Building a site in DXE works best when following a workflow. Although any step can be visited and adjusted at any time, learning to think and build in the order suggested this article will help get the best results.
- Brand (build and apply): happens during setup
- Theme
- Component Library
- Content types
- Blocks
Brand
A "brand" is where you define the following for your site:
- Complete color palette
- Both for your brand and for standard error/warning/success messaging
- Fonts
- Logos and Fav icon
- Contact information
Think of the brand definitions as the most fundamental building blocks for your site. Everything defined here will be used later in the process.
You can define and store multiple brands in DXE. This makes any potential rebranding process much easier by allowing you time to refine all the elements in your new brand offline. When it’s time to switch, simply apply the new brand and your entire site is updated all at once. You can then discard the older brand if desired.
Click Manage Brand under Site settings in the user dashboard.
You will see a list of the brands in your DXE account along with some buttons:
When clicking the dropdown next to a brand in the list, some new options appear:
