Customizing MicroStrategy Web help

You can customize various aspects of the MicroStrategy Web help to suit your users' needs and to incorporate your company's branding and look and feel.

Steps below show you how to:

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• Modify the font of topic headings and text

• Modify the background color of topics

• Replace the logo at the top of MicroStrategy Web help

• Modify the color of the toolbar at the top of MicroStrategy Web help

Warning

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• Do not customize the MicroStrategy Web help without consulting your MicroStrategy Web administrator.

• Customizing the MicroStrategy Web help involves making changes to HTML and style sheet files that determine the overall functionality and appearance of the help.

To customize MicroStrategy Web help

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1. Navigate to the folder that contains the MicroStrategy Web help. By default, this folder is Program Files\MicroStrategy\Web ASPx\help. Then open one of the following folders, depending on the version of MicroStrategy Web help that you want to modify:

• Web User Help: WebUser\WebHelp

• Select a folder depending on the language in which you want to change the display of MicroStrategy Web help pages. For example, to change the display of the Web help in English, select the Lang_1033 folder.

• Screen reader-compatible version of Web User Help (508-compliant): WebUser\508

• Web Administrator Help: WebAdmin\WebAdminHelp

• To modify the font of topic text

2. Open the userhelp.css file in an HTML editor.

3. To change the font of the main heading at the top of each help topic, adjust the tags in the H1 { } section of the file.

4. To change the font of the text in each topic, adjust the tags in the P { } section of the file.

5. To change the font of the numbered steps in each topic, adjust the tags in the LI.P { } section of the file.

6. To change the font of the procedure introduction (for example, "To create a filter") in each topic, adjust the tags in the H2 { } section of the file.

7. To change the font of the "Related topics" text in each topic, adjust the tags in the H3 { } section of the file.

8. Save and close the userhelp.css file.

• To modify the background color of topics

9. Open the userhelp.css file in an HTML editor.

10. Adjust the background-color in the BODY { } section of the file.

11. Save and close the userhelp.css file.

• To modify the colors and font for the table of contents

12. Open the whtdhtml.htm file in an HTML editor.

13. To modify the background color of the table of contents area, adjust the setBackgroundcolor("White"); section of the file.

14. To modify the highlight color when a topic name is selected in the table of contents, adjust the setActiveBgColor("Silver"); section of the file.

15. To modify the fonts used in the table of contents, adjust the following sections of the file:

• Standard font used for topics:
  setFont("Normal", "Courier","8pt","Black","Normal","Normal","none");

• Hover-over font used for topics:
  setFont("Hover", "Tahoma","8pt","Maroon","Normal","Normal","underline");

16. Save and close the  whtdhtml.htm  file.

• To replace the logo at the top of MicroStrategy Web help

• Note: Ensure that the required logo is saved as a .gif file in the WebUser\Webhelp folder.

17. Open the whskin_tbars.htm file in an HTML editor.

18. Change the name of the default mstrlogo.gif file to the name of the required image file.

19. Save and close the whskin_tbars.htm  file.

• To modify the color bar that appears immediately above the table of contents

20. Open the whskin_mbars.htm file in an HTML editor.

21. Adjust the appropriate code.

22. Save and close the  whskin_mbars.htm file.

• To modify the color of the toolbar at the top of the help

23. Open the whskin_tbars.htm file in an HTML editor.

24. Adjust the appropriate code.

25. Save and close the whskin_tbars.htm  file.

26. Confirm your changes by logging into MicroStrategy Web and refreshing the help.