Citrix states in their article: CTX108125

Document ID: CTX108125, Created on: Dec 1, 2005, Updated: Apr 5, 2006

Products: Citrix Access Essentials 1.0, Citrix Access Essentials 1.5

Summary

This article describes the steps needed to customize the following Web user interface settings for Citrix Access Essentials:

* Logo
* Colors
* Header image
* Welcome message

Requirements

Custom graphics, such as a company logo, must be copied to the following folders on the server running Access Essentials:

* C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT\CITRIXACCESS for the internal site (local users).
* C:\INETPUB\WWWROOT_EXTERNAL\CITRIXACCESS for the external site (remote users).

Background

An administrator may want to customize the Web-based interface that users see when connected to Access Essentials. Customization requires use of the Access Suite Console, an advanced tool included with Access Essentials. The first time that the Access Suite Console opens, a process called configuration and discovery runs. The Access Suite Console provides controls to customize the user interface.

Procedure

Launch the Access Suite Console and run discovery:

1. Open the Quick Start tool.
2. Click Access Suite Console under Citrix tools.
3. Click Next to begin the configuration.
4. Ensure that all components are selected and click Next.
5. Click Add and type the name of the server.

The name of the server is the same as the name of the server shown in the local Web address. The local Web address is listed on the Quick Start tool overview page.

For example, if the local Web address is http://this_server/ then the name of the server is this_server.

6. Click OK to confirm the server name. Click Next to continue.
7. Click Add Local Computer and click Next.
8. Confirm that the server names are the same and click Next to run discovery.
9. Click Finish after the discovery has completed. The Access Suite Console launches.

Configure the user interface for internal and external sites:

1. Launch the Access Suite Console using the steps described above.
2. Expand the Suite Components > Configuration Tools > Web Interface node in the left pane of the Access Suite Console.
3. Select Internal Site to customize the site for local users.
4. Click the Customize appearance for user task.
5. Click Branding to customize the header and footer and branding color.
6. Configure branding options and click OK to apply changes.

The branding page allows an administrator to configure the following options:
o Display/hide header
o Display/hide footer
o Branding color
o Header image (See Requirements, above.)
o Logo image (See Requirements, above.)
o Logo hyperlink (optional)

7. Click Welcome area to customize the welcome message.
8. Configure message options and click OK to apply changes.

The welcome area and message center page allows an administrator to configure the following options:
o Title bar background color
o Title bar text color
o Welcome message text (The default message is offered in several languages or a custom message can be typed.)

9. Click OK to apply all changes.
10. Repeat the process for the External Site for remote users.