The look and feel of Confluence can be customized on both global level and space level. Any changes made on a global level will be applied as the default settings for all spaces.
A Space Administrator can choose to use a different theme than the global look and feel. When a Space Administrator selects a different theme, the default settings and theme are no longer applied to that space. This also means that settings in a space are not updated if the global settings are updated.
In this section, we will cover some basic look and feel changes, such as changing the logo and color-scheme of your Confluence instance. It is also possible to change some of the Confluence layouts; this is covered in the Advanced customizing section.
The Confluence logo is the logo that is displayed on the navigation bar in Confluence. This can easily be changed to your company logo.
To change the global logo, perform the following steps:
- Browse to the Administration Console (Administration | Confluence Admin).
- Select Site Logo from the left-hand side menu
- Click on Choose File to select the file from your computer.
- Decide whether to show only your company logo, or also the title of your Confluence installation.
- If you choose to also show the title, you can change this in the text field next to Site Title.
- Click on Save.
Every space can choose its own logo, making it easy to identify certain topics or spaces. A Confluence administrator can also set the default space logo, for newly created spaces or spaces without their own specified logo.
To set the default space logo, perform the following steps:
- Browse to the Administration Console (Administration | Confluence Admin).
- Select Default Space Logo from the left-hand side menu.
- Click on Choose File to select the file from your computer. For the best result, make sure the image is about 48 x 48 pixels.
- Click on Upload Logo to upload the default space logo.
As a Space Administrator, you can replace the default logo for your space. How this is done depends on the theme you are using.
To change the space logo with the default theme, perform the following steps:
- Go to any page in the relevant space.
- Click on Configure Sidebar from the sidebar.
- Select the edit icon next to the page title.
- Click on Choose File next to the logo and select a file from your computer. Confluence will display an image editor to indicate how your logo should be displayed as shown in the next screenshot.
- Drag and resize the circle in the editor to the right position.
- Click on Save to save the changes.
- Click on the Done button to exit the configuration mode.
To change the space logo with the Documentation Theme, perform the following steps:
- Go to any page in the relevant space.
- Select Browse | Space Admin.
- Select Change Space Logo from the left-hand side menu.
- Select Choose File and select the logo from your computer.
- Click on Upload Logo to save the new logo; Confluence will automatically resize and crop the logo for you.
Confluence and Space Administrators can configure new color schemes for Confluence and individual spaces. The global color scheme, configured by the Confluence Administrator, will also be the default space scheme. Space Administrators can configure different colors for their spaces. Changing the color schemes also applies to personal spaces.
To change the global color scheme, perform the following steps:
- Browse to the Administration Console (Administration | Confluence Admin).
- Select Colour Scheme from the left-hand side menu.
- Click on Edit and the screen displayed in the next screenshot will be shown.
- Use standard HTML/CSS color codes or the color-picker next to the text fields.
- Click on Save to apply the changes to Confluence.
To change the color scheme of a space, perform the following steps:
- Go to any page in the space.
- Select Space Tools in the sidebar. (If you are not using the default theme, select Browse | Space Admin.)
- Select Look and Feel, followed by Colour Scheme.
- Select the color scheme below Custom Colour Scheme.
- Click on the Edit link.
- Use standard HTML/CSS color codes or the color-picker next to the text fields.
- Click on Save to apply the changes to the space.
If you don't like the color scheme you selected, use the Reset button in the edit screen to return to Confluence's default settings.