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title: "customise your course branding"
description: "Learn all about branding your course and access our step-by-step instructions, FAQs, and everything you need to know!"
url: https://help.ivorey.io/en/articles/13631428-customise-your-course-branding
collection: "courses"
updated: 2026-10-31
language: en
---

# customise your course branding

Learn all about branding your course and access our step-by-step instructions, FAQs, and everything you need to know!

## before you dive in

This article is one step from our [All About Courses: A Master Help Guide](https://cqcighsbi.gleap.help/en/articles/10055762-all-about-courses-a-master-help-guide). We recommend starting with the visual walkthrough video and examples inside the Master Help Guide before diving into the technical breakdown below.

Each Master Help Guide acts as your project plan, teaching you the feature, laying out the steps in the right order, and linking to every resource you'll need along the way.

what's the difference between the product and lesson pages?

Your course theme is made up of two separate pages, each with their own settings. The **Product** page controls the overall styling of your course portal (the part students see before entering a lesson), while the **Lesson** page controls how the actual lesson looks and feels once a student clicks into it. Customising both ensures a consistent, professional experience from start to finish.

This guide is perfect if you want to:

-   Customise your course to match your brand
    
-   Edit your course portal's colours, fonts and layout, right down to each individual lesson
    
-   Add an upsell offer to your course sidebar
    
-   Save your customised design as a reusable template for future courses
    

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## step 1: choose a template

Before you can start styling, you'll need to open the theme editor for your course. We recommend the Neo Classic Theme, as it offers the most customisation options, though you're welcome to start from a simpler theme instead if you'd prefer. If you already have a saved template from a previous course, you can apply it directly rather than starting from scratch, see our [Apply a Custom Course Theme](<https://Before you can start styling, you'll need to open the theme editor for your course. We recommend the Neo Classic Theme, as it offers the most customisation options, though you're welcome to start from a simpler theme instead if you'd prefer. If you already have a saved template from a previous course, you can apply it directly rather than starting from scratch, see our Apply a Custom Course Theme Template to an Existing Course guide for those steps.>) guide for those steps.

click here for the written steps

1.  From the ivorey main menu, go to **Courses** \> then along the top menu bar, hover over **Courses** \> and click **Products**
    
2.  Find the course you want to customise, and click into it
    
3.  Click the **\[Customize\]** tab, on the left-hand side
    
4.  New courses are created with the **Neo Classic Theme** applied by default, shown under **Current Theme** with an **Active** tag. Click the **\[Customize\]** button on this card to jump straight into styling it  
      
    **​Note:** if you'd rather start from a different theme, or one of your own saved templates, click the **\[Browse Templates\]** button at the top right instead, preview your options, and click **\[Apply\]** on the one you'd like to use before continuing
    
5.  You'll now land in the theme editor. At the top left, you'll see a **\[Pages:\]** drop-down menu, this is where you'll switch between styling your **Product** page (Step 2) and your **Lesson** page (Step 3) below
    

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## step 2: customise your product page

The **Product** page controls the overall branded look of your course portal, the part your students see before they dive into an individual lesson.

click here for the written steps

1.  From the ivorey main menu, go to **Courses** \> then along the top menu bar, hover over **Courses** \> and click **Products**
    
2.  Find the course you want to customise, and click into it
    
3.  Click the **\[Customize\]** tab, on the left-hand side
    
4.  Select **\[Product\]** from the **\[Pages:\]** drop-down at the top left of your screen > work through each tab along the left-hand side:
    
5.  **Layout:** sets the overall colours, fonts and background for your Product
    
    1.  **Color Theme -** set your **Base Colors** and **Accent Colors**
        
    2.  **Text Theme -** choose your **Primary Font** and **Secondary Font**, and their weight (e.g. Regular)
        
    3.  **Background Image -** upload a background image (recommended dimensions 1280x720px), or click **\[Remove\]** to delete it, and adjust its **Transparency**
        
6.  **Header:** customise the navigation bar and search field at the top of your Product page
    
