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Style the Horizontal Rule Under the Title

You can choose to have a horizontal rule under the title on your front cover. For this, use the Title block settings in your PDF Layout. You can also set the line's thickness and color.

Close-up of part of a front cover. It shows the title with a horizontal line beneath it. The line stretches from the left edge of the page to the end of the last letter in the title. The subtitle is below the line. A callout arrow points to the line.

  1. Select Layout in the top menu.

    Paligo editor. The Layout option in the header menu is highlighted.

    Paligo displays a list of Layouts. The list is empty if there are no custom Layouts in your Paligo instance.

  2. Select the Layout you want to update or Create a Layout.

    Tip

    You can copy the URL of the Layout Editor and paste it into a new tab in your browser. This can be useful if you frequently switch between your Paligo content and the Layout settings.

  3. Select Front page in the sidebar. New_Layout.jpg

    Front_Page_LE_small.jpg

  4. Select Title block.

  5. Use the following settings to style a horizontal rule under the title:

    Close-up of part of a front cover. It shows the title with a horizontal line beneath it. The line stretches from the left edge of the page to the end of the last letter in the title. The subtitle is below the line. A callout arrow points to the line.

    • Width of horizontal rule under title - If you want a horizontal line under the title, enter the line thickness, for example, 3pt.

    • Color of horizontal rule under title - Use to set the color of the horizontal line under the title.

      1. Clear the Use default color checkbox to select a color of your own choice.

      2. Set the color either by:

        • Entering an RGBA code for the color you want (1).

        • Selecting the Color square to display the color selector (2).

          1. Choose the color with the spectrum bar (3).

          2. Control the transparency with the opacity bar (4).

          3. Choose the color shade with the main color panel (5).

          Color selector. There is a field for entering an rgba value. It is labelled 1. There is a black square labelled 2. There is a popup dialog that contains three sections. The sections are labelled with numbers. Label 3 points to a narrow bar that shows the colors of the spectrum. Label 4 points towards an opacity bar ranging from black to transparent. Label 5 points to a color selector with various shades of a single color.

  6. Select Save.

When you publish with this Layout, Paligo will apply the title block settings that you have chosen.