Branding themes - some observations on logos

[globalstorm]

I have 4.01 NE. I went through process as laid out in online documents for changing logos. All image sizes per instructions.

First, I created new theme based on sample (light). When I select this theme (user options) I do get proper logos on both login screen and web app. However, the link on web app logo still points to www.zimbra.com and not my URL as set in the _subs.txt file. Thus, logos so properly but URL does not.

Second I changed logos within the _base/logos folder for BOTH zimbra AND zimbraAdmin folders. I also edited the _base/base/base_subs.txt file. Logos do NOT show as replaced. For the user interface, the Zimbra logos still show.

I did stop/start services & clear browser cache. This is not a huge deal since I can also use "First" process above which works.

However, the Admin login page no longer shows a logo. Further, nothing happens when I attempt to login. Just stays on the login screen. Thus, I can not get to Admin interface.

I then replaced all logos with originals but still get no Admin page.

Note - I also changed favicon.ico and ZimbraIcon.gif with my own. Not sure if this is what "broke" Admin login. From where I am right now (travelling), I do not have these 2 original files so I can not roll them back.

Thoughts on how to "fix" Admin login?

Cheers
Kirby

[KevinH]

The url is a known issue: http://bugzilla.zimbra.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10588

AFAIK we don't support/test changing the admin logos as it's normally not required to brand that part of the app.

Do you get any JS errors on the admin screen? One idea would be to try overriding the skin with ?skin=sand although since you edited the base it may not allow you to override it.

[globalstorm]

Two things happen (no pattern):

1. Get error:
HTTP Status 404 - /public/admin.jsp

type Status report

message /public/admin.jsp

description The requested resource (/public/admin.jsp) is not available.
Apache Tomcat/5.5.15
------------------------------------
2. Upon admin login, screen goes back to login - nothing appears to happen.

Note - I reverted ALL logos and files (except my own theme) back to original.

Cheers
Kirby

[globalstorm]

In order to get admin access fixed, can I just re-install 4.0.1 NE?

Cheers
Kirby

[tyco]

same problem here.

all i did though was just installing a new skin based on the light skin.
i did not do any chnages to the skin itself. so its basicaly the light skin. so this worked for a couple days without problems.

now i cannot log into the admin anymore alltough client login works fine.
i get a white screen with the input fields and some basic text like login, username:, etc.

when i try to login i get:

Log In	
Administration Console
	Your Session Has Expired
	Loading ...
Username:	
Password:	
New password	
Confirm		
Log In
Copyright © 2005-2006 Zimbra, Inc. 'Zimbra' and the Zimbra logos are trademarks of Zimbra, Inc.
	Zimbra Administration	
	
	JavaScript error encountered in method ZaZimbraAdmin.prototype.startup
The requested resource (/public/admin.jsp) is not available

when i hit reload i get

The requested resource (/public/admin.jsp) is not available.

when i restart the whole box i usually can login as an admin.

any idea?
how can i uninstall that skin properly again?
i removed the skin directory and restarted the server

zmprov gcf zimbraInstalledSkin still listens the skin

the following does not do the trick
zmprov mcf -zimbraInstalledSkin <skinname>



running open source edition on debian sarge stable in vm ware.

[tyco]

i could solve my problem with deleting the cookies in my browser.

but i still could not find out how to deinstall a skin.

thanx christof

[KevinH]

You can always override the cookie with ?skin=sand or any other valid skin name.

[grandpajim]

KevinH (Zimbra Employee) wrote:
You can always override the cookie with ?skin=sand or any other valid skin name.

Yes, but would you please tell us how to uninstall a skin?
Thanks,
Jim...

[phoenix]

Did you try

zmprov mcf -zimbraInstalledSkin <skinname>

followed by a tomcat restart?

[grandpajim]

Originally Posted by phoenix

Did you try

zmprov mcf -zimbraInstalledSkin <skinname>

followed by a tomcat restart?

Yes, and I get:

<pre>opt/zimbra/bin/zmprov mcf -zimbraInstalledSkin embarq.xml
usage:  modifyConfig(mcf) attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]

zmprov [args] [cmd] [cmd-args ...]

  -h/--help                      display usage
  -f/--file                      use file as input stream
  -s/--server   {host}[:{port}]  server hostname and optional port
  -l/--ldap                      provision via LDAP instead of SOAP
  -a/--account  {name}           account name to auth as
  -p/--password {pass}           password for account
  -P/--passfile {file}           read password from file
  -z/--zadmin                    use zimbra admin name/password from localconfig for admin/password
  -v/--verbose                   verbose mode (dumps full exception stack trace)
  -d/--debug                     debug mode (dumps SOAP messages)

 zmprov is used for provisioning. Try:

     zmprov help account         help on account-related commands
     zmprov help calendar        help on calendar resource-related commands
     zmprov help commands        help on all commands
     zmprov help config          help on config-related commands
     zmprov help cos             help on COS-related commands
     zmprov help domain          help on domain-related commands
     zmprov help list            help on distribution list-related commands
     zmprov help misc            help on misc commands
     zmprov help notebook        help on notebook-related commands
     zmprov help search          help on search-related commands
     zmprov help server          help on server-related commands</pre>

Jim...