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Customizations Headers & Menus

The most customizable part of the hosted website is the header layout. The header can be customized specifically for desktop, tablet and phone. 

Instructions for customizing your social media links are in the Theme Creation section of the Theming support article.

Steps for Customizing the Header Layout

1. Go to hosted websites page inside OwnerRez here. Then select your hosted website.

Go to your hosted website by navigating to Settings > My Website > Hosted Websites > your Hosted Website.

2. Click on Header Layout and select which layout you would like to adjust. 

 Click on Header Layout and select which layout you would like to adjust. Click on Header Layout and select which layout you would like to adjust. 

3. Now you'll see Lines and three Sections in each. Below, you can see what this looks like inside OwnerRez and live on the hosted site.

Now you'll see Lines and three Sections in each. Below, you can see what this looks like inside OwnerRez and live on the hosted site.

Book Now Button

To add a Book Now Button, navigate to Settings > My Website > Hosted Websites > your Hosted Website > and select Desktop from the Header Layout dropdown menu.

To add a Book Now Button, navigate to Settings > My Website > Hosted Websites > your Hosted Website > and select Desktop from the Header Layout dropdown menu.

Click in the Header section you would like to add your Book Now Button and click on + Add Link.

 Add the Book Now Button to your Header section.

Select Links and Text in the top Type dropdown menu. Then select Button in the lower Type dropdown menu, Page, and Book Now in the Action dropdown menu. Click Save Section.

Select Links and Text in the top Type dropdown menu. Then select Button in the lower Type dropdown menu, Page, and Book Now in the Action dropdown menu. Click Save Section.

Click Save and Close.

Your Book Now button should now appear on your Hosted Website. To ensure that your Book Now button displays correctly on both tablet and phone layouts, follow these same instructions.

Line Customization

1. You can rearrange the Lines by clicking and dragging the left side of the Line.

2. You can add more Lines by clicking Add Another Line.

You can add more Lines by clicking Add Another Line.

3. You can change the style of the Line and remove Lines by clicking the Actions button on the right side.

Change the style of the Line and remove Lines by clicking the Actions button on the right side.

4. If you select Change Style, you will be presented with this window. Here you can adjust items such as line background, line padding, font, font size, scroll behavior, 3D and button customizations.

Section Customizations

1. To customize a Section, click into one of the three Sections inside a Line.

2. Then, if the section is blank, select what type of section you would like to create. There are three types, Links and Text, Logo, and Site Menu.

Favicon

What is a favicon? A favicon is a small icon or collection of icons associated with a website, web page, or web application and is displayed within the browser tabs and bookmarks bar. Check out OwnerRez's favicon.

OwnerRez Favicon

Users can add their own favicon to their hosted website by navigating to Settings > Hosted Website > your specific Hosted Website > Change Settings.

Users can add their own favicon to their hosted website by navigating to Settings > Hosted Website > your specific Hosted Website > Change Settings.

In the Display section, users can upload their favicon file. Users should note that favicons must be square, png or ico format, and no more than 500 Kb in size.

Favicon

Be sure to click on Save at the bottom of the page.

Links and Text:

1. Links and Text allows you add multiple types of items by clicking Add Link. Once you click Add Link, select from the type dropdown what you'd like to include. The options are Link, Button, Text Only and Site Menu.


2. If you select Link or Button, you then need to select what Action you want. The Actions you can choose from are: My Email, My Phone, Page, Social Network, Other Email, Other Phone, Other URL.

  • My Email will fill in the email you have set in your OwnerRez theming.
  • My Phone will fill in the phone number you have set in your OwnerRez theming.
  • Page allows you to select a specific website page you'd like to link to.
  • Social Network allows you to select one of the social links you have set in your OwnerRez theming.
  • Other Email allows you to add in a specific email address you'd like to link to.
  • Other Phone allows you to add in a specific phone number you'd like to link to.
  • Other URL allows you to add in a specific URL you'd like to link to.

3. Once you select the Action, you can set the icon you'd like to display for that link/button.

  • To insert an icon, click the drop-down arrow and search and select an icon.
Select Icon

4. Now you can choose what text you'd like displayed for this link/button. If you'd like the text to be the same as what you set for the Action (ex. your email address), then leave this set to default. If you set an icon, and you only want that displayed, change default to custom and do not put anything in the "Specify Text" box.

Hosted Website Link Icon

Logo:

If you select Logo as your Section type, the logo you have set in your theme settings will be added. You can choose to allow the logo to "spill" below the line over content below.

If you'd like to use a different logo on your hosted site, than what's set for your theming, you can set this by going to your hosted website settings.

If you'd like to use a different logo on your hosted site, than what's set for your theming, you can set this by going to your hosted website settings.

Then select "Use custom logo" and add the logo file.

Then select

Add a Background Photo

Users can navigate to Settings > My Website > Hosted Website > the website they wish to edit > Header Layout > Desktop

Header Layout

From the Action drop-down menu on the upper right side, select Change Style.

Change Style

The Change Line Style pop-up modal will appear. In the Design > Line Background section, users can click on the Upload an image radio button and add their image file by clicking on the Select Image button.

Select Image

Users can also choose to add a background color by clicking on the Pick a color radio button. Be sure to save your selection by clicking on Save Styles on the bottom right of the pop-up modal. 

Site Menu:

If you select Site Menu as your section type, all the links in your menu layout will be presented.

To rearrange the menu links, go to your Hosted Website Settings page, then click Menu Layout.

To rearrange the menu links, go to your Hosted Website Settings page, then click Menu Layout.

From there you can click and drag the menu links in the order you'd like.

You can also nest menu links underneath another by clicking the indent button.