Last updated on June 10, 2015

Personalising Appspace

Introduction

The Instance Settings tab within all account allows users to configure common account preferences. These include:

  • Appspace Domain – Administrators can set up their own Appspace subdomain or use a custom domain
  • Custom Sign In Page – Administrators can create a custom login page for Appspace users to sign in. When a user signs out they will be directed to the custom login page
  • Website Logo – Administrators can customize the Appspace logo in the header to use their company or product logo
  • Header Background – Administrators can customize the Appspace header to use a custom color
  • Language – Users can configure the default language to load when accessing Appspace
  • Time Zone – Users can configure the time zone to display date / time in Appspace

Configuring your Appspace Domain

Important

This section can only be performed on an on-premise deployment of Appspace.

  1. Click the user icon on the top right.

  2. Click Account.

  3. Select Instance Settings.

  4. Select Appspace Domain and key in the desired subdomain.

  5. Alternatively, a user can choose to assign a custom domain to the Appspace server by selecting Your custom domain.

  6. Click Save.

Setting up your Custom Login Page

Important

This section can only be performed on an on-premise deployment of Appspace.

To set up your own custom login page to Appspace, first you need to create your custom login page. Your login form must have the username and password HTML text inputs with the following names:

<input type=”text” name=”nexuslogin” id=”nexuslogin” /> <input type=”password” name=”nexuspassword” id=”nexuspassword” />

Your login form must post to Appspace login page URL, for e.g. “http://appspace.nexusondemand.com/app/login.aspx”. After the custom login page is created, upload it to your public server. In the Custom Login Page section, click on the Your Custom Login Page radio button and enter the link to your custom login page in the textbox provided (e.g. www.somedomain.com/somevirtualdirectory/appspace-custom-login.html). The following shows a sample of a custom login page and the associated HTML code behind it.

<html> <head> <title>My Custom Login Page</title> </head> <body> <div id=”stylized” class=”myform”> <form id=”form” name=”form” method=”post” action=”http://appspace.nexusondemand.com/app/login.aspx”> <h1>Your custom login page</h1> <p>your company details here</p> <label>Username <span class=”small”>your appspace login</span> </label> <input type=”text” name=”nexuslogin” id=”nexuslogin” /> <label>Password <span class=”small”>your appspace password</span> </label> <input type=”password” name=”nexuspassword” id=”nexuspassword” /> <button type=”submit”>Login</button> </form> </div> </body> </html>

Configuring a Custom Sign In Page

Important

This section can only be performed on an on-premise deployment of Appspace.

  1. From the Instance Settings tab within the account page, select Your Custom Login Page as the sign in page.

  2. Key in the URL of the Sign In page and click Save at the bottom of the page to save your settings.

Changing Your Appspace Background Header Color

  1. From the Instance Settings tab within the account page, select the colored box under the Header Background Color section.

  2. Select the desired color and click Apply. Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your settings.

Selecting Your Default Language

  1. From the Instance Settings tab within the account page, select the language dropdown under the Language section.

  2. Select your desired language. Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your settings.

Selecting Your Appspace Time Zone

  1. From the Instance Settings tab within the account page, select the timezone dropdown under the Time Zone section.

  2. Select your desired time zone. Click Save at the bottom of the page to save your settings.