Style 101

Join this workshop to gain a deeper understanding of owl the ways you can customize KnowledgeOwl.

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Goal

Participants will be introduced to KnowledgeOwl's vast customization options and gain an understanding of how to leverage them to customize their knowledge base to their brand/liking.

Who is this for?

  • Designers, developers, or authors tasked with updating the theme or branding of their knowledge base
  • New KO authors/new team members
  • People who have inherited a KnowledgeOwl knowledge base and want to update the look
  • Existing authors who want to expand their knowledge

Topics

This workshop will explore KnowledgeOwl's options to customize your knowledge base, including:

  • Style overview
    • What's possible in KO?
    • Advanced options for further customization
  • Branding / white-labeling
    • Match your company's branding
    • Add a private domain
    • Logos
    • Favicons
    • Fonts
    • Colors
  • Category display types, including category icons
  • Customizing the default text of your knowledge base
  • Common customizations
  • How to transition an older KnowledgeOwl them to a newer theme
  • Customer Showcase of themes our customers have built.

Meet your owl instructors

Marybeth Alexander is KnowledgeOwl's Founder & Chief Executive Owl. She's helped people create and manage their knowledge base websites for over a decade.

Kate Mueller is KnowledgeOwl's Documentation Goddess & Resident Cheesemonger and host of The Not-Boring Tech Writer podcast. She's a seasoned technical writer who’s written and maintained documentation for companies in broadcasting, financial services, IT, and software for 15+ years.

Together, they bring decades of experience solving knowledge management challenges with KnowledgeOwl's signature helpfulness.