How to change Logo and platform_name in edx

[raj singhania]

Hello

 I installed production version of edx successfully. Now i want to change the Logo and platform name .
 Please help me.
 i change logo in my development environment  by placing the file in the  lms/static/images folder in the edx-platform .
 and run the collectstatic command

to change the name of platform there is a variable in the common.py file platform_name  do we need to replace it with our required string ?



 but same thing is not working in production version please guide me .

Thank you
Raj

[Siddhant Singh]

Hi Raj, after changing the variable have you tried restarting lms?

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[rajsinghaniaful .]

yes i have tried .but no success :(

do you have any idea ? what to do?

[Yarko Tymciurak]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:54 AM, rajsinghaniaful . <nitin...@gmail.com> wrote:

yes i have tried .but no success :(

do you have any idea ? what to do?

Study the code a little, and how this works.   You can also search the groups (this has been discussed by various people in different ways, for example: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/edx-code/6t11oQumYz8/TaaxiOrvRYkJ)

The summary:  don't change this in common.py - it's overridden.   Don't change this in /edx/app/edxapp/lms.env.json except during development, to make a "quick" or "test" change.

If you search the edx/configuration repository for PLATFORM_NAME or EDXAPP_PLATFORM_NAME you will see where the defaults come from - these are used during an "update" (or in the case of devstack, during a provisioning), by ansible-playbooks.

Your approach, then, will involve either setting this in /edx/etc/server-vars.yaml (effecting an ansible "extra-vars" effect - see http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_variables.html#passing-variables-on-the-command-line, and generally read up on ansible), or in your own playbook files in your own fork of edx/configuration.

Since server-vars.yml is created once, then used by the update command, that would probably be a reasonable place to start.

If you (appropriately) update your edx-platform after setting this, ansible will update your /edx/app/edxapp/{lms,cms}env.json files, and when you start / restart your LMS (and CMS) servers, it should get appropriately picked up.

[Yarko Tymciurak]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Yarko Tymciurak <yar...@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:54 AM, rajsinghaniaful . <nitin...@gmail.com> wrote:

yes i have tried .but no success :(

do you have any idea ? what to do?

Study the code a little, and how this works.   You can also search the groups (this has been discussed by various people in different ways, for example: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/edx-code/6t11oQumYz8/TaaxiOrvRYkJ)

The summary:  don't change this in common.py - it's overridden.   Don't change this in /edx/app/edxapp/lms.env.json except during development, to make a "quick" or "test" change.

If you search the edx/configuration repository for PLATFORM_NAME or EDXAPP_PLATFORM_NAME you will see where the defaults come from - these are used during an "update" (or in the case of devstack, during a provisioning), by ansible-playbooks.

Your approach, then, will involve either setting this in /edx/etc/server-vars.yaml (effecting an ansible "extra-vars" effect - see http://docs.ansible.com/playbooks_variables.html#passing-variables-on-the-command-line, and generally read up on ansible), or in your own playbook files in your own fork of edx/configuration.

Since server-vars.yml is created once, then used by the update command, that would probably be a reasonable place to start.

... slight correction:   I think server-vars.yml is created when configuration is updated.

[rajsinghaniaful .]

hello  Yarko

thanks for your response

after changing the logo in development environment i run the ./manage.py lms collectstatic which made the changes which i want .

but i run the same command and one more i found on net
sudo -u www-data /edx/bin/python.edxapp ./manage.py lms collectstatic --settings aws

not working it is giving error mentioned below



Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel: yes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./manage.py", line 95, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line([sys.argv[0]] + django_args)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/django-staticfiles/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 169, in handle_noargs
    collected = self.collect()
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/django-staticfiles/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 119, in collect
    handler(path, prefixed_path, storage)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/django-staticfiles/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 291, in copy_file
    if not self.delete_file(path, prefixed_path, source_storage):
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/src/django-staticfiles/staticfiles/management/commands/collectstatic.py", line 254, in delete_file
    self.storage.delete(prefixed_path)
  File "/edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/files/storage.py", line 224, in delete
    os.remove(name)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/edx/var/edxapp/staticfiles/xmodule/descriptors/js/000-e13a9ecfcecb2026dce545551e09f9c9.js'

i changed the permission also but error dos not resolve.

can you please tell me the specific file or step  where i need to do change the Platform name .

Thank you

[praveen pal]

hi raj

To change LOGO :
1: Go to the /edx/var/edxapp/staticfiles/images directory
2: eplace the image named header-logo.png with new  logo image.
Note :- Don't change the name and format of file . it should always be header-logo.png .
3: Restart the LMS.

To change the Platform name

1: open /edx/app/edxapp/edx-platform/lms/envs/common.py file
 2: search for the PLATFORM_NAME = "edX" 
 3: Replace the edX with the appropriate name you want for example praveen

4: open app/edxapp/lms.env.json file.
 5: search for the PLATFORM_NAME = "edX" 
 6: Replace the edX with the appropriate name you want for example praveen

7: Restart the LMS.

[王贺]

我 觉得 这是可行的，good job ，thinks your share

在 2014年7月30日星期三UTC+8下午5时06分13秒，praveen pal写道：

[Malu]

Hello!

How do I restart the LMS?

Thanks

[frank]

hi Malu,

    Please refer to edx-managing fullstack for these kind of questions.

    https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/edX-Managing-the-Full-Stack

[David Baumgold]

Also, these sorts of questions belong on the openedx-ops mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openedx-ops

[B. F.N]

Hello everybody !
I am using open edx , I am trying to change default logo and theme , but that seem not work after restarting cms/lms service ,can you help me for résolve that probleme !
Thx