Whether to affix navbar_menu to top of screen on scroll.

Default: true

`navbar_menu`

The navigation menu used to seed the dropdown navbar.

Format

[
    [
        'label' => 'Label',
        'uri' => '/route',
        'showchildren' => true,
        'pages' => [
            [
                'label' => 'Level 2 Page',
                'uri' => '/route#2',
            ],
            [
                'label' => 'Level 2 Submenu',
                'uri' => '/route#2',
                'showchildren' => true,
                'pages' => [
                    [
                        'label' => 'Level 3 Page',
                        'uri' => '/route#3',
                    ],
                    [
                        'label' => 'Level 3 Submenu',
                        'uri' => '/route#4',
                        'showchildren' => true,
                        'pages' => [
                            [
                                'label' => 'Level 4 Page',
                                'uri' => '/route#5',
                            ],
                            [
                                'label' => 'Level 4 Page',
                                'uri' => '/route#6',
                            ],
                        ],
                    ],
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
]

Default: null

Body

`right_sidebar`

The contents of the right sidebar. Setting this option will place the page content in a .col-md-9 block, and place this configuration's contents as HTML in a .col-md-4 block.

Default: null

`right_nav`

A configurable array that generates a list of links to anchor targets on the page and prepends it to the right_sidebar.

Format

[
    [
        'id' => 'target_id_1',
        'label' => 'Target Label 1',
    ],
    [
        'id' => 'target_id_2',
        'label' => 'Target Label 2',
        'sub_targets' => [
            [
                'id' => 'sub_target_id_1',
                'label' => 'Sub Target Label 1',
            ],
        ],
    ],
]

Default: null

`right_nav_affix`

Whether to affix the right_nav to the top of the screen on scroll.

Default: false

`right_nav_scroll_spy`

Whether to add active link styling to the currently scrolled to target on the page in the right_nav. This config by default sets right_nav_affix to true.

Default: false

`right_nav_collapse`

Whether to collapse the sub_targets lists until the parent target is active (via scroll spy).

Default: false

`show_breadcrumbs`

Whether to show the route trail as linked breadcrumbs at the top of the page below the navbar menu.

Default: false

`post_nav`

The content to display above the container and below the navbar.

Default: null

`carousel`

The carousel to be drawn by calling $theme->drawCarousel()

Content Format:

[
    'src' => '/img/url/imgname.jpg',
    'alt' => 'Visual Description of Image',
    'url' => '/route', /*image link, null for no link*/
    'title' => 'Image/Link Title', /*for caption*/
    'description' => 'Image/Link Description', /*for caption*/
]

Default:

[
    'content' => [
        /*Content arrays go in here*/
    ],
    'show_side_buttons' => false,
    'show_captions' => false,
]

`show_footer`

Whether to show the footer.

Default: true

`footer_associates`

The footer associate links. Preferably, these will be ordered from highest authority to lowest (i.e. college → department → office).

Format:

[
    [
        'label' => 'Associate Name',
        'url' => 'http://link.to.associate',
    ],
    [
        'label' => 'IASTATE Theme',
        'url' => '//theme.iastate.edu',
    ],
]

Default:

[]

`footer_contact`

The footer contact information.

Default:

[
    'address' => [
        '1234 Lancelot Drive',
        '0001 Elaine Hall',
        'Ames, IA 50011',
    ],
    'address_url' => 'https://goo.gl/maps/89RUHcCFt652',
    'email' => [
        'deptaccount@iastate.edu'
    ],
    'phone' => [
        '515-294-9999'
    ],
    'fax' => [
        '515-294-9999'
    ],
]

`show_social_labels`

Whether to show the social link labels next to the icons.

Default: false

`footer_social`

The footer social tags.

Default:

[
    [
        'label' => 'Facebook',
        'url' => 'http://facebook.com/IowaStateU/',
    ],
    [
        'label' => 'Twitter',
        'url' => 'http://twitter.com/iowastateu?lang=en',
    ],
    [
        'label' => 'Instagram',
        'url' => 'http://instagram.com/iowastateu/',
    ],
    [
        'label' => 'YouTube',
        'url' => 'http://youtube.com/user/iowastateu',
    ],
]

`footer_legal`

The footer legal text.

