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Customizing the navigation bar and footer
You can change the look of the navigation bar and footer to customize them for your organization. You might want to update the navigation bar, for example, to add your company logo to it, or add additional links to it. You might also want to add additional links to the footer to make it easier for users to find related corporate sites or tools.
The navigation bar that is displayed at the top of each Lotus Connections page provides quick access to other Lotus Connections features. The following file defines the content of the navigation bar:
- header.html
- Defines the content of the navigation bar, including the title, logo, and links.
The footer that is displayed at the bottom of each page provides links to tools, product demonstrations, the product Help, and more. The following file defines the content of the footer:
- footer.html
- Defines the content of the footer.
The style used by the footer and header are defined in the following file:
- defaultTheme.css
- Defines the style of Lotus Connections, including the font color and background color of the navigation bar and footer.
Each Lotus Connections feature comes bundled with its own version of these files. To make changes to the navigation bar or footer and apply them to all instances of the bar or footer across the features, you can update these files and then use configuration property settings to apply your changes.
- Add content to the navigation bar
You can edit the files that control the content of the Lotus Connections navigation bar to add to the bar's functionality. This procedure describes how to add a link to the navigation bar and change the company logo.- Add a section to the footer
You can edit the files that control the content of the Lotus Connections footer to add to the footer's functionality. This procedure describes how to add a section to the footer. After adding a section, you can add one or more links to it.- Add a link to the footer
You can edit the files that control the content of the Lotus Connections footer to add to the footer's functionality. This procedure describes how to add a link to the footer.- Troubleshooting style changes
Lists possible issues you can encounter when changing the style of the navigation bar or footer and how to resolve them.
Change the look of Lotus Connections