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CSS customization overview

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Find an overview of using the Website Configuration Tool to use CSS customization.

Customizing with CSS rules is a straightforward yet powerful way to change the UI in CONTENTdm. The Website Configuration Tool lets you upload a CSS file to the Global Settings > Custom > Custom CSS dialog and also an individual CSS file for each collection to the Collection-level Settings > Custom > Custom CSS dialog. In all cases, you can only upload a single CSS file, so all of your CSS for each context will need to be placed into one file.

 

If you upload your CSS file at the global level, it will affect all pages in CONTENTdm. If you also choose to upload CSS for one or more specific collections, that CSS will apply only when the page context is specific to that collection (landing pages, item pages, or the search/browse page for a single collection).

 

To make CSS customizations easier, a number of standardized class names are available in the markup of CONTENTdm pages. These classes will not change as CONTENTdm is updated in the future, so they can be relied upon for upgrade-proof custom styling.