Web Page Customization

In Specops Password Reset you can customize the web pages to provide a corporate look. Below is a short explanation of how to accomplish this. To read more about themes in ASP.NET visit the Microsoft web-site.

Create and use a new theme

New theme folder structure The theme that is used by Specops Password Reset is located in the C:\Program Files\Specopssoft\Specops Password Reset\Web\App_Themes folder and is named Default. To create a new theme simply make a copy of the Default folder and save it to the App_Themes folder. Rename the folder.

Apply the new theme

To use the new theme the C:\Program Files\Specopssoft\Specops Password Reset\Web\web.config file has to be changed. Locate the following line in the file.

<pages theme="Default">

Change images for reset, enrollment and change password

Enroll page after background change The images that can be changed on the enrollment, change password and reset password page are:

  1. Background image (DialogBackgroundLarge.jpg, 800×600)
  2. Id card image (IdCard.jpg, 128×109)
  3. Home image (house.gif, 18×18)
  4. Close button image (close.gif, 18×18)

The images are located in the C:\Program Files\Specopssoft\Specops Password Reset\Web\App_Themes\<Theme name>\Images folder.

Change images for the helpdesk

Enroll page after background change The images that can be changed on the enrollment, change password and reset password page are:

  1. Header image (SPR-Logo-transparant-on-blue.gif, 381×54) 
  2. Id card image (IdCard.gif, 128×109) 
  3. Background image (HeaderGradient.jpg, 1×110)

The images are located in the C:\Program Files\Specopssoft\Specops Password Reset\Web\App_Themes\<Theme name>\Images folder.

Other changes

There are other images that can be replaced as well. Just look in the Images folder for the theme and figure out wich images goes where. If you are familiar with CSS the .css files can be modified as well.

Page last modified on December 18, 2008, at 06:13 PM