4.7 Customizing Icons on Your Vibe Site

4.7.1 Replacing Existing Icons

You can customize your Novell Vibe site by replacing standard icons with icons of your own choosing.

  1. Change to the following directory:

    Linux:

    		 
    /opt/novell/teaming/apache-tomcat/
                           webapps/ssf/WEB-INF/classes/config

    Windows:

    		 
    c:\Program Files\Novell\Teaming\apache-tomcat\
                           webapps\ssf\WEB-INF\classes\config

  2. Open the ssf.properties file in a text editor.

  3. Search for icons in order to move to the section that defines the Vibe icons.

    Four types of icons are listed:

    icons.workspace=
icons.folder=
icons.profileList=
icons.entry=

    These icons are stored in the following directory:

    Linux:

    		 
    /opt/novell/teaming/apache-tomcat/
                           webapps/ssf/images/icons

    Windows:

    		 
    c:\Program Files\Novell\Teaming\apache-tomcat\
                           webapps\ssf\images\icons

  4. Replace standard image files with your own image files with the same filenames.

    This replaces the standard Vibe icons with your own customized icons. The next time you access the Vibe site, your customized icons display instead of the standard Vibe icons.

4.7.2 Adding New Icons

You can add icons to your Vibe site for use in areas of the Vibe site that you are customizing on a significant scale.

  1. Change to the following directory:

    Linux:

    		 
    /opt/novell/teaming/apache-tomcat/
                           webapps/ssf/WEB-INF/classes/config

    Windows:

    		 
    c:\Program Files\Novell\Teaming\apache-tomcat\
                           webapps\ssf\WEB-INF\classes\config

  2. Open the ssf.properties file in a text editor.

  3. Search for icons in order to move to the section that defines the Vibe icons.

    Four types of Vibe icons are listed:

    icons.workspace=
icons.folder=
icons.profileList=
icons.entry=

    These Vibe icons are stored in the following directory:

    Linux:

    		 
    /opt/novell/teaming/apache-tomcat/
                           webapps/ssf/images/icons

    Windows:

    		 
    c:\Program Files\Novell\Teaming\apache-tomcat\
                           webapps\ssf\images\icons

  4. Make a backup copy of the ssf-ext.properties file, located in the same directory with the ssf.properties file.

  5. Open the ssf-ext.properties file in a text editor.

  6. Copy the Icons section from the ssf.properties file to the bottom of the ssf-ext.properties file.

  7. List additional image files for each icon type as needed.

  8. Add the new image files to the appropriate subdirectory under the icons directory where the existing Vibe icons are stored.

  9. Save and close the ssf-ext.properties file.

  10. Close the ssf.properties file without saving it.

  11. Stop and restart Vibe to make the new icons available on your Vibe site.