55.4 Customizing the WebAccess Interface

GroupWise WebAccess enables you to change the default Novell logo and colors used in the WebAccess interface. For example, you can add your company logo to the main WebAccess window and change the colors to match your company colors.

You use the customization.properties file to change the logo and colors.

  1. Open the customization.properties file with a text editor.

    The file is located in the following directory:

    tomcat_directory/webapps/gw/WEB-INF/classes/templates/webacc

  2. If you want to change the logo image:

    1. Locate the CUSTOMIZABLE IMAGE FOR GROUPWISE WEBACCESS section at the beginning of the file.

    2. To turn on customization for the logo image, set the WebAccess.Customize.Image.enable property to TRUE:

      WebAccess.Customize.Image.enable=true

    3. Modify the image properties as desired. The customization.properties file contains descriptions of each property.

  3. If you want to change the WebAccess colors:

    1. Locate the CUSTOMIZABLE COLORS SCHEME FOR GROUPWISE WEBACCESS section in the file.

    2. To turn on customization of the colors, set the WebAccess.Customize.Color.enable setting to TRUE:

      WebAccess.Customize.Color.enable=true

    3. Modify the color properties as desired. The customization.properties file contains descriptions of each property.

  4. Save the customization.properties file.

  5. Restart the Web server.

  6. In a Web browser, clear the browser cache, then log in to GroupWise WebAccess.