01 February 2020, 2:25

We recently upgraded our Mahara site and pages have suddenly developed a massive header at the top. Thought it might be the theme (primary), but changing theme doesn't get rid of the header. Any ideas where to look for settings on this would be appreciated.

03 February 2020, 16:24

Hi Bernie,

There is no setting to make the header smaller. We introduced the bigger header in Mahara 19.04. It is big, especially when you are in a collection as it makes space for the collection navigation, so that you can use a background image (via a skin). This makes it possible to personalise portfolio pages more and make the personalisation easy. In the past it was only possible to add a background image to a page, but that did not correctly extend to the page header. It was also often not well seen in particular on smaller screens. With the new header, all of that is a bit easier and a different look and feel can be given to pages in an area that is expected from other sites.

The buttons on the right-hand side are anchored and don't move when you scroll down making it possible to reach the important actions no matter where you are on the page.

Cheers

Kristina

03 February 2020, 18:23

Thanks Kristina. Are there any sample skins associated with the standard themes?

04 February 2020, 13:53

Hi David,

We do not have sample skins. What you can do is take a photo and upload it to your personal files area and then only add that to the header in the skin, but leave all the other things the same (except for the header font maybe if black is not a good option). That's all you'd need to change to get the image in.

It is a good idea to set up some site skins so people can choose a preset of photos easily.

Cheers

Kristina