Ips News 4.x How to brand your community in minutes

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One of the advantages of running your own community is that you get to control the branding.

Branding is important as it defines and re-enforces your customer's experience. Branding also promotes recognition, it sets you apart from your competition and it provides motivation and direction for your staff.

Invision Community has many built in tools to change the look and feel of the community. If you are a savvy coder, you can dive right into the HTML and CSS templates to create truly unique themes. You might also look at an off-the-shelf theme from our marketplace. There are some great themes you can use as a base for your branding.

Easy Mode Editor

One tool that is often overlooked is the Easy Mode Editor. It's a great way to make some simple changes to reflect your brand's identity. It offers a great deal of control, but I want to show you how you can brand your community in just a few short minutes without knowing a line of code.

The presentation below takes you through creating a new Easy Mode theme, and using the Easy Mode Editor on the front end to dynamically change the colours. You'll also learn how to upload your logo.

How to brand your community presentation

Email Branding

Another area to consider is outgoing emails. Invision Community leverages emails for notifications, as well as the bulk email system in the Admin CP. These emails look fine by default, but adding your logo and primary color re-enforces your branding.

The presentation below shows you the few simple steps needed to brand your emails.

How to brand your emails presentation

As you can see, Invision Community offers simple tools to change the look of your community without knowing how to code.

We hope you find this useful. If you have any questions, please let us know below!