Still questioning how effectively you need to use this function in your new and present tenants?
Unlike earlier than, VCD 10.4.1 Branding and Theming function is an all UI expertise with a quite simple configuration part and speedy utility of the theme to the supplier and the tenant portals.
With VCD 10.4.1, Branding and theming function supplies the potential to alter the appear and feel of the VMware Cloud Director Provider Portal and the Tenant portal. With this, a system administrator can add/edit/configure some functionalities like:
- Changing colors
- Changing photographs (emblem)
- Adding extra menus and
- Editing present menu hyperlinks
Why do I would like to take a look at this function?
Some of the VMware Cloud Director buyer tenant portal wants re-branding by utilizing their very own firm’s emblem or photographs and portal title and even offering customized hyperlinks. This is particularly legitimate for service suppliers who could must model every of their tenants individually.
Before we sink into this enhanced function, sure, enhanced function, which signifies that branding and theming function was very a lot doable up till VCD v10.4. However, it was by way of the API solely and manner too complicated, complicated and with heavy limitations.
So how does this function work now?
The enhanced branding and theming function is an all UI function, making the system administrator’s job straightforward to grasp and create or customise themes.
How to allow this function?
This function is on the market below a function flag which is disabled by default and must be enabled manually by the system administrator from the supplier portal.
Where to find this function?
From the supplier portal, navigate to the More menu > Customize Portal > Themes tab. By default, there are two themes accessible, OOTB.
How to Create a New Theme
When you click on Create Themes button, you might be introduced with 2 panes:
- Left Pane: To configure the customized branding theme
- Right Pane: To stay preview the setting you might be configuring
What can a System Administrator do from the UI?
- Create varied new themes with customized colors, photographs and hyperlinks.
- Apply branding and hyperlinks to the login and logout web page.
- Manage the theme by enhancing, cloning, exporting, trying on the particulars, making it default and even deleting.
- Import themes (Primary use case is for multi-site deployment for a similar tenant).
- Convert previous themes (created utilizing an older model of VCD as much as v10.4)
- Apply new themes to tenants or to their very own supplier portal.
Note: To see the customized branding settings configured on the login and logout web page, you should override a default setting from the command line by executing the command (this setting is enabled to true by default for safety causes).
> ./cell-management-tool manage-config -n backend.branding.requireAuthForBranding -v false
Isn’t that an excessive amount of of an enhancement to the prevailing function, which is really easy to make use of now?
Want to know every of those prospects in additional element and are excited to dive deeper and study extra about them? If sure, have a look at the Feature Friday video “Feature Friday Episode 121 – Cloud Director 10.4.1 Theming and Branding“, which is devoted to the brand new Branding and Theming function during which we discuss every chance in full element, together with a demo.