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4. Customisation/Extension

4.1 Branding

Orbis CMS is optimised for easy branding. The first and easiest way you can brand the CMS is to add your own logo. This can be done by replacing the login_branding.png image (located in admin/img/) with your own logo. For best results, use a logo with a height of 50px.

If you wish to brand the CMS more extensively (e.g. by using your own colour scheme), you'll have to modify the CSS definitions. All CSS files are located in admin/css/. All files use basic styling (body fonts etc.), which are contained in base.css. You can most modify most style attributes in this file. Apart from base.css, specific pages in the CMS can use page-specific styling, which is stored in a CSS file with the page's name. You can use a style explorer (like the 'Display Element Information' feature of the Web Developer toolbar for Firefox) to identify elements you wish to style.

4.2 Modifying the 'Help' page

A simple way to extend the CMS is to add information relevant to your clients. You can do this by modifying the 'Help' page, accessible anywhere within the CMS. To add/edit help information, simply edit help.php (located in admin/).


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