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By default, your application has a global style  applied to all your app's pages.

To modify colors, fonts, backgrounds, formats, etc... of each element of your application:
1. Go to the menu Design & Structure > Structure > Sections  which will show you the entirety of your sections on the right column
2. Click "Modify the style" in the right column next to the section to edit

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Content section's design

Warning: the configurations available differ depending on the type of section you're modifying.
In this tutorial we used an Article CMS section as an example.

2 parts of the section can be configured:
- List of articles (list view of the page)
- Article page itself (detailed page)

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1. Click "Edit List of articles" or "Edit Article
2. Configure the different options available detailed below:

TEMPLATE
- Your template is clearly identified with a green icon
- Browse the different templates by using the arrows to select a new one

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CONTENT
- Set the background color, font and text colors, content alignment etc. of your section
- Edit thetextand tokens that will be displayed in the Info settings on the list page, for instance
- Display the Author, summary when the option is available 

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TOOLBAR
- Select the actions to display in the toolbar of your detailed article page, the colors of the icons etc.

NAVIGATION
- Edit the Pager design settings*

THUMBNAIL
- Add a default thumbnail to display on your list page when there isn't one in your article

*option not available on all templates

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HTML CODE*
- Edit the tokens and the text: delete, for instance, the date and author information:
Delete the small part of code corresponding to this information.
*Not available when using the template 4 for your detailed page.

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If you use a multi-level navigation system in your app, to configure the design of your Menu section:
1. Go to the menu Design & Structure > Structure > Sections  
2. Click "Modify the style" next to your menu section
3. Click "Edit Menu"

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4. Select the menu section's template
5. Use the settings available to configure the design (background images, effect, fonts, colors, icons etc.)

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Specific Header

Edit the design of the header for a specific section*.
1. Go to the menu Design & Structure > Structure > Sections   
2. Click "Modify the style" next to the section
3. Click "Header"
4. Click "Modify the header of this section"
*The configuration of the settings works the same than for the general header

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To go back to the default settings and apply the design of the general header:
1. Go to the menu Design & Structure > Structure > Sections   
2. Click "Modify the style" next to the section
3. Click "Header"
4. Click the gear icon in this specific header's settings
5. Click "Go back to default header"

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Video tutorial

Note: Menus have changed in the back office, but the behavior explained in the video is still accurate.


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