    1.  **Color Theme -** set the **Base Color** and **Icon Color**
        
    2.  **Search -** set the **Base Color**, **Border Color** and **Icon Color** of your search bar, and edit its **Placeholder Text** (up to 500 characters)
        
7.  **Hero:** customise the banner section at the top of your Product page
    
    1.  **Appearance -** toggle **Show Hero** on or off, choose a **Color** or **Image** background (recommended image dimensions 1280x384px), and toggle **Show Overlay** with its own **Overlay Color**
        
    2.  **Course Info -** edit your **Course Title** and **Course Description** text (each with its own colour and character limit), your **Button Text**, and your **Button Fill** colour for both its **Regular** and **Hover** states
        
8.  **Body:** customise how your course content and category listings display, and add extra content if needed
    
    1.  Your **Category Block** is included by default and can't be removed. Set its **Background Color** (**Base**, **Border** and **Hover** colours), edit the **Text Editor** colours for your **Category Title**, **Lesson Title**, **Lesson Description** and **Sub Category Title**, and adjust the **Sub Category Margin**
        
    2.  Click **\[+ Add Block\]** to add extra content to your Product page: choose from an **Image Block**, **Text Block**, **Video Block** or **Custom Block**  
          
        **​Note:** any block you add yourself can be removed at any time. Your default Category Block can't be deleted, as it's a standard part of your Product page
        
9.  **Sidebar:** customise the blocks that appear in the sidebar alongside your course content
    
    1.  **Progress Block -** toggle the progress bar to **Show** or **Hide**, set its **Background color**, **Progress bar color** and **Progress bar text color**, edit its description text (up to 500 characters), and upload a cover image (recommended dimensions 1280x720)
        
    2.  **Instructor block -** click **\[Sync data from other page\]** to pull in existing instructor details, toggle **Visibility** and **Headshot** to **Show** or **Hide**, upload a headshot image (recommended dimensions 100x100px), and select a **Background Color**
        
    3.  Click **\[+ Add Block\]** to add more to your sidebar: choose from an **Image Block**, **Call To Action**, **Cross Sell** or **Custom Block**  
          
        **Note:** You can use the **Cross Sell** block to promote one of your other offers directly in your course sidebar, a great way to add an upsell to your course
        
10.  Once you're happy with your Product page, click the **\[Save Changes\]** button at the top right of your screen
     

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## step 3: customise your lesson page

The **Lesson** page controls how each individual lesson looks and feels once a student clicks into it.

click here for the written steps

1.  From the ivorey main menu, go to **Courses** \> then along the top menu bar, hover over **Courses** \> and click **Products**
    
2.  Find the course you want to customise, and click into it
    
3.  Click the **\[Customize\]** tab, on the left-hand side
    
4.  Select **\[Lesson\]** from the **\[Pages:\]** drop-down at the top left of your screen > work through each tab along the left-hand side:
    
5.  **Layout:** set your **Color Theme** **(Base Colors** and **Accent Colors)** and **Text Theme (Primary Font** and **Secondary Font)**
    
6.  **Breadcrumb:** toggle the navigation trail that leads students back to your course homepage to **Show** or **Hide**, and set its **Breadcrumb Color** and **Breadcrumb Active Color**
    
7.  **Player:** set the **Background Color** that displays behind your lesson video/audio player
    
8.  **Body:** customise your lesson's text content and the buttons students interact with
    
    1.  **Text:** - set the **Background Color**, and edit your **Lesson Title** text (with its own colour)
        
    2.  **Call To Action -** customise the **Lesson Incomplete button** (shown before a student marks a lesson done) and the **Lesson Completed button** (shown after). For each, edit the **Button Text**, choose a **Button Type** (**Solid Button** or **Link**), and set the **Button Fill**, **Button Border** and **Button Text** colours for both the **Regular** and **Hover** states
        
    3.  **Next Lesson Card Content -** customise the prompt card shown after a student completes a lesson. Set the **Card Background Color** and **Card Border Color**, edit the **Message Content** text (e.g. "Great Job! Keep Going!") and its colour, and edit the **Button Text** (e.g. "Next lesson") along with its colour and the **Next Lesson Title Color**
        
