Customize your server's appearance

Silo is in active development before 1.0. These guides are updated frequently.

Name your server under Admin > Server > General, and use Admin > Server > Appearance to change how it looks in a browser and in the emails it sends. The Apple and Android apps keep their own name and icon.

Name your server

1. Under Identity on Admin > Server > General, enter a Server name. It appears as the browser tab title and the heading on the sign-in page, and in the sidebar when you haven’t uploaded a wordmark. The emails your server sends and the apps’ sign-in screens use it too. Without one, your server is called Silo.
2. Enter a Login subtitle to show a line of your own under the server name on the sign-in page, in place of “Sign in with an existing account.”
3. Save, then open the signed-out sign-in page. Neither change needs a restart.

The setup wizard asks for the server name when you first install, so this is where you change it later.

Change how your server looks

Everything in this section is on Admin > Server > Appearance.

Change the logos and colors

1. Under Logos and icons, upload a Logo (wordmark), Logo (icon), Favicon, or Login background. Silo saves uploads in artwork storage, on local disk or in S3. The Logo (wordmark) also appears at the top of every email the server sends, such as invitations and password resets. Without one, emails show the Silo wordmark.
2. Under Colors, choose an Accent color for buttons, focus outlines, and the sidebar. Emails use it for their main button, such as the one in an invitation.
3. Save, then look at a normal page and the signed-out sign-in page. To see the logo in an email, send a test email.

Use artwork you have permission to publish, and make sure text and controls stay readable against your colors and background.

Adjust poster badges

Under Card overlays, use Show badges on poster art and choose the Badge style and where each badge appears. These are defaults; people who have chosen their own badge style keep it. Save and look at a library.

Choose title art or plain titles

Under Title pages, turn off Show title art to name each movie or show at the top of its page in plain text instead of its logo artwork. It applies to everyone who hasn’t chosen their own, and anyone can still change it in their settings. Titles without logo artwork always show their name as text. Save and open a movie.

Advanced changes

Individual colors and fonts and Custom CSS give finer control over the Cinema Dark theme for everyone. Change one small area at a time and keep a copy of your previous values: custom CSS can hide controls or break after an interface update. Reset to Cinema Dark removes the accent color, color and font overrides, and custom CSS.