CLIO Designer Guide
Overview
Designers alter the look and feel of the CLIO application to better integrate it into your institution's design aesthetic and corporate branding.
Preparation
Creating a Local Development Environment
CLIO is a web-based application, which means that it needs to be developed on your local machine using a Local Web Development Environment (LWDE). There are many free and open-source Local Web Development Environments available, which quickly create a local web server with all of the required tools. These software packages can also be used to quickly create kiosks.
Installation
CLIO needs to be installed on a web server. There is no setup process for databases, meaning that the CLIO web application files can be dragged directly to the applicable web server folder and accessed without installation.
Accessing CLIO
Once CLIO has been installed on your web server, you can access it through your web browser. For local web development, you can navigate to http://localhost/ or http://127.0.0.1/.
Interface
Editing Interactive Theme
Custom CSS can be applied to an entire instance of CLIO Exhibit, which allows custom theming on a device-by-device, site-by-site or installation-by-installation basis.
Editing Program Theme
Each Program can have custom CSS that allows the interface to be branded more specifically to the aesthetics of your exhibit.
Creating Activity Themes
Each Activity can have a configured theme that allows each activity's aesthetic to vary slightly from the primary interface.
Adding a Custom Web Font
CLIO can be configured to use custom web fonts to match your institutions branding. You can add fonts that are accessible to every Program in CLIO, or make certain fonts only available to certain Programs.
Important IDs and Classes
These are the classes and IDs that CLIO uses to create the interface, which can be used to create themes that match your style guidelines.
Using Design Assets
CLIO uses Google's Material.io Sharp icon set and several custom web fonts that can be utilized in your development.
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