About the Aurora Theme editor
The Theme editor in Aurora Designer enables you to customize the appearance of your community site to match the look and feel of your brand. With Theme, you can configure the page layout, set the size and style of your fonts, manage colors, manage icons, configure buttons and text links, manage avatars, and manage UI elements for your community site content (Blogs, Forums, Knowledge Bases, Ideas, Events, and Groups). After you have customized your community theme, click Publish to make them live on your site instantly. The Theme editor is separated into the following categories: Basics Fonts Colors Buttons and Text Links Avatars UI Elements Refer to the Build Khoros Communities course for training on site design.Aurora: Manage avatars for your community
You can manage the avatars for your community from the Theme editor's avatar settings. Open theAccount menu and go to Designer > Theme > Avatars. You can set the avatar and its visual style in your community. You can also turn on the option for default avatars that are set automatically and randomly whenever a new member joins the community. We provide 12 out of the box, but you can also add custom ones to this set. Set the visual style Add custom avatars Default avatar set Set the visual style You can set the visual style of the avatar using the following options: Circle:(Default)Member avatars appear as circles. Sq rounded:Member avatars appear as squares with rounded corners. Use the slider to set the Corner radius(default is 3 px). Square:Member avatars appear as squares. Add custom avatars You can add custom avatars to the default avatar set available to your community members. When members go to update their avatars from their personal settings, they can choose between the out-of-the-box avatars or any of the custom ones you’ve added. To add custom avatars: Click Add custom avatars. In the Add Custom Avatars window, upload as many images as you want in SVG, JPG, or PNG formats. A square image is required with a minimum of 300px by 300px recommended. Click Add Avatars. Click Save and Publish. Members can now select the newly added custom avatars when they choose their profile avatar. Default avatar set To include the default avatars for your community, turn on the Include default avatar set option. The default avatar set includes 12 default avatars for your community. Related topics: Manage avatar permission settingsAurora: Set the font style and size for your community
You can set the font style and size for the headings and the body text from the Theme editor's Fonts area. To customize your site's fonts, open theAccount menu and go to Designer > Theme > Fonts. Heading styles and sizes Set the style and size for different heading levels. Font Picker: The font picker enables you to set the font family for headings in your community. You can choose from Local Fonts that are installed on your computer, Sans Serif font families, or Serif font families, or youcan add a custom font family from Google Fonts. Add Custom Font: ClickAdd Custom Fontto add a custom font family from Google. See Add a custom font. Font Weight: The font weight menu enables you to choose a style for the font family used in headings. Choose from amongLight,Regular,Medium,Bold, andItalic. Headings 1 through Headings 6: You can set the size from 14 to 56 pixels for the different headings using their respective sliders. Defaults are shown in the screenshot below. Line height: Set the distance between the two lines in the headings of your community content (default 1.3). Top spacing: Set the amount of space above heading text (maximum 60 pixels). Bottom spacing: Set the amount of space below heading text (maximum 40 pixels). Body text styles and sizes Set the body text style and size: Font Picker: The font picker enables you to set the font family for headings in your community. You can choose from Local Fonts that are installed on your computer, Sans Serif font families, or Serif font families, or youcan add a custom font family from Google Fonts. Add Custom Font: ClickAdd Custom Fontto add a custom font family from Google. See Add a custom font. Font Weight: The font weight menu enables you to choose a style for the font family used in body text. Choose from amongLight,Regular,Medium,Bold, andItalic. Paragraph text: Set the text size used in your community content (default 16 pixels). Small: Set the text size used for supportive text blocks and text within widgets in your community (default 14 pixels). Extra Small: Set the text size used for supportive text blocks in a community, such as within the breadcrumb trail (default 12 pixels). Subheading: Set the subheadings that appear at the top of any content in your community (default 11 pixels). Line height: Set the distance between the two lines in the body text of your community content (default 1.5). Bottom spacing: Set the amount of space below body text (maximum 40 pixels). Add a custom font You can add a custom font family from Google Fonts or your local machine. To add a custom Google Fonts family via pasted code: In the Fonts panel, click to open the font picker in the Headings or Body text section depending on which type of text should use the Google font family. Click Add Custom Font. In Google Fonts, copy the code provided for the font family you want to use. Paste the code into the Insert in <head> code field. Note: Variable fonts containing variable axes (axises) or weights are not supported in Aurora. Example of a font with variable weights: https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Public+Sans:ital,wght@0,400;0,800;1,800&display=swap If you want to add more weights, you must specify the exact values in the <head> embed code. Click Add Font. To add a custom font family via file upload: In the Fonts panel, click to open the font picker in the Headings or Body text section depending on which type of text should use the new font family. Click Add Custom Font. Click Upload File. In the Font file field, click Browse to locate the font file on your local machine. (Optional) Edit the pre-populated Font family name field. In the Style drop-down menu, select the desired style for the font. Click Add Font. (Optional) Continue adding fonts as needed. After you’ve added your custom font, it is automatically selected to be used in the community and appears in the Choose a Font panel under Custom Fonts. From the Options menu (ellipsis icon), you can change or remove the font. Note: Before clicking Save and Publish to push your Theme changes to the community, verify you have the correct fonts selected. Reset fonts to default values To reset the font back to the system defaults, click Reset Fonts to Defaults in the Fonts panel. Important: Resettings fonts reverts all the settings to their system defaults, not the settings you saved previously.
