We believe that your dedicated product updates page should feel like an extension of your brand. As such, you have the ability to manage the themes, design elements, and layout configuration of your public LaunchNotes page to match your branding and give your customers a more seamless experience.
This article will cover the following:
All public page customization settings are found under Settings > Customize page > Look & feel on the admin navbar.
Customization options vary by subscription tier
Depending on which subscription tier you're on, you'll have access to a different level of customization. For the most up-to-date details on feature sets, reference our pricing page.
Logo and color scheme customization
On all subscription tiers, you'll have the ability to host your own Logo and Favicon your page, select the layout Density (Compact, Normal or Comfortable), and choose a Design Theme, which allows you to pick from a series of preset color themes.
Layout customization
Layout customization gives you complete control over the look and feel of your public LaunchNotes page. You can bring your own CSS and HTML to make your page seamlessly fit within your company branding.
Layout customization options are also found under the Look & feel tab, below the Logo and color scheme customization options.
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Custom CSS
The custom CSS editor allows you to add your own styles. The CSS you add will be loaded on your public page. You must provide valid CSS or your changes will not be saved.
Custom head
The custom head editor gives greater control over your page, allowing you to add your own inline Javascripts, linked external assets, and analytics tracking, etc. You must provide valid HTML or your changes will not be saved.
Custom header
Gives you the ability to match your page branding with your marketing website, such as custom images, your logo, CTA's and navigation menus
Custom footer
Gives you the ability to add a custom footer to your LaunchNotes page to match your marketing website.
Custom index hero
Change the top hero section on the "index" of your LaunchNotes page. Note: this is not shared across pages when you click into an Announcement.
The Liquid HTML editor
To learn more about Liquid, please view their documentation here. We provide several helpers in the base context for this editor to aid in your customization.
Available tags and helpers
All of these tags can be used using double parens {{ tag }}
subscribe_button
renders the Subscribe to updates button, which will either redirect logged in subscribers to their subscriber management page or allow new visitors to create a subscription
project.id
is the id of your project
project.name
is the name of your project
project.public_permalink
is the public root URL of your page (eg. https://updates.launchnotes.io)
project.slug
is the URL slug of your project set under "Basic info"
project.heading
is the heading text set under "Basic info"
project.subheading
the sub-heading text set under "Basic info." This is a markdown field, which will be rendered accordingly.
Your project colors are set at the top of this page
project.primary_color
project.secondary_color
project.primary_text_color
project.secondary_text_color
project.white_color
project.off_white_color
project.light_gray_color
project.gray_color
Custom header / top navigation
The custom header editor is a Liquid HTML editor and allows you to override the top navigation header of your public page.
Custom index hero
The custom index hero editor is a Liquid HTML editor and allows you to override the index hero section of your public page.