Look and feel changes

[spicysudhi]

Hi

I am looking for more informaiton on the screen customization in reportnet.

I noticed the default.css and fonts.css files. apart from that, what are the other files to remove the cognos logo or title or some default text from the screens.

i can see quite a few .xst files but not able to find any relation how its changing the design.

regards,
sudhi

 

[flex13]

From the 1.1 help

The style sheet default.css defines the overall appearance of the Cognos Connection (Web portal) interface. It is located in the directory installation_location/webcontent/skins/current/portal. Portal-specific graphics, if present, are located in the images subdirectory.

If you do not want to use one of the predefined themes in the skins directory, you can selectively modify parts of this style sheet to make your Web portal match your corporate design standards. For example, you can change the background color of the Welcome title page. We recommend that you first back up the original (active) default.css file.

Example - Change the Background Color
Suppose you want to change the background colors used in the Web portal page. You want the background color of the Welcome page title to be black, and to be clearly offset from the side background (white). This requires you to make two changes to the default.css file, shown here in bold font:

.welcomeTitleBackground

{

background-color: black;

}

.welcomeSideBackgroundOther

{

background-color: white;

background-repeat : repeat-y;

}

Example - Change the Portal Text
Suppose you want to change the Web portal text to replace the company name, portal name, portal description, or product marketing tag line, in any or all of the currently supported languages. Before you begin, we recommend that you make a backup copy of the file installation_location/templates/ps/portal/system.xml. You can then replace the strings shown in bold italic font with the appropriate new text:

<!-- Runtime messages -->

<param name="OEMmessages">

<banner/>

<!-- Appears in CC top banner. Added: Cognos Incorporated tooltip -->

<company>company_name</company>

<portal>portal_name</portal>

<s1 xml:lang="en">portal_name allows you to publish, find, manage, and view your organization's reports.</s1>

<s1 xml:lang="fr">portal_name vous permet de publier les rapports de votre société, d'y effectuer une recherche, de les gérer et de les consulter.</s1>

<s1 xml:lang="de">portal_name wo Sie Ihre Unternehmensberichte publizieren, suchen, verwalten und anzeigen können.</s1>

<s1 xml:lang="ja">portal_name japanese_message1 </s1>

<s2 xml:lang="en">en_marketing_tagline</s2>

<s2 xml:lang="fr">fr_marketing_tagline</s2>

<s2 xml:lang="de">de_marketing_tagline</s2>

<s2 xml:lang="ja">ja_marketing_tagline</s2>

</param>

Tip: Remember to restart ReportNet after completing your modifications, so that the changes take effect.

Example - Change the Portal Graphics
Suppose you want to remove or replace some of the Web portal graphics. When replacing images, we recommend that you retain the same file name.

The following table shows which files supply the currently used images. All are located in either the directory installation_location/webcontent/skins/branding or the directory skins/portal/images.

Contents

File


The splash screen image (shown as-is in the Cognos Connection interface)

branding/portal_splash.gif


The three Welcome page arrow images, the appearance of which is specific to a theme (or skin)

welcome_arrow_top.gif welcome_arrow_middle.gif welcome_arrow_bottom.gif


The About box graphic

branding/about.gif


The banner image

branding/banner_cogsquare.gif


The animated progress image

branding/progress.gif

 

[spicysudhi]

thanks flex.

I have noticed this in the administration and security guide.

in upfront I removed every trace of "Cognos" from screen, but here it looks difficult to do that.

regards,
sudhi