Web Themes are a way to customise the layout and styling of end-user visible web pages hosted on the Service. These include pages such as:

• OpenID authorisation (sign in),

• New user registration,

• Password reset,

• and most others, excluding the “/ui” management site.

For some pages the whole layout as well as style is configurable. For others only the style is configurable.

Breaking changes

Web themes replaces the “Branding Styles” (Branding: Styles) by providing similar functionality. “Branding styles” allows injection of CSS rules into the page. Web themes allows this as well. Using both at the same time is not recommended. Most existing “Branding Styles” rules can be used as-is in a web theme.

Some built-in customer specific CSS rules are no longer available. They must be implemented as Web Themes to keep the existing style.

Management of themes

Web themes are managed in the management interface. Editors need some of the following permissions:

• View web themes

• Create web themes

• Modify web themes

• Remove web themes

Web themes are not namespace-specific, so having access to them means having access to all of them. On some service installations this means great trust is placed on the editors.

Management view is opened from the main menu by selecting “Web themes”.

The management view enables users to list, create, copy, edit and remove web themes.