Customising Sakai

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[edit] Configurations and Localisations

[edit] Customising the Sakai skin

The default Sakai skin is: 

/opt/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default/
access.css
images/
portal.css
tool.css

[edit] Changing the default Sakai Logo

The locations for the files are:

Logo image file
/opt/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default/images/logo_inst.gif
CSS reference to logo
/opt/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default/tool.css 
.login td.logo{
       width: 11em;
       background:#fff url(images/logo_inst.gif) 1em 1em no-repeat
}
note
the sakai logo name seems to be hardcoded, so changing the default skin must conform to the naming convention

[edit] Changing the default Sakai CSS skin 

portal.css

Change the below background line to change the strong blue default tab containing projects 

/*PART 4 - SITE NAVIGATION - children of #siteNavBlock*/
/*outer wrapper for the site navigation blocks - it is a class,not an id because
it can be overloaded with other values  having to do w
so for example div class="tabHolder workspace" so that different site types can 
be treated differently via inheritance - children ar
.siteNavWrap{
       width: 100%;
       background: #09c url(images/sitenavback.jpg) top left repeat-x;
       padding: 0;
       margin: 0;
       float: left;
       border-top: 1px solid #09c;
       clear:both;
}

and remember to change the link colours too: 

/*the current sites' link*/
#siteLinkList .selectedTab a,
       #siteLinkList .selectedTab a:link,
       #siteLinkList .selectedTab a:visited,
       #siteLinkList .selectedTab a:hover{
       color: #000;
       cursor: text;
       text-decoration: none;
}

/*links to other sites*/
#siteLinkList a,#siteLinkList a:link,#siteLinkList a:visited{
       color: #fff;
       padding: 2px 6px 2px 4px;
       text-decoration: underline;
       border-right: 1px solid #fff;
}

/*hover state for links to other sites*/
#siteLinkList a:hover{
       color: #fff;
       text-decoration: none;
}

[edit] Applying CSS Changes in brief

  • Go to /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default
  • This is where you'll find:
    • the images directory
    • access.css
    • portal.css
    • tool.css
  • Most of the CSS styles are effected by portal.css - this is the file that needs to be updated.
  • Upload the updated portal.css to /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default
  • Upload the images to /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/library/skin/default/images
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