- Grid and layout
The Custom Homepage can either be displayed above the Activity Stream and with the Connections built-in Right-Column or as separate page. You have to choose a layout for your Custom Homepage. Default is Grid 1.
- Custom CSS and images
You can customize the appearance of nearly every visible element of your Connections Engagement Center. Include your own CSS or create a custom CSS file. Upload a stylesheet to the Connections Engagement Center-Settings tab. This topic describes how to apply custom CSS to UI elements and includes sample CSS.
- Include Custom.js
If you want to include customized JavaScript you have to download the custom.js. You can find this file in the Connections Engagement Center Settings tab in the customization file list. Alternatively, you can use the Direct Edit button.
- Customize the language file
You can create a new language file, by downloading the template file and editing a copy of it or by using the Direct Edit button.
- Edit css, js, and json files
The Direct Edit option allows you to edit stylesheets, Javascript, and language files without having to download the files, edit them, and upload the files again.
- Include your Favicon
You can also include a custom favicon. Therefore you only need to upload a favicon.ico file in the Connections Engagement Center-Settings tab. This favicon will be used on every Connections Engagement Center page.
- Create widgets
Click Create widget to create a new widget in the admin panel. A dialog will open and you can choose your new widgets type name. widgets cannot have special characters other than minus signs (-) and underscores (_). If the name is valid, the input field will be visualized green. Otherwise, the field will be visualized red and the Create button will be disabled.
- Integration of Navigation
- Access rights for pages
The access rights can be set individually for every Connections Engagement Center page.
- Page Management
Within the Page Management tab you can specify Content Editors for each page. You can also see the page title and who modified the page. In the Action section you can edit, copy or delete a page.
- Templating and inheritance
You can mark an Connections Engagement Center page as template and use it to inherit from. If you are on an Connections Engagement Center page itself, open the admin panel, click on the Page Settings tab, then click on the Show Advanced button and you will see the advanced section. In this section you find a checkbox named Is Template. Check this box then click the save button on the bottom right and you will have this page as an Connections Engagement Center template.