Determine where to save the customizations

Overview

The base directory where we store customizations is defined during installation, and saved as variable...

CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH

By default, this variable is set to...

installDir/data/customization

To determine the location of the customization directory, log in to the IBM WAS console, go to...

Environment | WebSphere variables

...and look for CONNECTIONS_CUSTOMIZATION_PATH in the list of variable names and make a note of the value. For example:

/local/IBM/Connections/data/shared/customization

To save customizations that apply to all the applications, copy the file into the common subdirectory:

customizationDir/common

To save customizations that apply to a single application, copy the file into the subdirectory for that application:

Path	Files applied to
customizationDir/common	All applications.
customizationDir/activities	Activities user interface only.
customizationDir/blogs	Blogs user interface only.
customizationDir/bookmarks	Bookmarks user interface only.
customizationDir/communities	Communities user interface only.
customizationDir/files	Files user interface only.
customizationDir/forums	Forums user interface only.
customizationDir/homepage	Home page user interface only.
customizationDir/metrics	Metrics page user interface only.
customizationDir/moderation	Moderation page user interface only.
customizationDir/news	News user interface only.
customizationDir/profiles	Profiles user interface only.
customizationDir/search	Advanced Search user interface only.
customizationDir/wikis	Wikis user interface only.

When customizations apply to all applications...

Path	Description
customizationDir/themes/defaultTheme/custom.css	Customized styles
customizationDir/themes/defaultTheme/defaultTheme.css	Customized themes
customizationDir/common/nav/templates/login.jsp	Customized login page
customizationDir/common/nav/templates/footer.jsp	Customized footer file
customizationDir/common/nav/templates/error.jsp	Customized error page
customizationDir/themes/images	Customized images

Application-specific versions of customized CSS files:

File name and file path	Description
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/activities.css	Customized styles for Activities.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/blogs.css	Customized styles for Blogs.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/dogear.css	Customized styles for Bookmarks.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/bookmarklet.css	Customized styles for the Bookmarklet.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/communities.css	Customized styles for Communities.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/files.css	Customized styles for Files.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/forums.css	Customized styles for Forums.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/homepage.css	Customized styles for the Home page.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/metrics.css	Customized styles for Metrics.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/moderation.css	Customized styles for Moderation.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/news.css	Customized styles for News.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/profiles.css	Customized styles for Profiles.
customizationDir/themes/theme/applications/wikis.css	Customized styles for Wikis.

Where theme is the name of the themes available for each application. For example:

• defaultTheme
• redTheme
• goldTheme
• etc...

When you select the Coffee theme in the UI, the goldTheme is invoked. There is no coffeeTheme in the CSS files. Right-to-left themes are specified in applicationRTL.css, where application represents one of the Connections applications. For example:

activitiesRTL.css

See

• Application WAR files and OSGi bundles
  
• Language codes
  

Parent topic:
Customize the user interface

Related:
Change WAS environment variables
Property file strings
JavaScript resource strings
WAS environment variables