Customizing the colors and header

Administration Console makes it easy to change the color schemes and logos used in BlueCielo Explorer and in Administration Console itself.

You can set a color scheme by picking one primary color. Lighter and darker hues of the same color are automatically calculated to complement the primary color and to complete the color scheme.

To customize the colors and header text:

1. In Meridian Enterprise Server Administration Console, in the System Management group, click Settings. The Application Settings page appears.
2. On the APPLICATION SETTINGS page, in the MANAGEMENT TOOLS group, for the Branding item, click MANAGE. The BRANDING dialog box appears.

• To change the BlueCielo Explorer header text:

  1. On the HEADERS page, for the BlueCielo Explorer Client item, type the text that you want to appear as the title on the BlueCielo Explorer Home page.
  2. Click SAVE.

• To change the Administration Console or BlueCielo Explorer screen colors:

  1. On the THEMES page, click CHANGE for the Config application color item to change the Administration Console color theme or click CHANGE for the BC Explorer color item to change the BlueCielo Explorer color theme . The PICK COLOR dialog box appears.
  2. Select the primary color for theme and click SAVE.

3. To see your changes, refresh your browser.

To change the logo that is shown on the BlueCielo Explorer Home page, see Customizing the user interface.

Enterprise Server saves the selected color scheme in C:\inetpub\wwwroot\BCEnterprise\Themes\css\BCTheme<Number>_<ColorCode>.css where <Number> is a sequential number and <ColorCode> is the 6 digit hexadecimal code for the base color that you picked. If you pick a different color later, a new CSS file will be created if it does not already exist. Enterprise Server also makes a backup copy of the CSS file in C:\ProgramData\BlueCieloECM\Hyperion\Themes\CSS and restores the copy if the application is restarted or reinstalled so that you do not need to reset the color scheme.

The active stylesheet will be the one with the highest number in <Number>. This number is incremented when new styles are added to the default stylesheet as the result of changes in a version of Meridian Enterprise Server. The new default stylesheet is set as the active stylesheet after the new version of the software is installed, including for upgrades. The old stylesheet is retained during upgrades so that if you have made customizations, you can copy them to the new stylesheet.

If you have experience with CSS and want to further customize the colors, you can edit the file that is stored in the backup CSS folder. It will be copied over the active file when IIS is restarted. A comment block at the top of the file lists the theme colors. Each line includes a comment that describes where the color is used in the user interface. To change a color, replace all occurrences of the color code in the file with the desired code.