different themes per instance in UI16

javis · ‎05-30-2017

HI all,

Has anyone set a default theme per instance in UI16? Rather, can we set a specific color to distinguish when we are in a different instance? Much like UI15 allows a different banner color in DEV and PROD.

Thanks in advance!

Chuck Tomasi · ‎05-30-2017

Hi James,

Yes, you can, and should do this to better discern which instance you are using and avoid making changes in the wrong instance. You can do this on a user-by-user basis by picking a theme (my preference is blue for dev instances and default for production instances, but that's up to you.)

You can configure the banner and what not by following these instructions.

Configure logo, colors, and system defaults for UI16

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Carl Fransen1 · ‎03-08-2018

Hi,

Just saw this and figured I'd add my 5c worth. We added a different favicon for each instance as it was hard to see which browser tab was what instance when you are testing and have multiple open, see below:

This works great for me and the team here and there have been less accidental mods in prod.

Also - we updated the names of each instance to have UAT UAT UAT UAT and DEV DEV DEV DEV in front of the text in the nav bar to also help, along with having the same top banner colours as the icons on the tabs..

Hope this helps

Carl.