9.  **Comments:** customise the comment section shown underneath each lesson
    
    1.  **Text -** set the **Background Color**, edit the **Heading** text (e.g. "Comments") with its own colour, and customise the **Comment text colors**
        
    2.  **Call To Action** - customise the **Comment Button**. Edit the **Button Text** (e.g. "Comment"), choose a **Button Type** (**Solid Button** or **Link**), and set the **Button Fill**, **Button Border** and **Button Text** colours for both the **Regular** and **Hover** states
        
10.  **Sidebar -** customise the blocks that appear in the sidebar alongside your lesson content
     
     1.  **Course Content:** set the **Background Color**, edit the **Course Content Heading** text (e.g. "Course Contents") with its own colour, and set the colours for **Number Of Lessons**, **Item hover color**, **Item text color**, **Item border color**, **Sub category title** and **Sub category background**
         
     2.  **Instructor -** click **\[Sync data from other page\]** to pull in existing instructor details, toggle **Visibility** and **Headshot** to **Show** or **Hide**, and upload a headshot image (recommended dimensions 100x100px)
         
     3.  **Downloads -** edit the **Download Section Heading** text (e.g. "Attached Files") with its own colour, and set the **Background Color** and **Link Color**
         
     4.  Click **\[+ Add Block\]** to add more to your sidebar: choose from an **Image Block**, **Call To Action**, **Cross Sell** or **Custom Block**. Use the **Cross Sell** block to promote one of your other offers directly in your course sidebar
         
11.  Once you're happy with your Lesson page, click the **\[Save Changes\]** button at the top right of your screen
     

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## step 4: preview and finalise your theme

Once you're happy with both pages, you can preview your course portal before locking in your design.

click here for the written steps

1.  Click the **\[Preview\]** button at the top right of your screen, to see how your course portal is looking. Click into a few of your lessons too, to check your styling looks right throughout your course, not just on your main portal page
    
2.  You can rename your theme at any time by clicking the ✏ pencil icon next to its name, at the top of the editor
    
3.  When you're happy with your design, click the **\[Save Changes\]** button at the top right of your screen > then click **\[← Back\]** at the top left of your screen, to return to the main Customize Theme screen
    
4.  Your course will now use your customised theme, shown as **Active** under **Current Theme**. To make further edits at any time, click the **\[Customize\]** button on this card
    
5.  If you'd like to reuse this design on future courses, without having to rebrand from scratch each time, click **\[Save as Template\]** instead. You can always tweak a saved template's colours, fonts or content for each individual course later. You'll find any saved templates listed under **My Templates**, ready to apply to future courses
    

> **Info:** If you use custom CSS on your course portal, it may override your built-in customisation settings. If something doesn't appear to be working as planned, temporarily remove your custom CSS to check, and make your adjustments from there. Custom CSS guidance can be found in your [Create a Course and Course Offer](https://cqcighsbi.gleap.help/en/articles/12050212-create-a-course-and-course-offer) guide, we recommend using the built-in customisation settings above wherever possible.

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## frequently asked questions

my course content isn't showing up properly while i'm customising it, why is that?

If all of your modules, sub-modules or lessons are set to **Draft**, they won't display while you're customising your theme. Set at least one to **\[Published\]** first, so you can see and style your content properly. You can always switch it back to Draft once you've finished.

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## next steps

> **Success:** If you've completed the steps above, your course branding is complete! Head back to the [Master Help Guide: All About Courses](https://cqcighsbi.gleap.help/en/articles/10055762-all-about-courses-a-master-help-guide) to review your course one last time before publishing.
>
> Each Master Help Guide acts as your project plan, teaching you the feature, laying out the steps in the right order, and linking to every resource you'll need along the way.

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## need help?

Hit the support chat widget inside ivorey - we can:

-   Walk you through any of the steps
    
-   Troubleshoot anything that’s not working
    

We’re here and ready to help via the chat widget in the bottom right of your ivorey account. Or if you are looking for done-for-you support, you can browse our current services [here](https://ivorey.io/services) 🤍