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Changing the Look of Your Portlets

Changing the Background Color

Changing the Font or Text Size

Changing the Title

Changing the Look of Your Portlets

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In CiscoWorks LMS Portal, you can customize the portlets by changing the look of the portlet such as its background color, font or text size and also the title. However, you cannot customize the Functional View portlets.

This section has the following topics:

•Changing the Background Color

•Changing the Font or Text Size

•Changing the Title

Changing the Background Color

You can change the background color of the portlets using the Look and Feel icon that appears in the Portlet.

This Look and Feel icon appears only when you move the mouse over the top right corner of the portlet.

To change the background color of the portlet:

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Step 1 Go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and click a View.

The portlets are displayed.

Step 2 Move the mouse over a portlet to view the icons.

Step 3 Click the Look and Feel icon.

Step 4 Go to the Portlet Background area and click the Color Selector icon next to the Color field to select a color swatch.

The selected color swatch is applied as the background color for the portlet.

Step 5 Click Save to save all the changes.

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Click Reset to restore the portlet to its default color.

Step 6 Click the Back arrow icon to view the changes in the portlet.

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Changing the Font or Text Size

You can change the font or text size in the header text of the portlets using the Look and Feel icon that appears in the Portlet.

This Look and Feel icon appears only when you move the mouse over the top right corner of the portlet.

To change the font or text size of the portlet:

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Step 1 Go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and click a View.

The portlets are displayed.

Step 2 Move the mouse over a portlet to view the icons.

Step 3 Click the Look and Feel icon.

The Look and Feel tab is displayed.

Step 4 Go to the Header Text and:

a. Click the Color Selector icon next to the Color field to select a color swatch.

The selected color swatch is applied to the portlet header text.

b. Select text effects from the Decoration drop-down list.

–Underline — To underline the portlet title.

–Overline— To strike a line over the portlet title.

–Strike thorough—To strike across the portlet title.

c. Select the font style from the Font drop-down list.

For instance, you can select either Arial, Verdana or any other font from the drop-down list.

d. Select the font size from the Size drop-down list.

For instance, you can select either Small, Large, or XL or any other size from the drop-down list.

e. Select the check box to display the text as bold or italicized.

For instance, you can check Italic, if you want the letters to be in italicized.

Step 5 Click Save to save all the changes.

Or

Click Reset to restore all fields and check boxes to their default values.

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Changing the Title

You can change the title of the portlet using the Look and Feel icon that appears in the Portlet.

This Look and Feel icon appears only when you move the mouse over the top right corner of the portlet.

To change the title of the portlet:

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Step 1 Go to CiscoWorks LMS Portal and click a View.

The portlets are displayed.

Step 2 Move the mouse over a portlet to view the icons.

Step 3 Click the Look and Feel icon.

The Look and Feel tab is displayed.

Step 4 Enter the title in the Title field.

If you do not want to have a border for your portlet you can uncheck the Show Border checkbox.

Step 5 Click Save to save all the changes.

Or

Click Reset to restore all fields and check boxes to their default values.

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Note Rows and column separators are used in this release to enhance the look and feel of the portlets.

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