theme overlay brand and brand_url option

Submitted by sgrayban on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 07:06

Do the brand and brand_url options work in the theme overlay feature ?

If they do just where is it suppose to show up at ?

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Submitted by JamieCameron on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 13:36

Are you creating an overlay for the default Webmin theme, or the Virtualmin theme?

Submitted by sgrayban on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 16:03

For both the blue theme and virtualmin theme.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 14:39

I had a look at the code, and realized that brand_url is a really old option that isn't supported in most themes.

What kind of UI customization are you trying to do exactly?

Submitted by sgrayban on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 03:25

I was under the impression that for the blue theme I could use my overlay theme and change the image and url on the main system page. Instead of the webmin url and image I could replace that with mine.

I know you could at one time edit the blue theme someplace and add your own branding in the menu on the left but that seems to be gone now. so I though the brand and brand_url did that.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 01:52

For the Virtualmin theme, you can do this using the settings at System Settings -> Virtualmin Configuration -> User Interface Settings -> URL for company logo image. There is no equivalent for the Blue Framed theme though..

Submitted by sgrayban on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 03:38

I know about the VM setting. Its the overlay docs that seem to be out dated since features aren't used or never was enabled.

Submitted by JamieCameron on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 01:37

The overlay feature was designed for making changes to icons or CSS simply - its not so good for changing the layout of a page.

I'd recommend using the Virtualmin theme - it can be used even without Virtualmin, in which case it reverts to behaving like the blue framed theme.

Submitted by sgrayban on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 04:09

So brand and brand_url don't anything even though its in the docs.....

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 01:07

Which docs are they in? I need to fix that ..

Submitted by JamieCameron on Mon, 07/09/2012 - 22:27

Thanks ... I've updated that doc to mention that these parameters only work with old themes.