Default:

[
    'statement' => 'Copyright © 1995-2025<br>
            Iowa State University of Science and Technology<br>
            All rights reserved',
    'links' => [
        [
            'label' => 'Non-discrimination Policy',
            'url' => 'http://www.policy.iastate.edu/policy/discrimination',
        ],
        [
            'label' => 'Privacy Policy',
            'url' => 'http://www.policy.iastate.edu/electronicprivacy',
        ],
        [
            'label' => 'Digital Access & Accessibility',
            'url' => 'http://digitalaccess.iastate.edu',
        ],
    ],
]

Other

`full_width`

Whether to make the site stretch the full width

Default: false

`inline_script`

A stack of <script> items to place at the end of <body>.

See head_script for usage instructions.

Default:

[
    'file' => [],
    'script' => [
        'box_sizing' => /* css grid fix for older IE */,
        'responsive' => function(Theme $theme)
        {
            if ($theme->getOption('responsive'))
            {
                return /* responsive design */,;
            }
            return null;
        },
    ],
]

`asset_path`

URI path to public assets. This is for assets written by you. By default assumes all css/, js/ etc. directories are in the www root directory.

Default: ''

`module_asset_path`

URI path to module assets. This is for assets written by you. By default assumes all css/, js/ etc. directories are in the www root directory.

Default: ''

`theme_asset_path`

URI path to public theme assets. This is for assets belonging to the theme. By default assumes all css/, img/ etc. directories are in the www root directory.

Default: ''

`request_uri`

The request URI used to match which navigation item needs to be activated. $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] is used if this option is null.

Default: null

`render_tags`

Allows setting of functions to render elements in a specified way

Default:

[
    'email' => function($str, Theme $theme)
    {
        list(, $email, $label) = array_pad(explode('|', $str], 3, null);
        return $theme->email($email, $label);
    },
]

`authorization_callback`

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Default: null

`route_callback`

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Default: null

`translator_callback`

Allows definition of a function to use for translation of a page.

For example, this function would be called if the 'translate' option is set in a navbar_menu link.

Default: null

Configuration Options

Head

head_title

title_separator

head_meta

head_script

head_link

head_style

Default:

Header

show_header

show_navbar_iastate

show_navbar_site

show_search_box

search_action

search_client

search_output

search_placeholder

search_site

search_submit

search_style

show_site_links

site_links

show_site_title

site_title

site_url

show_page_title

page_title

org_title

org_url

show_navbar_menu

navbar_menu_hover

navbar_menu_affix

navbar_menu

Body

right_sidebar

right_nav

right_nav_affix

right_nav_scroll_spy

right_nav_collapse

show_breadcrumbs

post_nav

carousel

Footer

show_footer

footer_associates

footer_contact

show_social_labels

footer_social

footer_legal

Other

full_width

inline_script

asset_path

module_asset_path

theme_asset_path

request_uri

render_tags

authorization_callback

route_callback

translator_callback

`head_title`

`title_separator`

`head_meta`

`head_script`

`head_link`

`head_style`

`show_header`

`show_navbar_iastate`

`show_navbar_site`

`show_search_box`

`search_action`

`search_client`

`search_output`

`search_placeholder`

`search_site`

`search_submit`

`search_style`

`show_site_links`

`site_links`

`show_site_title`

`site_title`

`site_url`

`show_page_title`

`page_title`

`org_title`

`org_url`

`show_navbar_menu`

`navbar_menu_hover`

`navbar_menu_affix`

`navbar_menu`

`right_sidebar`

`right_nav`

`right_nav_affix`

`right_nav_scroll_spy`

`right_nav_collapse`

`show_breadcrumbs`

`post_nav`

`carousel`

`show_footer`

`footer_associates`

`footer_contact`

`show_social_labels`

`footer_social`

`footer_legal`

`full_width`

`inline_script`

`asset_path`

`module_asset_path`

`theme_asset_path`

`request_uri`

`render_tags`

`authorization_callback`

`route_callback`

`translator_callback`