Go to User Interface > Helpcenter to customize the look of the Help Center to match your organization’s brand. You can easily edit the colors, fonts, welcome text and more.

Managing Themes

• Clone to new theme - allows you to create a new theme with the same settings and template as the one currently selected. This allows you to make a child theme after customization for a different brand or as a backup before you make further customizations.

• Import theme - allows you to import a previously exported theme.

• Import theme and replace current - allows you to import a previously exported theme which will replace the current theme in use.

• Export theme - allows you to export a theme. This option is at the bottom of the editing menu.

Custom Welcome Message

You should customize the welcome message on the Help Center so that your users know that this is the official Help Center for your organization.

1. Expand the Welcome Message option.

2. Enter a title and welcome message. This text can be formatted using HTML.

3. Click Set & Preview to preview the welcome message in the Help Center editor.

4. Click Save Changes to apply your welcome message to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

Consider including alternative contact methods (such as your ticket email accounts or support phone numbers), your support hours, and links to your social media accounts.

Adding a Logo

You can add your logo to appear at the top-left of your Help Center.

1. Expand the Logo section.

2. Click Choose file to upload a logo image.

3. Click the green Preview Changes button at the top to see the logo.

4. Click Save Changes to apply your logo to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

Adding a Favicon

You can add a favicon to appear in the browser URL bar and next to bookmarks.

1. Expand the Favicon section.

2. Click Choose file to upload a favicon.

3. Click the green Preview Changes button at the top to see the favicon.

4. Click Save Changes to apply your favicon to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

::: info The ICO image format commonly used for favicons is not supported. Instead, prepare a square image in PNG or GIF format that is 16x16 or 32x32 pixels. :::

Adding a Splash Image

You can add a splash image to replace the gradient background behind the search bar on the Help Center.

1. Expand the Splash Images option.

2. Click Choose file to upload a photo or Browse Free Images to select from our library of Unsplash images.

1. Click the green Preview Changes button at the top to preview the splash image.

2. Click Save Changes to apply your splash image to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

Editing Theme Options

Hide Navigation Buttons

If you'd prefer to hide the large navigation buttons on the home page, you can uncheck the following option.

The main navigation buttons that are usually displayed by default will then be removed.

Before:

After:

Click Set & Preview to preview the changes. Click Save Changes to apply your splash image to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

Setting Featured Articles

Here you can also choose Knowledgebase articles to be featured on the home page of your Help Center. This helps to highlight your most relevant articles to users and ensure that this content is easily visible.

To define the articles you wish to feature, enter the ID numbers of the articles, separated by a comma.

The ID number of an article can be found in the top right-hand corner when viewing the article in the agent interface.

Click Set & Preview to preview the changes. Click Save Changes to apply your splash image to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon the change.

Color Editing

You can pick custom colors for most of the elements of the Help Center. These are the sections you can edit to change different aspects of the Help Center colors.

1. Click on the color square to edit the color. Once you have selected the color you want, click choose.

2. Click Preview Changes at the top to preview the changes in the Help Center editor. Depending on which color you edited, you may find that you need to look at a different section of the portal or use a Help Center function (like search or submitting a ticket) to see your change.

3. Click Save Changes to apply your color changes to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon your changes.

Font Editing

You can change the style of text used on the Help Center.

1. Expand the Fonts option.

2. Enter the fonts you wish to use.

3. Click Preview Changes at the top to preview the font changes in the Help Center editor.

4. Click Save Changes to apply your font changes to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon your changes.

Background Color

You can change the background color of the Help Center.

1. Expand the Page option.

2. Click on the color square to edit the color. Once you have selected the color you want, click choose.

3. Click Preview Changes at the top to preview the color change in the Help Center editor.

4. Click Save Changes to apply your change to the live Help Center, or click Discard Changes to abandon your change.

Additional Customizations

If you wish to take the customization of your Help Center layout and design even further, we provide you with access to the Help Center templates and allow you to insert custom HTML, CSS or Javascript. See the next section of this Guide for more informatiom.