Observations on Branding Your Installation

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Sherry Lake

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Sep 18, 2017, 4:28:55 PM9/18/17
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I've been testing out how all the different customizations work, where they appear and how to configure them.

This is a WONDERFUL feature!!

I really see putting this to great use.

Though I do want to point out a few observations:
  • My custom logo appears "after" my StatusMessageHeader. The default dataverse logo appears before the status. See my attached screen shots.
  • The Dataverse Project, version (text logo) info "falls off" the bottom of the footer. I guess it wouldn't be noticeable if the footer did not have a background.
  • There is no mention of ":LogoCustomizationFile" in the Database Settings section.

I can create tickets for this if you want.




Heppler, Michael

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Sep 18, 2017, 4:47:25 PM9/18/17
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Bravo, Sherry!

The issue with the logo was recently discovered and has been fixed. It will be included in our next release.

I have not seen an issue in the footer with the Dataverse Project logo. Which browser is that screenshot in?

The setting for `:LogoCustomizationFile` appears to have made it into the top Branding Your Installation section of the Configuration pg in the Admin Guide, but not into the bottom Database Settings section. That's a simple fix, don't worry about a ticket!

Let us know if you have any other questions!

Mike


Michael Heppler
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The Institute for Quantitative Social Science
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Sherry Lake

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Sep 18, 2017, 4:54:17 PM9/18/17
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Hi Michael,

It's the bottom image. The footer is black and on the bottom right the Dataverse Project with the version number is not fully inside the background.
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Heppler, Michael

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Sep 18, 2017, 8:50:33 PM9/18/17
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OK. Thank you for providing the screenshots! But, I was asking which browser (and version number, and OS) you were using, so that I may test the code we provided in a similar environment. If I see the same problem you see, it will be easier for me to fix!

Mike


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Sherry Lake

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Sep 19, 2017, 9:29:25 AM9/19/17
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Hi Mike,

I see this in all browsers on my Mac (OS 10.12.6):

Chrome:  60.0.3112.113 (where the screen shot was taken)
FIrefox:  55.0.3
Safari: 10.1.2
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Heppler, Michael

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Sep 19, 2017, 3:52:53 PM9/19/17
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OK. I see it now. My local dev environment has all of the customization options turned EXCEPT the custom footer. Sorry.

The fix is very simple. If you open the `custom-footer.xhtml` file, and search for the `#footer` stylesheet ID selector, you need to edit the value of `bottom` property to be `-130px`, which should raise the Dataverse Project logo back into the footer.

Let me know if that works. I am going to create a GitHub issue for this minor fix, then will try to get this prioritized into one of our upcoming releases.

If you find anything else, please let us know!

Mike



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Heppler, Michael

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Sep 19, 2017, 4:04:10 PM9/19/17
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Sherry,

Here is the GitHub issue that I have created where we can track any UI layout issues we need to fix.

https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/4145

I'll report back here for any updates on that issue.

Mike


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Sherry Lake

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Sep 19, 2017, 4:56:44 PM9/19/17
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Hi Mike,

That px tweak fixed the logo hanging off problem.

I had another question about the customized header html file. The file has a link to a sample.png file. But I couldn't get my image, that I put in the branding directory, to work with that link. 
I got it to work by putting my image in the "logos/navbar" folder and using that as the link: src="/logos/navbar/uva-horizontal-logo.png"

is the path in the sample supposed to work (src="/var/www/dataverse/branding/sample.png")?

Here's my latest look:

Heppler, Michael

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Sep 20, 2017, 4:21:56 PM9/20/17
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Sherry,

In the custom-header.html file, the image path was intended as an example. We will have to looking into finding a better sample. Thank you for providing a solution that worked for you.

For the other problems you've raised, I have fixed those and you can track the further progress of those in the GitHub issue.

https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/issues/4145

Keep us posted on how the rest of your customization goes.

Mike


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