Customizing the User Portal UI¶

From WSO2 Identity Server 5.10.0 onwards, a new user portal has been introduced which is the successor to the dashboard. It also adheres to the UI extensions scheme introduced with WSO2 Identity Server 5.9.0 to use a centralized theming for all the front-end portals.

Let's see how we can customize the theming of the user portal.

Change the default theme to dark mode¶

Step 1: Change the primary color of the portal¶

In order to change the primary color of the portal, you need to override the variables in site.variables.

1. Add a new color under the site colors and let’s call it facebookBlue.

   /*-------------------
       Site Colors
   --------------------*/
   
   @facebookBlue     : #2d88ff;

2. Now change the primary color variable.

   /*-------------------
       Brand Colors
   --------------------*/
   
   @primaryColor        : @facebookBlue;

3. Next, change the page background color from white to dark gray and change the default text color to a lighter shade. Add a new variable under the brand colors and let’s call it globalBackgroundColor.

   /*-------------------
       Brand Colors
   --------------------*/
   
   @globalBackgroundColor: #18191a;

4. Override the @pageBackground variable.

   /*-------------------
           Page
   --------------------*/
   
   @pageBackground      : @globalBackgroundColor;
   @textColor           : #e4e6eb;

5. Build the theme module by running the following command and check the results reflected on the dev server.

   # from inside `modules/theme`
   $ npm run build

   You will see something like the following.

   

   As seen in the image above, the background color of the header, footer, side navigation, and content cards need to be changed.

6. In order to change the header and footer background colors, add a new variable to the modules/theme/src/themes/default/collections/menu.variables file under the brand "colors". Let's call the variable globalForegroundColor.

   @background: @globalForegroundColor;

7. Change The side panel background in the modules/theme/src/themes/default/collections/menu.overrides file.

   .ui.vertical.menu {
       &.side-panel {
           background: @globalBackgroundColor;
   
           // Other styles
       }
   }

8. Modify the content card background color in the modules/theme/src/themes/default/views/card.variables file.

   @background: @globalForegroundColor;

You can check the status by rebuilding the theme module. The changes should be reflected on the running dev server in no time. A sample screen of the new theme is shown below.

Step 2: Change the branding¶

Now that the styling is complete, let’s change the product branding.

1. Change the product logo¶

Use one of the following methods to change the product logo.

Method 1 (Recommended)

If you wish to change the logo without touching the compiled javascript bundle, you can do the following to override the existing WSO2 logo using CSS.

1. Download an icon from Flaticon.com such as owl.svg and add it to the modules/theme/src/themes/default/assets/images folder.

2. Open modules/theme/src/definitions/globals/product.less file and replace the existing styles in .product-logo class with the following.

   .product-title {
       .product-logo {
           width: 25px;
           height: 25px;
           vertical-align: text-top;
           margin-right: 5px;
           background: url(assets/images/owl.svg) no-repeat;
           background-size: auto;
   
           svg {
               display: none;
           }
       }
   
       // Other styles
   }

Method 2

1. Download an icon from Flaticon.com such as owl.svg and add it to the modules/theme/src/themes/default/assets/images folder.

2. Open the modules/theme/src/index.js file and replace Logo with the path to the new icon.

   export const Logo = require("../lib/assets/images/owl.svg");

3. Build user-portal artifacts.

   npx lerna run build — scope @wso2is/user-portal

4. Copy the main.js and main.js.map files from the apps/user-portal/build/user-portal folder and paste it inside the user-portal web app found in the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/user-portal folder.

2. Change the product title & copyright¶

Add the following entries to the runConfig window object in the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/user-portal/index.jsp file.

window["runConfig"] = {
    ...
    applicationName: "NIGHT OWL EXPRESS",
    copyrightText: "Night Owl Express © 2020"
};

3. Change the Favicon¶

Replace favicon.ico in the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/user-portal folder with the desired icon.

4. Change the title¶

Change the <title> tag in the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/user-portal/index.jsp file.

<title>Night Owl Express</title>

Step 3: Deploy the changes in the web app¶

The final step of the process is the deployment. Follow the sequence of steps listed below to deploy the changes performed in the previous steps.

1. Build the theme module.

   # from inside modules/theme
   $ npm run build

2. Copy the artifacts to the web app.

   The built artifacts will be available inside the modules/theme/lib folder. Copy everything to the clipboard and paste it inside the <IS_HOME>/repository/deployment/server/webapps/user-portal/libs/styles/css folder.

   Warning

   Make sure that you keep a backup of the original CSS folder.

The final theme should look similar to following.