When you use Refined, the look and feel of your site comes from different configurations and settings, all in combination with each other.
This is an overview of what components make up the look and feel for your Refined setup.
Themes
The theme is what is surrounding the content of your site.
Below you can see the same Refined site, with the same content, but displayed with two different themes.
Example theme
Example theme
A Theme is created and managed in the Theme Editor and applied to the Site itself as a global theme, or to a Refined Page as a theme for an area of a site.
Learn more about the Theme editor
Layouts
Adding categories, Jira projects or JSD portals to a Refined Site each item will get a Refined landing page to it. This landing page is a:
Site home
Category home
Jira project page
Jira Service Desk portal
Edit and setup the layout these pages using the Layout Editor. The content is added via Modules in the Layout.
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Learn more about the Layout Editor
Navigation options
On each site you create there will be a top navigation. This navigation is used to navigate the Site and can either be in a breadcrumb format or a navigation menu format.
Example navigation menu
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Example breadcrumb
Logos
You set logos per site, this means that when you have several sites each of them can have its own logo.
Advanced settings: css and html
Using css and html to further customize your site is an option with Refined, although we do not support any issue caused by these types of customizations.
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Create a unique look and feel for your Refined site.
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Themes
A theme determines the look of your site. Choose a pre-set theme, or apply your corporate branding by building your own custom theme.
You can apply different themes to each of your sites. This way, a knowledge base and an intranet can have different looks. You can also create themes for special occasions, like a holiday theme that you temporarily add to your intranet.
Manage themes
Go to the Refined Administration.
Go to the Themes & Styles tab.
Under the Themes & styles heading you find an overview of your themes. A green label shows which themes are currently Active (applied to a site).
Click on a theme’s Cogwheel to:
Edit: change the theme in the Theme Editor.
Rename: give the theme a new name.
Export: download the theme. You can then import (upload) it to another Refined instance.
Copy: duplicate the theme.
Delete: discard the theme. This can’t be undone.
Below the list of themes are two buttons:
Click the Create theme buttonto make a new theme in the Theme Editor.
Click the Import theme button to upload a theme which you previously exported.
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To create a new theme based on an existing theme, copy it and edit the copy. |
Apply a global theme
The global theme applies to all sites, unless specified otherwise in a site’s settings.
Go to the Refined Administration.
Go to the Site Builder tab.
Click the Global JSM site’s cogwheel > Edit.
Scroll down to the Theme heading and click Change theme.
Apply a site-specific theme
The site theme applies to all the items in that site (Categories, Jira projects, and JSM portals), unless specified otherwise in an item’s settings.
Go to the Refined Administration.
Go to the Site Builder tab.
Click a site’s Cogwheel > Edit.
Scroll down to the Theme heading and click Change theme.
Apply an item-specific theme
Apply a theme to a specific item: a category, Jira project, or JSM portal.
Go to the Refined Administration.
Go to the Site Builder tab.
Click the item’s Cogwheel > Edit.
Scroll down to the Theme heading and click Change theme.
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Export/import a theme
It’s possible to export a theme and import it into another Refined instance.
To export a theme, go to the theme overview and click the theme’s Cogwheel > Export.
To import a theme, go to the theme overview and click the Import Theme button.
Logos and icons
Personalise your sites by adding logos and icons.
Advanced settings: CSS and HTML
Use CSS and HTML to further customise your site.
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This is only recommended for professional front-end developers. We do not offer support for issues caused by custom HTML and CSS. |