Customize the appearance of portals
You can select a header that provides the right look and feel for your firm, modify the firm information that displays in the header, and add your firm logo to the header.
To upload a graphic to replace the entire portal header
- In theAdmintab of the navigation pane, selectAppearancein the Utilities section.noteIfAppearanceisn't available, you don't have access to this area.
- To display a different header for specific NetClient CS, NetStaff CS, or Employee Self-Service users, you must purchase a license for the alternate firm header and indicate which users should see the alternate header.
- In the Header Logo section, selectBrowse, then go to the image file on your hard drive or network and selectOpen, thenUpload.noteYou can replace the entire page header with an uploaded image. For best results with a variety of monitor resolutions, we recommend that you upload an image that is 2,495 pixels wide by 81 pixels high.To upload a different image file, repeat step 3.
- Mark theUse uploaded imagecheckbox.
- SelectEnter.noteIf the logo image doesn't display correctly in the header, mark theResize image to fitcheckbox and selectEnter.
To select a portal header and add text to the header through NetFirm CS
- In theAdmintab of the navigation pane, selectAppearancein the Utilities section.noteIfAppearanceisn't available, you don't have access to this area.
- Go through the header designs, select the header you want to use, and continue to the next step.
- In the Customize Header section, select the text color and the alignment for the header text.
- Your firm name and address diplay in theLine 1–Line 3fields by default. To modify the header text, mark theOverride Textcheckbox and enter the desired text.
- To change the point size of the text in theLine 1–Line 3fields, mark theOverride Sizecheckbox and select the desired point size for each line.
- To change the format of the header text, mark theOverride Stylecheckbox and modify the bold, italic, and underline settings.
- To display a different header for specific NetClient CS, NetStaff CS, or Employee Self-Service users, you must purchase a license for the alternate firm header and indicate which users should see the alternate header.
- In the Header Logo section, selectBrowse, then go to the image file on your hard drive or network and selectOpen, thenUpload.noteYou can replace the entire page header with an uploaded image. For best results with a variety of monitor resolutions, we recommend that you upload an image that is 2,495 pixels wide by 81 pixels high.To upload a different image file, repeat step 8.
- Mark theUse uploaded imagecheckbox.
- SelectEnter.noteIf the logo image doesn't display correctly in the header, mark theResize image to fitcheckbox and selectEnter.