SET DYNAMICS 365 COLORS AND LOGO USING THEMES
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In Dynamics 365, you can set the logo and colors of the organization through “themes”. To access themes, go to Settings->Customizations:
Select Themes:
Here you will see any existing themes in the system, as well as what is marked as the current “default” theme:
To set a theme, select it and press “Publish Theme”:
The system will then be updated to use that theme. Note the color differences in using the Blue theme:
There are several elements we can control, including:
- Logo
- Logo Tooltip
- Navigation Bar Fill Color
- Navigation Bar Shelf Fill Color
- Title Text Color
- Main Color
- Accent Color
- Link and Button Text Color
- Selected Link Color
- Hover Link Color
- Legacy Accent Color
- Default Entity Color
- Default Custom Entity Color
- Control Hover Fill Color
- Control Hover Border Color
- Page Header Fill Color
- Panel Header Fill Color
Looking at a Dynamics 365 page, we can see some of these colors being used:
To create a new theme, click New:
Give the theme a name:
You will need to know the HEX color codes for your colors. You can find these in various websites or applications. I will use these at w3schools.com to demonstrate:
Let’s make our nav bar fill color to be green:
Add the hex color to the theme. The actual color will be displayed:
Add more colors to the theme:
Save and Publish the theme. The colors will be updated:
To use a logo, we will need to create a web resource to hold our image. In the logo field, click New:
Select the picture format and save and publish:
Select it on the theme:
Save and Publish the theme. You will now see the new logo:
And when you zoom over it, tooltip:
