Overview
This article covers the customisation features of the activation portal. It is written for web developers and web designers with strong HTML and CSS skills. It is assumed you know how to style/skin a website using standard technologies.
Once Emersion completed the onboarding of your activation portal you will need to customise it for your use.
To configure the activation portal, go to:
Admin > Settings > Activation Portal
There are the following two sub tabs
- Settings
- Header and Footer
Customise the Settings
Admin > Settings > Activation Portal > Settings
On this page, the following settings are available.
Press the Edit button to put the page into EDIT mode.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| Header Title | Give the service activation portal a title. |
| URL | The web address of the activation portal. This is the same URL that you purchased the SSL certificate for. |
| Internal IP address | This will be populated by Emersion. |
| External IP address | At the conclusion of the onboarding phase, Emersion will provide you with an assigned IP address. Enter that here. |
| Internal Stylesheet | This content block is for CSS styles. |
| Base Header | This header is static and will be used by default for all pages on the activation portal. Enter your HTML code in here. |
| Base Footer | This footer is static and will be used by default for all pages on the activation portal. Enter your HTML code in here. |
When you are done, press the Save button to save the changes.
Customise Headers And Footers
Admin > Settings > Activation Portal > Headers and Footers
On this page, service providers can create and edit custom headers and footers for each step in the activation portal process.
To customise a header and footer for a page:
- Press the Create New Header & Footer button.
- The page to customise a page in the portal will appear.
- From the Page drop down list, select the page this header and footer is for. Once a header/footer has been created for a oage, it cannot be chosen in the list. Instead to change the existing page custom header/footer, see the instructions below of editing.
- Customise and headers and footers as needed.
- When you are finished, press Submit.
To edit a custom header and footer for a page:
Back on the Headers and Footers list page, click the ID of the page you want to change.
- Put the page into EDIT mode
- Make the changes as needed.
- Press Save when you are finished.
Code Snippets and Examples
The underlying framework for the Activation portal is identical to the other external portals are the same. Therefore the code samples provided on the bottom of this page here will suit for the activation portal.