Simplicity of Use

The backend for Metrolo is organised in a very intuitive and user friendly manner which will allow you to fully exploit the great customisation controls Metrolo comes loaded with. For instance jQuery intelligently hides inactive options making your backend look squeaky clean. admin panel

Hints, Hints, Everywhere!

You’ll find useful hints spread throughout the Metrolo backend. These hints (some are inline, some are regular bubbles, and some are ‘red’ bubbles for extra attention) contain everything from general description, direct links and even screenshots. admin panel

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  • Visual Control
    • Unlimited Color variations
    • Unlimited Layouts
    • Custom Image Backgrounds and Patterns
    • Place your own Logo (Text/Image) and Favicon with ease.
    • Multiple Fonts (60 google fonts) to choose from

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  • Layout Control – Control your layout by rearranging Modules. Have different layouts for Home Page and the rest of the site. Additionally you can choose to have a custom layout for every single page.
  • Click-and-Drag Layout Manager – Simply click and drag to Rearrange/Add/Hide modules like Slider, Accordian, Content, Message, Posted etc.

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  • Metrolo Modules- Metrolo Modules are special content style plugs which can be used anywhere in the layouts
    • Message Module
    • Accordian Module
    • Posted Module
    • Content Plug 1 for homepage
    • Content Plug 2 for homepage
    • Content Plug 3 for homepage
    • Shortcode Boxes – to add HTML and Shortcodes between other modules

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  • Galleries / Portfolios
    • Multiple Galleries – Have as many galleries as you want.
    • Organize Your Galleries – Arrange your galleries into category sets and tags.
    • Paged v/s Non-paged – Set the number of items per page, and have automatic pagination.
    • Multiple Gallery Layouts – Select from 6 different layouts – 4/3/2/1 column(s) and Mosaic Gallery (small/large)
    • Optional Sorting – Animated sorting using Gallery-tags

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  • Internationalization – Localization ready with sample .po and .mo files
  • Page Templates – Full-width, Galleries (6 layouts), Traditional Blog FrontPage
  • Custom Widgets – Contact info, Recent Tweet, Popular Posts, Recent Posts
  • Pre-designed External Plugins – Existing styles for Contact forms 7 and Related Posts plugins for out-of-the-box usage with Metrolo.
  • Contact Form Anywhere – Use a CF7 contact form anywhere on your site (page / sidebar / footer). With contact fields already styled for you, all you need to decide is how wide you want your form to be.
  • Social Media – 29 social media sites supported
  • Customizable Footer – Widgetized footer, with customizable 3/2/1 column(s) layout

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  • Shortcodes – Dropcaps, Highlights, Buttons, Lightboxes, Sliders, Videos, Tabs, Toggles, Styled Lists, Columns. And more…
  • Inbuilt Shortcode Generator – so you dont have to hunt for the syntax in the documentation.
  • Jquery Goodness Sprinkled Throughout The Site
    • animated search icon
    • sliding navigation
    • superfish dropdown navigation menus
    • prettyPhoto lightbox
    • sliders
    • animated gallery sorting
    • sliding and scrolling accordian
    • animated tabs
    • and a lot more…
  • Optimized Database Structure – Metrolo saves all options / metafields as a single array in the Database. This greatly reduces the number of WP-Database queries, thereby reducing the server load and making your site load faster.
  • White Label Admin Panel