Customize the MashZone NextGen welcome page
You can replace the logo and welcome text displayed on the MashZone NextGen welcome page. In addition, you have the option to change the appearance of the welcome page header.
Prerequisite
To edit the welcome text you need administration privileges.
You need to replace the relevant logo and welcome text on each hosting MashZone NextGen server.
Note: Your changes in the welcome page header are applied to all application headers in MashZone NextGen, also the dashboard and data feed editor.
Procedure
1. To replace the logo on the MashZone NextGen welcome page, you must replace the landing_page_icon.png graphic file in the following folder by your own graphic file.
<MashZone NextGen installation>\apache-tomcat\webapps\mashzone\hub\assets\images\
2. To replace the welcome text on the MashZone NextGen welcome page, open the welcome-text.json file with a text editor. Enter a new text and save your changes.
The file is located in the <MashZone NextGen installation>\apache-tomcat\webapps\mashzone\WEB-INF\config\ folder.
3. To change the appearance of the application header, you can edit the style templates supplied with MashZone NextGen. For details see Edit style templates. 4. Restart the MashZone NextGen server(s).
Your changes are applied.
Note: If you have migrated the application.less file from MashZone NextGen version 9.12 or older and you have customized the appearance of the application header, you must adapt the application.less file of your current version.
You must change the path reference of the logo used in the application header. The path reference in the @brand-logo key must be absolute and starts with "/", for example, '/hub/dashboard/assets/images/my-logo.png'.
Add the following key.
/ / Font size used for application menu items in
the dropdown menu of the masthead
@navigation-list-font-size-menu-dropdown: 14px;