Assigning Applications to the SSO Agent
In order for you to customise the screen that is shown when users authenticate (the SSO logon screen) you will first need to ensure that the SSO agent has been assigned to the applications that will be customised.
From the management console navigate to "Authentication | Agents", left click on the context menu of the agent "Single Sign-on Server", then select "Applications";
A new window will open titled "Applications" that will list all application assigned to the agent "Single Sign-On Server";
You will need to ensure that all applications that you intend to have customised user interfaces are selected here.
Creating a Customisation for the SSO Logon Screen
Before the UI of an application can be customised you will need to ensure that the application has been selected in this list. In the example above the selected applications will all be available for customisation.
To create a new customisation of a user interface navigate to "Customisation | User Interface", then click on the "CREATE" button.
A new window will now open titled "Configuration - New" that can be used to customise the user experience for a selected application;
To produce a customisation for the SSO logon screen select Customisation Type "SSO Server" and Agent "SINGLE SIGN-ON SERVER";
At this point you will need to specify which applications will use this customisation.
Click on the magnifying glass (Red arrow above), and a window will open titled "Applications" listing all applications that have been assigned to the agent "Single Sign-On Server";
Select the applications that you want customised then click "SAVE".
The selected applications will now be added to your customisation.
You will now need to supply the actual customisations that are to be applied to the logon screen then enable the customisation by clicking on the "Enabled" checkbox, then clicking on the "SAVE" button.
Background Image Customisation
It is possible to replace the default background image used by the SSO Logon to one of your choice.
To replace the background image select the option "Background Image";
Before you replace the default background image you will need to de-select the checkbox "Keep this field empty";
Once deselected you can then either supply a URL Path to where the background image is stored online, or select the "upload file" option, then use the Select file to point to a locally stored image that will be uploaded;
Once you have indicated the image that is to be used as a replacement background click on "SAVE".
Logo Customisation
It is possible to replace the banner logo and background colour that are displayed at the top of the single sign-on screen (see example below);
The logo can be customised following procedure;
To replace the banner icon, in the section "Manage Content" click on the "HEADER LEFT" button;
After the button has been pressed a window will open titled "Header Left";
Deselect the option "Keep this field empty" the either upload a new logo image or point to a URL where the image is stored;
Click "SAVE" and the default logo will be replaced with the selected logo.
To change the background colour click on the button "CSS" customisation option found in the section "Manage Content";
A new window will open titled "CSS", deselect the checkbox "Keep this field empty", and you will be able to supply CSS script;
As an example, the following script will replace the background colour for the banner from the detault colour to white;
In the above example script the background colour is determined by changing the parameter as indicated below;
Further customisations to the page may be made by adjustments to other parts of this sample script.