Guide to Update Site Brand & Identity

Rebranding your EthosCE LMS is simple and can be done by any site administrator or through the EthosCE support desk. Below is a list of items that you may wish to update if you are rebranding your site. 

Rebranding items that are the responsibility of your institution’s site administrator:

• Site & PDF logo

• Site favicon

• Site colors

• Site footer

Rebranding items that must be done in collaboration with the EthosCE support desk:

• Site name

• Site URL (Web address, CNAME, etc.)

• Site system email

Site & PDF logo

Your site logo can be updated at any time by a site administrator under “General settings”.

Site favicon

Site favicon’s are the small images in the corner of the browser tab seen here:

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The favicon of your site can be updated at any time by a site administrator under “General settings”. These icons are often included in your branding guidelines for your institution.

Site colors

Site colors can be edited at any time by a site administrator under “General settings”. These colors are often included in your branding guidelines for your institution.

Site footer

Site footer can be edited at any time by a site administrator under “General settings”. The site footer is the space of text at the bottom of the site page. Footers typically include important information such as a copyright notice, a disclaimer, or a few links to relevant resources.

To edit the footer follow these steps:

1. Login as a user with the site admin role.

2. Click the “Manage” wrench to open the admin menu.

3. Click "EthosCE Admin."

4. Click "General settings."

5. Navigate to “Site footer message” textbox

6. Configure the message you wish to display using the WYSIWYG editor.

7. Click the "Save configuration" button.

Site name

Site names are how we refer to the text that displays on the browser tab when users navigate to your site.

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To change your site name, you must submit a ticket to the EthosCE support desk to have a member of Cadmium staff update this for you. If you are also updating your Site URL and Site system email; you can submit all of these as one support ticket.

Site URL (Web address, CNAME, etc.)

The “Site URL” is what displays in the web browser address bar to take learners to your site. This is also called your “web address”. In order to change the web address of your site, you must first go through the process of purchasing your new web address or domain. This is typically done by your institution’s network team. EthosCE cannot assist in obtaining a new web address or domain.

Site URL Guidelines:

New site URLs should follow the same naming convention as your current site URL. It's required to use a subdomain, such as education.organization.org, ce.organization.edu or cpd.organization.com. However, you cannot use just organization.org. You may not use “ethosce” in the domain name.

How to change your site URL:

To change your site URL (web address), you must submit a ticket to the EthosCE support desk to have a member of Cadmium staff update this for you. Include your current site URL and the new site url in the support ticket. If you are also updating your Site name and Site system email; you can submit all of these as one support ticket.

A new web address will require the creation of a new CNAME record. Please wait to create this new CNAME record until you coordinate with the EthosCE support team.

Site system email

EthosCE contains a collection of emails that are triggered at different points along a user’s path through registration. This is the “From” email for your site. Users will see this email as the sender of any communication from your EthosCE LMS. If your site URL has changed you will want to update this email address as well. New email addresses can typically be created by your institution’s network or infrastructure team.

To change your site system email, you must submit a ticket to the EthosCE support desk to have a member of Cadmium staff update this for you. If you are also updating your Site name and Site URL; you can submit all of these as one support ticket.