Uploading Backgrounds in the Project Customizer

Adding your background to your Project lets you strengthen your branding.

This article will cover the following:

• How to Upload a Project Background
• Recommended image dimensions for the Project Background
• Other Background Options - Topic List Background
• Recommended image dimensions for the Topic List Background

How to Upload a Project Background

1. Click on Manage Project to go to the Project Manager for the Project you wish to customize.
   
2. Open the Project Tools. Under "General Tools", select Project Customizer.
   
3. Under the "Project Background", click on the thumbnail to launch the image selector. 
   
   
   
   
4. Click Upload New Image, select an image from your local drive, then click Set Image.
   
5. Click on Save Changes.

Recommended image dimensions for the Project Background

Do note this is a recommended guide and the actual background image may render differently on some screen sizes.

In general, the Project Background should be in portrait format, with an aspect ratio of approximately 1:2 (i.e. the height is 2 times the width dimension).

This background image renders in portrait orientation on both mobile and desktop screens. On desktop screens, it's rendered on the sidebar.

A recommended canvas size is 1125px (width) by 2250px (height).

Other Background Options

Apart from the Project Background, you may also add a custom background which appears behind the list of Topics in your Project. 

This is referred to as the Topic List Background.

1. Within the same Project Customizer, click on "More Background Settings" under "Project Background".
   
   
   
   
2. You will see the section to upload a Topic List Background as follows.
   
   
   
   
3. Click on Change to launch the image selector. 
   
   
4. Click , select an image from your local drive, then click .
   
   
5. Click on Save Changes.

Recommended image dimensions for the Topic List Background

Do note this is a recommended guide and the actual background image may render differently on some screen sizes.

This Topic List Background will render center-cropped in portrait orientation on mobile devices, and landscape orientation on desktop screens.

The design of your uploaded background image should be generic enough to support both orientations, and we recommend that the background pattern to be subtle such that it does not distract from your content.

A recommended background size is 2000px (width) by 2000px (height).