Customizing the branding of the web client

As an IBM® Software Hub administrator, you can customize the web client with your company's branding. You can customize the name that is displayed in the web client and use a custom logo on your home page.

Before you begin

Required permissions
To customize the branding of the web client, you must have one of the following permissions:
  • Administer platform
  • Manage configurations

About this task

Product name
If you change the product name in the web client, the custom name is used throughout the web client. For example, the custom name is used on the home page and on the banner of every page in the IBM Software Hub web client.
Home page logo
If you upload a logo, the logo is displayed in the welcome section of the home page.
Browser icon
If you upload an icon, the icon is displayed in web browser tabs.
Home page image
If you upload a home page image, the image is displayed on the background of the home page.
Login image
If you upload a login image, the image is displayed on the background of the login page.
This image shows the web client with a custom name, Sample Co, and logo.

Procedure

  1. Log in to IBM Software Hub.
  2. From the navigation menu, select Administration > Configuratings and settings.
  3. Click Branding.
  4. To use a custom name, select Custom name and enter the name that you want to use in the web client.
    • The name must be 40 characters or less.
    • The product name cannot include the following characters: <, >, /, or \.
  5. To use a custom logo, select Use your own logo under Homepage logo and drop a file or browse for a file to upload as the home page logo.
    • You can supply a JPG, PNG or SVG file.
    • The image must be 512 x 512 pixels.
    • The image must be 500 KB or less.
  6. To use a custom browser icon, select Use your own icon under Browser icon and drop a file or browse for a file to upload as the icon in browser tabs.
    • You can supply a JPG, PNG, or ICO file.
    • The image must be 512 x 512 pixels.
    • The image must be 500 KB or less.
  7. To use a custom image on the home page, select Use your own image under Homepage image and drop a file or browse for a file to upload as the background image on the homepage.
    • You can supply a JPG, PNG, or SVG file.
    • For best results, use an image that is 500 KB or less. However, the image can be up to 20 MB.
  8. To use a custom image on the login page, select Use your own image under Login image and drop a file or browse for a file to upload as the background image on the homepage.
    • You can supply a JPG, PNG, or SVG file.
    • For best results, use an image that is 500 KB or less. However, the image can be up to 20 MB.
  9. Click Apply.

What to do next

If you want to remove your customizations, click Restore defaults.