Overview
VIVO uses Freemarker templates to create its web pages. These templates can be modified to alter VIV's appearance. Most VIVO sites alter VIVO's default appearance. VIVO has a "Site Info" capability that allows a few presentation elements to be modified from the Site Admin menu. Modifying other elements involves creating a theme and modifying that theme. Here we describe simple modifications that most sites want to make before they go into production. For a detailed description of theming and templates, see Creating a custom theme
Add Site Information
Using Site Admin → Site Information, you can:
- Set the site name (typically something like Scholars@Cornell or GWU Experts, or UF VIVO). The site name is used on several pages when explaining the site to users.
- Contact Email address. provide an email address that will receive contact info from VIVO. Typically this is set to a generic email address or list that can be answered by the people responsible for user support. Example: info@vivo.myschool.edu
- Set the theme. See above.
- Copyright holder. This is typically the name of your institution. Example: George Washington University
- Copyright URL. A URL that will be visited when a user clicks on the copyright link at the bottom of each VIVO page.
Site information is stored in the VIVO configuration triple store.
Create a Theme
Modify Header with Logo
Modify Footer
Add Your Colors
Additional Theming
For more information on theming, see Creating a custom theme