User Interface Settings

Configuring the Alma Logos, Color Scheme, and Privacy Policy

To configure the Alma logos, color scheme, and privacy policy, you must have the following role:

General System Administrator

This page describes the Alma branding management page. For information on configuring the Leganto logo and color scheme, see Configuring Leganto Branding.

On the Branding Management page (Configuration Menu > General > User Interface Settings > Alma Logo and Color Scheme), you can define a header logo, email logo, and/or login page logo for your institution, or New for January! define an email logo for specific libraries. You can also change the default primary color in the user interface, and configure the URL of your institution's privacy policy.

The Alma login button is always blue. It is not affected by the selected Alma theme.

Branding Management Page

To configure the logos and color scheme for institution and particular libraries:

On the Branding Management page, make sure that your institution is selected.

Under Logo Upload, browse to select the following:

The acceptable formats for the logos are PNG, JPG and GIF. Logos in other formats do not display in Alma.

Logo	Required Size	More Information
Header logo (to be displayed in the top-left corner of Alma)	69 pixels (width) x 26 pixels (height)
Login page logo	110 pixels (width) x 36 pixels (height)
Email logo	400 pixels (width) x 30-70 pixels (height)	If an email logo is not uploaded, the header logo is used as the email logo. New for January! You can define other logos for emails that go out from particular libraries. To do that, select the desired library instead of the institution. When logos are defined on both the institution and the library levels, the logo displayed on the email is determined as follows: If the organization unit is Library, and a library logo exists for that library, the library logo is displayed. If organization unit is Library and no library logo exists for that library, the institution logo is displayed. If organization unit is Institution, the Institution logo is displayed.

Logo

Required Size

More Information

Header logo (to be displayed in the top-left corner of Alma)

69 pixels (width) x 26 pixels (height)

Login page logo

110 pixels (width) x 36 pixels (height)

Email logo

400 pixels (width) x 30-70 pixels (height)

If an email logo is not uploaded, the header logo is used as the email logo.

New for January! You can define other logos for emails that go out from particular libraries. To do that, select the desired library instead of the institution.

When logos are defined on both the institution and the library levels, the logo displayed on the email is determined as follows:

If the organization unit is Library, and a library logo exists for that library, the library logo is displayed.
If organization unit is Library and no library logo exists for that library, the institution logo is displayed.
If organization unit is Institution, the Institution logo is displayed.

Select Save to save your changes. Note that to see your changes, you must clear your cache, log out, and then log in again.

To configure the institution's color scheme:

On the Branding Management page, make sure that your institution is selected.
In Color Theme, select the desired color theme. A preview of the selected color theme will display below the Choose basic color field.
Select Save to save your changes. Note that to see your changes, you must clear your cache, log out, and then log in again.

To configure the URL of your institution's privacy policy:

Enter a valid URL in Privacy Policy Link at the bottom of the Branding Management page.

Branding Management Page (bottom)

When set to any value, the link Institution Privacy Policy appears at the bottom of every Alma page with the URL set to the value you entered. Alma does not validate that you entered a valid URL, so ensure that you do. If you enter an invalid URL, selecting the link results in an error.

Configuring CSS and Associated Images

To configure Alma CSS and associated images, you must have the following role:

General System Administrator

You can modify the CSS and associated image files that Alma uses for the delivery tabs by uploading a customized CSS. For information, see Branding the Delivery Tabs.

Configuring Policies

The policies configuration is not relevant at this time.

Configuring Social Login Labels

To configure social login labels, you must have the following role:

General System Administrator

You can customize the messages used throughout the social authentication process.

You view and configure these labels from the Social Login Messages code table (Configuration Menu > General > User Interface Settings > Social Login Labels). For more information about code tables, see Code Tables.

Social Login Labels

You can edit the labels (descriptions). To enable editing all labels, select Customize All.

For more information on social authentication, see Social and Email Login.

Configuring Identity Service Labels

To configure identity service labels, you must have the following role:

General System Administrator

You can customize the messages used in the password management pages that display for internal users managed by the Ex Libris Identity Service.

You view and configure these labels from the Internal Login Messages code table (Configuration Menu > General > User Interface Settings > Identity Service Labels). For more information about code tables, see Code Tables.

Identity Service Labels

You can edit the labels (descriptions). To enable editing all labels, select Customize All.

For more information on the Ex Libris Identity Service, see Ex Libris Identity Service.

Alma Viewer and Deposit Customization

To customize the Alma Viewer and Deposit user interface, you must have the following role:

General System Administrator

You can customize the Alma Viewer and Deposit user interface from the Alma Viewer and Deposit Customization page (Configuration > General > User Interface Settings > Alma Viewer and Deposit Customization).

For Primo VE, the old viewer cannot be customized. To access the new viewer customizations, go to Configuration > Fulfillment > Discovery Interface Display Logic > Viewer Services > Alma Viewer > Customization.

Alma Viewer and Deposit Customization

You can perform the following customizations from this page:

Customize the Patron Deposit interface and the new Alma Viewer with Primo Studio:
- To customize the Patron Deposit interface, select Customize Deposit.
  You must have a deposit profile configured to customize the deposit interface with Primo Studio.
- To customize the new Alma Viewer, enter a representation ID, select Generate Viewer Link, and select Customize Alma Viewer.
Create a customization package using Primo studio and upload it to Alma. For more information on using Primo Studio, see Using Primo Studio.
Upload a customization package created in Primo Studio
Upload a logo image file
Enter a URL that is opened when you select the logo