Configuring Scroll Themes

Applicable to Scroll 1.1

You must be logged in with administrative privileges in Confluence in order to configure Scroll themes.

Please note that Scroll Themes are completely independent from Confluence's themes. Scroll themes only affect the exported documents.

Managing Themes

Accessing the Theme Configuration

Scroll themes can be configured on global (system-wide) and on space-level.

For global theme configuration:

• Go to the admin console (click Browse > Confluence Admin)
• Under Look and Feel select Scroll Theme Config.

For space-level configuration:

• Go to the space admin UI (click Browse > Space Admin)
• Under Look and Feel select Scroll Theme Config.

As a result of this you should see a list of themes.

Adding a new Theme

To add a new theme,

1. Access the Theme Configuration (Learn How).
2. Click 'Configure new theme'.
3. Fill out the form:
   • The Name will be displayed in a select box to the users on the Configuring the Export.
   • The Description is optional.
   • In Theme Template select a theme template. Scroll comes with 3 pre-installed theme templates:
     • Classic Handbook Template (has a separate title page, suitable for printed manuals)
     • Classic Article Template (suitable for internal documents such as specifications, design documents, reports)
     • Modern Article Template (suitable for internal documents such as specifications, design documents, reports)

Disabling a Theme

To disable a theme,

1. Access the Theme Configuration (Learn How).
2. Locate the theme in the list and click on 'Disable'.

Editing a Theme

To edit a previous created theme,

1. Access the Theme Configuration (Learn How).
2. Locate the theme in the list and click on 'Edit'.
3. Edit the values the form.
4. Click 'Save' to confirm your changes.

Please note: Scroll's preset themes cannot be edited.

Deleting a self-made Theme

To delete previously created theme,

1. Access the Theme Configuration (Learn How).
2. Locate the theme in the list and click on 'Delete'.

Please note: Scroll's preset themes cannot be deleted, but only disabled.

Advanced Theming

Scroll allows to plug in custom theme templates, which provide very powerful theming option by using so-called DocBook customization layers. More information: Developer Guide.

We do offer custom theme development as a service. Please contact sales@k15t.com for additional information.